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The changes to Senate Bill 452 include the addition of specific funding provisions for certain programs during the 2020-2021 fiscal year, indicating a clear allocation of resources. This matters because it ensures that there is financial support designated for these programs, which can help them operate effectively and serve the community. Additionally, the amendment sets deadlines for entities receiving funds to report on their use of those funds, promoting accountability and transparency.
FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA AprSESSION 1, 2019 S.B.S 1 SENATE BILL 452* Short Title:
452 SESSION 2019 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS25007-MGfa-53E* Short Title:
Rules and Operations of the Senate April 2, 2019 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MAKE BASE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT OPERATIONS OF STATE DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND AGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Current Operations – General Fund FY 2019-2020 FY 2020-2021 EDUCATION Community Colleges System Office $ 1,226,061,352 $ 1,259,654,502 Department of Public Instruction 10,154,153,510 10,491,072,721 *DRS25007-MGfa-53E**S452-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Appalachian State University 147,802,753 147,802,753 East Carolina University Academic Affairs 232,198,035 232,198,035 Health Affairs 79,382,794 80,527,794 Elizabeth City State University 35,303,227 35,303,227 Fayetteville State University 54,911,222 54,911,222 NC A&T State University 93,601,145 93,601,145 NC Central University 85,833,024 85,833,024 NC State University Academic Affairs 422,253,097 422,253,097 Agricultural Extension 40,696,005 40,696,005 Agricultural Research 54,821,141 54,821,141 UNC-Asheville 40,284,916 40,284,916 UNC-Chapel Hill Academic Affairs 277,452,951 277,452,951 Health Affairs 200,311,138 200,311,138 AHEC 49,864,072 49,864,072 UNC-Charlotte 255,365,710 255,365,710 UNC-Greensboro 178,127,163 178,127,163 UNC-Pembroke 77,397,024 77,901,245 UNC-School of the Arts 33,764,437 33,764,437 UNC-Wilmington 145,568,641 145,568,641 Western Carolina University 131,447,223 131,480,224 Winston-Salem State University 64,650,252 64,650,252 General Administration 42,663,693 42,781,900 University Institutional Programs 171,057,722 291,238,819 Related Educational Programs 117,718,501 121,718,501 NC School of Science & Math 23,137,488 24,637,488 Aid to Private Institutions 124,674,756 152,256,006 Total University of North Carolina – Board of Governors3,180,288,130 3,335,350,906 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Department of Health and Human Services Central Management and Support 140,189,457 128,024,328 Division of Aging & Adult Services 46,090,696 45,188,109 Division of Blind Services/Deaf/HH 8,845,968 8,943,448 Division of Child Development & Early Education 257,707,591 262,111,346 Division of Health Service Regulation 19,515,137 20,028,073 Division of Health Benefits 4,062,350,708 4,390,904,158 Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, & Substance Abuse Services 755,032,827 769,849,793 Division of Public Health 156,950,343 157,697,111 Division of Social Services 199,284,911 198,550,948 Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 41,376,316 40,777,211 Total Health and Human Services 5,687,343,954 6,022,074,525 NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 144,025,441 136,700,937 Page 2 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2 Department of Commerce Commerce 14,273,241 12,953,294 Commerce State-Aid 18,655,810 16,155,810 Commerce – Economic Development 234,671,300 160,175,700 7 Wildlife Resources Commission 11,551,698 11,856,155 9 Department of Environmental Quality 95,482,040 93,185,551 Department of Labor 19,947,965 20,440,211 Department of Natural and Cultural Resources 208,973,267 201,364,600 Department of Natural and Cultural Resources – Roanoke Island 590,328 590,328 JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety 2,186,951,968 2,222,698,198 Judicial Department 575,671,659 588,271,430 Judicial Department – Indigent Defense 127,953,188 131,159,955 Department of Justice 57,183,919 58,306,586 GENERAL GOVERNMENT Department of Administration 67,082,675 67,137,778 Office of Administrative Hearings 6,507,941 6,696,368 Office of State Auditor 14,409,486 14,783,642 Office of State Controller 24,942,798 25,460,365 State Board of Elections 7,414,583 7,636,058 General Assembly 73,633,413 73,721,429 Office of the Governor 6,200,153 6,305,470 Office of the Governor – Special Appropriation 0 0 Office of State Budget and Management Office of State Budget and Management 8,701,357 8,967,492 OSBM – Reserve for Special Appropriations 3,000,000 3,000,000 Housing Finance Agency 33,000,000 13,000,000 Department of Insurance 42,943,059 43,684,346 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Insurance – Industrial Commission 9,456,559 9,569,830 3 Office of Lieutenant Governor 898,408 917,492 5 Department of Military and Veterans Affairs 12,081,391 11,351,990 7 Department of Revenue 89,186,067 96,949,581 9 Department of Secretary of State 14,685,775 14,955,799 Department of State Treasurer State Treasurer 5,021,600 5,169,974 State Treasurer – Retirement for Fire and Rescue Squad Workers 29,710,641 30,060,641 Department of Information Technology 91,604,771 56,953,874 RESERVES, ADJUSTMENTS, AND DEBT SERVICE Contingency & Emergency Fund 2,000,000 2,000,000 Workers' Compensation Settlement Reserve 2,000,000 0 Salary Adjustment Fund 20,000,000 20,000,000 State Agencies – Public Safety Reserve 7,500,000 0 2020 Census Preparation 1,500,000 0 State Agency Insurance Coverage 2,000,000 2,000,000 OSHR – Class and Compensation Reserve 2,624,316 2,624,316 Medicaid Coverage Gap Savings (30,700,000) (69,300,000) Debt Service General Debt Service 720,286,081 738,665,753 Federal Reimbursement 1,616,380 1,616,380 TOTAL CURRENT OPERATIONS – GENERAL FUND $ 25,213,086,224 $ 25,955,939,987 GENERAL FUND AVAILABILITY STATEMENT SECTION 2.2.(a) The General Fund availability used in developing the 2019-2021 fiscal biennial budget is shown below:
Savings Reserve (119,607,840) 0 Capital Improvements Project Reserve (200,000,000) 0 Repairs and Renovations (50,000,000) 0 Retiree Healthcare Reserve (OPEB Liability) (50,000,000) 0 Information Technology Reserve (75,000,000) 0 State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund (10,000,000) 0 Beginning Unreserved Fund Balance 566,784,839 74,925,982 Page 4 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2 Revenues Based on Existing Tax Structure 23,813,800,000 24,801,000,000 4 Nontax Revenues Investment Income 183,000,000 203,300,000 Judicial Fees 232,900,000 232,400,000 Disproportionate Share 164,700,000 142,100,000 Insurance 83,700,000 84,600,000 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) 139,400,000 139,400,000 Other Nontax Revenues 196,600,000 198,600,000 Subtotal Nontax Revenues 1,000,300,000 1,000,400,000 Total General Fund Availability 25,380,884,839 25,876,325,982 Adjustments to Availability:
SECTION 2.2.(f) The State Controller shall transfer the sum of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) from the unreserved fund balance in the General Fund to the Information DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Technology Reserve established in section 37.9, on June 30, 2019.
Highway Fund Availability Statement FY2019-2020 FY2020-2021 Tax Revenue $ 1,530,100,000 $ 1,579,500,000 Nontax Revenue 772,200,000 828,000,000 Page 6 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Investment Income 1,000,000 1,000,000 NC Railroad Company Dividend Payment 4,100,000 4,200,000 4 Total Highway Fund Availability $ 2,307,400,000 $ 2,412,700,000 6 PART IV.
Funds maybe expended onlyonlyfor for the programs, DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 7 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 purposes, objects, and line items or as otherwise authorized by the General Assembly.
Any receipts that are required to be used to pay debt service requirements for various outstanding bond issues and certificates of participation areappropriateduptoareappropriated upto the actual amounts receivedfor the 2019-2020 fiscal year and the 2020-2021 fiscal year and shall be used only to pay debt service requirements.
FY 2019-2020 FY 2020-2021 Noninstructional Support Personnel $385,914,455 $385,914,455 Page 8 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Prekindergarten Program 95,909,118 96,821,248 Public School Building Capital Fund 100,000,000 100,000,000 Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund 75,000,000 75,000,000 Scholarships for Needy Students 30,450,000 30,450,000 UNC Need-Based Financial Aid 10,744,733 10,744,733 7 TOTAL APPROPRIATION $698,018,306 $698,930,436 9 SECTION 5.3.(b) G.S.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 9 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 MSA FUND/INCREASE APPROPRIATION TO GOLDEN L.E.A.F.
