GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

HOUSE BILL 96
RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT TO RESTORE AND APPLY RETROACTIVELY THE EXEMPTION FROM LICENSURE FOR CERTAIN ADULT CARE HOMES MAINTAINED OR OPERATED BY A UNIT OF GOVERNMENT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 131D-2(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The following are excluded from the provisions of this section and are not required to be registered or obtain licensure under this section:
(1)	Facilities licensed under Chapter 122C or Chapter 131E of the General Statutes;
(2)	Persons subject to rules of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services;
(3)	Facilities that care for no more than four persons, all of whom are under the supervision of the United States Veterans Administration; 
(4)	Facilities that make no charges for housing, amenities, or personal care service, either directly or indirectly; and
(5)	Institutions that are maintained or operated by a unit of government and that were established, maintained, or operated by a unit of government and exempt from licensure by the Department on September 30, 1995."
Section 2. This act is effective on and after September 30, 1995.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of June, 1999.

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	Dennis A. Wicker
	President of the Senate

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	James B. Black
	Speaker of the House of Representatives

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	James B. Hunt, Jr.
	Governor

Approved 	.m. this 	 day of 	, 19