| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO ENACT THE DISASTER RECOVERY ACT OF 2025 – PART I. 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | PART I. TITLE AND SCOPE OF ACT 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | SECTION 1.1. Title. – This act shall be known as "The Disaster Recovery Act of 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | 2025 – Part I." 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | SECTION 1.2. Maximum Amounts; Effectuate Savings. – The appropriations and 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | allocations made in this act are for maximum amounts necessary to implement this act. Savings 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | shall be effected where the total amounts appropriated or allocated are not required to implement 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | this act. 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | SECTION 1.3. Scope. – Unless otherwise provided, Section 2 of this act applies to 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | the North Carolina counties in the affected area, as defined in Section 1.4 of this act. 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | SECTION 1.4. Definitions. – Unless otherwise provided, the following definitions 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | apply in this act: 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | (1) Affected area. – The counties designated before, on, or after the effective date 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | of this act under a major disaster declaration by the President of the United 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | States under the Stafford Act (P.L. 93-288) as a result of Hurricane Helene. 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | (2) Helene Fund. – The Hurricane Helene Disaster Recovery Fund established in 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | Section 4.1 of S.L. 2024-51. 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | (3) SERDRF. – The State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | established in G.S. 166A-19.42. 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | 23 |
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| 35 | 36 | | PART II. SERDRF FUNDING 24 |
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| 36 | 37 | | SECTION 2. Intent to Transfer Disaster Relief Funds. – It is the intent of the General 25 |
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| 37 | 38 | | Assembly to transfer funds from the SERDRF to the Helene Fund for further disaster relief and 26 |
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| 38 | 39 | | recovery assistance. 27 |
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| 40 | 41 | | PART III. EFFECTIVE DATE 29 |
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| 41 | 42 | | SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 30 |
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