| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | FEDERATION FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC PURPOSES . 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | Budget and Management the sum of six million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($6,250,000) 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to the North 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | Carolina Coastal Federation, Inc., to be used as follows: 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | (1) One million dollars ($1,000,000) for construction of an education and event 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | center on Bogue Sound in Carteret County. These funds would be used to 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | match eight million dollars ($8,000,000) in private funds. 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | (2) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the Living Shoreline Protection 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | Program. 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | (3) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for a statewide oyster shell 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | recycling program. 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | Budget and Management the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) in recurring funds each 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to provide a directed grant to the North Carolina Coastal 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | Federation, Inc., to support a permanent Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Removal Program. 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 20 |
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