A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE Haywood county board of education, doing business as  Haywood county public schools, TO PERMIT THE USE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSES TO SERVE THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF THE North Carolina International Folk Festival, Inc., and Haywood community college events to be held in HAYwood county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 66‑58 or any other provision of law, the Haywood County Board of Education, doing business as Haywood County Public Schools, may enter into a contract, under terms and conditions set by the Haywood County Board of Education, doing business as Haywood County Public Schools, permit public school buses to be used from June through August of each year for activities and events related to the North Carolina International Folk Festival, Inc., doing business as Folkmoot, USA, and Haywood Community College, doing business as "Mountain Echo: A Homecoming",  to be held in Haywood County.
State funds shall not be used for the use and operation of buses under this act.
Neither the State of North Carolina nor the Haywood County Board of Education, doing business as Haywood County Public Schools, shall incur any liability for any damages resulting from the use and/or operation of buses under this act. North Carolina shall require any entity entering into a contract with the Haywood County Board of Education, doing business as Haywood County Public Schools, to carry sufficient liability insurance covering the use and operation of buses under this act.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.