115C-258. Provisions regarding payment.
The claims authorized herein may be paid, regardless of whether the injury received by the pupil was due to negligence on the part of the school bus driver, the injured pupil, or any other person. To the extent of payments made under this Article, the Attorney General shall be subrogated to the right of the pupil against any third party legally responsible for the injury. Further, any amounts paid shall constitute a credit against any obligation arising under the provisions of the Tort Claims Act. (1955, c. 1372, art. 22, s. 2; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; c. 576, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education
Article 17 - Supporting Services.
§ 115C-239 - Authority of local boards of education.
§ 115C-240 - Authority and duties of State Board of Education.
§ 115C-241 - Assignment of school buses to schools.
§ 115C-242 - Use and operation of school buses.
§ 115C-242.1 - Installation and operation of automated school bus safety camera.
§ 115C-243 - Use of school buses by senior citizen groups.
§ 115C-244 - Assignment of pupils to school buses.
§ 115C-245 - School bus drivers; monitors; safety assistants.
§ 115C-246 - School bus routes.
§ 115C-247 - Purchase of activity buses by local boards.
§ 115C-249 - Purchase and maintenance of school buses, materials and supplies.
§ 115C-250 - Authority to expend funds for transportation of children with disabilities.
§ 115C-251 - Transportation supervisors.
§ 115C-252 - Aid in lieu of transportation.
§ 115C-253 - Contracts for transportation.
§ 115C-254 - Use of school buses by State defense militia or North Carolina National Guard.
§ 115C-255 - Liability insurance and waiver of immunity as to certain acts of bus drivers.
§ 115C-256 - School bus drivers under Workers' Compensation Act.
§ 115C-257 - Attorney General to pay claims.
§ 115C-258 - Provisions regarding payment.
§ 115C-259 - Claims must be filed within one year.
§ 115C-262 - Liability insurance and tort liability.
§ 115C-263 - School nutrition services.
§ 115C-264.1 - Preference to high-calcium foods and beverages in purchasing contracts.
§ 115C-264.2 - Vending machine sales.