2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes Article 29 - The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

Article 29.

The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

§ 116‑230.1.� Policy.

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to foster, encourage, promote, and provide assistance in the development of skills in science and mathematics among the people of the State. (1985, c. 757, s. 206(b).)

 

§ 116‑231.� Reestablishment of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics as an Affiliated School of The University of North Carolina.

The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics is hereby reestablished, as an affiliated school of The University of North Carolina, and shall be governed by a Board of Trustees as prescribed in this Article. (1985, c. 757, s. 206(b).)

 

§ 116‑232.� Purposes.

The purposes of the School shall be to foster the educational development of North Carolina high school students who are academically talented in the areas of science and mathematics and show promise of exceptional development through participation in a residential educational setting emphasizing instruction in the areas of science and mathematics; to develop, evaluate, and disseminate experimental instructional programs; and to serve all schools of the State through research and outreach activities. (1985, c. 757, s. 206(b).)

 

§ 116‑233.� Board of Trustees; appointment; terms of office.

(a)������ There shall be a Board of Trustees of the School, which shall consist of 27 members as follows:

(1)������ Thirteen members who shall be appointed by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, one from each congressional district.

(2)������ Four members without regard to residency who shall be appointed by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina.

(3)������ Three members, ex officio, who shall be the chief academic officers, respectively, of constituent institutions. The Board of Governors shall in 1985 and quadrennially thereafter designate the three constituent institutions whose chief academic officers shall so serve, such designations to expire on June 30, 1989, and quadrennially thereafter.

(4)������ The chief academic officer of a college or university in North Carolina other than a constituent institution, ex officio. The Board of Governors shall designate in 1985 and quadrennially thereafter which college or university whose chief academic officer shall so serve, such designation to expire on June 30, 1989, and quadrennially thereafter.

(5)������ Two members appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in accordance with G.S. 120‑121.

(6)������ Two members appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in accordance with G.S. 120‑121.

(7)������ Two members appointed by the Governor.

(b)������ Appointed members of the Board of Trustees shall be selected for their interest in and commitment to public education and to the purposes of the School, and they shall be charged with the responsibility of serving the interests of the whole State. In appointing members, the objective shall be to obtain the services of the best qualified persons, taking into consideration the desirability of diversity of membership, including men and women, representatives of different races, and members of different political parties.

(c)������ No member of the General Assembly or officer or employee of the State or of the School or of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or the spouse of any such member, officer or employee, shall be eligible to be appointed to the Board of Trustees; and any appointed trustee who is elected or appointed to the General Assembly or who becomes an officer or employee of the State, of the School, or of a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or whose spouse is elected or appointed to the General Assembly or becomes such an officer or employee, shall be deemed thereupon to resign from his or her membership on the Board of Trustees. This subsection does not apply to ex officio members.

(d)������ Members appointed under subdivisions (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this section shall serve staggered four‑year terms expiring June 30 of odd numbered years.

(d1)���� Only an ex officio member shall be eligible to serve more than two successive terms.

(d2)���� Any vacancy in the membership of the Board of Trustees appointed under G.S. 116‑233(a)(1) or (2) shall be reported promptly by the Secretary of the Board of Trustees to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, which shall fill any such vacancy by appointment of a replacement member to serve for the balance of the unexpired term. Any vacancy in members appointed under G.S. 116‑233(a)(5) or (6) shall be filled in accordance with G.S. 120‑122. Any vacancy in members appointed under G.S. 116‑233(a)(7) shall be filled by the Governor for the remainder of the unexpired term. Reapportionment of congressional districts does not affect the right of any member to complete the term for which the member was appointed.

(e)������ Of the initial members appointed under G.S. 116‑233(a)(5), one member shall serve a term to expire June 30, 1987, and one member shall serve a term to expire June 30, 1989. Subsequent appointments shall be for four‑year terms. The initial members appointed under G.S. 116‑233(a)(6), shall be appointed for terms to expire June 30, 1987. Subsequent appointments shall be for two‑year terms. The initial members appointed under G.S. 116‑233(a)(7) shall be appointed for terms to expire January 15, 1989. Successors shall be appointed for four‑year terms.

