H.B. 13
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Jan 27, 2021
SESSION 2021 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH30004-NDa-21
Short Title: State Search and Rescue Funding. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Davis.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE CONTINUATION FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE STATE
3 SEARCH AND RESCUE PROGRAM.
4 Whereas, the 2019 Appropriations Act included funding to support the State Search
5 and Rescue Program in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2019-2020 fiscal
6 year ($1,000,000 recurring and $1,000,000 nonrecurring) and the sum of one million dollars
7 ($1,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2020-2021 fiscal year; and
8 Whereas, the 2019 Appropriations Act was vetoed, and those funds were not received
9 by the Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management; and
10 Whereas, in the 2019 Disaster Recovery Act, Session Law 2019-224, the sum of one
11 million dollars ($1,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2019-2020 fiscal year was included to
12 support the State Search and Rescue Program; Now, therefore,
13 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
14 SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
15 Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management, the sum of two million three hundred
16 thousand dollars ($2,300,000) in recurring funds for each fiscal year of the 2021-2023 fiscal
17 biennium to be used to support the State Search and Rescue Program as provided in Article 6 of
18 Chapter 166A of the General Statutes. The funds shall be used in partnership with units of local
19 government to supplement local funds to purchase equipment, maintain equipment, and provide
20 other items necessary to ensure statewide search and rescue services. Any match requirement
21 established by the Secretary may be satisfied by the sponsoring local agency with cash payments
22 or in-kind contributions.
23 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2021.
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