North Carolina SB 168: Historic School Preservation Grant Funds.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 
SESSION 2021 
S 1 
SENATE BILL 168 
 
 
Short Title: Historic School Preservation Grant Funds. (Public) 
Sponsors: Senator Davis (Primary Sponsor). 
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate 
March 2, 2021 
*S168-v-1* 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 
AN  ACT  APPROPRIATING FUNDS  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  NATURAL   AND 2 
CULTURAL RESOURCES TO ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A HISTORIC SCHOOL 3 
PRESERVATION GRANT PROGRAM. 4 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 
SECTION  1.  There  is  appropriated  from  the  General  Fund  to  the  Department  of 6 
Natural and Cultural Resources, Office of Archives and History, the sum of five million dollars 7 
($5,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2021-2022 fiscal year to establish and implement a 8 
historic  school  preservation  grant  program.  The  Department  shall  provide  grants  to  local 9 
governments and nonprofit organizations to preserve historic schools. These funds shall be used 10 
to rehabilitate certified historic structures that had an initial use for an educational purpose. The 11 
Secretary  shall  establish  guidelines  for  eligibility  to  receive  grants  under  this  program.  No 12 
recipient  or  new  project  shall  receive  a  total  of  more  than  two  hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars 13 
($250,000) of these grant funds for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. These funds shall not revert at the 14 
end of the 2021-2022 fiscal year but shall remain available for historic school preservation grants 15 
until all funds are expended. 16 
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2021. 17