GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2021
SESSION LAW 2021-20
SENATE BILL 390
AN ACT to allow for full‑time and part‑time campus law enforcement officerS employed by the university of north carolina to enroll in as many courses per year as determined by the board of governors without payment of tuition and fees.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 116‑143(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d) Notwithstanding the above provision relating to
the abolition of free tuition, the Board of Governors of The University of
North Carolina may, in its discretion, provide regulations under which a
full‑time faculty member of the rank of full‑time instructor or
above, and any full‑time staff member of The University of North Carolina
personnel may during the period of normal employment enroll for
not more than three courses per year in The University of North Carolina
free of charge for tuition and fees, provided such enrollment does not
interfere with normal employment obligations and further provided that such
enrollments are not counted for the purpose of receiving general fund appropriations.General
Fund appropriations as follows:
(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, a full‑time faculty member of the rank of full‑time instructor or above and any full‑time staff member of The University of North Carolina may enroll in not more than three courses per year.
(2) A full‑time or part‑time campus law enforcement officer may enroll in the number of courses per year determined by regulation."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2021‑2022 academic year.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of May, 2021.
s/ Philip E. Berger
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Tim Moore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Roy Cooper
Governor
Approved 2:07 p.m. this 7th day of May, 2021