GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2019
SESSION LAW 2020-32
SENATE BILL 836
AN ACT to increase the amount of coronavirus relief funds used for the continuity of operation needs across state government.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 3.1 of S.L. 2020‑4 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 3.1. Transfer
of Funds from Reserves to Relief Fund. – The State Controller shall transfer
the sum of one billion two five hundred seventy‑five
million nine hundred eighty‑eight thousand twenty‑nine dollars ($1,275,988,029)
($1,575,988,029) for the 2019‑2020 fiscal year from the
Reserve established in Section 2.1 of this act, and the sum of one hundred
fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) for the 2019‑2020 fiscal year from
the Local Government Coronavirus Relief Reserve established in Section 2.3 of
this act, to the Fund established in Section 2.2 of this act."
SECTION 2. Section 3.2 of S.L. 2020‑4 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 3.2.
Appropriation of Funds from Relief Fund to OSBM. – There is appropriated from
the Fund to OSBM the sum of one billion four seven hundred
twenty-five million nine hundred eighty‑eight thousand twenty‑nine
dollars ($1,425,988,029) ($1,725,988,029) in nonrecurring funds
for the 2019‑2020 fiscal year to be allocated and used as provided in
Section 3.3 of this act. The funds appropriated in this section shall not
revert at the end of the 2019‑2020 fiscal year but shall remain available
to expend until December 30, 2020."
SECTION 3. Subdivision (3) of Section 3.3 of S.L. 2020‑4 reads as rewritten:
"(3) $70,000,000 $370,000,000
to OSBM to be used for the continuity of operation needs across State
government. As referenced in Section 2.2 of this act, expenditures incurred
during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 2020,
are eligible for funding under this subdivision. Expenditures eligible under
this subdivision may include, but are not limited to, covering overtime costs
at mental health institutions, prisons, community corrections, juvenile
facilities, and veterans homes; covering costs of pay provided to employees of
the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice at the Department of
Public Safety in accordance with The Communicable Disease Emergency Policy
established by the Office of State Human Resources; covering costs of in‑home
monitoring for all nonviolent juvenile offenders and nonviolent, elderly,
health‑compromised, and near‑release adult offenders; covering
costs of personal protective equipment, COVID‑19 testing, and hygienic
supplies for the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice at the
Department of Public Safety; purchasing critical information technology
equipment and software licenses; enhancing telepresence services in public
safety facilities and the court system; and purchasing emergency sanitation and
hygienic supplies. Provided that the United States Department of Labor does not
approve additional funding for the Customer Call Center operated by the
Division of Employment Security, funds may also be used to hire additional time‑limited
staff in the Customer Call Center to meet the unprecedented demand for
services. Up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) of the
funds allocated in this subdivision may be used to establish a temporary North
Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office in accordance with Section 4.3 of this act.
Up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of the funds allocated in this
subdivision may be further allocated to the Office of the State Auditor to
perform the requirements set forth in Section 1.8 of this act. OSBM shall
provide a report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations
no later than August 15, 2020, detailing the allocation of funds under this
subdivision. The report shall include which State agencies received
allocations, the amounts disbursed, the amount spent in the 2019‑2020 fiscal
year, and for what purposes the funds were used by fund code and line‑item
detail."
SECTION 4. The Office of State Budget and Management shall work with State agencies eligible to receive funding under Section 3.3(3) of S.L. 2020‑4, as amended by this act, to determine what expenditures may be offset with the funds received under Section 3.3(3) of S.L. 2020‑4. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the net General Fund appropriations saved pursuant to this section shall revert and remain unexpended until appropriated by the General Assembly.
SECTION 5. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of June, 2020.
s/ Philip E. Berger
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Tim Moore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Roy Cooper
Governor
Approved 2:20 p.m. this 19th day of June, 2020