AN ACT TO MAKE CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2023. SL 2024-40. Enacted July 8, 2024. Effective July 8, 2024, except as otherwise provided.
Bill Summaries: S357 ADJUSTMENTS TO THE 2023 APPROPRIATIONS ACT. (NEW)
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Bill S 357 (2023-2024)Summary date: Jul 9 2024 - View Summary
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Bill S 357 (2023-2024)Summary date: Jun 26 2024 - View Summary
House amendment #1 to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Section 1
Extends the time that nonrecurring appropriation funds that will revert to the fund from which the appropriation was so that those funds remain available for expenditure until December 31, 2024 (was, September 30, 2024).
Section 2
Removes provisions pertaining to the reduction of funds for premium pay bonuses under SL 2021-180 and the allocation form SFRF to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for child care stabilization grants. Reduces the following nine State Fiscal Recovery Funds appropriated in SL 2021-180:
- Economic Assistance Funds to the Administrative Office of the Courts by $964,680
- Motorsports to the Department of Commerce (DOC) by $125,338
- Premium Pay Bonuses to DHHS by $11,993,088
- Temporary Assistance Funding for ICF/IID’s by $4,686
- Smart School Bus Pilot to the Department of Public Instruction by $3,327,585
- Mainframe Migration to the Department of Revenue (DOR) by $372,237
- Business Recovery Grant Program to DOR by $2,917,143
- Longleaf Commitment Grants to UNC Board of Governors by $13,148,275
- DEQ for water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure grants by $800 million.
Requires state agencies in possession of the above described funds to return the funds to the State Fiscal Recovery Fund (SFRF) not later than fifteen business days after the section becomes law. Specifies that if the reductions above are not sufficient to meet the funding reallocations below, the Office of State Budget and Management (OMB) in conjunction with the NC Pandemic Recovery Office, identify additional SFRF funds to meet the allocations.
Directs OMB to allocate SFRF funds for the following purposes:
- $32,853,032 to the Department Health and Human Services (DHHS) for Childcare Stabilization Grants
- $800 million to OSBM to offset existing General Fund appropriations across State government for allowable uses of SFRF funds for FY 2024-2025, to be fully expended by June 30, 2025.
Appropriates $800 million in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund for FY 2024-25 to DEQ for water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure grants.
Section 2A
Appropriates $32,853,032 from SFRF in nonrecurring funds to DHHS’s Division of Child Development and Early Education (Division) from SFRF, $25,498,922 in nonrecurring funds from the Child Care and Development and Block Grant, and $9,148,046 from the General Fund to continue the compensation grants portion of the child care stabilization grants. Requires the Division to continue the compensation grants portion of the child care stabilization grants for the first two quarters of FY 2024-25 at a reduced level to stay within the provided funding limits.
Amends Section 9M.1 of SL 2023-134, as amended, to increase the appropriation lined as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to the Division for Subsidized Child Care from $45,813,694 to $52,316,626; the total TANF funds from $312,353,987 to $318,856,919 for FY 2024-25. Amends Section 9M.1 of SL 2023-134 as amended, to amends the appropriation lined as Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant, Local Program Expenditures, as follows: (1) reduces child care services from $289,070,072 to $282,567,140; (2) increases Quality and Availability Initiatives funds from $61,980,526 to $87,479,448; and overall (3) increases the Total Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant from $411,280,123 to $430,302,451. Specifies that of the $87,479,448 appropriated $25,498,922 must be used to extend the compensation grants portion of the child care stabilization grants.
Amends GS 115C-562.8 (opportunity scholarship grant reserve) and GS 115C-597 to authorize the State Education Assistance Authority (Authority) to allocate unused funds of the additional administrative costs of the Personal Education Student Accounts for Children with Disabilities Program if the actual costs of administering the scholarship grant program is less than the funds authorized for administering the program. Amends the amount the Authority may use for administrative costs.
