North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H150 Compare Versions

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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	H 2
	3	+	H 1
4	4		HOUSE BILL 150
5		-	Committee Substitute Favorable 4/15/25
6	5
7		-	Short Title: Expedite Surplus Prop./ScholarPath. (Public)
8		-	Sponsors:
9		-	Referred to:
	6	+
	7	+	Short Title: Expedite Surplus Prop./Educational Orgs. (Public)
	8	+	Sponsors: Representative Johnson.
	9	+	For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
	10	+	Referred to: Education - K-12, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules,
	11	+	Calendar, and Operations of the House
10	12		February 21, 2025
11		-	H150 -v-2
	13	+	H150 -v-1
12	14		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
13		-	AN ACT TO ALLOW CERT AIN EDUCATIONAL ORGA NIZATIONS AND STATE 2
14		-	AGENCIES TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS TO OBTA IN SURPLUS AND 3
15		-	DECOMMISSIONED FEDER AL MATERIAL AND PROP ERTY AND TO REQUIRE 4
16		-	THAT CERTAIN FUNDS B E ALLOCATED TO THE D EPARTMENT OF 5
17		-	ADMINISTRATION FOR A TWELFTH GRADE TRANS ITION PROGRAM FOR 6
18		-	CERTAIN INDIAN EDUCATION STUDENTS. 7
19		-	The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 8
20		-	SECTION 1. Part 2 of Article 3A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended 9
21		-	by adding the following new sections to read: 10
22		-	"§ 143-64.5A. Certain educational institutions exempt. 11
23		-	Notwithstanding any provisions or limitations of Part 2 of this Article, an educational 12
24		-	organization is authorized and empowered to obtain decommissioned and surplus material and 13
25		-	property under contracts and agreements with the federal government or any of its departments 14
26		-	or agencies provided that the material and property is intended to be used for educational 15
27		-	purposes. For the purposes of this section, the term "educational organization" means an 16
28		-	organization that has education as its primary purpose and that is a nonprofit organization, a 17
29		-	not-for-profit organization, or an organization that has tax-exempt status under 26 U.S.C. § 18
30		-	501(c)(3). 19
31		-	"§ 143-64.5B. Public safety exemption. 20
32		-	Notwithstanding any provisions or limitations of Part 2 of this Article, any State agency is 21
33		-	authorized and empowered to obtain decommissioned and surplus material and property under 22
34		-	contracts and agreements with the federal government or any of its departments or agencies 23
35		-	provided that the material and property is intended to promote public safety. For the purposes of 24
36		-	this section, the term "State agency" means any board, bureau, commission, department, 25
37		-	institution, or agency of the State." 26
38		-	SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any provision of S.L. 2023-134 to the contrary, the 27
39		-	sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in nonrecurring funds appropriated to the Department 28
40		-	of Public Instruction to contract with MyScholar, LLC, shall instead be allocated to the 29
41		-	Department of Administration for use by the Commission on Indian Affairs to contract with 30
42		-	MyScholar, LLC, to support the ScholarPath platform in developing the Twelfth Grade 31
43		-	Transition Program for Indian Education students in grades six through 12 to match students with 32
44		-	pathways aligned with their career interests. 33
45		-	SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 34
	15	+	AN ACT TO ALLOW CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL ORGA NIZATIONS TO EXPEDITE THE 2
	16	+	PROCESS TO OBTAIN SURPLUS AND DECOMMISSI ONED FEDERAL MATERIA L 3
	17	+	AND PROPERTY. 4
	18	+	The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
	19	+	SECTION 1. Part 2 of Article 3A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended 6
	20	+	by adding a new section to read: 7
	21	+	"§ 143-64.5A. Certain educational institutions exempt. 8
	22	+	Notwithstanding any provisions or limitations of Part 2 of this Article, an educational 9
	23	+	organization is authorized and empowered to obtain decommissioned and surplus material and 10
	24	+	property under contracts and agreements with the federal government or any of its departments 11
	25	+	or agencies provided that the material and property is intended to be used for educational 12
	26	+	purposes. To the extent set forth above and in this section, the provisions of Part 2 of this Article 13
	27	+	shall not apply to an educational organization. For the purposes of this section, the term 14
	28	+	"educational organization" means an organization that has education as its primary purpose and 15
	29	+	that is a nonprofit organization, a not-for-profit organization, or an organization that has 16
	30	+	tax-exempt status under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)." 17
	31	+	SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 18