North Carolina General Statutes 17C-20. Definitions
As used in this Article, the following definitions apply:
(1) Commission. – The North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 17C-20
- 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
- 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
(2) Committee. – The North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Committee.
(3) Community college. – As defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115D-2(2).
(4) Division. – The Criminal Justice Standards Division of the North Carolina Department of Justice.
(5) Eligible county. – A county with a population of less than 200,000 according to the latest federal decennial census.
(6) Eligible criminal justice professions. – State and local sworn law enforcement officers, State correctional officers, other correctional officers maintained by local governments and juvenile justice agencies, sworn sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, detention officers, and telecommunicators under the direct supervision of a law enforcement agency.
(7) Program. – The North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Program.
(8) Recipient. – An individual selected by the Committee to receive a forgivable loan under the Program. (2018-5, s. 17.1(b); 2020-78, s. 11.1(a); 2021-180, s. 18.6(a).)