North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina Senate Bill S590 Compare Versions

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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	S 1
4		-	SENATE BILL 590
	3	+	S D
	4	+	SENATE BILL DRS35197-MCa-114
	5	+
5	6
6	7
7	8		Short Title: Coastal Plain Resilience and Eco. Pros. Act. (Public)
8	9		Sponsors: Senator Smith (Primary Sponsor).
9		-	Referred to: ~~Rules and Operations of the Senate~~
10		-	~~March 26, 2025~~
11		-	~~S590 -v-1~~
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRS35197 -MCa-114
12	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
13	14		AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 2
14	15		QUALITY FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES . 3
15	16		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
16	17		SECTION 1.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 5
17	18		Environmental Quality, Division of Coastal Management, the sum of one million seven hundred 6
18	19		ten thousand dollars ($1,710,000) in recurring funds for each fiscal year of the 2025-2027 fiscal 7
19	20		biennium to be used for the following purposes: 8
20	21		(1) To provide funding for two full-time positions to staff the Resilient Coastal 9
21	22		Communities Program. 10
22	23		(2) To provide grant funding, including federal match funding, and technical 11
23	24		assistance for targeted projects designed to reduce flood risk and promote 12
24	25		long-term resilience. 13
25	26		SECTION 1.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 14
26	27		Environmental Quality, Division of Coastal Management, the sum of four hundred seventy 15
27	28		thousand dollars ($470,000) in recurring funds for each fiscal year of the 2025-2027 fiscal 16
28	29		biennium to provide funding for five full-time positions to staff the Coastal Habitat Assessment 17
29	30		Program. 18
30	31		SECTION 1.(c) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 19
31	32		Environmental Quality the sum of nine hundred ninety thousand dollars ($990,000) in recurring 20
32	33		funds for each fiscal year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to provide funding for six full-time 21
33	34		positions to continue implementation of the Flood Resiliency Blueprint described in Section 22
34	35		5.9(c) of S.L. 2021-180, as amended. 23
35	36		SECTION 1.(d) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 24
36	37		Environmental Quality (the "Department") the sum of one million two hundred ten thousand 25
37	38		dollars ($1,210,000) in recurring funds and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in 26
38	39		nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide funding for eight full-time positions 27
39	40		to (i) offer relevant technical assistance to the business community in dealings with the 28
40	41		Department, (ii) assist in grant administration for recycling industry growth, and (iii) provide 29
41	42		improved customer service in the Department's regional offices. 30
42	43		SECTION 1.(e) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 31
43	44		Environmental Quality, Division of Marine Fisheries, the sum of six hundred thousand dollars 32
44	45		($600,000) in recurring funds and ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 33
45	46		2025-2026 fiscal year to provide funding for five full-time marine patrol officer positions. 34
46	47		SECTION 1.(f) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 35
47		-	Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars 36 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48		-	Page 2 Senate Bill 590-First Edition
	48	+	Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars 36
	49	+	FILED SENATE
	50	+	Mar 25, 2025
	51	+	S.B. 590
	52	+	PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	53	+	Page 2 DRS35197-MCa-114
49	54		($400,000) in recurring funds each fiscal year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium and five hundred 1
50	55		fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide 2
51	56		funding for three full-time positions to staff the mobile air quality monitoring unit. 3
52	57		SECTION 1.(g) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 4
53	58		Environmental Quality the sum of three million one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,150,000) 5
54	59		in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to fund overtopping studies for all remaining 6
55	60		high and intermediate hazard dams in the State, in accordance with G.S. 143-215.32A. 7
56	61		SECTION 1.(h) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 8
57	62		Environmental Quality the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) in 9
58	63		nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be used for the ten percent (10%) cost-share 10
59	64		required for Superfund cleanups on the National Priority List sites and to pay the operating and 11
60	65		maintenance costs associated with those Superfund cleanups. 12
61	66		SECTION 1.(i) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 13
62	67		Environmental Quality (the "Department") the sum of four million ten thousand dollars 14
63	68		($4,010,000) in recurring funds each fiscal year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium and five 15
64	69		hundred ninety thousand dollars ($590,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year 16
65	70		to provide funding for 24 full-time positions to assist the Department in addressing the emerging 17
66	71		compounds (including PFAs) issue in the State. 18
67	72		SECTION 1.(j) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 19
68	73		Environmental Quality the sum of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for 20
69	74		the 2025-2026 fiscal year for the Water Infrastructure Fund to be allocated to the Drinking Water 21
70	75		Reserve and the Wastewater Reserve to provide project construction grants for public water 22
71	76		systems and wastewater systems. The limits set forth in G.S. 159G-36(c) shall not apply to grants 23
72	77		awarded from funds allocated by this subsection. 24
73	78		SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 25