The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Governmental entity. –

a. The State, any county or municipality, or any department, agency, or other instrumentality thereof.

b. Any school board, special district, authority, or other entity exercising governmental authority.

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 99E-22

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

(2) Hazardous recreational activity. – Skateboarding, inline skating, or freestyle bicycling.

(3) Inherent risk. – Those dangers or conditions that are characteristic of, intrinsic to, or an integral part of skateboarding, inline skating, and freestyle bicycling. (2003-334, s. 1.)