Part I.

Requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to pay a one-time lump sum bonus of $350 by April 30, 2021, to every teacher who, as of April 1, 2021, is employed as a teacher in a school for students with visual and hearing impairments. Specifies the intent that these bonuses complement the bonuses provided to other teachers in Section 2 of SL 2020-45. Defines teacher as teachers and instructional support personnel. Excludes the bonuses from compensation under Article 1 (Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees) of GS Chapter 135. Excludes from the bonus any teacher no longer employed as a teacher due to resignation, dismissal, reduction in force, death, or retirement or whose last workday is prior to April 1, 2021. Specifies that funds provided in this section supplement the compensation of a public school employee and not supplant local funds. Appropriates $55,000 for 2020-21 from the General Fund to DPI to provide the bonuses. 

Part II.

Amends GS 115C-302.1 to allow individual teachers who are not employed in a year-round school to be paid in 12 monthly installments when requested by the teacher (removes the requirement that the teacher make the request on or before the first day of the school year). Makes conforming changes to GS 115C-316. Removes the provision prohibiting teachers employed for less than 10 months from receiving their salary in 12 installments.

Part III.

Amends Section 2.3 of SL 2020-80 to extend the due date of the State Board of Education's (SBE) report to to the specified NCGA committee on unpaid meal charges in local school administrative units from October 15, 2021, to October 15, 2022. Effective June 30, 2021, allows the funds transferred from the School Bus Replacement Fund to the State Public School Fund to provide free school lunches to students of all grade levels qualifying for reduced-price meals to be used in 2021-22 in addition to 2020-21. Makes conforming changes. 

Part IV.

Amends GS 115C-450 as follows. Requires school nutrition services to be included in the budget of each public school unit providing school nutrition services (was, required school food services to be included in the budget of each local school administrative unit) and requires the SBE to provide for school nutrition services in the uniform budget format. Prohibits public school units that provide school nutrition services from assessing indirect costs to a school nutrition program unless the program has an operating balance of at least three months (was, local school administrative units were prohibited from assessing indirect costs to a child nutrition program unless the program has a minimum of one month's operating balance). Deletes the formula for calculating operating balance, and instead requires DPI to calculate the operating balance of a school nutrition program of a public school unit that provides school nutrition services. Amends the definition of indirect costs. Makes additional conforming and technical changes. Effective July 1, 2021.

Part V. 

Makes, for the 2020-21 school year, any student in the 12th grade who has not completed instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation eligible to graduate if: (1) instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation cannot be completed due to the COVID-19 emergency and (2) the student is eligible to graduate in all other respects, as determined by the principal of the school to which the student is assigned.

Part VI. 

Amends GS 115C-105.57 to require that public school units report to the Center for Safer Schools (Center) annually by January 15 on the specified information regarding school resource officers, as part of the Center's annual census of school resource officers. The information to be reported by schools is the same as that previously required to be included in the Center's annual report. Makes conforming changes. Requires the Center to compile the information submitted by the public school units and report that information at the statewide and local levels to the already specified entities.

Part VII.

Amends GS 115C-218.1 to set the fee for initial and renewal charter applications at $1,000 (was, a reasonable fee of no less than $500 and no more than $1,000).

Part VIII.

Amends GS 115C-270.20 to require that a professional educator who meets the requirement of the statute for a lifetime license as a professional educator be issued a lifetime license.

Part IX.

Amends Article 6C (concerning the Education and Workforce Innovation Program) of GS Chapter 115C as follows. Adds the CTE Grade Expansion Program to the scope of the Article. Makes changes throughout to combine the Education and Workforce Innovation Program and CTE Grade Expansion Program, now known as the Education and Workforce Innovation and CTE Grade Expansion Program (Program). Allows up to 10% of the funds appropriated for the Education and Workforce Innovation and CTE Grade Expansion Program to be used by DPI for technical and administrative assistance. No longer prohibits members of the North Carolina Education and Workforce Innovation Commission (Commission) from sending designees to meetings. Requires the Program to prioritize the inclusion of students in sixth and seventh grades through grant awards provided to selected local school administrative units. Requires Program funds to be used to award competitive grants depending on the State's needs, determined by the Commission, by dividing the grants between each type as innovation grants or as grants for grade expansion for career and technical education. Amends the innovation grant provisions to requires the grants to be used to advance comprehensive, high-quality education that equips teachers and other hired personnel (was, teachers) with knowledge and skill required to succeed with all students. Requires innovation grant recipients to provide a description of the funds that will be used and a proposed budget for each of the grant years (was, for five years). Amends GS 115C-64.17 by making conforming changes to make those provisions applicable to grants for career and technical education grade expansion. Makes additional conforming, technical, and clarifying changes.

