GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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HOUSE BILL 313

Short Title:      Funds for Madison County/Hurricane Helene.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative Pless. For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

March 10, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to appropriate funds for various repairs needed in madison county as a result of hurricane helene.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of eighty‑eight million three hundred ninety‑five thousand dollars ($88,395,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025‑2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to Madison County to be used as follows:

(1)        Twenty‑five million dollars ($25,000,000) for repairs at the Marshall Wastewater Treatment Plant.

(2)        Six million dollars ($6,000,000) for repairs to the Marshall Town Hall.

(3)        One million six hundred thousand dollars ($1,600,000) to rebuild the Marshall Housing Authority Apartments.

(4)        One million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for repairs to the Marshall Volunteer Fire Department.

(5)        Four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for repairs to the Hot Springs Town Hall.

(6)        Twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) to build a new facility for the Hot Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant.

(7)        Six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) for repairs to the Hot Springs Community Center.

(8)        Two hundred seventy thousand dollars ($270,000) for repairs to the Hot Springs Library.

(9)        Three million dollars ($3,000,000) for temporary relocation of Town departments housed in the Sprinkle Shelton Building.

(10)      Four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for repairs to Barnard Park.

(11)      Two hundred twenty‑five thousand dollars ($225,000) for repairs to the Hot Springs Housing Authority Wastewater Treatment Facility.

(12)      Twenty‑five million dollars ($25,000,000) for repairs to the French Broad River, Ivy River, and Additional County Tributaries and Waterways, including debris removal.

(13)      Four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for repairs to the County's Communications Tower at Duckett Top.

(14)      Nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) to complete the upgrades to the NC Emergency Communication Towers.

(15)      Six million two hundred thousand dollars ($6,200,000) for assistance in the design/build of an E‑911 and Emergency Operations Facility.

(16)      Four million nine hundred thousand dollars ($4,900,000) for assistance in the design/build of an ambulance and medical personnel facility in the Town of Marshall.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2025.