FILED SENATE
May 19, 2022
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 757
SESSION 2021 PRINCIPAL CLERK
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SENATE BILL DRS15365-MCa-220
Short Title: Town of Williamston Funds. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Bazemore (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR VARIOUS NEEDS FOR THE TOWN OF
3 WILLIAMSTON.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Town of
6 Williamston the nonrecurring sum of twenty-nine million nine hundred thousand dollars
7 ($29,900,000) for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Funds appropriated in this act do not revert but
8 remain available to the town for the purposes allowed in this act. Of the amount appropriated in
9 this section, the town shall use the following amounts in the following ways:
10 (1) Nineteen million two hundred thousand dollars ($19,200,000) for water and
11 sewer infrastructure improvements, including transmission main and
12 transmission line repairs and improvements, fire flow improvements,
13 watershed improvements, and wastewater system equipment and
14 improvements, and for operating grants and loan forgiveness for the Martin
15 County Regional Water and Sewer Authority.
16 (2) Two million dollars ($2,000,000) for economic development in the downtown
17 corridor, including grant awards or loan programs or both to incentivize
18 businesses to locate in the downtown area; to make improvements to exterior
19 and interior downtown governmental facilities or commercial facilities to
20 better compete in attracting new occupants, including greenspace creation,
21 improvement, and rejuvenation; and to make energy improvements, including
22 charging stations, energy efficiency initiatives, and electric vehicle and solar
23 equipment purchases for town departments.
24 (3) Two million dollars ($2,000,000) for transportation and related infrastructure
25 improvement, including street repairs and paving in underserved areas.
26 (4) Six million six hundred thousand dollars ($6,600,000) for public safety
27 improvements, including fire hydrant capacity and capability markings,
28 replacement of aging fire and rescue vehicles and equipment, and retiring of
29 debt incurred as a result of police and fire department needs.
30 (5) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for cybersecurity upgrades and
31 improvements to protect citizen data and town departmental services and
32 functions.
33 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
*DRS15365-MCa-220*