{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-17c-20","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17C-20","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this Article, the following definitions apply:\n(1)\tCommission. - The North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission.\n(2)\tCommittee. - The North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Committee.\n(3)\tCommunity college. - As defined in G.S. 115D-2(2).\n(4)\tDivision. - The Criminal Justice Standards Division of the North Carolina Department of Justice.\n(5)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2023-134, s. 18.3(a), effective October 3, 2023.\n(6)\tEligible 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.\n(7)\tProgram. - The North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Program.\n(8)\tRecipient. - 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); 2023-134, s. 18.3(a).)","path":["Chapter 17C. North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission.","Article 2. North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Program."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_17C/GS_17C-20.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:57:17Z","sha256":"93c2ae1f5613c035d36bf79e8a1d54e3b645162653e6cb87f8ce13bada355833","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-17c-19","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-17c-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}