(f)������� Whenever an appointed member of the Board of Trustees shall fail, for any reason other than ill health or service in the interest of the State or nation, to be present at three successive regular meetings of the Board, his or her place as a member of the Board shall be deemed vacant. (1985, c. 757, s. 206(b); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 879, ss. 1, 2; 1995, c. 490, s. 45; c. 509, s. 65; 2003‑57, ss. 1, 2.)

 

§ 116‑234.� Board of Trustees; meetings; rules of procedure; officers.

(a)������ The Board of Trustees shall meet at least four times a year and may hold special meetings at any time, at the call of the chairman or upon petition addressed to the chairman by at least four of the members of the Board.

(b)������ The Board of Trustees shall elect a chairman and a vice‑chairman; no ex officio member may hold such an office.

(c)������ The Board of Trustees shall determine its own rules of procedure and may delegate to such committees as it may create such of its powers as it deems appropriate.

(d)������ Members of the Board of Trustees, other than ex officio members under G.S. 116‑233(a)(3), shall receive such per diem compensation and necessary travel and subsistence expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties as is provided by law for members of State boards and commissions. Ex officio members under G.S. 116‑233(a)(3) shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided by G.S. 138‑6. (1985, c. 757, s. 206(b); 1995, c. 509, s. 66.)

 

§ 116‑235.� Board of Trustees; powers and duties.

(a)������ Academic Program. �

(1)������ The Board of Trustees shall establish the standard course of study for the School. This course of study shall set forth the subjects to be taught in each grade and the texts and other educational materials on each subject to be used in each grade.

(2)������ The Board of Trustees shall adopt regulations governing class size, the instructional calendar, the length of the instructional day, and the number of instructional days in each term.

(b)������ Students. �

(1)������ Admission of Students. � The School shall admit students in accordance with criteria, standards, and procedures established by the Board of Trustees. To be eligible to be considered for admission, an applicant must be either a legal resident of the State, as defined by G.S. 116‑143.1(a)(1), or a student whose parent is an active duty member of the armed services, as defined by G.S. 116‑143.3(2), who is abiding in this State incident to active military duty at the time the application is submitted, provided the student shares the abode of that parent; eligibility to remain enrolled in the School shall terminate at the end of any school year during which a student becomes a nonresident of the State. The Board of Trustees shall ensure, insofar as possible without jeopardizing admission standards, that an equal number of qualified rising high school juniors is admitted to the program and to the residential summer institutes in science and mathematics from each of North Carolina's congressional districts. In no event shall the differences in the number of rising high school juniors offered admission to the program from each of North Carolina's congressional districts be more than two and one‑half percentage points from the average number per district who are offered admission.

(2)������ School Attendance. � Every parent, guardian, or other person in this State having charge or control of a child who is enrolled in the School and who is less than 16 years of age shall cause such child to attend school continuously for a period equal to the time which the School shall be in session. No person shall encourage, entice, or counsel any child to be unlawfully absent from the School. Any person who aids or abets a student's unlawful absence from the School shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The Director of the School shall be responsible for implementing such additional policies concerning compulsory attendance as shall be adopted by the Board of Trustees, including regulations concerning lawful and unlawful absences, permissible excuses for temporary absences, maintenance of attendance records, and attendance counseling.

(3)������ Student Discipline. � Rules of conduct governing students of the School shall be established by the Board of Trustees. The Director, other administrative officers, and all teachers, substitute teachers, voluntary teachers, teacher aides and assistants, and student teachers in the School may use reasonable force in the exercise of lawful authority to restrain or correct pupils and maintain order.

(c)������ Personnel. �

(1)������ Faculty Members. � Members of the faculty of the School shall be exempt from the provisions of the State Personnel Act. The Board of Trustees shall adopt all policies and regulations governing the qualifications, criteria for employment, assignment, health requirements, terms and conditions of employment, compensation and benefits, and the supervision and management of all faculty members of the School, and such system of employment and employment security as the Board of Trustees may deem to be appropriate.

