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NC Gen Stat § 115D-58.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 4A - Budgeting, Accounting, and Fiscal Management.|§ 115D-58.11 - Fire and casualty insurance on institutional buildings and contents.

 115D-58.11. Fire and casualty insurance on institutional buildings and contents.(a) The board of trustees of each institution, in order to safeguard the investment in institutional buildings and their contents, shall:(1) Insure and keep insured each building owned by the institution to the extent of not less than eighty percent (80%) of the current insurable value, as determined by the insured and insurer, against loss by the perils embraced in broad form coverage to include fire, lightning, windstorm, hail, explosion, aircraft or vehicles, riot or civil commotion, smoke, vandalism, sprinkler leakage, sinkhole collapse, volcanic action, falling objects, weight of snow, ice or sleet, or water damage to institutional buildings and properties.(2) Insure and keep insured equipment and other contents of all institutional buildings that are the property of the institution or the State or which are used in the operation of the institution.(b) The tax-levying authority of each institution shall provide the funds necessary for the purchase of the insurance required in subsection (a) of this section.(c) Boards of trustees may purchase insurance from companies duly licensed and authorized to sell insurance in this State or may obtain insurance in accordance with the provisions of Article 31A of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes, "State Insurance of Public Education Property."(d) If the Commissioner of Insurance determines that any person has willfully failed to comply with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Commissioner of Insurance may order, for each separate violation, a civil penalty under the procedures in G.S. 58-2-70(d). Every 24 hours without such insurance constitutes a separate offense violation.  (1963, c. 448, s. 23; 1979, c. 462, s. 2; 1981, c. 157, s. 1; 2019-176, s. 2(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-58.11A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 4A - Budgeting, Accounting, and Fiscal Management.|§ 115D-58.11A - Flood insurance.

 115D-58.11A. Flood insurance.(a) The board of trustees of each institution, in order to safeguard the investment in institutional buildings and their contents, shall insure and keep insured to the extent of not less than eighty percent (80%) of the current insurable value, as determined by the insurer and the insured, of each of its insurable buildings against flood when that property is located, or becomes located in, an area identified on the latest Flood Insurance Rate Map produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as area that will be inundated by the flood event having a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.(b) The tax-levying authority for each institution shall appropriate funds necessary for compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.(c) The board of trustees may purchase insurance from companies duly licensed and authorized to sell insurance in this State or may obtain insurance in accordance with the provisions of Article 31A of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes, "State Insurance of Public Education Property."(d) If the Commissioner of Insurance determines that any person has willfully failed to comply with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Commissioner of Insurance may order, for each separate violation, a civil penalty under the procedures in G.S. 58-2-70(d). Every 24 hours without such insurance constitutes a separate violation.  (2019-176, s. 2(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-58.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 4A - Budgeting, Accounting, and Fiscal Management.|§ 115D-58.12 - Liability insurance; tort actions against boards of trustees.

 115D-58.12. Liability insurance; tort actions against boards of trustees.(a) Boards of trustees may purchase liability insurance only from companies duly licensed and authorized to sell insurance in this State or from other qualified companies as determined by the Department of Insurance. Each contract of insurance must, by its terms, adequately insure the board of trustees against any and all liability for any damages by reason of death or injury to person or property proximately caused by the negligence or torts of the agents and employees of such board of trustees or institution when acting within the scope of their authority or the course of their employment. Any company which enters into such a contract of insurance with a board of trustees by such act waives any defense based upon the governmental immunity of such board.(b) Any person sustaining damages, or in case of death, his personal representative, may sue a board of trustees insured under this section for the recovery of such damages in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State, but only in a county of the administrative area of the institution against which the suit is brought; and it shall be no defense to any such action that the negligence or tort complained of was in pursuance of a governmental, municipal, or discretionary function of such board of trustees, to the extent that such board is insured as provided by this section.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive any board of trustees of any defense whatsoever to any action for damages, or to restrict, limit, or otherwise affect any such defense; and nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve any person sustaining damages or any personal representative of any decedent from any duty to give notice of such claim to the board of trustees or commence any civil action for the recovery of damages within the applicable period of time prescribed or limited by law.(d) No part of the pleadings which relate to or allege facts as to a defendant's insurance against liability shall be read or mentioned in the presence of the trial jury in any action brought pursuant to this section. Liability shall not attach unless the plaintiff shall waive the right to have all issues of law and fact relating to insurance in such action determined by a jury, and such issues shall be heard and determined by the judge without resort to a jury, and the jury shall be absent during any motions, arguments, testimony, or announcements of findings of fact or conclusions of law with respect thereto, unless the defendant shall request jury trial thereon.(e) The board of trustees of all institutions in this Chapter is authorized to pay as a necessary expense the lawful premiums of liability insurance provided in this section. (1963, c. 448, s. 23; 1979, c. 462, s. 2; 1981, c. 157, s. 1; 1985, c. 489.)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-58.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 4A - Budgeting, Accounting, and Fiscal Management.|§ 115D-58.13 - Vending facilities.