The policyshall address situations in which any of these individuals may directly or indirectly benefit, except as the grantee's Page 10 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 recipient's employees or members of its board or other governing body, from the grantee's recipient's disbursing of State funds, and shall include actions to be taken by the grantee recipient or the individual, or both, to avoid conflicts of interest and the appearance of impropriety.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 11 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (8) Require grantees and subgrantees to ensure that work papers in the possession of their auditors are available to the State Auditor for the purposes set out in subsection (i) of this section.
If the State financial assistance is a pass-through of funds awarded by an agency of the United States, then the Office of State Budget and Management must consult with the awarding agency of the United States and the State agency that is the recipient of the pass-through funds prior to taking the actions authorized by this Page 12 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 subsection.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 13 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (j) Use of Interest Earned on Grant Funds.
Page 14 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 SECTION 6.6.(d) Non-Supplant.
SECTION6.6.(f) Onor before March1, 2020,eachentityreceiving2020,eachentityreceivingfunds funds in Section 6.6.(a).
The State Board shall not increase a community college's purchasing/delegation benchmark by more than fifteen percent (15%) in any calendar DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 15 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 year without the concurrence of the Department of Administration within 60 days of submission.
Upon the expiration of the existing fire insurance policies on said properties and in making appropriations for any biennium after the next biennium, the Commissioner shall file with the Department of Administration his estimate of the appropriations which will be necessaryin order to set up and maintain an adequate reserve to provide a fund sufficient to protect the State, its departments, institutions, and agencies from loss or damage to any of said properties up to fifty Page 16 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 per centum (50%) of the value thereof.
Each local school administrative unit shall receive funds for the lesser of (i) all children who are identified DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 17 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 as children with disabilities or (ii) twelve and seventy-five hundredths percent (12.75%) of its 2019-2021 allocated averagedailymembership in thelocal school administrativeunit.Thedollaradministrativeunit. amounts allocated under this section for children with disabilities shall also be adjusted in accordance with legislative salary increments, retirement rate adjustments, and health benefit adjustments for personnel who serve children with disabilities.
Thedollar amounts allocated under this section for children with disabilities shall also be adjusted in accordance with legislative salary increments, retirement rate adjustments, and health benefit adjustments for personnel who serve children with disabilities.
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–Theactualcountytaxratemultipliedbyaweighted–Theactualcountytaxratemultiplied byaweighted average of the three most recent annual sales assessment ratio studies.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 19 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (16) Supplant.
– Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, the amount received per average daily membership for a county shall be the difference between the State average current expense appropriations per student and the current expense appropriations perstudent that thecountycould providegiventhe county's wealthwealthand and an average effort to fund public schools.
To derive the current expense appropriations per student that the county could be able to provide given the county's wealth and an average effort to fund public schools, multiplythecounty's wealthas apercentage ofState average wealthwealthbytheState bytheState average current expense appropriations per student.
For the 2019-2021 Page 20 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 fiscal biennium, the State Board of Education shall not allocate funds under this section to a county found to have used these funds to supplant local per student current expense funds.
Allotted ADM Small County Allotment 0-600 $1,710,000 601-1,300 $1,820,000 1,301-1,700 $1,548,700 1,701-2,000 $1,600,000 2,001-2,300 $1,560,000 2,301-2,600 $1,470,000 2,601-2,800 $1,498,000 2,801-3,300 $1,548,000 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 21 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 SECTION 7.4.(b) Phase-Out Provision for the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year.
Page 22 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Local school administrative units may also utilize funds allocated under this section to purchase services that allow for extraction of data from the Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS).
143C 6 4, the Department of Public Instruction may, after consultation with the Office of State Budget and Management and the Fiscal Research DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 23 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Division, reorganize the Department, realign fund structures, or both, if necessary, to implement (i) the budget reductions for the 2017 2019 fiscal biennium, (ii) recommendations resulting from the audit required pursuant to Section 7.23L of this act, or (iii) other changes necessary to improve the efficiency of the Department.
TheDepartment ofPublicInstruction shall provide (i) a current organization chart and a list of affected funds and (ii) the proposed organization chart and a list of affected funds clearly identifying the changes for the Department in theconsultation process and shall reportto theJoint LegislativeCommission ononGovernmental Governmental Operations on any reorganization, including any movement of positions and funds between fund codes on a recurring basis.
NORTH CAROLINA NEW TEACHER SUPPORT PROGRAM Page 24 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 SECTION 7.10.(a) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Public Instruction by this act, the Department shall transfer the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) each year of the biennium to East Carolina University to expand the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 25 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (1) Up to five seven local school administrative units with an average daily membership (ADM) equal to or less than 4,000.
– By March 1, 2020, a selection committee will select up to five grantees, making the effort to ensure that there is a diverse selection of postsecondary Page 26 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 institutions and representation of rural and urban LEAs and charter schools while reaching the geographic areas and LEAs that are most in need.
Local boards of DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 27 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 educationshallsubmittheirproposalsbyNovember1,2019.TheRFPshallrequirethatproposals include the following information at a minimum:
2019-2020 Teacher Monthly Salary Schedule Years of Experience "A" Teachers 0 3,625 1 3,725 2 3,825 Page 28 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 3 3,925 4 4,025 5 4,100 6 4,175 7 4,250 8 4,350 9 4,450 10 4,550 11 4,650 12 4,750 13 4,850 14 4,950 15 5,050 16 5,150 17 5,180 18 5,210 19 5,240 20 5,270 21 5,290 22 5,310 23 5,330 24 5,350 25 5,370 26 5,390 27 5,410 28 5,430 29 5,460 30+ 5,500 SECTION 8.1.(b) The following monthlyteacher salary schedule shall applyfor the 2020-2021 school year to licensed personnel of the public schools who are classified as teachers.
2020-2021 Teacher Monthly Salary Schedule Years of Experience "A" Teachers 0 3,750 1 3,850 2 3,950 3 4,050 4 4,150 5 4,250 6 4,300 7 4,375 8 4,470 9 4,570 10 4,650 11 4,700 12 4,800 13 4,900 14 5,000 15 5,110 16 5,210 17 5,310 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 29 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 18 5,350 19 5,390 20 5,430 21 5,470 22 5,510 23 5,550 24 5,590 25 5,620 26 5,650 27 5,680 28 5,720 29 5,760 30+ 5,800 SECTION 8.1.(c) Salary Supplements for Teachers Paid on the Teacher Monthly Salary Schedules for the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium – (1) Licensed teachers who have NBPTS certification shall receive a salary supplement each month of twelve percent (12%) of their monthly salary on the "A" salary schedule.
SECTION 8.1.(f) For the 2020-2021 school year, the twenty-sixth step of the salary schedule for (i) school psychologists, (ii) school speech pathologists who are licensed as speech pathologists at the master's degree level or higher, and (iii) school audiologists who are licensed as audiologists at the master's degree level or higher shall be two and one half percent (2.5%) Page 30 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 higher than the salary received by these same employees on the twenty-fifth step of the salary schedule.Thetwenty-seventhstepofthesalaryschedulefortheseemployeesshallbetwopercent (2.0%) higher than the salary received by these same employees on the twenty-sixth step of the salary schedule.
For teachers, in classroom instruction related to their graduate academic preparation in their field or subject area within their area of DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 31 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 licensure.
Teachers maybe moved off the "M" salary schedule or discontinue receiving salarysupplementssalary supplements if they are not meeting the requirements of subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of this act in that year.
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A teacher may carrycarryforward forward to July 1 a maximum of five days of personal leave;
If, however, no substitute is hired for a teacher, the substitute reduction shall be refunded to that teacher.shall receive full salary." PRINCIPAL BONUSES SECTION 8.3A.(a) The Department of Public Instruction shall administer a bonus in the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium to any principal who supervised a school as a principal for a majority of the previous school year if that school was in the top fifty percent (50%) of school Page 32 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 growth in the State during the previous school year, calculated by the State Board pursuant to G.S.
The first step of the base schedule is calculated using an annual rate of pay equivalent to 12 months of the monthlyrate of payfor teachers on the eleventh step of the "A" salaryschedule,salary schedule, plus twenty-four percent (24%).