Requires that of the funds appropriated to DPI from the General Fund for 2021-22 for the North Carolina Education and Workforce Innovation Commission for the Education and Workforce Innovation Program and for the Career and Technical Education Grade Expansion Program, beginning in 2021-22, to instead  appropriate $3,171,118 in recurring funds to DPE for the Commission for the Program. 

Effective July 1, 2021.

Makes organizational changes to GS 75A-2, which sets forth defined terms used in the Chapter regarding boating and water safety. Adds to the definition of abandoned vessel to also include a vessel that is either moored, anchored, stores, or docked, in one location, or aground, beached, sunk, or adrift and unattended, for more than 30 consecutive days in public lands or waters of the State or on private property without written permission of the property owner. Adds and defines derelict vessel to mean a vessel left unattended and in a wrecked, junked, sunk, or substantially damaged or dismantled condition such that the condition may affect the seaworthiness of the vessel. Also adds the defined terms days, declared emergency, unattended, and vessel emergency. 

Enacts Article 5, Abandoned and Derelict Vessels, to GS Chapter 75A. Defines the scope of the Article to include all waters and public and private land of the State. Grants wildlife protectors and other law enforcement officers with general enforcement jurisdiction authority to seize, tow, remove, impound, or relocate any vessel from waters or land of the State pursuant to the Article. Authorizes the Wildlife Resource Commission (WRC) to use staff, equipment, and material under its control or provided by a cooperating local, State, or federal agency, and authorize or contract with private contractors or local, State, or federal agencies for the removal, relocation, storage, or disposal of an abandoned or derelict vessel and restoration of the affected area. Provides for cost recovery from the vessel owner by WRC. Grants civil immunity to WRC, its employees, agents and contractors, and law enforcement acting pursuant to the Article. Requires compliance with applicable State and federal laws, but permits noncompliance with conflicting local acts. Exempts from the Article specified historic shipwrecks and archaeological artifacts. Requires written consent from private property owners prior to removals from private land.

Establishes the Waterway Safety and Access Fund (Fund), administered by WRC and consisting of General Fund appropriations, gifts and grants by non-State entities, and other revenues legislatively allocated to the Fund. Credited funds are not considered cash balance. Places use restrictions on Fund funds, including (1) removal, relocation, abatement, storage, or disposal of abandoned and derelict vessels; (2) meeting State match requirements for specified programs, grants, and activities, including nonprofit programs and natural disaster response; (3) waterway maintenance; and (4) navigational hazard mitigation and abatement. Requires WRC to prioritize removal projects that are matched by a local government or nonprofit. Specifies that the Fund balance does not supplant other State appropriations, program or agency receipts providing funds or disbursements to the Wildlife Resources Fund or the Boating Account. Requires annual reporting by WRC to the specified NCGA committee and division on projects funded, as specified. 

Makes it unlawful to cause a vessel to become abandoned in water of the State or on public, private, or submerged land without permission of the property owner, except in the case of a vessel emergency whereby immediate notification of WRC or the US Coast Guard and removal within 30 days is required. For the first 30 days in waters, the vessel owner is deemed to have written permission for provisioning, repairs, tourism, or recreational use unless permission is revoked in writing on the grounds that the vessel has dragged anchor, is moored in an unauthorized area, or in a marked channel, or the vessel displays no evidence or owner provision of current registration or ownership. Details notice requirements WRC must post on board the vessel and attempt to provide to the vessel owner upon identifying an abandoned vessel. Upon expiration of 30 days' notice, WRC is authorized to remove any vessel or take any other action reasonably necessary at the owner's expense. Authorizes WRC to act, authorize, or join in action with other agencies to immediately determine and abate any unsafe or environmentally hazardous conditions of unattended vessels. Provides for separate notice requirements for declared emergencies. Provides for all costs incurred to be recoverable against the owner, with vessels subject to a lien under GS Chapter 44A.

Provides notice requirements for WRC to post on board a derelict vessel and attempt to provide to the vessel owner upon identifying the vessel. Provides separate notice requirements for declared emergencies. Provides that after 30 days' notice, the vessel will be deemed abandoned if the owner has not corrected the identified issues or removed the vessel, and abated any environmental impacts. Authorizes WRC to approve a one-time extension for 15 or 30 days, by written request.