 115D-58.13. Vending facilities.Moneys received by an institution on account of operation of vending facilities shall be deposited, budgeted, appropriated, and expended in accordance with the provisions of this Article. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 170.)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-58.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 4A - Budgeting, Accounting, and Fiscal Management.|§ 115D-58.14 - Purchasing flexibility.

 115D-58.14. Purchasing flexibility.(a) Community colleges may purchase supplies, equipment, and materials from noncertified sources that are available under State term contracts, subject to the following conditions:(1) The purchase price, including the cost of delivery, is less than the cost under the State term contract;(2) The cost of the purchase shall not exceed the bid value benchmark established under G.S. 143-53.1; and(3) The items are the same or substantially similar in quality, service, and performance as items available under State term contracts.(a1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a community college may purchase, in any lawful manner, an item that is neither available under State term contracts nor substantially similar to an item available under State term contracts.(b) The State Board of Community Colleges and the Department of Administration shall jointly adopt policies and procedures for monitoring the implementation of this section, including without limitation (i) definitions of substantial similarity, (ii) the content and frequency of reports and audits of such purchases, and (iii) a process for identifying any term contract existing as of October 1, 2009, with respect to which the exercise of purchasing flexibility could constitute a breach of that contract.In the formation of each new term contract entered into after October 1, 2009, the Department of Administration shall, in its discretion, either provide in the contract for the purchasing flexibility set out in this section or make the term contract inapplicable to community colleges.(c) The State Board of Community Colleges, in consultation with the Department of Administration, shall review the purchasing process for community colleges and may increase or decrease the purchasing/delegation benchmark for each community college based on the college's overall capabilities, including staff resources, purchasing compliance reviews, and audit reports. The State Board may, in its discretion, reduce a community college's purchasing/delegation benchmark at anytime. The State Board shall not increase a community college's purchasing/delegation benchmark by more than fifteen percent (15%) in any calendar year without the concurrence of the Department of Administration within 60 days of submission. The maximum purchasing/delegation benchmark for a community college shall be one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).  (1998-68, s. 2; 2005-103, s. 5; 2009-132, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-58.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 4A - Budgeting, Accounting, and Fiscal Management.|§ 115D-58.16 - Audits.

 115D-58.16. Audits.(a) Each community college shall be subject to a financial audit a minimum of once every two years. Community colleges may use State funds to contract with the State Auditor or with a certified public accountant to perform the audits. The colleges shall submit the results of the audits to the State Board of Community Colleges. The State Board of Community Colleges may require a community college to be audited annually after the community college has two consecutive financial audits with findings.The State Board of Community Colleges shall ensure that all colleges are audited in accordance with this section.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 143D of the General Statutes, a community college shall not be subject to the EAGLE program administered by the Office of the State Controller unless (i) there is a finding of internal control problems in the most recent financial audit of the college or (ii) the State Board of Community Colleges determines that a college should be subject to the program.  (2011-145, s. 8.15; 2013-360, s. 10.15(b); 2018-92, s. 1(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-59 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 5 - Special Provisions.|§ 115D-59 - Multiple-county administrative areas.