2019-2020 Principal Annual Salary Schedule Base Schedule Years of Experience Annual Salary 0 $67,704 1 69,058 2 70,439 3 71,848 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 33 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 4 72,926 5 74,020 6 75,130 7 76,069 8 77,020 9 77,790 10 78,568 11 79,354 12 80,148 13 80,949 14 81,758 15 82,576 16 83,402 17 84,236 18 85,078 19 85,929 20+ 86,788 SECTION 8.4.(b) The following annual principal salary schedule is composed of two elements, the base schedule and the complementary schedule, described in subsection (c) of this section, and shall apply for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2020.
The first step of the base schedule is calculated using an annual rate of pay equivalent to 12 months of the monthlyrate of payfor teachers on the eleventh step of the "A" salaryschedule,salary schedule, plus twenty-four percent (24%).
Complementary Schedule Page 34 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Avg.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SALARIES SECTIONSECTION8.5.(a) 8.5.(a) Forthe2019-2020 fiscal year, commencingJuly1, 2019, assistant principals shall receive a monthly salary based on the 2019-2020 salary schedule for teachers who are classified as "A" teachers plus nineteen percent (19%).
For purposes of this DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 35 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 section, an administrator with a one-year provisional assistant principal's certificate shall be considered equivalent to an assistant principal.
The local board of education shall determine the appropriate category and placement for each assistant superintendent, associate superintendent, director/coordinator, supervisor, or finance officer within the salary ranges and within funds appropriated by the General Assembly Page 36 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 for central office administrators and superintendents.
SECTION 8.6.(f) Superintendents, assistant superintendents, associate superintendents, directors/coordinators, supervisors, and finance officers with certification based on academic preparation at the six-year degree level shall receive a salary supplement of one DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 37 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 hundred twenty-six dollars ($126.00) per month in addition to the compensation provided pursuant to this section.
SECTION 9.1.(b) The State Board of Community Colleges, in collaboration with the Department of Commerce, shall determine the eligible programs of study for the NC GROW Page 38 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Scholarships.
TheProgramThe Program is funded by allocations from the NC Job Ready Fund as directed in G.S.
The eligible programs of study shall include programs in Architecture and DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 39 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Construction, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Electrical Line Worker, and Manufacturing programs, and may include other programs to meet local workforce needs.
Page 40 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2 REORGANIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES SYSTEM OFFICE SECTION 9.6.(a) G.S.
FINISH LINE GRANTS SECTION 10.2.(a) The State Board of Community Colleges, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, and the President of The North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities shall develop program guidelines and shall determine the allocation of funds appropriated in this act for the student Finish Line Grants for their respective DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 41 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 systems.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 143C of the General Statutes, receipts within The University of North Carolina realized in excess of budgeted levels shall be available, up to a maximum of ten percent (10%) above budgeted levels, for each Budget Code, in addition to appropriations to support the operations generating the receipts as approved by the Director of Page 42 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 the Budget.
… DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 43 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (6) Survivor.
Page 44 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (1b) The legal custodian-child relationship shall be verified by an order from a court proceeding that established the legal custodianship.
(3) The cause of death of the law enforcement officer, firefighter, volunteer firefighter, or rescue squad worker worker, or correctional officer shall be verifiedbycertificationfrom thetherecordsoftheDepartment recordsoftheDepartment ofStateTreasurer, the appropriate city or county law enforcement agency that employed the deceased, the administrative agency for the fire department or fire protection district recognized for funding under the Department of State Auditor, or the administrative agency having jurisdiction over any paid firefighters of all counties and cities.
At the President's discretion, the council shall coordinate with UNC constituent institutions to utilize expertise from administrators, faculty, and staff membersindesigningtheagendaandinstructional contentfortheFTNCSymposium.TheFuture DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 45 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Teachers Advisory Council shall ensure diverse representation of the educator preparation programs represented at the Symposium.
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DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 47 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (e) Student Selection Criteria for Forgivable Loans.
… (h) IdentificationofSTEMandSpecialEducationLicensureAreas.–TheSuperintendentIdentificationofSTEMandSpecialEducationLicensureAreas. of Public Instruction shall identify and provide to the Commission and the Authority a list of STEM and special education licensure areas and shall annually provide to the Commission the number of available positions in each licensure area relative to the number of current and anticipated teachers in that area of licensure.
–TheSuperintendent of Public Instruction shall identify and provide to the Commission and the Authority a list of STEM and special education licensure areas and shall annually provide to the Commission the number of available positions in each licensure area relative to the number of current and anticipated teachers in that area of licensure.
Page 48 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (1) Forgivable loans awarded from the Trust Fund, including the following:
115C-105.37." DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 49 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS/ELIMINATE STATUTORY INCREASE SECTION 10A.2.(a) G.S.
116-143.1 and in accordance with definitions of residency that may from time to time Page 50 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 be adopted by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina.
COMMUNITY HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM CHANGES SECTION 11A.2.(a) Of the funds appropriated in this act to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Central Management and Support, Office of Rural DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Health, for Community Health Grants, the sum of seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000) in recurring funds for the 2019-2020 fiscal year and the sum of seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000) in recurring funds for the 2020-2021 fiscal year shall be used as follows:
SECTION 11A.2.(b) The Office of Rural Health shall work with the North Carolina Community Health Center Association, the North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors, the North Carolina Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, the North Carolina School-Based Health Alliance, and other organizations representing eligible grant recipients to establish a Primary Care Advisory Committee to develop an objective and equitable process for grading applications for grants funded bythis section and makingmakingrecommendations recommendations to the Office of Rural Health for the award of grants funded by this section.
Page 52 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (2) Supplant existing funds, including federal funds traditionally received by federally qualified community health centers.
SECTION 11A.2.(e) Of the funds appropriated in this act to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Central Management and Support, Office of Rural Health, for the Community Health Grant Program, the sum of up to one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) in recurring funds for each fiscal year of the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium shall be used to match federal funds to provide to safety net providers eligible to participate in the CommunityHealthGrant Program,throughtheRuralHealthTechnologyTeam,Program,throughtheRuralHealthTechnologyTeam,ongoingtraining ongoingtraining and technical assistance with respect to health information technology, the adoption of electronic health records, and the establishment of connectivity to the State's health information exchange network known as NC HealthConnex.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 53 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 c.
Page 54 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (4) Outcome measures that demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of the programs, services, and activities.
– Except as provided in subsection (b1) of this section, entities operating NC Pre-K classrooms shall adhere to all of the policies DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 55 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 prescribed by the Division of Child Development and Early Education regarding programmatic standards and classroom requirements.
Page 56 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (5) The Department of Health and Human Services shall implement necessary rule changes to restructure services, including, but not limited to, targeting benefits to employment.
SECTION11B.2.(d) Provisions ofpayment rates forchildcareprovidersinforchildcare countiesprovidersincounties that do not have at least 50 children in each age group for center-based and home-based care are as follows:
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 57 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (3) The child for whom a child care subsidy is sought is a citizen of the United States.
(3) TheDivision shall setasidefourpercent (4%)ofchildcaresubsidyallocations for vulnerable populations, which include a child identified as having special needs and a child whose application for assistance indicates that the child and the child's family is experiencing homelessness or is in a temporary living Page 58 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 situation.
– The salaryschedule developed and implemented by the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., shall set the maximum amount of State funds that may be used for the salary of the Executive Director of the North Carolina Partnership for DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 59 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Children, Inc., and the directors of the local partnerships.
The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., shall be responsible for compiling information on the private cash and in-kind contributions into a report that is submitted to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services in Page 60 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 a format that allows verification by the Department of Revenue.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 61 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 If the applicant has been a resident of this State for less than five years, then the offer of employment is conditioned on consent to a State and national criminal history record check of the applicant.
Page 62 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 … (i) The Department of Public Safetyshall perform the State and national criminal history checks on individuals required by subsection (a) of this section and shall charge the Department a reasonable fee only for conducting the checks of the national criminal history records authorized by this section.
The child-caring institution shall provide to the Department of Public Safety, along with the request, the fingerprints of the individual to be checked, any additional information required by the Department of Public Safety, and a form consenting to the check of the criminal record and to the use of fingerprints and other identifying information required by the State or National DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 63 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Repositories of Criminal Histories signed bythe individual to be checked.