(2)������ Senior Administrative Officers. � The senior administrative officers of the School shall consist of a Director, as provided by G.S. 116‑236, and such other senior academic and administrative officers as shall be selected and employed by the Board of Trustees. They shall be governed by such policies and regulations and provisions for compensation as the Board of Trustees may adopt, and shall be exempt from the State Personnel Act.

(3)������ Other Employees. � All other employees of the School shall be subject to the State Personnel Act and to such supplemental policies and regulations, not inconsistent therewith, as may be adopted by the Board of Trustees.

(4)������ All employees of the School shall be deemed to be employees of the State and shall be covered by all provisions of State law relevant thereto, including Chapter 97, Chapter 135, and Article 31A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes.

(d)������ Finances, Property, Obligations. �

(1)������ The Board of Trustees shall develop, prepare, and present to the Board of Governors a recommended budget for the School, which shall be transmitted by the Board of Governors to the General Assembly.

(2)������ Subject to all applicable State law and to the terms and conditions of the instruments under which property is acquired, the Board of Trustees may acquire, hold, convey or otherwise dispose of, and invest or reinvest any and all real and personal property, except that the Board of Trustees may not convey any of the land constituting the campus, except for necessary easements, without the approval of the General Assembly. All power and authority exercised with regard to the acquisition, operation, maintenance, and disposition of real and personal property shall be subject to the provisions of Chapters 143 and 146 of the General Statutes except as provided in G.S. 116‑238.

(3)������ The Board of Trustees is authorized to accept, receive, and use any federal funds, or aids, that may be made available by the federal government which, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees, would be beneficial to the operation of the School.

(4)������ The Board of Trustees is authorized to establish a permanent endowment fund as provided in G.S. 116‑238.

(5)������ The lands and other property of the School shall be exempt from all kinds of public taxation, except as may be provided for by State law.

(6)������ The Board of Trustees may establish policies and regulations for the sale of goods and services, not inconsistent with the provisions of Article 11 of Chapter 66 of the General Statutes.

(7)������ The Board of Trustees shall not impose any fee without the approval of the General Assembly, unless the fee is a traffic, parking, or motor vehicle registration fee authorized under subsection (e) of this section.

(e)������ Regulation of Traffic and Parking and Registration of Motor Vehicles. �

(1)������ Unless the context clearly requires another meaning, the following words and phrases have the meanings indicated when used in this subsection:

a.�������� "Board of Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

b.�������� "Campus" means that School property, without regard to location, which is used wholly or partly for the purposes of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

c.�������� "School property" means property owned or leased in whole or in part by the State of North Carolina and which is subject to the general management and control of the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

(2)������ Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, all of the provisions of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes relating to the use of highways of the State and the operation of motor vehicles thereon are applicable to all streets, alleys, driveways, parking lots, and parking structure on School property. Nothing in this subsection modifies any rights of ownership or control of School property, now or hereafter vested in the Board of Trustees or the State of North Carolina.

(3)������ The Board of Trustees may by ordinance prohibit, regulate, divert, control, and limit pedestrian or vehicular traffic and the parking of motor vehicles and other modes of conveyance on the campus. In fixing speed limits, the Board of Trustees is not subject to G.S. 20‑141(f1) or (g2), but may fix any speed limit reasonable and safe under the circumstances as conclusively determined by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees may not regulate traffic on streets open to the public as of right, except as specifically provided in this section.

(4)������ The Board of Trustees may by ordinance provide for the registration of motor vehicles maintained or operated on the campus by any student, faculty member, or employee of the School, and may fix fees for such registration. The ordinance may make it unlawful for any person to operate an unregistered motor vehicle on the campus when the vehicle is required by the ordinance to be registered.

(5)������ The Board of Trustees may by ordinance set aside parking lots and other parking facilities on the campus for use by students, faculty, and employees of the School and members of the general public attending schools, conferences, or meetings at the School, visiting or making use of any School facilities, or attending to official business with the School. The Board of Trustees may issue permits to park in these lots and garages and may charge a fee therefor. The Board of Trustees may also by ordinance make it unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle in any lot or other parking facility without procuring the requisite permit and displaying it on the vehicle.

