NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 553

HOUSE BILL 1203

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 115D OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO ALLOW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES TO BE REFERRED TO AS EITHER TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OR TECHNICAL COLLEGES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 115D-2(7) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"d.        The terms 'technical institute' and 'technical college' are deemed to be synonymous. Local boards of trustees, with concurrence of the respective county commissioners, may elect to use either term."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of May, 1979.