INTENSIVE FAMILYFAMILYPRESERVATIONSERVICES PRESERVATIONSERVICES FUNDINGANDPERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS SECTION 11C.3.(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S.
143B-150.6, the Intensive Family Preservation Services (IFPS) Program shall provide intensive services to children and families in cases of abuse, neglect, and dependency where a child is at imminent Page 64 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 risk of removal from the home and to children and families in cases of abuse where a child is not at imminent risk of removal.
CHILD WELFARE POSTSECONDARY SUPPORT PROGRAM (NC REACH) DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 65 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 SECTION 11C.6.(a) Funds appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services for the child welfare postsecondarysupport program shall be used to continue providing assistance with the "cost of attendance" as that term is defined in 20 U.S.C.
(3) Develop and implementimplementrulesthatexplaintheStateprocess rulesthatexplaintheStateprocess for calculatingand distributing federal incentive funding to county child support services programs.
Page 66 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 SECTION 11C.7.(c) Reporting by County Child Support Services Programs.
This requirement shall not be construed to require LME/MCOs to authorize or maintain the same level of services for any specific individual whose services were DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 67 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 paid for with single-stream funding.
In addition, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, existing funds allocated to Page 68 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 LME/MCOs for community-based mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services may be used to purchase additional local inpatient psychiatric beds or bed days.
In addition, the Department shall work to ensurethat anylocal inpatientpsychiatricbedsinpatient orbedpsychiatricbeds daysorbeddays purchasedpurchasedin in accordance with this section are distributed across the State in LME/MCO catchment areas and according to need as determined by the Department.
(1) A uniform system for beds or bed days purchased during the preceding fiscal year from (i) funds appropriated in this act that are designated for this purpose DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 69 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 in subsection (a) of this section, (ii) existing State appropriations, and (iii) local funds.
(4) Theamount offundsusedto payfornonhospitaldetoxificationpayfornonhospitaldetoxificationservices, services, along with the number of individuals who received these services and the outcomes for each individual.
Page 70 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (2) The sum of two million thirteen thousand eight hundred sixty-eight dollars ($2,013,868) shall be used to provide services and supports such as, but not limited to, residential day program, transportation, respite and home modification to individuals with TBI statewide.
For the period beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021, and notwithstanding the provisions of the Home Care Agency Licensure Act set forth in Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes or any rules adopted pursuant to that Part, the Department of Health and Human Services shall not issue any licenses for home care DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 71 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 agencies, as defined in G.S.
Page 72 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (5) Children aged six through 18 with family incomes equal to or less than one hundred thirty-three percent (133%) of the federal poverty guidelines and without regard to resources.
These funds shall be allocated by the OAH for mediation services provided for Medicaid applicant and recipient appeals and to contract for otherotherservices services necessaryto conduct theappeals process.
ACCOUNTING FOR MEDICAID RECEIVABLES AS NONTAX REVENUE SECTION 11H.4.(a) Receivables reserved at the end of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 fiscal yearsshall, when received,be accountedfor as nontax revenuefor eacheachofthose ofthose fiscal years.
These deposits shall represent the return of General Fund appropriations, nonfederal revenue, fund balances, or other resources from State-owned and State-operated hospitals that are used to DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 73 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 provide indigent and nonindigent care services.
This report shall include an analysis of the causes of the shortfall, such as (i) unanticipated enrollment and mix of enrollment, (ii) unanticipated growth or utilization within particular service areas, (iii) errors in the data or analysis used to project the Medicaid budget, (iv) the failure of the program to achieve budgeted savings, (v) other factors and market trends Page 74 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 that have impacted the price of or spending for services, (vi) variations in receipts from prior years or from assumptions used to prepare the Medicaid budget for the current fiscal year, or (vii) other factors.
2017-186, Section DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 75 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 11H.10(d) of S.L.
Page 76 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 a.
CapitatedPHP contracts thatarenot BH IDDTailoredPlansshallIDDTailored Plansshall be referred to as Standard Benefit Plans.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 77 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (1a) Adverse disenrollment determination.
Page 78 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 "§ 108D-3.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 79 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (8) Other reasons, including poor quality of care, lack of access to covered services, or lack of access to providers experienced in dealing with the enrollee's health care needs.
§ 457.1130(c), the appeals process set forth in this Chapter shall not apply to instances in which the sole basis Page 80 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 for the PHP's decision is a provision in the State plan or in federal or State law requiring an automatic change in coverage under the health benefits package that affects all enrollees or a group of enrollees without regard to their individual circumstances." SECTION 11H.9.(i) G.S.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 81 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 "§ 108D-13.
– When the time limits for completing a standard appeal could seriously jeopardize the enrollee's life or health or ability to attain, maintain, or regain maximum function, an enrollee, or a network provider authorized in writing to act on Page 82 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 behalf of an enrollee, an authorized representative, has the right to file a request for an expedited appeal of a managed care action adverse benefit determination no later than 30 60 days after the mailing date of the notice of managed care action.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 83 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (c) Request for Contested Case Hearing.
Page 84 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 … (2) OAH shall conduct all contested case hearings telephonically or by video technology with all parties, unless the enrollee requests that the hearing be conductedin personbeforetheadministrativelawjudge.Anin-personhearing shall be conducted in the county that contains the headquarters of the LME/MCO or PHP unless the enrollee's impairments limit travel.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 85 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (l) Issue for Hearing.
Page 86 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 "§ 108A-55.
Nothing in this Part or the regulations made under its authority shall be construed to deprive a recipient of assistance of the right to choose the licensed provider of the care or service made available under this Part within the provisions of the federal Social Security Act.Act, provided that this restriction shall not prohibit a PHP from requiring its enrollees to obtain services from providers that are under contract with the PHP or imposing utilization management criteria to a DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 87 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 request for services to the extent not otherwise prohibited bybyState State or federal law or regulation or by the Department." SECTION 11H.9.(v) G.S.
Forpurposes ofthis subsection,subsection,"medical "medical institution"means licensedacutecareinpatient medical facilities providing medical, surgical, and psychiatric or substance abuse treatment, or facilities providing skilled or intermediate care, including intermediate care for the mentally retarded." SECTION 11H.9.(w) G.S.
Page 88 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 …." SECTION 11H.9.(bb) G.S.
– The administrative law judge assigned to a contested Medicaid or an adverse disenrollment determination case shall hear and decide the case without unnecessary DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 89 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 delay.
§ 455.23, the Department may also suspend payment to any provider that (i) owes a final overpayment, Page 90 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 assessment, or fine fine, or any other collectible debt owed to the Department or which the Department is otherwise obligated to collect, and has not entered into an approved payment plan with the Department or (ii) has had its participation in the Medicaid or Health Choice programs suspended or terminated by the Department.
(j) Audits that result in the extrapolation of results must be performed and reviewed by individuals who shall be credentialed by the Department, as applicable, in the matters to be DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 91 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 audited, including, but not limited to, coding or specific clinical issues.qualified in the matters to be audited.
(4) Nothingin this subsectionshall limitaproviderfrom challengingthechallenging the accuracy of the Department's audit, the statistical methodology of the Department's original sample, or the credentials qualifications of the individuals who performed and reviewed the audit.
Page 92 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (q) Except as required by federal agency, law, or regulation, or instances of credible allegation of fraud, the provider shall be subject to audits which result in the extrapolation of results for a time period of up to 36 months from date of payment of a provider's claim.results.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 93 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (2) The amount requested provides a State share that will not result in total requirements that exceed seven hundred five million six hundred eight-six thousand and eleven dollars ($705,686,011) in the 2019-2020 fiscal year and two hundred thirty-four million seven hundred eighty-six thousand five hundred and sixty-nine dollars ($234,786,569) in the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
MISCELLANEOUS MEDICAID PROVISIONS Page 94 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 SECTION 11H.14.(a) Volume Purchase Plans and Single Source Procurement.
Program Integrity will reinvest funding to implement technology solutions and increase investigative and compliance monitoring staffing andandthroughput. throughput.
Nonrecurringfundsappropriatedbythis Act forHospital Access Payments for the 2019-2021 biennium shall be appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Benefits, for additional Medicaid payments beyond those DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 95 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 included in base capitation payments, made in accordance with 42 C.F.R.
– The tax imposed by this section on a self-insurer shall be measured by the gross premiums that would be charged against the same or most similar industry or business, taken from the manual insurance rate then in force in this State, applied to the self-insurer's payroll for the previous Page 96 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 calendar year as determined under Article 36 of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes modified by the self-insurer's approved experience modifier.
