North Carolina § 143B-1223 - Purpose.

§ 143B-1223. Purpose.

In appreciation for the service and sacrifices of North Carolina's war veterans and as evidence of this State's concern for their children, there is hereby continued a revised program of scholarships for said children as set forth in this Part. History (1967, c. 1060, s. 8; 2015-241, s. 24.1(c); 2015-268, s. 7.3(a).) Editor's Note. - Former G.S. 165-19 was recodified by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 24.1(c), as G.S. 143B-1223. At the direction of the Revisor of Statutes, "this Part" was substituted for "this Article" throughout the section. Session Laws 2013-360, s. 11.1(g), provides: "The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee shall study the Scholarships for Children of War Veterans Program in the Department of Administration and no later than March 1, 2014, shall report its findings to the Chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government, to the Chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on General Government and Information Technology, and to the General Assembly. The report shall include findings and recommendations regarding all of the following: "(1) Which State agency is the appropriate entity to administer the program. "(2) Ways in which the Program could be redesigned so as to increase cost predictability. This part of the report shall specifically include recommendations regarding the desirability of imposing time limits and scholarship award maximums on scholarships made available under the Program. "(3) Methods of coordinating with other scholarship programs so as to ensure that non-State resources are maximized before Program resources are used. "(4) Feasibility of setting a lower tuition rate for recipients of the scholarships who attend a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina or a community college in the North Carolina Community College System." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2013.'" Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.5, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 24.1(ww), as amended by Session Laws 2015-268, s. 7.3(a), made the recodification of this section by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 24.1(c), effective July 1, 2015. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause.