North Carolina General Statutes 116-44.6. Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires another meaning, the following definitions apply in this Part:
(1) Fraternity or sorority. – A social, professional, or educational incorporated organization that, by official recognition, is affiliated or identified with a public or nonpublic institution of higher education in this State and which maintains a living facility that provides accommodations for five or more students enrolled at the recognition-granting institution of higher education.
(2) Fund. – The Fire Safety Loan Fund authorized by this Part.
(3) Living facility. – A sleeping facility capable of overnight accommodation and other capabilities which support continuous occupancy.
(4) Residence hall. – A living facility maintained by a public or nonpublic institution of higher education in North Carolina or by the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics for use by enrolled students.
(5) Supplemental fire safety protection system. – A water system capability which is sized to accommodate the added water supply pressure and volume required for building fire protection.
(6) Water system. –
a. A city, county, or sanitary district; or
b. A water and sewer authority, a metropolitan water district, or county water and sewer district, established pursuant to Chapter 162A of the N.C. Gen. Stat.. (1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 16.5(a).)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 116-44.6
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- institution: means one of the 16 public institutions of higher education, to wit, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the University of North Carolina at Asheville, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina School of the Arts, redesignated effective August 1, 2008, as the "University of North Carolina School of the Arts" Pembroke State University, redesignated effective July 1, 1996, as the "University of North Carolina at Pembroke" Western Carolina University, and Winston-Salem State University, and the constituent high school, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. See North Carolina General Statutes 116-2
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3