NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1364

HOUSE BILL 1944

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON SHALL HAVE A GRACE PERIOD BEFORE LOSING IN-STATE TUITION STATUS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 116-143.1 of the General Statutes as it appears in the 1973 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3A of the Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new subsection at the end to be designated subsection "(d)" and to read as follows:

"(d)      A person who, by virtue of bona fide legal residence in North Carolina for the requisite 12 months has been classified as a resident for tuition purposes but who, while enrolled in a State institution of higher education in North Carolina, loses North Carolina legal residence, shall continue to enjoy the in- state tuition rate for a statutory grace period. This grace period shall be measured from the date on which the culminating circumstances arose that caused loss of legal residence and shall continue for 12 months; provided that if the 12-month period ends during a semester or academic term in which such a former resident is enrolled at a State institution of higher education, such grace period shall extend, in addition, to the end of that semester or academic term."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of April, 1974.