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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 91
5		-	~~Committee Substitute Favorable 3/11/25~~
	5	+
6	6
7	7		Short Title: Define Armed Forces/Conforming Changes. (Public)
8		-	Sponsors:
9		-	Referred to:
	8	+	Sponsors: Representatives Loftis, Tyson, Penny, and Majeed (Primary Sponsors).
	9	+	For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
	10	+	Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
10	11		February 12, 2025
11		-	H91-v-2
	12	+	H91-v-1
12	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
13	14		AN ACT TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "ARMED FORCES" OF THE 2
14	15		UNITED STATES TO INCLUDE THE NEWLY ESTAB LISHED UNITED STATES 3
15		-	SPACE FORCE AND TO M AKE CONFORMING CHANG ES TO RELEVANT 4
16		-	STATUTES RELATED TO THE MILITARY. 5
17		-	The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
18		-	7
19		-	PART I. "ARMED FORCES" TO INCLUDE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE 8
20		-	SECTION 1.1. G.S. 17C-10.1 reads as rewritten: 9
21		-	"§ 17C-10.1. Certification of military service members and veterans with law enforcement 10
22		-	training and experience. 11
23		-	… 12
24		-	(g) As used in this section, the following terms mean: 13
25		-	(1) Branches of military service. – The United States Armed Forces: Air Force; 14
26		-	Army; Marine; Marine Corps; Navy; Space Force; active, reserve, Air/Army 15
27		-	National Guard components; and the Coast Guard. 16
28		-	…." 17
29		-	SECTION 1.2. G.S. 58-58-335 reads as rewritten: 18
30		-	"§ 58-58-335. Definitions. 19
31		-	As used in this Part: 20
32		-	… 21
33		-	(1a) "Armed Forces" means all components of the United States Army, Navy, Air 22
34		-	Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. 23
35		-	…." 24
36		-	SECTION 1.3. G.S. 116-143.3 reads as rewritten: 25
37		-	"§ 116-143.3. Tuition of qualifying federal services members and their spouses and 26
38		-	dependents. 27
39		-	(a) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section: 28
	16	+	SPACE FORCE; TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES TO RELEVANT STATUTES 4
	17	+	RELATED TO THE MILITARY; AND TO CHANGE THE NAME OF FORT BRAGG TO 5
	18	+	FORT LIBERTY TO CONFORM WITH THE RENAMIN G OF THE MILITARY BASE 6
	19	+	BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFEN SE. 7
	20	+	The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 8
	21	+	9
	22	+	PART I. "ARMED FORCES" TO INCLUDE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE 10
	23	+	SECTION 1.1. G.S. 17C-10.1 reads as rewritten: 11
	24	+	"§ 17C-10.1. Certification of military service members and veterans with law enforcement 12
	25	+	training and experience. 13
	26	+	… 14
	27	+	(g) As used in this section, the following terms mean: 15
	28	+	(1) Branches of military service. – The United States Armed Forces: Air Force; 16
	29	+	Army; Marine; Marine Corps; Navy; Space Force; active, reserve, Air/Army 17
	30	+	National Guard components; and the Coast Guard. 18
	31	+	…." 19
	32	+	SECTION 1.2. G.S. 58-58-335 reads as rewritten: 20
	33	+	"§ 58-58-335. Definitions. 21
	34	+	As used in this Part: 22
	35	+	… 23
	36	+	(1a) "Armed Forces" means all components of the United States Army, Navy, Air 24
	37	+	Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. 25
	38	+	…." 26
	39	+	SECTION 1.3. G.S. 116-143.3 reads as rewritten: 27
	40	+	"§ 116-143.3. Tuition of qualifying federal services members and their spouses and 28
	41	+	dependents. 29
	42	+	(a) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section: 30
	43	+	… 31
	44	+	(2) Armed Forces. – The United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine 32
	45	+	Corps, Space Force, and Navy; the North Carolina National Guard; and any 33
	46	+	reserve component of the foregoing. 34
	47	+	…." 35 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	48	+	Page 2 House Bill 91-First Edition
	49	+	SECTION 1.4. G.S. 116-235 reads as rewritten: 1
	50	+	"§ 116-235. Board of Trustees; additional powers and duties. 2
	51	+	… 3
	52	+	(b) Students. – 4
	53	+	(1) Admission of Students. – The School shall admit students in accordance with 5
	54	+	criteria, standards, and procedures established by the Board of Trustees. To be 6
	55	+	eligible to be considered for admission, an applicant must be either a legal 7
	56	+	resident of the State, as defined by G.S. 116-143.1(a)(1), or a student whose 8
