GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 998 Short Title: Funds for Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. (Public) Sponsors: Representatives Carney, Belk, 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 14, 2025 *H998 -v-1* A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIB RARY 2 FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW MAIN LIBRARY. 3 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State 5 Budget and Management the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for 6 the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library 7 Foundation, a nonprofit organization, for the construction of the new main library. 8 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 9