(6)������ The Board of Trustees may by ordinance set aside spaces in designated parking areas or facilities in which motor vehicles may be parked for specified periods of time. To regulate parking in such spaces, the Board of Trustees may install a system of parking meters and make it unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle in a metered space without activating the meter for the entire time that the vehicle is parked, up to the maximum length of time allowed for that space. The meters may be activated by coins of the United States. The Board of Trustees may also install automatic gates, employ attendants, and use any other device or procedure to control access to and collect the fees for using its parking areas and facilities.

(7)������ The Board of Trustees may by ordinance provide for the issuance of stickers, decals, permits, or other indicia representing the registration status of vehicles or the eligibility of vehicles to park on the campus and may by ordinance prohibit the forgery, counterfeiting, unauthorized transfer, or unauthorized use of them.

(8)������ Violation of an ordinance adopted under any portion of this subsection is a Class 3 misdemeanor. An ordinance may provide that certain acts prohibited thereby shall not be enforced by criminal sanctions, and in such cases a person committing any such act shall not be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(9)������ An ordinance adopted under any portion of this subsection may provide that violation subjects the offender to a civil penalty. Penalties may be graduated according to the seriousness of the offense or the number of prior offenses by the person charged. The Board of Trustees may establish procedures for the collection of these penalties and they may be enforced by civil action in the nature of debt. The Board of Trustees may also provide for appropriate administrative sanctions if an offender does not pay a validly due penalty or upon repeated offenses. Appropriate administrative sanctions include, but are not limited to, revocation of parking permits, termination of vehicle registration, and termination or suspension of enrollment in or employment by the School.

(10)���� An ordinance adopted under any portion of this subsection may provide that any vehicle illegally parked may be removed to a storage area. Regardless of whether the School does its own removal and disposal of motor vehicles or contracts with another person to do so, the School shall provide a hearing procedure for the owner. For purposes of this subdivision, the definitions in G.S. 20‑219.9 apply.

a.�������� If the School operates in such a way that the person who tows the vehicle is responsible for collecting towing fees, all provisions of Article 7A, Chapter 20, apply.

b.�������� If the School operates in such a way that it is responsible for collecting towing fees, it shall:

1.�������� Provide by contract or ordinance for a schedule of reasonable towing fees,

2.�������� Provide a procedure for a prompt fair hearing to contest the towing,

3.�������� Provide for an appeal to district court from that hearing,

4.�������� Authorize release of the vehicle at any time after towing by the posting of a bond or paying of the fees due, and

5.�������� If the School chooses to enforce its authority by sale of the vehicle, provide a sale procedure similar to that provided in G.S. 44A‑4, 44A‑5, and 44A‑6, except that no hearing in addition to the probable cause hearing is required. If no one purchases the vehicle at the sale and if the value of the vehicle is less than the amount of the lien, the School may destroy it.

(11)���� Evidence that a motor vehicle was found parked or unattended in violation of an ordinance of the Board of Trustees is prima facie evidence that the vehicle was parked by:

a.�������� The person holding a School parking permit for the vehicle, or

b.�������� If no School parking permit has been issued for the vehicle, the person in whose name the vehicle is registered with the School pursuant to subdivision (3), above, or

c.�������� If no School parking permit has been issued for the vehicle and the vehicle is not registered with the School, the person in whose name it is registered with the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles or the corresponding agency of another state or nation.

����������������� The rule of evidence established by this subdivision (11) applies only in civil, criminal, or administrative actions or proceedings concerning violations of ordinances of the Board of Trustees. G.S. 20‑162.1 does not apply to such actions or proceedings.

(12)���� The Board of Trustees shall cause to be posted appropriate notice to the public of applicable traffic and parking restrictions.

(13)���� All ordinances adopted under this subsection shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board of Trustees and copies thereof shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The Board of Trustees shall provide for printing and distributing copies of its traffic and parking ordinances.

