Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Deletes Section 4 of the bill which would have amended GS 146-27 to require written notice to the Joint Legislative Committee on Governmental Operations at least 30 days prior to disposition of State-owned real property with an appraised value of at least $25,000.

Makes conforming change to the act’s long title.

Renumbers remaining section accordingly.

Senate committee substitute to the 3rd edition makes the following changes. 

Postpones the effective date of Sections 2 (amending GS 30-3.4 regarding the procedure for determining elective share) and 3 (amending GS 7A-307 regarding costs of estate administration) of the act from December 1, 2019, to December 1, 2020, making the changes applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after that date.

House committee substitute deletes the content of the 1st edition and now provides the following.

 

Amends SL 2020-3, Section 2.1 to limit the definition of year-round school to schools with calendars adopted prior to March 1, 2020.  Modifies the attendance requirement for one of the permitted plans for a year-round school to include an average of 44 to 46 days (was, fixed at 45) followed by an average of 15 to 20 days of vacation (was, fixed at 15).

 

Changes 2020-21 school calendar provisions in SL 2020-3, Section 2.11(b)(2)c. to remove the prohibition on remote instruction days before August 24, 2020, for traditional public school, and the prohibition on remote instruction days before the sixth instructional day of a year-round or modified calendar school. Authorizes local school boards to change adopted calendars of single-track, year-round schools to vary from the permitted plan requiring 44 to 46 attendance days followed by 15 to 20 vacation days if necessary to ensure health and safety of students so long as the other existing requirements are met. 

 

Limits flexibility for local school boards to use remote instruction days as teacher workdays to those five days originally planned as part of 190-day annual calendar. Authorizes further remote instruction days that a governing board determines it needs for health and safety reasons, provided the public school unit ensures compliance with COVID-19 guidance from State health and education agencies. 

 

Amends SL 2020-4, Section 3.3(6) to limit the $75 million appropriation to Department of Public Instruction to emergency school nutrition services, rather than school nutrition services generally. Adds Summer Food Service program to expand the eligibility criteria and extends eligibility period to December 30, 2020 (was, end of 2019-2020 school year).

House committee substitute replaces the contents of the 1st edition with the following.

States legislative findings regarding the impacts the COVID-19 emergency has had on the dairy industry.

Directs $4,104,000 be transferred from the Coronavirus Relief Reserve to the Coronavirus Relief Fund (both established in SL 2020-4, 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act). Appropriates the funds to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS) for 2020-21. Provides for the availability of the funds until December 30, 2020, with unexpended funds required to revert at the end of the fiscal year. 

Allocates the funds to the NC Dairy Stabilization and Growth Fund to provide grants to either compensate eligible dairy producers for losses incurred as a result of the collapse of dairy prices or to improve the resiliency and adaptability of the dairy supply chain to future pandemics. Defines eligible producer to mean a Grade A milk producer who can demonstrate to the satisfaction of DACS that the producer is in compliance with federal Grade A milk regulations. Requires funds to comply with identified US Treasury guidance or subsequent Congressional act.

Directs DACS to develop policies and procedures for grant disbursement, including four specified requirements. Requires monthly grant payments to eligible dairy producers for any month in which the baseline price exceeds the announced price, as those terms are defined by the act. Provides for the calculation of payments based on the difference in prices and the weight produced by the producer each month beginning with April 2020 until the earlier of either the funds being expended or December 30, 2020. Caps grants at $25,000 per producer per month. Provides for partial grants or supplementation of grant funds in the event the appropriations are insufficient to make the full grant payment to each producer each month. Allows DACS to use up to 1% of funds appropriated for administrative expenses.

Makes the general provisions of Part I of SL 2020-4 applicable to the funds and requires the Office of State Budget and Management to include the funds in the report required under Section 1.7 of that act. 

Requires DACS to report to the specified NCGA committee and division by February 1, 2021, on the use of funds by grant recipients. 

Changes the act's titles.

Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Adds new Section 3 conveying the State-owned Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School campus to Cabarrus County to be used by the county for a public purpose.  The property is conveyed for $1.00 without warranty and subject to historic preservation covenants and easements reserved to the State. The conveyance is exempt from state property disposition requirements under Article 7 of GS Chapter 146 but is subject to form of conveyance requirements under Article 16 of Chapter 146.

Adds new Section 4 requiring the Department of Administration to survey various properties located on the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School campus within 90 days of the act becoming law; directing the Department of Public Safety to relocate a perimeter fence within 90 days of completion of the survey; and directing the State Historic Preservation Office to coordinate with Cabarrus County on historic preservation covenants included in the deed of transfer.  Requires Council of State approval of all deed descriptions, covenants, and property restrictions made part of the property conveyance.

Adds new Section 5 requiring the Department of Administration to place certain parcels located in Cabarrus County for sale within 30 days of the act becoming law and to use the proceeds from the sale to offset expenses incurred in conveying the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School campus.

Adds new Section 6 authorizing the Secretary of Environmental Quality to grant shellfish cultivation leases in certain described water areas within Brunswick County as part of a pilot program.  Directs the Division of Marine Fisheries to study the advantages and disadvantages of the leases and to report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2027, and January 1, 2032.  This section is effective July 1, 2020, and expires July 1, 2032; leases granted under the pilot program terminate July 1, 2033.

Makes conforming changes to the act’s long and short titles.

Renumbers remaining section accordingly and makes the act effective when it becomes law unless otherwise specified.