North Carolina HB 739: Wilson and Nash Counties/Funds.

Status: Passed 1st Reading (as of 2025-04-03)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2025 · Bill: HB 739

Subjects: APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGETING; BUILDINGS; CAPITAL SPENDING; CONSTRUCTION; COUNTIES; CULTURAL RESOURCES; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING; HOUSING; INFRASTRUCTURE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIBRARIES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MUNICIPALITIES; PUBLIC; SCHOOL BUILDINGS & PROPERTY; SHERIFFS; UTILITIES; WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS; EDGECOMBE COUNTY; NASH COUNTY; WILSON COUNTY; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; PROPERTY-LOCAL GOVERNMENT; STANTONSBURG; SHARPSBURG

Sponsors: Pittman, R. Pierce

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
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
*H739-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC PURPOSES IN WILSON 2
AND NASH COUNTIES. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State 5
Budget and Management the sum of sixty-one million three hundred thousand dollars 6
($61,300,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide directed grants as 7
follows: 8
(1) Two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) to the Town of 9
Lucama for water infrastructure. 10
(2) Four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) to the Town of 11
Stantonsburg for water and sewer projects. 12
(3) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) to Wilson County for allocation to the 13
County's volunteer fire departments. 14
(4) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) to Wilson County for school 15
construction. 16
(5) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) to Wilson County for the construction 17
of a new courthouse. 18
(6) Eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) to Wilson County for the Sheriff's 19
Office Training Center. 20
(7) One million dollars ($1,000,000) to Wilson County to provide Narcan for the 21
Wilson County schools and Wilson County libraries. 22
(8) Eight million dollars ($8,000,000) to the Wilson Housing Authority. 23
(9) Three million dollars ($3,000,000) to Wilson County for the Wilson Ride 24
Program. 25
(10) One million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to the Town of 26
Sharpsburg for the construction of a new Police Department. 27
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 28

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