Deems forfeited abandoned and derelict vessels, with all cargo, tackle, and equipment, which remains unclaimed 30 days after required notices. Deems all costs incurred by the State for towing, removal, and storage, accrued civil fines, and environmental restoration costs a recoverable lien enforceable by sale of the vessel, cargo, tackle, and equipment under GS Chapter 44A. Requires deposit of excess proceeds into the Fund. Provides for disposal of vessels unsold after being offered at public sale.

Effective July 1, 2021. 

Part I

Amends GS 136-18 to permit the Department of Transportation (DOT) to authorize the Turnpike Authority and the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to enter into up to three agreements each with a private entity to finance transportation infrastructure in the State (currently authorizes DOT or the Turnpike Authority to enter into up to three agreements).

Repeals Section 1.4(a) of SL 2019-251, which caps DOT payments for damages arising from DOT's recordation of a transportation corridor map under Article 2E of GS Chapter 136 (Map Act) at $150 million annually, excluding Turnpike projects.

Expands GS 136-18(2) to authorize DOT to enter into an encroachment agreement for the placement of automatic license plate readers in existing rights-of-way of DOT at the request of a State or local law enforcement agency. Specifies that DOT is not required to purchase additional right-of-way for this purpose or to enter into agreements where the integrity of the infrastructure or public safety will be impacted.

Amends GS 143B-350(f), concerning the Board of Transportation (BOT)'s duty to approve a schedule of State highway maintenance projects and their anticipated cost. Requires annual publishing of the schedule on DOT's website by June 1, rather than April 1, and no longer requires inclusion of a list of changes and reasons for the changes made from the previous year's Highway Maintenance Improvement Program.

Amends GS 136-44.3A, which governs the Highway Maintenance Improvement Program. Replaces the definition given for the term Highway Maintenance Improvement Program Needs Assessment to now define the term to mean a report of the amount of funds needed and quantity of work to be accomplished to meet and sustain the performance standards for the State highway system in each of the maintenance program categories (currently included the amount of funds needed, the number of affected lane miles, and the percentage of the primary and secondary system roads that are rated to need a resurfacing or pavement preservation treatment within the Program's five-year time period but are not programmed due to funding constraints). Eliminates the following defined terms: cape seal treatment, chip seal treatment, microsurfacing treatment, and slurry seal treatment. Amends the procedure set out in subsection (c) to require the Chief Engineer to establish the annual cost to meet and sustain the performance standards for pavement, bridge, and general maintenance activities for the State highway system after the annual inspection of roads. No longer requires each highway division to determine and report to the Chief Engineer on the needs and projected changes to pavement condition for each year over a five year period for the Chief Engineer to establish a five year priority list for each highway division based on need. Regarding the five year improvement schedule, requires Division Engineers for each highway division to report to the Chief Engineer the schedule for pavement, bridge, and general maintenance activities (currently the Chief Engineer establishes the schedule for rehabilitation, resurfacing, and pavement preservation treatment activities). Changes the date DOT must annually report to the NCGA by from April 1 to June 1 on the Highway Maintenance Improvement Program and Highway Improvement Program Needs Assessment.

Enacts GS 143-64.24(9) to authorize the NC State Ports Authority to contract for consulting services after approval by the Board of the NC State Ports Authority. 

Part II

Amends GS 20-309.2 to require all insurers to electronically submit required notices of action on insurance polices (currently only required of insurers with $25 million or more annual vehicle insurance premium volume).

Enacts GS 20-4.04 to allow the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles (Commissioner) to authorize the online renewal of any DMV-issued credential not already authorized by statute, including licenses, permits, certificates, registration, or plate. Requires DMV to report to the specified NCGA committee and division within 30 days of establishing online renewal capability for any credential authorized by the statute.

Amends Section 3.20 of SL 2020-97, which authorizes state agencies to delay fees, fines, renewals, and education requirements at the agency's discretion due to impacts of the coronavirus, and adopt emergency rules implementing the delay, and sunsets the authority at the earlier of 30 days of the Governor rescinding Executive Order No. 116 (2020) or March 31, 2021. Adds a new provision to extend the DMV's authority to adopt emergency rules under Section 3.20, to now expire the earlier of 30 days after Executive Order No. 116 is rescinded or September 30, 2021.

Amends GS 20-37.6 to require the DMV to offer renewal of handicapped credentials in person and online on the DMV's website.