Amends GS 116-143.1 (relating to provisions for determining resident status for tuition purposes), so that any citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau who is a nonresident is eligible to be charged in-State tuition rate and pay the full amount of the in-State tuition rate and applicable mandatory fees. Effective July 1, 2024, and applicable beginning with the 2024-25 academic year.
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Bill S 357 (2023-2024)Summary date: Jun 26 2024 - View Summary
House committee substitute to the 1st edition removes the content of the previous edition and replaces it with the following.
Section 1
Specifies that any nonrecurring appropriation that will revert to the fund from which the appropriation was made on June 30, 2024, will not revert at the end of 2023-24 and will instead remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024.
Section 2
Reduces State Fiscal Recovery Funds appropriated in SL 2021-180 to the Department of Health and Human Services for "Premium Pay Bonuses" by $11,993,088 and requires that those funds be returned to the State Fiscal Recovery Fund (SFRF) as soon as practicable but no later than 15 business days after this section becomes law. Requires that the Office of State Budget and Management allocate $8,251,078 from the SFRF to the Department of Health and Human Services for Child Care Stabilization Grants.
Section 3
Amends Section 9L.2(b) of SL 2021-180, as amended, by amending the allocation of funds appropriated in the act from federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds received pursuant to ARPA to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education, by (1) removing the cap of $215 million on funds used to reduce the waitlist for children eligible for subsidized child care who are in foster care and after addressing that waitlist, working toward reducing the waitlist for children eligible for subsidized child care and (2) no longer requiring that at least $50 million be used to modernize and improve early childhood technology infrastructure (maintains the cap of $59 million on these uses).
Makes conforming changes to the act’s titles.
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Bill S 357 (2023-2024)Summary date: Mar 22 2023 - View Summary
Amends GS 20-296 to require the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to provide notice to motor vehicle dealer, used motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle sales representative, manufacturer, factory branch, factory representative, distributor, distributor branch, distributor representative, or wholesaler licensees within 10 business days after it learns of possible violations under Chapter 20 or rules adopted under that chapter. Requires a finding that notice was timely given and that a violation occurred before imposition of any penalty under the chapter. Permits the DMV to issue written warnings and engage in settlement agreements and consent orders prior or subsequent to any hearing held on violations of Chapter 20 or rules under that chapter. Prohibits issuing a written waring unit a written notice of the complain has been furnished to the licensee and a hearing has been held. Changes to this section are effective October 1, 2023 and apply to violations on or after that date.
Amends GS 20-75.1 (Conditional delivery of motor vehicles) to delete the requirement that a dealer inform the purchaser’s insurance provider on the day of the purchase, or the next business day after the purchaser secures financing and the manufacturer’s certificate of origin or the certificate of title is executed, if the insurer is not open that day. Replaces the deleted requirement with a new procedure where the dealer executes the manufacturer’s certificate of origin or the certificate of title, and the purchaser or lessee is responsible for informing their insurer that the purchaser’s/lessee’s financing has been approved. Clarifies that the purchaser or lessee is solely responsible for paying for insurance on the vehicle and the dealer is not responsible for the purchaser’s/lessee’s failure to obtain insurance.
Amends GS 20-288(a)(1) to create new subsubdivision a1., adding to the requirements that must be met before DMV can issue a vehicle dealer license to an applicant who has indicated that the applicant or its parent, subsidiary affiliate, or other related entity is a manufacturer, factory branch, factory representative, distributor, distributor branch, or distributor representative. Now adds the requirement that the DMV to publish notice in the Carolina Register whenever it receives an application for a motor vehicle dealer license from a manufacturer, factory branch, factory representative, distributor, distributor branch, or distributor representative. Establishes the required contents of that notice, including identifying which of the specific exceptions to the prohibition of dealer licenses for those entities that the applicant contends it qualifies under. Also amends the conditions to be met to specify that the hearing held by the DMV on the application must be no earlier than 30 days after the application notice is published in the Carolina Register. Makes a clarifying change from submission to receipt in subdivision (a)(2) of that section. Changes to GS 20-288 are effective on July 1, 2023, and apply to applications submitted after that date.