NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 905

SENATE BILL 746

 

 

AN ACT CONCERNING REACQUISITION OF RESIDENT TUITION STATUS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 116-143.1 is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection (1) to read as follows:

"(1)      Any person who ceases to be enrolled at or graduates from an institution of higher education while classified as a resident for tuition purposes and subsequently abandons North Carolina domicile shall be permitted to reenroll at an institution of higher education as a resident for tuition purposes without necessity of meeting the 12-month durational requirement of this section if the person reestablishes North Carolina domicile within 12 months of abandonment of North Carolina domicile and continuously maintains the reestablished North Carolina domicile at least through the beginning of the academic term(s) for which in-State tuition status is sought. The benefit of this subsection shall be accorded not more than once to any one person."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of July, 1981.