Amends GS 20-79.1A, concerning limited registration plates for persons who apply to or through a licensed dealer for a title and registration plate, pays the applicable fees, but does not submit municipal property taxes on the vehicle. Adds a new requirement for the dealer to notify the purchaser of any outstanding civil penalties, fees, tolls, and obligations owed of record and known by the dealer at the time the dealer applies for the title and registration plate for the vehicle. 

Amends GS 20-37.14A to require the DMV to permanently bar, as specified, from operating a commercial vehicle a person who uses a commercial vehicle in committing a felony involving an act or practice described in the specified federal law regarding human trafficking. Makes conforming changes to the statute's caption.

Amends GS 20-24.1 concerning revocation of licenses for failure to appear or pay fines, penalties, or court costs associated with a motor vehicle offense, to allow the person whose license is to be revoked for failure to pay fines, penalties, or court costs to request a pre-deprivation hearing to determine the person's financial status before the effective date of the revocation order. Requires waiver of costs associated with the hearing and restoration of the license if the DMV declares the person indigent, with the DMV required to delete the revocation order and any related entries on the person's record, and not require payment of a restoration fee. Requires the individual to pay hearing costs and fees if the DMV determines the individual is not indigent. For the instances in which the revocation order is required to be deleted [either by determination of indigency at the pre-deprivation hearing, or satisfaction of the conditions of subsection (b)], requires the DMV to delete the order and associated entries automatically without the need for in-person transaction. Adds that for required payment of restoration fees, the DMV must accept payment online and in person, with automatic restoration of licenses once fees and applicable requirement are satisfied, without need for an in-person transaction.

Amends GS 20-16.2 to specify that a requested hearing regarding automatic license revocation for refusal to submit to a chemical analysis is to be conducted at a location designated by the DMV, rather than the county where the DWI charge was brought. Makes clarifying changes. Applies to hearings requested on or after October 1, 2021.

Part I

Amends GS 159-30.1 to permit a local government, public authority, eligible entity, or local school administrative unit to establish and fund an irrevocable trust to pay contribution-based benefit cap liabilities to the Local Government Employees' Retirement System (LGERS), in addition to the existing authorization to pay post-employment benefits for which the entity is liable.

Enacts GS 128-30(d)(4a) and GS 135-8(f)(5) to require adjusting the required employer contribution rate under LGERS and the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System (TSERS) to include an additional amount equal to a rate per centum that is estimated to extinguish the contribution-benefit base cap liability on an amortization schedule selected by the respective Board of Trustees that has been applied to unfunded liabilities in the most recent actuarial valuation; limited to the beginning of the fiscal year following 90 days after the assessment of a contribution-based benefit cap liability is not paid as a lump-sum payment. Applies to assessments imposed on or after July 1, 2021, to reduce an employer's contribution-based benefit cap liability. 

Amends GS 128-30(g)(3) and GS 135-8(f)(3), concerning the withholding of State appropriations due to an employer for delinquent contributions to the Retirement Systems Division, to specify that payment is due for contribution-based benefit cap liability under LGERS and TSERS the later of 12 months after the member's effective date of retirement, or the first day of the month coincident with or next following six months after the date of the invoice (previously, 12 months after the member's effective date of retirement). Applies to contribution-based benefit cap liability payments due from an employer on or after July 1, 2021.

Part II

Further amends GS 128-30 and GS 135-8, concerning procedures for withdrawing from LGERS and TSERS, to require employing units which by sale, dissolution, or otherwise changing to a business or legal form not eligible for participation as an employer in the applicable Retirement System under federal law to follow the specified procedures for ceasing participation. Applies to a participation withdrawal by an employing unit on or after July 1, 2021.

Part III

Amends GS 128-21(2) and GS 135-1(2) to define actuarial equivalent, as the term is used in both LGERS and TSERS provisions, to mean a benefit of equal value when computed upon the basis of actuarial assumptions as adopted by the respective Board of Trustees (previously specified calculation based on mortality tables; TSERS definition also included regular interest). Applies to benefit calculations performed on or after July 1, 2021. 

Part IV

Amends GS 143-166.43 to require State departments, agencies, or institutions, and local government employers to have written, adopted policies that prohibit employees from choosing between accepting the lump sum separation buyout for law enforcement officers as a cash payment or transferring the lump sum separation buyout to TSERS or LGERS. Applies to lump sum separation buyouts offered to law enforcement officers on or after July 1, 2021.