	57	+	parent is an active duty member of the Armed Forces, as defined by 9
	58	+	G.S. 116-143.3(2), G.S. 116-143.3(a)(2), who is abiding in this State incident 10
	59	+	to active military duty at the time the application is submitted, provided the 11
	60	+	student shares the abode of that parent; eligibility to remain enrolled in the 12
	61	+	School shall terminate at the end of any school year during which a student 13
	62	+	becomes a nonresident of the State. The Board of Trustees shall ensure, 14
	63	+	insofar as possible without jeopardizing admission standards, that an equal 15
	64	+	number of qualified applicants is admitted to the program and to the 16
	65	+	residential summer institutes in science and mathematics from each of North 17
	66	+	Carolina's congressional districts. In no event shall the differences in the 18
	67	+	number of qualified applicants offered admission to the program from each of 19
	68	+	North Carolina's congressional districts be more than two and one-half 20
	69	+	percentage points from the average number per district who are offered 21
	70	+	admission. 22
	71	+	…." 23
	72	+	SECTION 1.5. G.S. 143B-1224 reads as rewritten: 24
	73	+	"§ 143B-1224. Definitions. 25
	74	+	As used in this Part the terms defined in this section shall have the following meaning: 26
	75	+	… 27
	76	+	(2) "Armed Forces" means the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air 28
	77	+	Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard, including their reserve components. 29
	78	+	…." 30
	79	+	31
	80	+	PART II. CONFORMING CHANGES 32
	81	+	SECTION 2.1. G.S. 1-82 reads as rewritten: 33
	82	+	"§ 1-82. Venue in all other cases. 34
	83	+	In all other cases the action must be tried in the county in which the plaintiffs or the 35
	84	+	defendants, or any of them, reside at its commencement, or if none of the defendants reside in 36
	85	+	the State, then in the county in which the plaintiffs, or any of them, reside; and if none of the 37
	86	+	parties reside in the State, then the action may be tried in any county which the plaintiff designates 38
	87	+	in the plaintiff's summons and complaint, subject to the power of the court to change the place 39
	88	+	of trial, in the cases provided by statute; provided that any person who has resided on or been 40
	89	+	stationed in a United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, or Air Force 41
	90	+	installation or reservation within this State for a period of one (1) year or more next preceding 42
	91	+	the institution of an action shall be deemed a resident of the county within which such installation 43
	92	+	or reservation, or part thereof, is situated and of any county adjacent to such county where such 44
	93	+	person stationed at such installation or reservation lives in such adjacent county, for the purposes 45
	94	+	of this section. The term person shall include military personnel and the spouses and dependents 46
	95	+	of such personnel." 47
	96	+	SECTION 2.2. G.S. 14-395 is repealed. 48
	97	+	SECTION 2.3. G.S. 45-21.12A reads as rewritten: 49
	98	+	"§ 45-21.12A. Power of sale barred during periods of military service. 50
	99	+	… 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	100	+	House Bill 91-First Edition Page 3
	101	+	(d) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section: 1
	102	+	(1) Military service. – 2
	103	+	a. In the case of a member of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, 3
	104	+	Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard: 4
	105	+	…." 5
	106	+	SECTION 2.4. G.S. 47-81.2 reads as rewritten: 6
	107	+	"§ 47-81.2. Before United States Army, etc., officers, and other service members. 7
	108	+	In all cases where instruments and writings have been proved or acknowledged before any 8
	109	+	commissioned officer of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, 9
	110	+	or Coast Guard or any officer of the United States Merchant Marine having the rank of lieutenant, 10
	111	+	senior grade, or higher, such proofs or acknowledgments, where valid in other respects, are 11
	112	+	hereby ratified, confirmed and declared valid. All proofs or acknowledgments made by any 12
	113	+	military personnel authorized by the Congress of the United States are hereby ratified, confirmed, 13
	114	+	and declared valid and shall not require the affixation of a seal where valid in other respects." 14
	115	+	SECTION 2.5. G.S. 50-18 reads as rewritten: 15