(1) All premiums received on or after July 1, 1973, from policies or contracts issued in connection with the funding of a pension, annuity, or profit-sharing DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 97 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 plan qualified or exempt under section 401, 403, 404, 408, 457 or 501 of the Code as defined in G.S.
fire, farm owners multiple peril, homeowners multiple peril, nonliabilityportion ofcommercialmultipleperil,oceanmarine,inland marine, earthquake, private passenger automobile physical damage, commercial automobile physical damage, aircraft, and boiler and Page 98 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 machinery.
All assessment proceeds and corresponding matching federal funds must be used to make the payments required under DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 99 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 G.S.
–Theassessmentpayableunder–Theassessment payableunder G.S.
Page 100 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (d) Partial Exemption.
§ 438.6 of which the nonfederal share is not funded by DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 101 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 General Fund appropriations, the NC Health Choice Program, and the annual State Medicaid payment.
– The proceeds of the assessments imposed under this Article and all corresponding matching federal funds must be used to make the State annual Medicaid payment to the State and the Medicaid equity payments and UPL payments to hospitals.to fund payments to hospitals made directly by the Department and to fund a portion of capitation payments to Prepaid Health Plans attributable to hospital care and to fund the nonfederal share of any expenditures associated with expanding Medicaid coverage to individuals at or below one Page 102 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 hundred thirty-eight (138%) of the federal poverty level and to fund the nonfederal share of Graduate Medical Education payments.
(3) Payto the primaryaffiliated teachinghospital for the East Carolina University BrodySchool ofMedicine,to thecritical access hospitals, andto eachhospital thathasthat has paid its UPLassessment forthe respective quarter twenty-fivepercent (25%) of its UPL payment amount, as determined under subsection (c) of this section.
If a hospital provider (i) is exempt from both the equity base and UPL supplement assessments under this Article, (ii) makes an intergovernmental transfer (IGT) to the Department DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 103 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 of Health and Human Services to be used to draw down matching federal funds, and (iii) has acquired, merged, leased, or managed another provider on or after March 25, 2011, then the hospital provider shall transfer to the State an additional amount, which shall be retained by the State.
Page 104 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (4) Should the State expand Medicaid eligibility to individuals in the coverage gap, the Department of Health and Human Services may adjust the payment cap described in G.S.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 105 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 …." 3 SUBPART XI-K.
Division of Social Services 2,482,260 2,482,260 Page 106 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 14.
Subsidized Child Care $33,439,988 $33,439,988 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 107 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2 TOTAL TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY FUNDS $33,439,988 $33,439,988 6 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 8 Local Program Expenditures Divisions of Social Services and Aging and Adult Services 01.
Foster Care Services (Transfer From TANF) 1,385,152 1,385,152 Division of Central Management and Support Page 108 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2 15.
Division of Health Service Regulation 121,719 121,719 TOTAL SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT $74,055,372 $74,055,372 LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE BLOCK GRANT Local Program Expenditures DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 109 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Division of Social Services 3 01.
Commission on Indian Affairs 87,736 87,736 TOTAL LOW-INCOME ENERGY Page 110 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 ASSISTANCE BLOCK GRANT $108,555,155 $108,125,155 3 CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND BLOCK GRANT 5 Local Program Expenditures 7 Division of Child Development and Early Education 9 01.
Child Care Health Consultation Contracts 62,205 62,205 TOTAL CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND BLOCK GRANT $351,224,202 $350,849,220 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BLOCK GRANT Local Program Expenditures DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 111 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2 01.
Controlled Substance Reporting System Enhancement 427,655 427,655 Page 112 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 11.
Injury and Violence Prevention (Services to Rape Victims – Set-Aside) 160,000 160,000 DHHS Program Expenditures Division of Public Health DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 113 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2 03.
Page 114 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (4) A comparison of the proposed allocations by program or activity with two prior years' program and activity budgets and two prior years' actual program or activity expenditures.
TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) FUNDS DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 115 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 SECTION 11K.1.(g) The sum of eighty million ninety-three thousand five hundred sixty-six dollars ($80,093,566) for each year of the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium appropriated in this section in TANF funds to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, shall be used for Work First County Block Grants.
Of the funds appropriated in this subsection for each year of the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium for county block grants, three million dollars ($3,000,000) shall be used to assist counties in the implementation of Project 4, Child Services, in North Carolina Families Page 116 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Accessing Services Through Technology (NC FAST).
SECTION 11K.1.(t) The sum of seven hundred thirty-seven thousand sixty-seven dollars ($737,067) appropriated in this section in the Social Services Block Grant for each fiscal DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 117 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 year of the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium shall be allocated to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BLOCK GRANT SECTION 11K.1.(y) The sum of one million nine hundred seventy-six thousand nine hundred seventy dollars ($1,976,970) appropriated in this section in the Mental Health Services Block Grant to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, for each year of the Page 118 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2019-2021 fiscal biennium is allocated for Mental Health Services – First Psychotic Symptom Treatment.
SECTION 11K.1.(cc) No more than fifteen percent (15%) of the funds provided in this section intheMaternal and ChildHealthBlockGrantChildHealth BlockGrant to CarolinaPregnancyCareFellowship shall be used for administrative purposes.
The Department is responsible for administering the Fund using personnel and other DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 119 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 administrative resources of the Fund.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Page 120 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 MARINE RESOURCE ENDOWMENT FUND SECTION 13.1.(a) G.S.
Of the funds appropriated in this act for UniversityUniversityEnergy Energy Centers, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) shall be allocated to the energy center DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 121 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 at Appalachian State University, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) shall be allocated to the energy center at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University, and the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) shall be allocated to the energy center at North Carolina State University.
Page 122 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (2) For aquatic weed control projects in waters of the State under Article 15 of Chapter 113A of the General Statutes.
The purpose of the Fund is to stimulate the use of conservation easements, to improve the capacity of private nonprofit land trust organizations to successfully accomplish conservation projects, to better equip real estate related professionals to pursue opportunities for conservation, to increaselandowner participation in land andwater conservation,andconservation, and to providean opportunity to leverage private and other public monies for conservation easements.
Unexpended monies in the Conservation Grant Fund that were appropriated from the General Fund bytheGeneral Assemblyshall revert at theendofthefiscal yearyearunless unless theGeneral Assembly otherwise provides.
Unexpended monies in the Conservation Grant Fund from other sources shall not revertand shall remainavailableforexpenditureinremainavailableforexpenditure in accordancewith this Article.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 123 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 a.
Page 124 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 "§ 113A-233.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 125 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (4) Be purchased on behalf of, donated, or assigned in perpetuity to and accepted by the State, a local government, or a body that is both organized to receive and administer lands for conservation purposes and qualified to receive charitable contributions under G.S.
Page 126 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 "§ 143-215.104A.
The Fund may be used to provide alternative drinking water supplies if the Department determines that the concentration of one or more contaminants in the private drinking water well or improved spring exceeds the federal maximum contaminant level, or the federal drinking water action level as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations § 141.1 through § 141.571 (1 July 2007) and 40 Code DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 127 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 of Federal Regulations § 143.3 (1 July 2007).
The funds, if given as an endowment, shall be invested in securities designated by the donor, or if there Page 128 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 is no such designation, in securities in which the State sinking fund may be invested.
– The Department shall submit to the House and Senate appropriations committees with jurisdiction over natural and economic resources and the Fiscal Research DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 129 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Division by September 30 of each year a report on the State Parks Fund that shall include the source and amounts of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year." 5 PARKS AND RECREATION TRUST FUND ELIGIBILITY SECTION 14.4.
The Secretary may reduce or waive the fee established under Page 130 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 this subsection if the Secretary determines that a waiver or reduction of the fee is in the public interest.
There is hereby created the Tryon Palace Commission of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources with the power and duty to adopt, amend and rescind rules and regulations concerning the restoration and maintenance of the Tryon Palace complex, and other powers and dutiesasprovidedinArticle2ofChapter121oftheGeneralStatutesofNorthCarolina,including theauthorityto chargereasonableadmissionandrelatedchargereasonableadmissionandrelatedactivityfees. activityfees.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 131 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (3) The Commission shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this Chapter.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT Page 132 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 01.