Part V

Amends GS 135-91 to authorize the Department of State Treasurer and the Board of Trustees of the Supplemental Retirement Plan, the NC Deferred Compensation Plan, and the NC Public School Teachers' and Professional Educators' Investment Plan to adopt a new or amended rule at a public meeting to impose or change administrative fees under the respective Plan. Details notice and comment requirements of the draft rule, and posting requirements of adopted rules. Places caps on administrative fees based on Plan, ranging from 0.05% to 0.25%. Applies to administrative fees established or changed pursuant to rules adopted by the above provisions prospectively to any amounts owed on or after July 1, 2021.

Part VI

Amends GS 135-107 to require a participant of the Optional Retirement Program who owes an overpayment to the Disability Income Plan at the time the beneficiary would first qualify for an unreduced retirement benefit had the member elected to be a TSERS member, to pay the total overpayment amount due to the Disability Income Plan, with failure to pay within six months after the earliest age of retirement on an unreduced income allowance resulting in bar from enrollment in a new year of coverage under the NC State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees until payment is made in full or the participant makes approved payment arrangements. Applies to overpayments owed on or after July 1, 2021. 

Enacts new GS 95-28.1 prohibiting any person, firm, corporation, unincorporated association, State agency, local government, or any other public or private entity from denying or refusing employment to any person, or discharging any person from employment, because of traits historically associated with race or on account of the person's hair texture or protective hairstyles (including, but not limited to, bantu knots, braids, locks, and twists). Defines race as including traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles. Specifies that this statute does not prevent a person from being discharged for cause.

Applies to Congress to call a convention limited to proposing an amendment to the US Constitution limiting the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the US House of Representatives and as a member of the US Senate. Requires the Secretary of State to transmit copies of this application to the named entities. Provides that this application is to be considered as covering the same subject matter as the applications from other states to Congress to call a convention to limit the number of terms that a person may be elected to for the US House and Senate and requires that the application be aggregated with those applications from other states for the purpose of attaining the two-thirds of states necessary to call a limited convention on this subject, but prohibits aggregation with any other applications on any other subject. Specifies that this is a continuing application until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the states have made applications on the same subject.

Appropriates $1 million in recurring funds for each year of the 2021-23 biennium from the General Fund to the Department of Public Safety to be used as title indicates. Of that amount, $500,000 is to be allocated as a grant to Wilkes Recovery Revolution Inc., and $500,000 as a grant to Partners Health Management. Requires a report from the Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with these entities, on the use of the funds to the specified NCGA committee upon the convening of the 2023 Regular Session. Effective July 1, 2021.

Identical to S 160, filed 2/25/21.

Enacts GS 135-48.37B, applicable to individuals no longer employed by an employing unit and to whom either (1) an overpayment or erroneous payment of benefits, claims, or other amounts has been paid on behalf of the individual or individual's dependents by the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees (SHP) and the amount owed has not been repaid or (2) unpaid premiums are owed by the individual for coverage provided by the SHP to the individual or individual's dependent. Requires 30 days' notice of the amounts owed and opportunity for the individual to repay the amounts or enter into an approved payment plan. Deems subject to attachment and garnishment and collectible intangible property belonging, owed, or transferred to the individual under circumstances that permit it to be levied if it were tangible property. Defines intangible property to include bank deposits, rent, salaries, wages, property held in the Escheat Fund, and any other property incapable of manual levy or delivery. Details procedure for attachment and garnishment of intangible property not in the possession of the individual. Provides for notice to a financial institution after 30 days' notice to the individual and accounting of intangible property of an individual held by the financial institution. Caps attachment and garnishment of an individual's wages and salary at 10%, including public employees. Requires notice to the garnishee prior to attachment and garnishment, as specified. Provides for action or response by the garnishee or noticed financial institution, including conferencing following a response. Specifies that the statute does not limit other judicial remedies. Applies to notices of amounts due sent by the SHP on or after October 1, 2021.

Enacts GS 135-48.37C to mandate repayment to the SHP for any payments of claims to a provider later determined to be an overpayment, an erroneous payment, or an ineligible amount, notwithstanding any agreement between a Claims Processor and the provider, or any other provision of law. Charges the Claims Processor who paid the amounts owed to the SHP with recovering the amounts owed by all commercially reasonable mechanisms, with the Claims Processor responsible for paying any amounts that cannot be recovered within one year from the date the claim was paid. Prohibits the Claims Processor from forgiving any amount due under the statute. Applies to claims paid on or after the date the act becomes law.