	116	+	"§ 50-18. Residence of military personnel; payment of defendant's travel expenses by 16
	117	+	plaintiff. 17
	118	+	In any action instituted and prosecuted under this Chapter, allegation and proof that the 18
	119	+	plaintiff or the defendant has resided or been stationed at a United States Army, Navy, Marine 19
	120	+	Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, or Air Force installation or reservation or any other location 20
	121	+	pursuant to military duty within this State for a period of six months next preceding the institution 21
	122	+	of the action shall constitute compliance with the residence requirements set forth in this Chapter; 22
	123	+	provided that personal service is had upon the defendant or service is accepted by the defendant, 23
	124	+	within or without the State as by law provided. 24
	125	+	…." 25
	126	+	SECTION 2.6. G.S. 50A-351 reads as rewritten: 26
	127	+	"§ 50A-351. Definitions. 27
	128	+	The following definitions apply in this Article: 28
40	129		… 29
41		-	(2) Armed Forces. – The United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine 30
42		-	Corps, Space Force, and Navy; the North Carolina National Guard; and any 31
43		-	reserve component of the foregoing. 32
44		-	…." 33
45		-	SECTION 1.4. G.S. 116-235 reads as rewritten: 34
46		-	"§ 116-235. Board of Trustees; additional powers and duties. 35
47		-	… 36 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48		-	Page 2 House Bill 91-Second Edition
49		-	(b) Students. – 1
50		-	(1) Admission of Students. – The School shall admit students in accordance with 2
51		-	criteria, standards, and procedures established by the Board of Trustees. To be 3
52		-	eligible to be considered for admission, an applicant must be either a legal 4
53		-	resident of the State, as defined by G.S. 116-143.1(a)(1), or a student whose 5
54		-	parent is an active duty member of the Armed Forces, as defined by 6
55		-	G.S. 116-143.3(2), G.S. 116-143.3(a)(2), who is abiding in this State incident 7
56		-	to active military duty at the time the application is submitted, provided the 8
57		-	student shares the abode of that parent; eligibility to remain enrolled in the 9
58		-	School shall terminate at the end of any school year during which a student 10
59		-	becomes a nonresident of the State. The Board of Trustees shall ensure, 11
60		-	insofar as possible without jeopardizing admission standards, that an equal 12
61		-	number of qualified applicants is admitted to the program and to the 13
62		-	residential summer institutes in science and mathematics from each of North 14
63		-	Carolina's congressional districts. In no event shall the differences in the 15
64		-	number of qualified applicants offered admission to the program from each of 16
65		-	North Carolina's congressional districts be more than two and one-half 17
66		-	percentage points from the average number per district who are offered 18
67		-	admission. 19
68		-	…." 20
69		-	SECTION 1.5. G.S. 143B-1224 reads as rewritten: 21
70		-	"§ 143B-1224. Definitions. 22
71		-	As used in this Part the terms defined in this section shall have the following meaning: 23
72		-	… 24
73		-	(2) "Armed Forces" means the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air 25
74		-	Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard, including their reserve components. 26
	130	+	(18) Uniformed service. – Service which includes (i) the active and reserve 30
	131	+	components of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space 31
	132	+	Force, or Coast Guard of the United States; Guard; (ii) the Merchant Marine, 32
	133	+	the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned 33
	134	+	corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United 34
	135	+	States; or (iii) the National Guard." 35
	136	+	SECTION 2.7. G.S. 88B-25 reads as rewritten: 36
	137	+	"§ 88B-25. Exemptions. 37
	138	+	The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this Chapter while engaged in the 38
	139	+	proper discharge of their professional duties: 39
	140	+	… 40
	141	+	(4) Commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States Army, Air 41
	142	+	Force, Navy, Marine, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard. 42
	143	+	…." 43
	144	+	SECTION 2.8. G.S. 115C-12 reads as rewritten: 44
	145	+	"§ 115C-12. Powers and duties of the Board generally. 45
	146	+	The general supervision and administration of the free public school system shall be vested 46
