GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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HOUSE BILL 739

 

 

Short Title:      Funds for Wilson & Nash Counties.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Representative Pittman.

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

April 3, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to appropriate funds for various public purposes in wilson and nash counties.

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 sixty‑one million three hundred thousand dollars ($61,300,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025‑2026 fiscal year to provide directed grants as follows:

(1)        Two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) to the Town of Lucama for water infrastructure.

(2)        Four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) to the Town of Stantonsburg for water and sewer projects.

(3)        Five million dollars ($5,000,000) to Wilson County for allocation to the County's volunteer fire departments.

(4)        Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) to Wilson County for school construction.

(5)        Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) to Wilson County for the construction of a new courthouse.

(6)        Eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) to Wilson County for the Sheriff's Office Training Center.

(7)        One million dollars ($1,000,000) to Wilson County to provide Narcan for the Wilson County schools and Wilson County libraries.

(8)        Eight million dollars ($8,000,000) to the Wilson Housing Authority.

(9)        Three million dollars ($3,000,000) to Wilson County for the Wilson Ride Program.

(10)      One million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to the Town of Sharpsburg for the construction of a new Police Department.

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