Enacts new Article 56B, Access to Prescription Drug Benefit Cost Information, in GS Chapter 58. Sets out and defines terms used in the Article. Sets out NCGA findings of facts related to prescription drug cost transparency, driving full value of health benefit plan formularies and understanding coverage and payment considerations for drugs and the opportunity to benefit from competitive prescription drug pricing. Requires health benefit plans, pharmacy benefits managers, or any entities' action on behalf of a health benefit plan to electronically provide to any point of prescribing of a prescription drug, any point of dispensing of a prescription drug, or any patient-facing real-time benefit tool, the minimum information described to inform patient prescription price transparency and patients' access to their prescribed medications. Requires those involved in the process of prescribing, dispensing, paying for, and exchanging information relating to prescription drugs, to take any actions necessary to facilitate the creation of, access to, and use of this technology described. Specifies that patient prescription price transparency technology must not be prohibited from displaying patient financial and resource assistance when that information is available for the prescription drug selected by a provider. 

Requires requests for patient-specific drug benefit and cost information through the technology required above and any responses using that technology to be sent and received in real time. Requires electronic health records to display the most up-to-date patient-specific eligibility information; patient-specific information must be provided in real time. Requires those involved in the process of prescribing, dispensing, paying for, and exchanging information relating to prescription drugs to partner with intermediaries to ensure the delivery of accurate patient-specific prescription price transparency information. 

Provides that the Article does not interfere with patient choice and a health care professional's ability to convey the full range of prescription drug cost options to a patient. Prohibits restricting a health care professional from communicating prescription cost options to a patient. Specifies that payors must not prohibit the display of patient-specific prescription drug benefit and cost information at the point of prescribing that reflects options available for covering the cost of a prescription drug other than what may be available under the patient's health benefit plan. Requires providers to communicate to a patient the most therapeutically appropriate treatment for the patient's diagnosis and prescription drug cost information.

Specifies that the Article is not to be construed to interfere with a patient's choice of prescription drug cost coverage or to interfere with patient choice and the ability of a health care professional to convey the full range of prescription drug cost options to a patient. Prohibits restricting a health care professional from communicating prescription cost options to a patient.

Effective July 1, 2021.

Includes whereas clauses. Enacts GS 103-16 as title indicates.

Enacts new Article 49I, Increasing Meat Production and Capacity Grant Program in GS Chapter 106, providing as follows. States NCGA findings concerning the impact of COVID-19 on livestock producers and seafood processors. Establishes the Increasing Meat and Seafood Production and Capacity (IMSPAC) grant program to provide grants to reduce or prevent impacts on the supply chain for fresh meat in the state and to improve resiliency in future disruptions.

Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (Department) to develop policies and procedures for disbursing IMSPAC grants and sets out minimum requirements for the program. Establishes capacity enhancement grants of up to $500,000, workforce development grants of up to $100,000, planning grants (specifies that no more than 5% of funds available in any grant cycle may be used for these grants), and new facility development grants of up to $1 million and sets out eligibility requirements for each type of grant. Defines an eligible meat or seafood processing facility as a food processing facility that meets both of the following: (1) the plant contracts with independent livestock producers or seafood harvesters to process animals or seafood and (2) the US Department of Agriculture contracts with Department inspectors to conduct federal inspection activities authorized by the Talmadge-Aiken Act of 1962 at the plant, the plant is otherwise regulated by the USDA or the FDA, or the plant is a State-inspected facility. Allows priority to be given to projects that will create additional jobs. Requires recipients to provide matching funds with amounts varying depending on the type of grant. Requires recipients of new facility development grants to keep the new facility in service for at least five years; requires recapturing the grant amount proportionate to the remainder of the minimum term that the recipient failed to keep the facility in service. Provides that if fixtures or equipment purchased with grant funds are disposed of during a period of time as the Department may specify following the date the fixtures or equipment funded by this act is placed in service, the grant recipient must repay a proportionate share of the grant funding received. Allows the adoption of temporary and permanent rules to implement the IMSPAC grant program.

Requires the State Controller to transfer $10 million for 2020-21 from the Coronavirus Relief Reserve and appropriates that amount from the Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management Services, to be allocated to the Department for the purposes of this act that are compatible with COVID-19 Recovery Legislation.

Appropriates $40 million for 2021-22 from the General Fund to the Department for the IMSPAC grant program. Effective July 1, 2021.

Restricts the use of the appropriated funds as follows: (1) no more than 35% may be used for grants to new or existing seafood processors; (2) no more than 50% may be used for new facility development grants.