	147	+	in the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall establish all needed rules 47
	148	+	and regulations for the system of free public schools, subject to laws enacted by the General 48
	149	+	Assembly. In accordance with Sections 7 and 8 of Article III of the North Carolina Constitution, 49
	150	+	the Superintendent of Public Instruction, as an elected officer and Council of State member, shall 50
	151	+	administer all needed rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education through the 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	152	+	Page 4 House Bill 91-First Edition
	153	+	Department of Public Instruction. The powers and duties of the State Board of Education are 1
	154	+	defined as follows: 2
	155	+	… 3
	156	+	(18) Duty to Develop and Implement a Uniform Education Reporting System, 4
	157	+	Which Shall Include Standards and Procedures for Collecting Fiscal and 5
	158	+	Personnel Information. – 6
	159	+	… 7
	160	+	f. The State Board of Education shall develop a process for local school 8
	161	+	administrative units to annually identify enrolled military-connected 9
	162	+	students using the Uniform Education Reporting System. The 10
	163	+	identification of military-connected students shall not be used for the 11
	164	+	purposes of determining school achievement, growth, and 12
	165	+	performance scores as required by G.S. 115C-12(9)c1. The 13
	166	+	identification of military-connected students is not a public record 14
	167	+	within the meaning of G.S. 132-1 and shall not be made public by any 15
	168	+	person, except as permitted under the provisions of the Family 16
	169	+	Educational and Privacy Rights Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g. For 17
	170	+	purposes of this section, a "military-connected student" means a 18
	171	+	student enrolled in a local school administrative unit who has a parent, 19
	172	+	step-parent, sibling, or any other person who resides in the same 20
	173	+	household serving in the active or reserve components of the United 21
	174	+	States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space 22
	175	+	Force, or National Guard. Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, 23
	176	+	and annually thereafter, the identification of military-connected 24
	177	+	students for all local school administrative units shall be completed by 25
	178	+	January 31 of each school year. 26
75	179		…." 27
76		-	28
77		-	PART II. CONFORMING CHANGES 29
78		-	SECTION 2.1. G.S. 1-82 reads as rewritten: 30
79		-	"§ 1-82. Venue in all other cases. 31
80		-	In all other cases the action must be tried in the county in which the plaintiffs or the 32
81		-	defendants, or any of them, reside at its commencement, or if none of the defendants reside in 33
82		-	the State, then in the county in which the plaintiffs, or any of them, reside; and if none of the 34
83		-	parties reside in the State, then the action may be tried in any county which the plaintiff designates 35
84		-	in the plaintiff's summons and complaint, subject to the power of the court to change the place 36
85		-	of trial, in the cases provided by statute; provided that any person who has resided on or been 37
86		-	stationed in a United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, or Air Force 38
87		-	installation or reservation within this State for a period of one (1) year or more next preceding 39
88		-	the institution of an action shall be deemed a resident of the county within which such installation 40
89		-	or reservation, or part thereof, is situated and of any county adjacent to such county where such 41
90		-	person stationed at such installation or reservation lives in such adjacent county, for the purposes 42
91		-	of this section. The term person shall include military personnel and the spouses and dependents 43
92		-	of such personnel." 44
93		-	SECTION 2.2. G.S. 14-395 is repealed. 45
94		-	SECTION 2.3. G.S. 45-21.12A reads as rewritten: 46
95		-	"§ 45-21.12A. Power of sale barred during periods of military service. 47
96		-	… 48
97		-	(d) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section: 49
98		-	(1) Military service. – 50 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
99		-	House Bill 91-Second Edition Page 3
100		-	a. In the case of a member of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, 1