SECTION 15.2.(f) By September 1, 2019, and September 1, 2020, the Department of Commerce shall report to the chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, the chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Natural, and Economic Resources, the Joint DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 133 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement Oversight Committee, and the Fiscal Research Division on the use of Community Development Block Grant Funds appropriated in the prior fiscal year.
For anyotherany other purpose consistent with the Department's administration of the CDBG program if an equal amount of State matching funds is available.
COMMUNITY INNOVATION FUND Page 134 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 SECTION15.3.(a) Fund.
In addition, DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 135 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 the Department must accept oral and written comments on the proposed guidelines, and shall in its discretion consider such comments before finalizing the guidelines, during the 15 business days beginning on the first daythat the Department has completed these notifications.
Page 136 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (10) Public improvements and public infrastructure.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 137 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (j) Project Oversight.
At least 20 days before the effective date of any guidelines or Page 138 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 nontechnicalamendmentstotheguidelines,theDepartmentshallpublishtheproposed guidelines on the Department's Web site and provide notice to persons who have requested notice of proposed guidelines.
– There is established in the Department of Commerce an NC Job Ready Fund for the purposes of providing job training, employment-related services, and economic development services to North Carolina job seekers and employers in order to address DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 139 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 workforce skills gaps.
Page 140 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (c) Contribution Rate for Experience-Rated Employer.
The Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions, may DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 141 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 award grants or contract with organizations to support a variety of work-based learning initiatives, including, but not limited to, the establishment or expansion of registered Apprenticeship programs, training for incumbent workers, and paid employment opportunities for students.
An amount more than seven million dollars ($7,000,000) ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for a feature-length film, more than twelve milliondollars($12,000,000)sixteenmilliondollars($16,000,000) for Page 142 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 a single season of a television series, or two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for a commercial for theatrical or television viewing or on-line distribution.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 143 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 SECTION 15A.2.(c) Except to provide administrative flexibility, up to ten percent (10%) of each of the allocations in subsection (a) of this section may be reallocated to one or more of the other allocations in subsection (a) of this section if, in the judgment of Center management, the reallocation will advance the mission of the Center.
Prior to using funds for this purpose, the Department shall report to the chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public SafetyandSafety and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety on the grants to be matched using these funds.
Page 144 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Therefore, the Department of Justice and Department of Public Safety are prohibited from using these assets for such purposes without the prior approval of the General Assembly.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 145 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2 CENTER FOR COMMUNITY TRANSITIONS/ CONTRACT AND REPORT SECTION 16C.3.
If North Carolina receives Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants or a notice of funds to be awarded, the Office of State Budget and Management and the Governor's Crime Commission shall consult with the Page 146 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Department ofPublicSafetyregardingthecriteriaforawardingfederal funds.
(b) Every person, firm, corporation or municipality who is licensed to construct or who is operating a fixed nuclear facility for the production of electricity shall pay to the Department DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 147 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 of Public Safety, for the use of the Radiation Protection Section of the Division of Public Health Health Service Regulation of the Department of Health and Human Services, an annual fee of at least thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000) for each fixed nuclear facility that is located within this State or that has a Plume Exposure Pathway Emergency Planning Zone any part of which is located within this State.
Funds may be used for the Page 148 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 creation of new positions or offices within existing public defender programs, including satellite offices of the Office of Capital Defender, for the establishment of regional public defender programs, or for positions providing support to private assigned counsel.
Thefollowingwordsand phrases as usedin this Chapter,unlessadifferent meaningismeaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Accumulated contribution" shall mean the sum of all amounts deducted from the compensation of a member and credited to his individual account in the DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 149 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 annuity savings fund, together with regular interest thereon, as provided in G.S.
The restoration fee shall be paid to the Division in addition to anyandany and all fees which may be provided by law.
The Office of State Budget and Management shall Page 150 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 annually report to the General Assembly the amount of fees deposited in the General Fund and transferred to the Forensic Tests for Alcohol Branch of the Chronic Disease and Injury Section of the Department of Health and Human Services include this information in the biennial fee report under this subsection." SECTION 26.2.(d) G.S.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 151 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (1) Establish general policies and guidelines for awarding grants-in-aid to nonprofit entities to conduct education and awareness activities on organ and tissue donation and advance care planning.
(2) Accept gifts or grants from othersources to further thepurposes oftheof the License to Give Trust Fund.
SALARIES AND BENEFITS Page 152 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 ELIGIBLE STATE-FUNDED EMPLOYEES AWARDED COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT/ LEGISLATIVE INCREASES SECTION 35.1.(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, a person (i) whose salary is set by this part, pursuant to the North Carolina Human Resources Act or as otherwise authorized in this act and (ii) who is employed in a State-funded position on June 30, 2019, is awarded a cost-of-living adjustment as follows:
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL OF STATE SECTION 35.2.(a) The salaryof the Governor, as provided bybyG.S. G.S.
Council of State FY 2019-2020 FY 2020-2021 Lieutenant Governor $132,064 $134,045 Attorney General 132,064 134,045 Secretary of State 132,064 134,045 State Treasurer 132,064 134,045 State Auditor 132,064 134,045 Superintendent of Public Instruction 132,064 134,045 Agriculture Commissioner 132,064 134,045 Insurance Commissioner 132,064 134,045 Labor Commissioner 132,064 134,045 CERTAIN EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 153 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 SECTION 35.3.(a) The annual salaries, payable monthly, for the following executive branch officials for the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium are as follows:
SECTION 35.4.(c) The district attorneyor public defender of a judicial district, with the approval of the Administrative Officer of the Courts or the Commission on Indigent Defense Services, respectively, shall set the salaries of assistant district attorneys or assistant public defenders, respectively, in that district such that the average salaries of assistant district attorneys or assistant public defenders in that district, for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, do not exceed eighty thousand nine hundred ninety-one dollars ($80,991) and the minimum salary of any assistant Page 154 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 district attorney or assistant public defender is at least forty-three thousand four hundred sixty-nine dollars ($43,469), effective July 1, 2020.
Assistant Clerks and Annual Salary DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 155 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Head Bookkeeper Minimum $35,302$35,831 Maximum 62,08063,011 Deputy Clerks Annual Salary Minimum $31,700$32,200 Maximum 48,754.49,486." 8 MAGISTRATES SECTION 35.4C.(a) Effective July 1, 2019, G.S.
Table of Salaries of Full-Time Magistrates Step Level Annual Salary Minimum Maximum Page 156 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Entry Rate $39,199$39,787 Step 1 $40,91441,528 42,09342,725 Step 2 43,94644,606 45,21545,893 Step 3 47,15647,863 48,51949,247 Step 4 51,00251,767 52,47953,267 Step 5 55,63656,471 57,25058,109 Step 6 60,82861,740 62,595.63,534.
"(b) The sergeant-at-arms and the readingclerk in each house shall be paid a salaryof four hundred thirty-eight dollars ($438.00) four hundred forty-five dollars ($445.00) per week plus DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 157 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 subsistence at the same daily rate provided for members of the General Assembly, plus mileage at the rate provided for members of the General Assembly for one round trip only from their homes to Raleigh and return.
Page 158 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 SECTION 35.9.(b) For the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina may provide EHRA employees a salary increase pursuant to the policies adopted bythe Board.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 159 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 MOST STATE EMPLOYEES SECTION 35.12.(a) Unless otherwise expressly provided by this part, the annual salaries in effect for the following persons on June 30, 2018, shall be legislatively increased as provided by Section 35.1(a) of this act:
(b) After funds are allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of this subsection, anyanyremaining remaining funds shall be transferred to the Salary Adjustment Fund and utilized for purposes authorized by that Fund.
SECTION 35.13.(e) No later than March 1 of each year of the biennium, the Office of State Budget and Management shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on the expenditure of funds for legislativelymandated salaryincreases Page 160 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 and employee benefits.
During the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, State agencies, departments, institutions, the North Carolina CommunityCollege System, and The Universityof North Carolinamayoffer Stateemployees theopportunityto use orto cash ininspecial specialbonusbonus leave benefits that have accrued pursuant to Section 28.3A of S.L.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 161 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (3) By September 1, 2020 and September 1, 2021, a report on the demographic information shall be submitted to the respective agency head or employing agency and to the Fiscal Research Division.
The Department shall develop additional program guidelines and policies Page 162 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 for the referral bonuses in consultation with the Office of State Budget and Management and the Office of State Human Resources.
