H 257

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
  SESSION 2025
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  HOUSE BILL 257
 Short Title:   Funds for Scotland & Hoke Projects.  (Public)
 Sponsors:      Representative G. Pierce.
  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 4, 2025
1A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC PURPOSES IN SCOTLAND
3     AND HOKE COUNTIES.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State
6 Budget and Management the sum of fifty-four million dollars ($54,000,000) in nonrecurring
7 funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to Hoke County to be used as
8 follows:
9(1)   Eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) for water and sewer needs.
10(2)   Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for courthouse construction overages.
11(3)   Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for construction of a new sheriff's office
12and law enforcement center.
13(4)   Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for construction of a new workforce
14training center at Sandhills Community College.
15(5)   Five million dollars ($5,000,000) for construction of a new social services
16building.
17(6)   Five million dollars ($5,000,000) for construction of a new mental
18health/rehabilitation facility.
19(7)   Three million dollars ($3,000,000) for capital improvements for the County's
20volunteer fire departments.
21SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State
22 Budget and Management the sum of eighty-three million two hundred thousand dollars
23 ($83,200,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to
24 Scotland County to be used as follows:
25(1)   Eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) for construction of a new courthouse and
26jail facility.
27(2)   One million dollars ($1,000,000) to enable the Parks and Recreation
28Department to upgrade the County's splash pad.
29(3)   One million dollars ($1,000,000) for various public capital improvements.
30(4)   One million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) to build a new
31EMS/fire substation in the Town of Wagram.
32SECTION 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State
33 Budget and Management the sum of thirty-three million dollars ($33,000,000) in nonrecurring
34 funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to the City of Laurinburg to be
35 used as follows:
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1(1)    Four million dollars ($4,000,000) for the Town's Main Street restoration.
2(2)    Twenty-nine million dollars ($29,000,000) for water/wastewater capital
3projects.
4SECTION 4. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State
5 Budget and Management the sum of twenty-four thousand eight hundred ten dollars ($24,810)
6 in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to the Town of
7 Gibson to be used as follows:
8(1)    Fifteen thousand nine hundred eighty-five dollars ($15,985) for a replacement
9pump at the lagoon station.
10(2)    Eight thousand eight hundred twenty-five dollars ($8,825) for additional
11repairs to the lagoon station to ensure proper operation.
12SECTION 5. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State
13 Budget and Management the sum of one hundred eighty-five thousand dollars ($185,000) in
14 nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to the Town of
15 Wagram to be used as follows:
16(1)    Thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for new water meters.
17(2)    One hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for tree root removal
18and pothole repairs.
19(3)    Thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to install a fence at the maintenance shop.
20SECTION 6. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State
21 Budget and Management the sum of six million dollars ($6,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for
22 the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to St. Andrews University for repairs to the
23 Belk Center, which suffered hurricane damage.
24SECTION 7. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025.
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