101		-	Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard: 2
102		-	…." 3
103		-	SECTION 2.4. G.S. 47-81.2 reads as rewritten: 4
104		-	"§ 47-81.2. Before United States Army, etc., officers, and other service members. 5
105		-	In all cases where instruments and writings have been proved or acknowledged before any 6
106		-	commissioned officer of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, 7
107		-	or Coast Guard or any officer of the United States Merchant Marine having the rank of lieutenant, 8
108		-	senior grade, or higher, such proofs or acknowledgments, where valid in other respects, are 9
109		-	hereby ratified, confirmed and declared valid. All proofs or acknowledgments made by any 10
110		-	military personnel authorized by the Congress of the United States are hereby ratified, confirmed, 11
111		-	and declared valid and shall not require the affixation of a seal where valid in other respects." 12
112		-	SECTION 2.5. G.S. 50-18 reads as rewritten: 13
113		-	"§ 50-18. Residence of military personnel; payment of defendant's travel expenses by 14
114		-	plaintiff. 15
115		-	In any action instituted and prosecuted under this Chapter, allegation and proof that the 16
116		-	plaintiff or the defendant has resided or been stationed at a United States Army, Navy, Marine 17
117		-	Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, or Air Force installation or reservation or any other location 18
118		-	pursuant to military duty within this State for a period of six months next preceding the institution 19
119		-	of the action shall constitute compliance with the residence requirements set forth in this Chapter; 20
120		-	provided that personal service is had upon the defendant or service is accepted by the defendant, 21
121		-	within or without the State as by law provided. 22
122		-	…." 23
123		-	SECTION 2.6. G.S. 50A-351 reads as rewritten: 24
124		-	"§ 50A-351. Definitions. 25
125		-	The following definitions apply in this Article: 26
126		-	… 27
127		-	(18) Uniformed service. – Service which includes (i) the active and reserve 28
128		-	components of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space 29
129		-	Force, or Coast Guard of the United States; Guard; (ii) the Merchant Marine, 30
130		-	the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned 31
131		-	corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United 32
132		-	States; or (iii) the National Guard." 33
133		-	SECTION 2.7. G.S. 88B-25 reads as rewritten: 34
134		-	"§ 88B-25. Exemptions. 35
135		-	The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this Chapter while engaged in the 36
136		-	proper discharge of their professional duties: 37
137		-	… 38
138		-	(4) Commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States Army, Air 39
139		-	Force, Navy, Marine, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard. 40
140		-	…." 41
141		-	SECTION 2.8. G.S. 115C-12 reads as rewritten: 42
142		-	"§ 115C-12. Powers and duties of the Board generally. 43
143		-	The general supervision and administration of the free public school system shall be vested 44
144		-	in the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall establish all needed rules 45
145		-	and regulations for the system of free public schools, subject to laws enacted by the General 46
146		-	Assembly. In accordance with Sections 7 and 8 of Article III of the North Carolina Constitution, 47
147		-	the Superintendent of Public Instruction, as an elected officer and Council of State member, shall 48
148		-	administer all needed rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education through the 49
149		-	Department of Public Instruction. The powers and duties of the State Board of Education are 50
150		-	defined as follows: 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
151		-	Page 4 House Bill 91-Second Edition
152		-	… 1
153		-	(18) Duty to Develop and Implement a Uniform Education Reporting System, 2
154		-	Which Shall Include Standards and Procedures for Collecting Fiscal and 3
155		-	Personnel Information. – 4
156		-	… 5
157		-	f. The State Board of Education shall develop a process for local school 6
158		-	administrative units to annually identify enrolled military-connected 7
159		-	students using the Uniform Education Reporting System. The 8
160		-	identification of military-connected students shall not be used for the 9
161		-	purposes of determining school achievement, growth, and 10
