§ 116-43.20. Operation of 4-H camps.

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(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. (2014-100, s. 11.7(a).)