Bill Summaries: S1028 NC AIRPORT SECURITY CONTINUITY.

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  • Summary date: May 4 2026 - View Summary

    Titles the Act the “NC Airport Security Continuity and Federal Worker Relief Act.”

    Establishes the NC Federal Worker Airport Security Emergency Fund (Emergency Fund) as a special fund within the Highway Fund to be administered by the Department of Transportation, Division of Aviation (Division). Provides that funds allocated under this act will be considered emergency operational continuity grants.

    Sets out the purpose of the Emergency Fund to provide interest-free loans to Transportation Security Officers and Air Traffic Controllers at North Carolina airports who work without pay due to a federal funding lapse.

    Permits the Division to only allocate funds upon the Secretary of Transportation’s certification that a person in a qualifying position at an eligible airport has not been paid for two consecutive weeks because of a federal funding lapse. Makes airports receiving an allocation from the Emergency Fund responsible for loan eligibility, amount, and disbursement of the loan. Requires airports to administer the automatic repayment of the loan when the federal government issues back pay to affected workers and to implement any other Division-imposed requirements.

    Directs the Division to establish procedures and adopt rules in accordance with the act’s purpose and to submit a report to the specified NCGA committees and division within 60 days of an allocation of funds under this act.

    Appropriates $25 million for 2026-27 from the Highway Fund to the Department of Transportation to be transferred to the Emergency Fund. Provides that funds appropriated do not revert but remain available for use consistent with this act.