H.B. 949
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
May 1, 2024
SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH10526-NIa-165B
Short Title: Coastal Plain Resilience and Eco. Pros. Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Butler.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
3 QUALITY FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
6 Environmental Quality, Division of Coastal Management, the sum of one million seven hundred
7 ten thousand dollars ($1,710,000) in recurring funds for the 2024-2025 fiscal year to be used for
8 the following purposes:
9 (1) To provide funding for two full-time positions to staff the Resilient Coastal
10 Communities Program.
11 (2) To provide grant funding, including federal match funding, and technical
12 assistance for targeted projects designed to reduce flood risk and promote
13 long-term resilience.
14 SECTION 1.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
15 Environmental Quality, Division of Coastal Management, the sum of four hundred seventy
16 thousand dollars ($470,000) in recurring funds for the 2024-2025 fiscal year to provide funding
17 for five full-time positions to staff the Coastal Habitat Assessment Program.
18 SECTION 1.(c) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
19 Environmental Quality the sum of nine hundred ninety thousand dollars ($990,000) in recurring
20 funds for the 2024-2025 fiscal year to provide funding for six full-time positions to continue
21 implementation of the Flood Resiliency Blueprint described in Section 5.9(c) of S.L. 2021-180,
22 as amended.
23 SECTION 1.(d) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
24 Environmental Quality (the "Department") the sum of one million two hundred ten thousand
25 dollars ($1,210,000) in recurring funds and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in
26 nonrecurring funds for the 2024-2025 fiscal year to provide funding for eight full-time positions
27 to (i) offer relevant technical assistance to the business community in dealings with the
28 Department, (ii) assist in grant administration for recycling industry growth, and (iii) provide
29 improved customer service in the Department's regional offices.
30 SECTION 1.(e) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
31 Environmental Quality, Division of Marine Fisheries, the sum of six hundred thousand dollars
32 ($600,000) in recurring funds and ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in nonrecurring funds for the
33 2024-2025 fiscal year to provide funding for five full-time marine patrol officer positions.
34 SECTION 1.(f) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
35 Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars
36 ($400,000) in recurring funds and five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) in nonrecurring
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1 funds for the 2024-2025 fiscal year to provide funding for three full-time positions to staff the
2 mobile air quality monitoring unit.
3 SECTION 1.(g) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
4 Environmental Quality the sum of three million one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,150,000)
5 in nonrecurring funds for the 2024-2025 fiscal year to fund overtopping studies for all remaining
6 high and intermediate hazard dams in the State, in accordance with G.S. 143-215.32A.
7 SECTION 1.(h) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
8 Environmental Quality the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) in
9 nonrecurring funds for the 2024-2025 fiscal year to be used for the ten percent (10%) cost-share
10 required for Superfund cleanups on the National Priority List sites and to pay the operating and
11 maintenance costs associated with those Superfund cleanups.
12 SECTION 1.(i) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
13 Environmental Quality (the "Department") the sum of four million ten thousand dollars
14 ($4,010,000) in recurring funds and five hundred ninety thousand dollars ($590,000) in
15 nonrecurring funds for the 2024-2025 fiscal year to provide funding for 24 full-time positions to
16 assist the Department in addressing the emerging compounds (including PFAS) issue in the State.
17 SECTION 1.(j) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
18 Environmental Quality the sum of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for
19 the 2024-2025 fiscal year for the Water Infrastructure Fund to be allocated to the Drinking Water
20 Reserve and the Wastewater Reserve to provide project construction grants for public water
21 systems and wastewater systems. The limits set forth in G.S. 159G-36(c) shall not apply to grants
22 awarded from funds allocated by this subsection.
23 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2024.
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