162		-	performance scores as required by G.S. 115C-12(9)c1. The 11
163		-	identification of military-connected students is not a public record 12
164		-	within the meaning of G.S. 132-1 and shall not be made public by any 13
165		-	person, except as permitted under the provisions of the Family 14
166		-	Educational and Privacy Rights Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g. For 15
167		-	purposes of this section, a "military-connected student" means a 16
168		-	student enrolled in a local school administrative unit who has a parent, 17
169		-	step-parent, sibling, or any other person who resides in the same 18
170		-	household serving in the active or reserve components of the United 19
171		-	States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space 20
172		-	Force, or National Guard. Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, 21
173		-	and annually thereafter, the identification of military-connected 22
174		-	students for all local school administrative units shall be completed by 23
175		-	January 31 of each school year. 24
176		-	…." 25
177		-	SECTION 2.9. G.S. 143B-1311 reads as rewritten: 26
178		-	"§ 143B-1311. Membership. 27
179		-	… 28
180		-	(b) The voting members of the Commission shall be appointed as follows: 29
181		-	(1) Thirteen members appointed by the Governor, consisting of: 30
182		-	… 31
183		-	h. One person who is a resident of North Carolina with a long-term 32
184		-	connection to the State and who is a current or retired member of a 33
185		-	reserve component of the United States Air Force, Army, Navy, Space 34
186		-	Force, or Marines Marine Corps and who is involved in a military 35
187		-	affairs organization or involved in military issues through civic, 36
188		-	commercial, or governmental relationships. 37
189		-	…." 38
190		-	SECTION 2.10. G.S. 163-258.2 reads as rewritten: 39
191		-	"§ 163-258.2. Definitions. 40
192		-	As used in this Article: 41
193		-	… 42
194		-	(6) "Uniformed service" means any of the following: 43
195		-	a. Active and reserve components of the United States Army, Navy, Air 44
196		-	Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard of the United 45
197		-	States.Guard. 46
198		-	… 47
199		-	(7) "Uniformed-service voter" means an individual who is qualified to vote and 48
200		-	is one of the following: 49 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
201		-	House Bill 91-Second Edition Page 5
	180	+	SECTION 2.9. G.S. 143B-1311 reads as rewritten: 28
	181	+	"§ 143B-1311. Membership. 29
	182	+	… 30
	183	+	(b) The voting members of the Commission shall be appointed as follows: 31
	184	+	(1) Thirteen members appointed by the Governor, consisting of: 32
	185	+	… 33
	186	+	h. One person who is a resident of North Carolina with a long-term 34
	187	+	connection to the State and who is a current or retired member of a 35
	188	+	reserve component of the United States Air Force, Army, Navy, Space 36
	189	+	Force, or Marines Marine Corps and who is involved in a military 37
	190	+	affairs organization or involved in military issues through civic, 38
	191	+	commercial, or governmental relationships. 39
	192	+	…." 40
	193	+	SECTION 2.10. G.S. 163-258.2 reads as rewritten: 41
	194	+	"§ 163-258.2. Definitions. 42
	195	+	As used in this Article: 43
	196	+	… 44
	197	+	(6) "Uniformed service" means any of the following: 45
	198	+	a. Active and reserve components of the United States Army, Navy, Air 46
	199	+	Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard of the United 47
	200	+	States.Guard. 48
	201	+	… 49
	202	+	(7) "Uniformed-service voter" means an individual who is qualified to vote and 50
	203	+	is one of the following: 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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202	205		a. A member of the active or reserve components of the United States 1
203	206		Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard 2
204	207		of the United States who is on active duty. 3
205	208		…." 4
206	209		5
207		-	PART III. EFFECTIVE DATE 6
208		-	SECTION 3.1. This act is effective when it becomes law. 7
	210	+	PART III. RENAME FORT BRAGG AS FORT LIBERTY 6
	211	+	SECTION 3.1. G.S. 104-7 reads as rewritten: 7
	212	+	"§ 104-7. Acquisition of lands by the United States for customhouses, courthouses, post 8
	213	+	offices, forts, arsenals, or armories; cession of jurisdiction; exemption from 9
	214	+	taxation. 10
