AN ACT to appropriate funds for esports at guilford technical community college.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office for the 2022‑2023 fiscal year the sum of seven hundred forty‑nine thousand dollars ($749,000) in nonrecurring funds to be allocated to Guilford Technical Community College to facilitate student participation in esports events, including for the repair and renovation of one or more existing buildings to create an esports arena, technology needed for esports competitions, and associated furnishings. For purposes of this section, the term esports events is as defined in G.S. 143B‑437.02B(b)(3), as enacted by Section 11.13 of S.L. 2021‑180.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2022.