A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to ensure that all eligible children can obtain scholarships under part 2 of article 14 of chapter 143B of the general statutes.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143B‑1224(3) reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B‑1224.  Definitions.
As used in this Part the terms defined in this section shall have the following meaning:
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(3)	"Child" means a person: (i) under 25 years of age at the time of application for a scholarship, (ii) who is a domiciliary of North Carolina and is a resident of North Carolina when applying for a scholarship, (iii) who has completed high school or its equivalent prior to receipt of a scholarship awarded under this Part, (iv) who has complied with the requirements of the Selective Service System, if applicable, and (v) who further meets one of the following requirements:
a.	A person whose veteran parent was a legal resident of North Carolina at the time of said veteran's entrance into that period of service in the Armed Forces during which eligibility is established under G.S. 143B‑1226.
b.	A veteran's child who was born in North Carolina and has been a resident of North Carolina continuously since birth. Provided, that the requirement in the preceding sentence as to birth in North Carolina may be waived by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs if it is shown to the satisfaction of the Department that the child's mother was a native‑born resident of North Carolina and was such resident at the time of her marriage to the veteran and was outside the State temporarily at the time of the child's birth, following which the child was returned to North Carolina within a reasonable period of time where said child has since lived continuously.
c.	A person meeting either of the requirements set forth in sub‑subdivision (3)a. or b. of this subdivision who was or is either of the following:
1.	Legally adopted by the veteran prior to said person's reaching the age of 15 years.
2.	A child, as that term is defined in 37 U.S.C. § 401."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.