Section 116-43.20 - Operation of 4-H camps(a) North Carolina State University shall not close the 4-H camps listed in subdivisions (1) through (3) of this subsection. Further, North Carolina State University shall continue to operate each of those camps as 4-H camps and to offer programs and services at the sites of each of those camps at a level that is at least equivalent to the programs and services offered at each site as of June 30, 2013. The following three 4-H camps are to continue and are to be operated as 4-H camps as provided by this subsection: (1) Eastern 4-H Center located in Columbia, NC.(2) Millstone 4-H Camp located near Ellerbe, NC.(3) Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center located near Reidsville, NC.(b) The 4-H camps that were located at the sites listed in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection have ceased to operate as 4-H camps. At the request of the board of county commissioners of any county that is the site of one of the defunct 4-H camps listed in this subsection, North Carolina State University shall consult with the board regarding actions that may be taken to reopen the 4-H camp in that county and other options that may be available for the use of the site. Within 90 days after any consultation with a board of county commissioners conducted pursuant to this subsection, North Carolina State University shall submit a written report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Education/Higher Education, the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, and the Fiscal Research Division regarding the feasibility of reopening the site as a 4-H camp and any other options considered for the use of the site.
The list of defunct 4-H camps follows:
(1) Anita-Alta 4-H Camp in the Pisgah National Forest in Lenoir, NC.(2) Swannanoa 4-H Camp located at Swannanoa, NC.(c) North Carolina State University shall take all practicable measures to operate the 4-H camps in a manner that will generate a positive fund balance in the institutional trust funds that account for the activities of the 4-H camps.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-43.20
Added by 2014 N.C. Sess. Laws 100,s. 11.7-a, eff. 7/1/2014.