 115D-59. Multiple-county administrative areas.Should two or more counties determine to form an administrative area for the purpose of establishing and supporting an institution, the boards of commissioners of all such counties shall jointly propose a contract to be submitted to the State Board of Community Colleges as part of the request for establishment of an institution. The contract shall provide, in terms consistent with this Chapter, for financial support of the institution, selection of trustees, termination of the contract and the administrative area, and any other necessary provisions. The State Board of Community Colleges shall have authority to approve the terms of the contract as a prerequisite for granting approval of the establishment of the institution and the administrative area. (1963, c. 448, s. 23; 1979, c. 462, s. 2; c. 896, s. 13; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1130, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-60 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 5 - Special Provisions.|§ 115D-60 - Special provisions for Central Piedmont Community College.

 115D-60. Special provisions for Central Piedmont Community College.(a) The board of commissioners of Mecklenburg County is authorized to provide the local financial support for the Central Piedmont Community College as provided in G.S. 115D-32 by levying a special tax to a maximum annual rate equal to the maximum rate last approved by the voters of the county for the support of the Central Piedmont Community College as operated pursuant to Article 3, Chapter 116, of the General Statutes of North Carolina, or by appropriations from nontax revenues, or by both. The question of increasing the maximum annual rate may be submitted at an election held in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 115D-33(d) and the appropriate provisions of G.S. 115D-35.(b) When, in the opinion of the board of trustees of said institution, the use of any building, building site, or other real property owned or held by said board is unnecessary or undesirable for the purposes of said institution the board of trustees may sell, exchange, or lease such property in the same manner as is provided by law for the sale, exchange, or lease of school property by county or city boards of education. The proceeds of any such sale or lease shall be used for capital outlay purposes. (1963, c. 448, s. 23; 1965, c. 402; 1979, c. 462, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-61 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 5 - Special Provisions.|§ 115D-61 - Special provisions for Coastal Carolina Community College.

 115D-61. Special provisions for Coastal Carolina Community College.All local taxes heretofore authorized by the voters of Onslow County to be levied annually for the local financial support of the Onslow County Industrial Education Center may continue to be levied by the board of commissioners of Onslow County for the purpose of providing local financial support of the institution under its present name. (1967, c. 279; 1979, c. 462, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-62 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 5 - Special Provisions.|§ 115D-62 - Trustee Association Regions.

 115D-62. Trustee Association Regions.The State is divided into six Trustee Association Regions as follows:Region 1: The counties of Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Gaston, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, and Transylvania.Region 2: The counties of Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, Mitchell, Rowan, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and Yancey.Region 3: The counties of Alamance, Davidson, Caswell, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Vance, Warren, and Wake.Region 4: The counties of Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland, Stanly, and Union.Region 5: The counties of Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Columbus, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson, and Wayne.Region 6: The counties of Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington, and Wilson. (1979, c. 896, s. 9; 1993, c. 69, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-67.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 5A - North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology at Gaston College.|§ 115D-67.1 - Purpose of the Center.

 115D-67.1. Purpose of the Center.The purpose of the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology is to develop a world-class workforce for the textile industry in North Carolina; support the textile industry by identifying problems confronting the industry and assisting the industry in solving them; garner support from the textile industry for the work of the Center; and serve as a statewide center of excellence that serves all components of the textile industry. (2005-103, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-67.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 5A - North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology at Gaston College.|§ 115D-67.2 - Advisory Board.

