{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-116-44.6","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-44.6","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Unless the context clearly requires another meaning, the following definitions apply in this Part:\n(1)\tFraternity 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.\n(2)\tFund. - The Fire Safety Loan Fund authorized by this Part.\n(3)\tLiving facility. - A sleeping facility capable of overnight accommodation and other capabilities which support continuous occupancy.\n(4)\tResidence 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.\n(5)\tSupplemental 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.\n(6)\tWater system. -\na.\tA city, county, or sanitary district; or\nb.\tA water and sewer authority, a metropolitan water district, or county water and sewer district, established pursuant to Chapter 162A of the General Statutes. (1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 16.5(a).)","path":["Chapter 116. Higher Education.","Article 1. The University of North Carolina.","Part 7. Fire Safety."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_116/GS_116-44.6.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:17:57Z","sha256":"4b4efe2ba7ed8cbf666e55598e6c1be1ca8f43ba6329ee3f9e97735b7785de6a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-116-44.5","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-116-44.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}