Teachers and State State Employees LEOs ORPs CJRS LRS Retirement 13.65% 13.65% 6.84% 34.86% 27.84% Disability 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.00% 0.00% Death 0.16% 0.16% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Retiree Health 6.52% 6.52% 6.52% 6.52% 6.52% NC 401(k) 0.00% 5.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Total Contribution Rate 20.43% 25.43% 13.46% 41.38% 34.36% Therate forteachersand Stateemployees andStatelawenforcementandStatelawenforcementofficers officers includes one one-hundredth percent (0.01%) for the Qualified Excess Benefit Arrangement.
SECTION 35.21.(b) Effective July 1, 2020, the State's employer contribution rates budgeted for retirement and relatedrelatedbenefits benefits as apercentageofcovered salaries forthe2020-2021 fiscal year for teachers and State employees, State law enforcement officers (LEOs), the University and Community Colleges Optional Retirement Programs (ORPs), the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System (CJRS),andthe LegislativeRetirementLegislativeRetirementSystem System (LRS)are as set forth below:
Teachers and State State Employees LEOs ORPs CJRS LRS Retirement 14.36% 14.36% 6.84% 35.50% 28.70% Disability 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.00% 0.00% Death 0.16% 0.16% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Retiree Health 6.77% 6.77% 6.77% 6.77% 6.77% NC 401(k) 0.00% 5.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 163 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Total Contribution Rate 21.39% 26.39% 13.71% 42.27% 35.47% Therate forteachersand Stateemployees andStatelawenforcementofficers includes one one-hundredth percent (0.01%) for the Qualified Excess Benefit Arrangement.
No beneficiary shall be deemed to have acquired a vested right to any future supplemental payments." SECTION 35.22.(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in order to administer the one-time cost-of-living supplement for retirees provided for in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the Retirement Systems Division of the Department of State Treasurer may increase receipts from the retirement assets of the corresponding Page 164 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 retirement system or pay costs associated with the administration of the payment directly from the retirement assets.
Capital Improvements – Projects Reserve 2018-2019 Department of Administration DHHS New Office Complex Planning $10,000,000 Downtown Raleigh Pedestrian Safety Improvements 1,000,000 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Servicers Eaddy Building Renovation and Expansion 967,000 Tidewater Research Station Swine Unit Replacement 1,429,000 Department of Commerce Broughton District Redevelopment 9,600,000 Department of Environment and Natural Resources Water Resources Development 11,007,000 West Bay Vessel Replacement 2,000,000 Department of Health and Human Services Longleaf Neuro Medical Center 10,706,000 New Cherry Hospital Maintenance Facility 5,006,000 Department of Justice Eastern Justice Academy Supplement 1,292,000 Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Supplement for Fort Fisher State Historic Site Comple8,000,000Complet8,000,000 State Capital African American Monument 2,500,000 Graveyard of the Atlantic Renovation 4,200,000 Freedom Park 1,500,000 Department of Public Safety Perquimans Youth Development Center 1,731,000 Black Mountain Modular Classrooms 1,013,000 Troop B Renovation 2,152,000 Armory and Facility Development Projects 4,000,000 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 165 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2 Office of State Budget and Management TROSA Expansion 5,000,000 Reserve for Energy Efficiency 16,897,000 6 East Carolina University Howell Science Complex Renovation 6,430,000 9 Elizabeth City State University Library Replacement 3,200,000 North Carolina State University Electrical Infrastructure 10,000,000 Daniels Hall Renovation 4,200,000 UNC-Asheville Road and Sidewalk Repair 1,600,000 UNC-Chapel Hill Carrington Hall Renovation 4,500,000 UNC-Charlotte Cameron and Burson Building Renovations 4,500,000 UNC-Greensboro Jackson Library Renovation and Expansion 8,400,000 UNC-Pembroke Givens Performing Arts Center Renovation 3,120,000 UNC-School of the Arts Stevens Center Renovation 4,220,000 Western Carolina University Steam Plant 16,500,000 UNC-Television Bryan Center Renovations 6,000,000 UNC-System Energy Efficiency Renovations 16,830,000 Demolitions 10,500,000 TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS – PROJECTS RESERVE FUND $200,000,000 WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SECTION 36.3.(a) The Department of Environmental Quality shall allocate funds for water resources development projects in accordance with the schedule that follows.
The amounts set forth in the schedule include funds appropriated in this act for water resources development projects and funds carried forward from previous fiscal years in accordance with Page 166 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 subsection (b) of this section.
Name of Project Amount Carried Forward (1) Princeville Flood Damage Reduction 1,400,000 (2) Morehead City Maintenance 1,500,000 (3) Carolina Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction 686,000 (4) Kure Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction 315,000 (5) Wrightsville Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction 2,206,000 (6) Ocean Isle Coastal Storm Damage Reduction 1,040,000 (7) Planning Assistance to Communities 38,000 (8) Bogue Banks Coastal Storm Damage Reduction - (9) Surf City/North Topsail Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction 255,000 (10) West Onslow Coastal Storm Damage Reduction 220,000 (11) Neuse River-Goldsboro Section 1135 CAP 333,000 (12) Concord Streams, Section 206 CAP 1,023,000 (13) Manteo Old House Channel, Section 204 CAP 2,219,000 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 167 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (14) Lumberton Flood Damage Reduction, Section 205 CAP 125,000 (15) B.
Amount of Non-General Fund Name of Project Funding Authorized FY 2019-2020 FY 2020-2021 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services State Farmers Market Restaurant 1,250,000 0 Piedmont Triad Farmers Market Restaurant 200,000 0 State Fairgrounds Improvements 1,000,000 0 State Research Stations – Irrigation Improvements 200,000 0 State Research Stations – Pesticide Storage and Mixing 200,000 0 Page 168 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 State Research Stations – Poultry Facilities Improveme1,500,000Improvemen1,500,000 0 State Research Stations – Animal Feed and Grain Storage 250,000 Department of Military and Veteran Affairs Fayetteville Veterans Home Sprinklers 3,553,000 0 Wake County Veterans Home 5,208,500 0 Forsyth County Veterans Home 5,208,500 0 Department of Public Safety Stonewall Jackson YDC Classroom and Kennel 677,000 0 Department of Transportation Polk County Maintenance Shop 2,484,117 0 Ocracoke Ferry Quarters 1,190,000 0 Currituck Maintenance and Equipment Facilities 1,491,914 0 Northampton County Jackson Sub-Shop - 5,239,960 Repairs and Renovations 6,550,000 6,725,000 Wildlife Resources Commission Land Acquisition 8,000,000 8,000,000 McKinney Lake Residence 275,000 0 McCoy Road 325,000 0 New Bern Depot Boat Storage 250,000 0 Sandhills Depot Pole Shed 175,000 0 District 7 Storage Building – Wilkesboro 125,000 0 Sykes Depot Greenhouse - 150,000 New Shooting Ranges - 1,000,000 Marion Aqua-Culture Building 330,000 0 McKinney Hatchery Building 650,000 Caswell Depot Storage Building - 400,000 Rhems Depot Storage Building - 200,000 Troy Depot Replacement - 750,000 Boating Access Repair and Renovation 900,000 900,000 TOTAL AMOUNT OF NON-GENERAL FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS AUTHORIZED $41,343,031 $24,014,960 SECTION 36.4.(b) From funds deposited with the State Treasurer in a capital improvement account to the credit of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to G.S.
Name of Project 2019-2020 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 169 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Total Project Cost 3 (1) Reidsville Armory $5,000,000 (2) McLeansville Demolition 3,750,000 (3) Raeford Armory 1,800,000 7 Total $10,550,000 9 SECTION 36.5.(b) Subject to the limitations imposed by Section 36.2(a) of this act, the Adjutant General of the National Guard may determine which projects listed in subsection (a) of this section shall receive an allocation of State funds in each fiscal year of the biennium.
Where direct capital improvement appropriations include the purpose of furnishing fixed and movable equipment for any project, those funds for equipment shall not be subject to Page 170 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 transfer into construction accounts except as authorized by the Director of the Budget.
143-128.1C(b) while undertakingplanningundertaking planning associated with funds appropriated in Section 36.2 of this act.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 171 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (a) Limitation.