 115D-67.2. Advisory Board.(a) The Advisory Board to the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology is hereby established. The purpose of the Advisory Board is to assist in the advancement and administration of the Applied Textile Technology Center.(b) The Advisory Board shall consist of 14 members as follows:(1) The President of Gaston College, who shall serve ex officio.(2) Two members who are residents of North Carolina appointed by the National Council of Textile Organizations.(2a) Two members appointed by the Southern Textile Association, Inc.(3) Two members appointed by the board of the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology Foundation.(4) Two members appointed by the board of trustees of Gaston College.(5) Three members appointed by the State Board of Community Colleges.(6) One member appointed by the dean of the College of Textiles at North Carolina State University.(7) The Director of the Manufacturing Solutions Center at Catawba Valley Community College who shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting member.The appointing entities shall attempt to appoint members who are distributed geographically throughout the State; members representing large and small companies; and members from each segment of the diverse textile industry including spun yarn manufacturing, filament yarn manufacturing, knitting, weaving, dyeing and finishing, apparel, nonwoven, technical/medical textiles, and fiber producers.  (c) In order for the terms of members to be staggered, one initial member appointed by the North Carolina Manufacturers Association, Inc., one member appointed by the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology Foundation, one member appointed by the board of trustees of Gaston College, and two members appointed by the State Board of Community Colleges shall serve for two-year terms. The remainder of the initial appointees shall serve for four-year terms. Subsequent terms shall be for four years. Initial terms shall begin July 1, 2005.Members may serve for no more than two consecutive four-year terms. Members appointed to an initial term of two years and members appointed to fill a vacancy may serve two consecutive four-year terms after the expiration of their term of less than four years.All vacancies occurring on the board shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the appointing authority making the original appointment.Members shall receive per diem, travel, and subsistence allowances in accordance with G.S. 138-5 and G.S. 138-6, as appropriate.(d) The Advisory Board is a public body as defined in G.S. 143-318.10(b) and is subject to all provisions of G.S. 143-318.9 through G.S. 143-318.18.  (2005-103, s. 3; 2010-31, s. 8.8(a); 2013-410, s. 36(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-67.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 5A - North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology at Gaston College.|§ 115D-67.3 - Director and other Center personnel.

 115D-67.3. Director and other Center personnel.The President of Gaston College shall appoint an individual to serve as the director of the Center from a list of two or more candidates recommended by the Advisory Board. If the President rejects the recommended candidates, the Advisory Board shall submit two or more additional candidates. The director, after consultation with the Advisory Board and subject to the approval of the President of Gaston College, shall select other staff members of the Center. The director and other staff members of the Center are employees of Gaston College and are subject to the personnel policies of Gaston College. (2005-103, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-67.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 5A - North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology at Gaston College.|§ 115D-67.4 - Fees collected by the Center; purchases using Center funds.

 115D-67.4. Fees collected by the Center; purchases using Center funds.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees collected by the Applied Textile Technology Center for services to the textile industry, except for regular curriculum and continuing education tuition receipts, shall be retained by the Center and used for the operations of the Center. Purchases made by the Center using these funds are not subject to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. However, the Center shall: (i) submit all proposed agreements or contracts for supplies, materials, printing, equipment, and contractual services that exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) authorized by this section to the Secretary of Administration or the Secretary's designee for review as provided in G.S. 114-8.3; and (ii) include in all agreements or contracts to be awarded by the Center under this section a standard clause which provides that the State Auditor and internal auditors of the Center may audit the records of the contractor during and after the term of the contract to verify accounts and data affecting fees and performance. The Center shall not award a cost plus percentage of cost agreement or contract for any purpose.  (2005-103, s. 3; 2010-194, s. 17; 2011-326, s. 15(q); 2017-102, s. 42.)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-67.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 5B - Manufacturing Solutions Center at Catawba Valley Community College.|§ 115D-67.10 - Purpose of the Center.

 115D-67.10. Purpose of the Center.The purpose of the Manufacturing Solutions Center at Catawba Valley Community College is to create and maintain jobs in North Carolina through support of traditional and emerging industries. The Center's services include training, testing, market development, entrepreneur support, product sourcing, prototyping, applied research, and managing a manufacturing business incubator.  (2017-57, s. 9.9.)
NC Gen Stat § 115D-67.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115D - Community Colleges|Article 5B - Manufacturing Solutions Center at Catawba Valley Community College.|§ 115D-67.11 - Director and other Center personnel.

 115D-67.11. Director and other Center personnel.The president of the Catawba Valley Community College shall appoint an individual to serve as the executive director of the Manufacturing Solutions Center. The executive director shall select other personnel of the Center, subject to the approval by the president of the Catawba Valley Community College. The executive director and other personnel of the Center are employees of Catawba Valley Community College and are subject to the personnel policies of the community college.  (2017-57, s. 9.9.)