AN ACT to expand agencies covered by the state government internship program.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 143B‑417 reads as rewritten:
"Part 18. North Carolina Internship Council. 
"§ 143B‑417.  North Carolina Internship Council – creation; powers and duties.
There is hereby created the North Carolina Internship Council of the Department of Administration. The North Carolina Internship Council shall have the following functions and duties:
(1)	To determine the number of student interns to be allocated to each of the following offices or departments:
a.	Office of the Governor
b.	Department of Administration
c.	Department of Correction
d.	Department of Cultural Resources
e.	Department of Revenue
f.	Department of Transportation
g.	Department of Environment and Natural Resources
h.	Department of Commerce
i.	Department of Crime Control and Public Safety
j.	Department of Health and Human Services
k.	Office of the Lieutenant Governor
l.	Office of the Secretary of State
m.	Office of the State Auditor
n.	Office of the State Treasurer
o.	Department of Public Instruction
p.	Department of Justice
q.	Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
r.	Department of Labor
s.	Department of Insurance
t.	Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
u.	Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Appeals
v.	Community Colleges System Office
w.	Office of State Personnel
x.	Office of the Senate President Pro Tempore
y.	Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
z.	Administrative Office of the Courts
aa.	State Ethics Commission
bb.	Employment Security Commission
cc.	State Board of Elections
(2)	To screen applications for student internships and select from these applications the recipients of student internships; and
(3)	To determine the appropriateness of proposals for projects for student interns submitted by the offices and departments enumerated in subdivision (1) of this section."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 2007.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 5:38 p.m. this 27th day of June, 2007