GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 621 Short Title: Funds for the Umbrella Center. (Public) Sponsors: Representatives Greenfield, Harrison, K. Brown, and Lopez (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 1, 2025 *H621 -v-1* A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE UMBRELLA CENTER IN CHARLOTTE. 2 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3 SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State 4 Budget and Management the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) in 5 nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to Safe Alliance, 6 Inc., a nonprofit organization, for its Family Justice Center, known as the Umbrella Center, which 7 will provide additional services to those impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, child 8 abuse, elder abuse, and human trafficking. These funds shall be used for additional land 9 acquisition and an added deceleration lane. 10 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 11