GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 967

Short Title:  Inmate Labor Pilot Prog./Community College.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Foxx, McDaniel, Kincaid, Carrington, Ballantine, Ballance, Page, Blackmon, Shaw, Cochrane, Forrester, Little, Davis, Webster, Carpenter, Horton, Ledbetter, Clark, McKoy, Parnell, Sherron, Lucas, Speed, Warren, Martin of Pitt, Jordan, Odom, Martin of Guilford, Perdue, Hoyle, Hartsell, Sawyer, Kerr, Plyler, Albertson, Simpson, Plexico, and Conder.

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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education

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May 2, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM TO PERMIT COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO USE INMATE LABOR FOR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is established a pilot program to permit community colleges to contract with the Department of Correction for the use of prison inmates in community college capital construction projects. The State Board of Community Colleges shall designate five community colleges that are equally distributed geographically throughout the State to participate in the pilot program.
The State Board of Community Colleges shall develop an application process that encourages colleges to apply for these pilot projects.  The State Board of Community Colleges may use funds from the Board Reserve for the pilot projects.
The State Board of Community Colleges shall report to the General Assembly prior to January 1, 1997, on the progress of the pilot program.  The report shall contain a recommendation on whether the program should be expanded statewide.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.