	215	+	(a) The consent of the State is hereby given, in accordance with the seventeenth clause, 11
	216	+	eighth section, of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by 12
	217	+	the United States, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, of any land in the State that either 13
	218	+	is: 14
	219	+	… 15
	220	+	(2) To be added to Fort Bragg, Liberty, Pope Air Force Base, Camp Lejeune, New 16
	221	+	River Marine Corps Air Station, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Cherry 17
	222	+	Point Marine Corps Air Station, Military Ocean Terminal at Sunny Point, or 18
	223	+	the United States Coast Guard Air Station at Elizabeth City. Any of the land 19
	224	+	to be added to a military base named in this subdivision shall be contiguous 20
	225	+	to and within a 25-mile radius of the military base for which the property is 21
	226	+	acquired. 22
	227	+	…." 23
	228	+	SECTION 3.2. G.S. 143-151.71 reads as rewritten: 24
	229	+	"§ 143-151.71. Definitions. 25
	230	+	Within the meaning of this Article: 26
	231	+	… 27
	232	+	(5) "Major military installation" means Fort Bragg, Liberty, Pope Army Airfield, 28
	233	+	Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Air Base, New River Marine Corps Air Station, 29
	234	+	Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, Military Ocean Terminal at Sunny 30
	235	+	Point, the United States Coast Guard Air Station at Elizabeth City, Naval 31
	236	+	Support Activity Northwest, Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR-4) at Fort 32
	237	+	Fisher, and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, in its own right and as the 33
	238	+	responsible entity for the Dare County Bombing Range, and any facility 34
	239	+	located within the State that is subject to the installations' oversight and 35
	240	+	control. 36
	241	+	…." 37
	242	+	SECTION 3.3. G.S. 143-215.115 reads as rewritten: 38
	243	+	"§ 143-215.115. Definitions. 39
	244	+	In addition to the definitions set forth in G.S. 143-212, the following definitions apply to this 40
	245	+	Article: 41
	246	+	(1) "Major military installation" means Fort Bragg, Liberty, Pope Army Airfield, 42
	247	+	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, New River Marine Corps Air Station, 43
	248	+	Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, Military Ocean Terminal at Sunny 44
	249	+	Point, the United States Coast Guard Air Station at Elizabeth City, Naval 45
	250	+	Support Activity Northwest, Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR-4) at Fort 46
	251	+	Fisher, and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, in its own right and as the 47
	252	+	responsible entity for the Dare County Bombing Range, and any facility 48
	253	+	located within the State that is subject to the installations' oversight and 49
	254	+	control. 50
	255	+	…." 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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	257	+	SECTION 3.4. G.S. 143B-1311 reads as rewritten: 1
	258	+	"§ 143B-1311. Membership. 2
	259	+	… 3
	260	+	(b) The voting members of the Commission shall be appointed as follows: 4
	261	+	(1) Thirteen members appointed by the Governor, consisting of: 5
	262	+	… 6
	263	+	d. One person residing near Ft. Bragg, Fort Liberty, who is retired from 7
	264	+	the military and is actively involved in a military affairs organization, 8
	265	+	or a person who is involved in military issues through civic, 9
	266	+	commercial, or governmental relationships. 10
	267	+	… 11
	268	+	(2) Five members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 12
	269	+	consisting of: 13
	270	+	… 14
	271	+	e. One person residing near Ft. Bragg, Fort Liberty, who is retired from 15
	272	+	the military and is actively involved in a military affairs organization, 16
	273	+	or a person who is involved in military issues through civic, 17
	274	+	commercial, or governmental relationships. 18
	275	+	(3) Five members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 19
	276	+	consisting of: 20
	277	+	… 21
	278	+	e. One person residing near Ft. Bragg, Fort Liberty, who is retired from 22
	279	+	the military and is actively involved in a military affairs organization, 23
	280	+	or a person who is involved in military issues through civic, 24
	281	+	commercial, or governmental relationships. 25
	282	+	…." 26
	283	+	27
	284	+	PART IV. EFFECTIVE DATE 28
	285	+	SECTION 4.1. This act is effective when it becomes law. 29