AN ACT transferring the north carolina state approving agency for veterans and military education to the department of military and veterans affairs to comply with recent federal legislation prohibiting the agency from being coLlocated with a university system whose courses or programs of education would be subject to approval by the agency.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The North Carolina State Approving Agency (SAA) for veterans and military education located in The University of North Carolina System is transferred to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA). This transfer has all of the elements of a Type II transfer, as described in G.S. 143A‑6, except that the management functions of the SAA shall not be performed under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the DMVA but shall instead be performed under the direction and supervision of the Executive Director of the SAA. The SAA is an independent State agency and shall continue to perform its duties as prescribed by 38 U.S.C. §§ 3670‑3699A, as amended, and any other applicable federal or State law.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.