(14)���� All moneys received pursuant to this subsection shall be placed in a trust account of the School and may be used for any of the following purposes:

a.�������� To defray the cost of administering and enforcing ordinances adopted under this subsection;

b.�������� To develop, maintain, and supervise parking areas and facilities;

c.�������� To fulfill other purposes related to parking, traffic, and transportation on the campus.

(f)������� Status as a Body Politic and Corporate. � The Board of Trustees of the School is hereby made a body corporate and politic, to be known and distinguished as "The Board of Trustees of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics." The Board of Trustees shall be capable in law to sue and be sued and of prosecuting and defending suits for or against the corporation, subject to the provisions of G.S. 114‑2 and G.S. 147‑17.

(g)������ The Board of Trustees may adopt such other policies and regulations as it may consider necessary and expedient for the operation and management of the affairs of the School, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.

(h)������ The Board of Trustees shall keep the Board of Governors fully and promptly informed, through the President of The University of North Carolina, concerning activities of the Board of Trustees, including notices of meetings and copies of the minutes of all such meetings. (1985, c. 757, s. 206(b); 1993, c. 539, ss. 896, 897; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1995, c. 507, s. 15.1; 2002‑126, s. 9.12(c); 2005‑318, s. 2; 2005‑445, s. 8.1.)

 

§ 116‑236.� Director of the School.

The chief administrative officer of the School shall be the Director, who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees to serve at its pleasure. The Director shall administer all affairs of the School, subject to policies, rules, and regulations adopted by the Board of Trustees. The Director shall serve as the Secretary to the Board of Trustees and shall report at least annually to the Board of Trustees concerning the state of the School. (1985, c. 757, s. 206(b).)

 

§ 116‑237.� Educational Advisory Council.

The Board of Governors shall establish a 12‑member Educational Advisory Council consisting of (1) ex officio, the State Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction and the chairman of the State Board of Education, and (2) 10 persons who are scientists, mathematicians, public school representatives, or other persons having an interest in the School and desiring to contribute to its work. The members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Board of Governors for four‑year terms. No person shall be eligible to serve more than two successive four‑year terms. The Advisory Council shall give advice and counsel to the Director and the Board of Trustees. (1985, c. 757, s. 206(b).)

 

§ 116‑238.� Endowment fund.

(a)������ The Board of Trustees of the School may establish and maintain, consistent with this section, an endowment fund for the School.

(b)������ It is not the intent of this section that the proceeds from any endowment fund shall take the place of State appropriations or any part thereof, but it is the intent of this section that those proceeds shall supplement the State appropriations to the end that the School may improve and increase its functions, may enlarge its areas of service, and may become more useful to a greater number of people.

(c)������ Pursuant to the foregoing subsections and consistent with the powers and duties prescribed in this section, the Board of Trustees of the School shall appoint an investment board to be known as "The Board of Trustees of the Endowment Fund of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics."

(d)������ The trustees of the endowment fund may receive and administer as part of the endowment fund gifts, devises, and bequests and any other property of any kind that may come to them from the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina or that may come to the trustees of the endowment fund from any other source, excepting always the moneys received from State appropriations and from tuition and fees, if any, collected from students and used for the general operation of the institution.

(e)������ The trustees of the endowment fund shall be responsible for the prudent investment of the fund in the exercise of their sound discretion, without regard to any statute or rule of law relating to the investment of funds by fiduciaries but in compliance with any lawful condition placed by the donor upon that part of the endowment fund to be invested.

(f)������� In the process of prudent investment of the fund or to realize the statutory intent of the endowment, the Board of Trustees of the endowment fund may expend or use interest and principal of gifts, devises, and bequests; provided that, the expense or use would not violate any condition or restriction imposed by the original donor of the property which is to be expended or used. To realize the statutory intent of the endowment fund, the Board of Trustees of the endowment fund may transfer interest or principal of the endowment fund to the useful possession of the School; provided that, the transfer would not violate any condition or restriction imposed by the original donor of the property which is the subject of the proposed transfer.