This sub-subdivision shall not apply to requests for appropriations of less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).below the formal project limit, as set by the State Building Commission." Page 172 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2 LIMITED OBLIGATION BONDS SECTION 36.12.(a) The State, with the prior approval of the State Treasurer and theCouncil ofState, as providedin Article 9ofChapter142 oftheGeneral Statutes,is authorized to issue or incur special indebtedness in order to provide funds to the State to be used, together with other available funds, to pay the capital facility costs of the projects described in this subsection.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 173 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (7) The facilities constructed in this Act will benefit all future North Carolinians for decades to come.
(11) ThedebtproposedbythisActis affordableandpreferableto addresstheneedsaddress theneeds of the citizens of the State.
– An agreement entered into by the State Treasurer on behalf of the State with a bank, savings and loan association, or other banking institution, an insurance company, reinsurance company, surety company or other insurance institution, a corporation, investment banking firm, or other investment institution, or any financial institution or other similar provider of a credit facility, which provider may be located within or without the United States, such agreement providing for prompt payment of all or any part of the principal or purchase price (whether at maturity, presentment or tender for purchase, redemption, or acceleration), redemption premium, if any, and Page 174 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 interest on any bonds or notes payable on demand or tender by the owner, in consideration of the State agreeing to repay the provider of the credit facility in accordance with the terms and provisions of such agreement.
Public Instruction Public Schools New Schools, Additions, Renovations $2,000,000,000 Capital Assistance Program Total for Public Instruction $2,000,000,000 Water and Sewer Infrastructure Department of Water/Sewer Loans and Grants $800,000,000 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 175 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Environmental Quality 4 Total for Water and Sewer Infrastructure $800,000,000 6 NC Community College Prosperity Zone Projects $200,000,000 9 Alamance Comm.
New Construction, Repairs, Renovations 5,418,808 College Page 176 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2 Edgecombe Comm.
New Construction, Repairs, Renovations 3,008,273 College DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 177 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Robeson Comm.
College New Construction, Repairs, Renovations 4,023,584 Total for NC Community Colleges $500,000,000 University of North Carolina Appalachian State University Wey Hall Renovations $25,200,000 East Carolina University Howell Science Complex Renovations 38,580,000 Elizabeth City State Library Replacement 28,800,000 University Fayetteville State Rosenthal and Chick Building Renovations 13,700,000 University Page 178 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 North Carolina Agriculture Carver Hall Renovations 18,500,000 And Technical State University 4 North Carolina Central Lee Biology Building Renovations 8,100,000 University 7 North Carolina State Daniels Hall Renovations 37,800,000 University UNC-Asheville Justice Center Renovations 26,800,000 UNC-Chapel Hill Carrington Hall Renovations 40,500,000 UNC-Charlotte Cameron and Brunson Building Renovations 27,000,000 UNC-Greensboro Jackson Library Renovation and Addition 75,600,000 UNC-Pembroke Givens Performing Arts Center Renovation 28,080,000 UNC-School of the Arts Stevens Center Renovation 37,980,000 UNC-Wilmington Randall Library Renovation and Expansion 56,400,000 Western Carolina University Moore Building Renovation 10,900,000 Winston Salem State Hauser Building Renovation and Expansion 15,100,000 University NC School of Science and Life Safety Renovations 10,960,000 Mathematics Total for University of North Carolina $500,000,000 Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Museum of History Renovation $60,000,000 NC Zoo AustrailAsia Complex $40,000,000 (2) Special Allocation Provisions.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 179 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2.
The State Board of Education shall certify to the State Treasurer from time to time the extent to whichwhichthematchrequirements thematchrequirements ofthis subsectionhavebeenmet with respect to each county.
The State Board of Education shall Page 180 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 also require counties to report annually on the impact of funds provided under this act on the property tax rate for that year.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 181 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 2.
Page 182 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (iii) The State Board of CommunityColleges will require at least two colleges in the prosperity zone collaborate on the use of the requested facility.
Any items purchased with such proceeds and installed or replaced as part of a renovation or rehabilitationmust haveausefullifeofhaveausefullifeofat at least 10 yearsormust extend the life of the facility by at least 10 years once renovated or rehabilitated.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 183 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Monies in the Public Improvement Bonds Fund or any separate account established under this section may be invested from time to time by the State Treasurer in the same manner permitted for investment of monies belonging to the State or held in the State treasury, except with respect to grant money to the extent otherwise directed bythe terms of thegrant.
– Allocations to the costs of a capital improvement or undertaking in each casemayincludeallocations to paythecosts set forthforthin in sub-subdivisions c.
Page 184 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 "[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST The issuance of three billion nine hundred million dollars ($3,900,000,000) State of North Carolina Public Improvement Bonds constituting general obligation bonds of the State secured by a pledge of the faith and credit and taxing power of the State for the purpose of providing funds, with any other available funds, to fund capital improvements and new facilities for the State, including, without limitation, the construction and furnishing of new facilities and the renovation and rehabilitation of existing facilities for, without limitation, the public schools of the state, water and sewer systems, the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, North Carolina Community College System, and the University of North Carolina System." If a majority of those voting on the bond question in the election vote in favor of the issuance of the bonds described in the question, those bonds may be issued as provided in this section.
– Subject to the approval by the Council of State as to the manner in which bonds or notes shall be offered for sale, whether at DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 185 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 public or private sale, whether within or without the United States, and whether by publishing notices in certain newspapers and financial journals, mailing notices, inviting bids by correspondence, negotiating contracts of purchase, or otherwise, the State Treasurer is authorized to sell bonds or notes at one time or from time to time at any rates of interest, which may vary from time to time, and at any prices, including a price less than or greater than the face amount of the bonds or notes, as the State Treasurer may determine.
Money in a trust fund may be invested in (i) direct obligations of the United States government, (ii) obligations the principal of and interest on which are guaranteed by the United States government, (iii) obligations of any agency or instrumentality of the United States government if the timely payment of principal and interest on the obligations is unconditionally guaranteed by the United States government, or (iv) certificates of deposit issued by a bank or trust company located in the State Page 186 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 if the certificates are secured by a pledge of any of the obligations described in (i), (ii), or (iii) above having an aggregate market value, exclusive of accrued interest, equal at least to the principal amount of the certificates so secured.
Bonds and notes are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any officer or agency of the State or political subdivision of the State for anypurpose for which the deposit of bonds, notes, or obligations of the State or any political subdivision is now or mayhereaftermay hereafter be authorized by law.
(4) Bear interest at a rate or rates that may vary for any period of time, as may be provided in the proceedings providing for the issuance of the bonds or notes, DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 187 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 including, without limitation, such variations as may be permitted pursuant to a par formula;
Page 188 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 … (9a) Low-cost service offering.
– Projects that will provide minimum download and minimum upload speeds shall have the aggregate points given under DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 189 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 subdivisions (1) through (5) of this subsection multiplied by a factor at the level indicated in the table below:
The Department of Information Technology's Broadband Infrastructure Office shall work with the Department of Public Instruction to initiate a one-year grant program that will serve as the foundation for a long-term solution for students and teachers Page 190 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 who lack broadband service.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 191 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT BOARD AND RESERVE SECTION 37.3.(a) There is established the Information Technology Oversight Board, which shall be located within the Department of Information Technology for organizational, budgetary, and administrative purposes.
The Board shall determine the monitoring schedule and procedures, except that each project receiving money from the Reserve shall Page 192 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 providetheBoardwithquarterlyreportsandcomebeforetheBoardforreview at least annually.
DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 193 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 SECTION 37.3.(k) Of the amount in the Reserve, funds shall be allocated in the following manner:
– An amount equal to five percent (5%) of qualified rehabilitationexpendituresrehabilitatioexpenditures not exceeding twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) if the certified historic structure is located in a North Carolina county that has been designated as eligible for both individual and public assistance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency during the current tax year or the previous tax year." SECTION 38.1.(b) G.S.
Page 194 DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 "(b1) If the non-income-producing certified historic structure is located in a county that has been designated as eligible for both individual and public assistance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency during the current tax year or the previous four taxable years, the taxpayer may claim a credit under this section no more than twice in any five-year period, carryovers notwithstanding." SECTION 38.1.(c) G.S.
143C-5-5.The Director ofthe Fiscal Research DRS25007-MGfa-53E*Senate Bill 452*-First Edition Page 195 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 Division shall send a copy of the report issued pursuant to this section to the Director of the Budget.
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