North Carolina SB 599: Open Skating Rinks/Bowling Alleys.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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SENATE BILL 599
Health Care Committee Substitute Adopted 4/16/25
Third Edition Engrossed 4/30/25
House Committee Substitute Favorable 10/22/25
Fifth Edition Engrossed 10/22/25

Short Title: State Teacher/Employee Pay & Local LEO Bonus. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
March 26, 2025
*S599-v-5*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO AWARD LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED 2
SALARY INCREASES TO STATE EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS, AND OTHER PUBLIC 3
SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDING FOR A ONE TIME, COST OF LIVING 4
SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND 5
RETIREES OF THE TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, 6
THE CONSOLIDATED JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AND THE LEGISLATIVE 7
RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 8
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 9
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PART I. APPROPRIATIONS 11
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APPROPRIATIONS 13
SECTION 1.1.(a) Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General 14
Fund the sum of eight hundred eighty-one million two hundred sixty-two thousand five hundred 15
ninety-nine dollars ($881,262,599) in recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and the sum 16
of one billion twenty-one million seventy thousand two hundred forty-one dollars 17
($1,021,070,241) in recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year for the costs associated with 18
implementing the provisions of this act. These sums are allocated as follows: 19
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Entity 2025-2026 2026-2027 21
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North Carolina Community 23
College System 38,674,539 38,674,539 24
Department of Public Instruction 484,989,426 624,797,068 25
The University of North Carolina 103,777,699 103,777,699 26
DHHS – Aging 82,276 82,276 27
DHHS – Central Management 28
and Support 1,729,614 1,729,614 29
DHHS – Child and Family Well-Being 557,078 557,078 30
DHHS – Child Development and 31
Early Education 54,930 54,930 32
DHHS – Public Health 952,035 952,035 33

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DHHS – Social Services 357,308 357,308 1
DHHS – Health Benefits 537,259 537,259 2
DHHS – Services for the 3
Blind/Deaf/Hard of Hearing 112,788 112,788 4
DHHS – Mental Health/Dev. Disabl./Substance 5
Use Services 8,075,529 8,075,529 6
DHHS – Health Service Regulation 610,009 610,009 7
DHHS – Emp. & Indp. For 8
People With Disabilities 444,883 444,883 9
Dept. of Agriculture & 10
Consumer Services 2,791,328 2,791,328 11
Dept. of Commerce 279,595 279,595 12
Dept. of Env. Quality 1,763,143 1,763,143 13
Dept. of Labor 540,375 540,375 14
Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources 5,907,686 5,907,686 15
Wildlife Resources Comm. 1,782,055 1,782,055 16
Administrative Office of the Courts 18,636,552 18,636,552 17
Indigent Defense Services 2,602,376 2,602,376 18
Department of Adult Correction 143,083,422 143,083,422 19
Department of Justice 1,790,840 1,790,840 20
Dept. of Public Safety 45,896,798 45,896,798 21
State Bureau of Investigation 5,220,195 5,220,195 22
Dept. of Administration 770,895 770,895 23
Office of Admin. Hearings 152,033 152,033 24
Auditor 387,657 387,657 25
Office of Budget and Management 224,490 224,490 26
Controller 588,360 588,360 27
Board of Elections 178,320 178,320 28
General Assembly 2,125,861 2,125,861 29
Office of the Governor 135,528 135,528 30
Office of State Human Resources 201,702 201,702 31
Industrial Commission 312,439 312,439 32
Dept. of Insurance 1,419,695 1,419,695 33
Office of State Fire Marshal 199,415 199,415 34
Office of the Lt. Governor 30,399 30,399 35
Dept. of Military and Veteran Affairs 162,304 162,304 36
Department of Revenue 2,112,540 2,112,540 37
Secretary of State 471,477 471,477 38
Dept. of Information Technology 539,746 539,746 39
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SECTION 1.1.(b) Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the Highway 41
Fund to the Department of Transportation for the costs associated with implementing the 42
provisions of this act the sum of twenty-four million eight hundred eighty-four thousand six 43
hundred forty-eight dollars ($24,884,648) in recurring funds each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal 44
biennium. 45
SECTION 1.1.(c) Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General 46
Fund to a Reserve for Local Law Enforcement Officer Bonuses the sum of forty million 47
seventy-five thousand dollars ($40,075,000) in nonrecurring funds in each year of the 2025-2027 48
fiscal biennium for the costs associated with awarding bonuses to local sworn law enforcement 49
officers as provided by Section 3.23 of this act. 50

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SECTION 1.1.(d) Departmental receipts, as defined in G.S. 143C-1-1, are 1
appropriated for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium up to the amounts needed to 2
implement the legislatively mandated salary increases and employee benefit increases provided 3
in this act for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. 4
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PART II. COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES 6
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TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE 8
SECTION 2.1.(a) The following mont