Section 17C-20 - DefinitionsAs used in this Article, the following definitions apply:
(1) Commission. - The North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission.(2) Committee. - The North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Committee.(3) Community college. - As defined in G.S. 115D-2(2).(4) Division. - The Criminal Justice Standards Division of the North Carolina Department of Justice.(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.Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 134,s. 18.3-a, eff. 9/22/2023, applicable to individuals participating in the Program on or after that date and to Committee extension determinations made on or after that date.Amended by 2021 N.C. Sess. Laws 180, s. 18.6-a, eff. 11/18/2021, and applicable to Criminal Justice Fellows Program applicants selected on or after that date.Amended by 2020 N.C. Sess. Laws 78, s. 11.1-a, eff. 7/1/2020.Added by 2018 N.C. Sess. Laws 5, s. 17.1-b, eff. 7/1/2018.