GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 766

Short Title:  Corr. Enterprises Partnerships. 	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Albertson, Warren, Gulley, and Carpenter.

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Referred to:  Commerce

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April 20, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE SERVICE PARTNERSHIPS FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY WITH CORRECTION ENTERPRISES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 66-58(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The provisions of subsection (a) shall not prohibit:
(1)	The sale of products of experiment stations or test farms.
(2)	The sale of learned journals, works of art, books or publications of the Department of Cultural Resources or other agencies, or the Supreme Court Reports or Session Laws of the General Assembly.
(3)	The business operation of endowment funds established for the purpose of producing income for educational purposes; for purposes of this section, the phrase "operation of endowment funds" shall include the operation by public postsecondary educational institutions of campus stores, the profits from which are used exclusively for awarding scholarships to defray the expenses of students attending the institution; provided, that the operation of such stores must be approved by the board of trustees of the institution, and the merchandise sold shall be limited to educational materials and supplies, gift items and miscellaneous personal-use articles. Provided further that sales at campus stores are limited to employees of the institution and members of their immediate families, to duly enrolled students of the campus at which a campus store is located and their immediate families, to duly enrolled students of other campuses of the University of North Carolina other than the campus at which the campus store is located, to other campus stores and to other persons who are on campus other than for the purpose of purchasing merchandise from campus stores. It is the intent of this subdivision that campus stores be established and operated for the purpose of assuring the availability of merchandise described in this Article for sale to persons enumerated herein and not for the purpose of competing with stores operated in the communities surrounding the campuses of the University of North Carolina.
(4)	The operation of lunch counters by the Department of Human Resources as blind enterprises of the type operated on January 1, 1951, in State buildings in the City of Raleigh.
(5)	The operation of a snack bar and cafeteria in the State Legislative Building.
(6)	The maintenance by the prison system authorities of eating and sleeping facilities at units of the State prison system for prisoners and for members of the prison staff while on duty, or the maintenance by the highway system authorities of eating and sleeping facilities for working crews on highway construction or maintenance when actually engaged in such work on parts of the highway system.
(7)	The operation by penal, correctional or facilities operated by the Department of Human Resources or by the State Department of Agriculture, of dining rooms for the inmates or clients or members of the staff while on duty and for the accommodation of persons visiting such inmates or clients, and other bona fide visitors.
(8)	The sale by the Department of Agriculture of livestock, poultry and publications in keeping with its present livestock and farm program.
(9)	The operation by the public schools of school cafeterias.
(10)	Sale by any State correctional or other institution of farm, dairy, livestock or poultry products raised or produced by it in its normal operations as authorized by the act creating it.
(11)	The sale of textbooks, library books, forms, bulletins, and instructional supplies by the State Board of Education, State Department of Public Instruction, and local school authorities.
(12)	The sale of North Carolina flags by or through the auspices of the Department of Administration, to the citizens of North Carolina.
(13)	The operation by the Department of Correction of forestry management programs on State-owned lands, including the sale on the open market of timber cut as a part of such management program.
(14)	The operation by the Department of Correction of facilities to manufacture and produce traffic and street name signs for use on the public streets and highways of the State.
(15)	The operation by the Department of Correction of facilities to manufacture and produce paint for use on the public streets and highways of the State.
(16)	The provision by the Department of Correction of labor intensive services for private industries, such as piece work at piece rates."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.