A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the department of public safety for retention‑based salary adjustments for division of emergency management employees and authorizing the legislative research commission to review whether there should be established an emergency management preparedness and response fee to support the work of the division.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Safety the sum of four hundred six thousand four hundred fifty‑nine dollars ($406,459) for the 2015‑2016 fiscal year and the sum of four hundred six thousand four hundred fifty‑nine dollars ($406,459) for the 2016‑2017 fiscal year to provide salary adjustments for the retention of employees in the Division of Emergency Management.
SECTION 1.(b)  This section becomes effective July 1, 2015.
SECTION 2.  The Legislative Research Commission shall study whether an emergency management preparedness and response fee should be assessed on each homeowners', mobile home owners', tenant homeowners', and condominium unit owners' property insurance policy issued in this State for the purpose of funding the operations of the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety. The Legislative Research Commission may submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the 2015 General Assembly, prior to the convening of the 2016 Regular Session, by filing the report with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, with a copy of the report submitted to the respective Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees on Justice and Public Safety.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.