(g)������ The trustees of the endowment fund shall have the power to buy, sell, lend, exchange, lease, transfer, or otherwise dispose of or to acquire (except by pledging their credit or violating a lawful condition of receipt of the corpus into the endowment fund) any property, real or personal, with respect to the fund, in either public or private transaction, and in doing so they shall not be subject to the provisions of Chapters 143 and 146 of the General Statutes; provided that, any expense or financial obligation of the State of North Carolina created by any acquisition or disposition, by whatever means, of any real or personal property of the endowment fund shall be borne by the endowment fund unless authorization to satisfy the expense or financial obligation from some other source shall first have been obtained from the Director of the Budget after the Director of the Budget consults with the Advisory Budget Commission.

(h), (i)� Reserved for future codification purposes.

(j)������� Any gift, devise, or bequest of real or personal property to the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics shall be presumed, nothing to the contrary appearing, a gift, devise, or bequest, as the case may be, to the endowment fund of the School.

(k)������ Whenever any property of the endowment fund authorized by this section is disposed of or otherwise transferred from the endowment fund, any instrument of transfer shall indicate that the donor, grantor, seller, lessor, lender, or transferor, as the case may be, is the Board of Trustees of the endowment fund.

(l)������� All instruments for execution of the duly authorized business of the endowment fund, including deeds of conveyance and other documents of title to real property, are hereby authorized to be executed in the name of the endowment board by the principal officer of the Board of Trustees of the endowment fund or such other person or agent as the board may expressly appoint in a manner consistent with the requirements of law. (1985, c. 757, s. 206(b).)

 

§ 116‑238.1.� Full tuition grant for graduates who attend a State university.

(a)������ There is granted to each State resident who graduates from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and who enrolls as a full‑time student in a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina a sum to be determined by the General Assembly as a tuition grant. The tuition grant shall be for four consecutive academic years and shall cover the tuition cost at the constituent institution in which the student is enrolled. The tuition grant shall be distributed to the student as provided by this section.

(b)������ The tuition grants provided for in this section shall be administered by the State Education Assistance Authority pursuant to rules adopted by the State Education Assistance Authority not inconsistent with this section. The State Education Assistance Authority shall not approve any grant until it receives proper certification from the appropriate constituent institution that the student applying for the grant is an eligible student. Upon receipt of the certification, the State Education Assistance Authority shall remit at the times it prescribes the grant to the constituent institution on behalf, and to the credit, of the student.

(c)������ In the event a student on whose behalf a grant has been paid is not enrolled and carrying a minimum academic load as of the tenth classroom day following the beginning of the school term for which the grant was paid, the institution shall refund the full amount of the grant to the State Education Assistance Authority.

(d)������ In the event there are not sufficient funds to provide each eligible student with a full grant:

(1)������ The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, with the approval of the Office of State Budget and Management, may transfer available funds to meet the needs of the programs provided by subsections (a) and (b) of this section; and

(2)������ Each eligible student shall receive a pro rata share of funds then available for the remainder of the academic year within the fiscal period covered by the current appropriation.

(e)������ Any remaining funds shall revert to the General Fund.

(f)������� Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no tuition grant awarded to a student under this section shall exceed the cost of attendance at the constituent institution at which the student is enrolled. If a student, who is eligible for a tuition grant under this subsection, also receives a scholarship or other grant covering the cost of attendance at the constituent institution for which the tuition grant is awarded, then the amount of the tuition grant shall be reduced by an appropriate amount determined by the State Education Assistance Authority. The State Education Assistance Authority shall reduce the amount of the tuition grant so that the sum of all grants and scholarship aid covering the cost of attendance received by the student, including the tuition grant under this section, shall not exceed the cost of attendance for the constituent institution at which the student is enrolled. The cost of attendance, as used in this subsection, shall be determined by the State Education Assistance Authority for each constituent institution. (2003‑284, s. 9.4(a); 2004‑203, s. 47; 2005‑276, s. 9.14(a).)

 

§ 116‑239.� Reserved for future codification purposes.