North Carolina SB 806: Capital Appropriation - Western Carolina Univ.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 806

Short Title: No Budget, No Pay Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Grafstein, Bradley, and Everitt (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
April 22, 2026
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL 2
ASSEMBLY SHALL BE HELD IN ESCROW IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS NOT 3
PASSED A BUDGET FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR BY JUNE 30, 2026. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. Holding Salaries in Escrow. – If, by midnight of June 30, 2026, the 6
presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the North Carolina General 7
Assembly have not ratified a Current Operations Appropriations Act for the 2026-2027 fiscal 8
year, the Legislative Services Officer shall direct the General Assembly Controller to deposit in 9
an escrow account all compensation and allowances earned by or accruing to each member of 10
the General Assembly on or after July 1, 2026. 11
SECTION 2. Release of Funds. – The Controller shall release the funds held in 12
escrow pursuant to Section 1 of this act upon the earlier of the following events: 13
(1) The presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 14
North Carolina General Assembly ratify a Current Operations Appropriations 15
Act for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. 16
(2) Adjournment sine die of the 2025 North Carolina General Assembly. 17
SECTION 3. Appropriation. – There is appropriated from the General Fund to the 18
General Assembly the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 19
2026-2027 fiscal year for costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act. 20
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law. 21