S.L. 1991-689

1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 689

AN ACT TO MAKE BASE BUDGET AND EXPANSION BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT OPERATIONS OF STATE DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND AGENCIES; TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR STATE DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND AGENCIES; TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR OTHER PURPOSES; TO PROVIDE FOR BUDGET REFORM; AND TO PROVIDE FOR REVENUE RECONCILIATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

––-INTRODUCTION

Section 1. The appropriations made in this act are for maximum amounts necessary to provide the services and accomplish the purposes described in the budget. Savings shall be effected where the total amounts appropriated are not required to perform these services and accomplish these purposes and, except as allowed by the Executive Budget Act, or this act, the savings shall revert to the appropriate fund at the end of each fiscal year.

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-TITLE OF ACT

Sec. 2. This act shall be known as "The Appropriations and Budget Revenue Act of 1991." This act contains the Current Operations Appropriations Bill, the Expansion Budget Appropriations Bill, the Capital Improvements Appropriations Bill, the Budget Reform Bill, and the Budget Revenue Bill.

TITLE I. - CURRENT OPERATIONS

PART 1.––-GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS

––-CURRENT OPERATIONS/GENERAL FUND

Sec. 3. Appropriations from the General Fund of the State for the maintenance of the State departments, institutions, and agencies, and for other purposes as enumerated are made for the biennium ending June 30, 1993, according to the following schedule:

Current Operations-General Fund 1991-92 1992-93

General Assembly $ 17,938,648 $ 21,046,954

Judicial Department 206,206,015 211,237,680

Department of the Governor

01. Office of the Governor 5,469,301 5,518,312

02. Office of State Budget

and Management 3,792,373 3,949,479

Lieutenant Governor's Office 540,195 546,884

Department of Secretary of State 4,326,650 4,051,626

Department of State Auditor 12,842,567 12,932,026

Department of State Treasurer 4,900,761 4,942,109

Department of Public Education 3,222,375,181 3,255,378,574

Department of Justice 49,523,536 49,256,518

Department of Administration

01. Administration 47,434,529 50,504,200

02. State Controller 4,953,289 5,003,852

Department of Agriculture 38,807,702 39,005,796

Department of Labor 7,912,145 8,024,539

Department of Insurance 11,922,592 11,999,219

Department of Transportation

01. Aeronautics 8,316,571 8,116,571

02. Aid to Railroads 128,406 100,000

Total Department of Transportation 8,444,977 8,216,571

Department of Environment, Health, and

Natural Resources 170,211,080 171,781,349

Office of Administrative Hearings 1,271,644 -

Administrative Rules Review Commission 249,502 251,675

Department of Human Resources

01. Alcohol Drug Abuse Treatment Center -

Black Mountain 3,817,687 3,863,726

02. Alcohol Drug Abuse Treatment Center -

Butner 3,220,345 3,265,434

03. Alcohol Drug Abuse Treatment Center -

Greenville 3,252,142 3,296,129

04. N.C. Special Care Center 565,852 677,743

05. Black Mountain Center 1,616,376 2,024,711

06. DHR - Secretary 7,620,495 7,682,412

07. Division of Aging 8,497,571 8,501,722

08. Schools for the Deaf and

Hard of Hearing 19,020,001 19,314,192

09. Social Services 130,231,610 137,745,264

10. Medical Assistance 522,700,569 602,390,661

11. Social Services-State Aid to

Non-State Agencies 5,440,669 5,440,669

12. Division of Services for the

Blind 11,932,076 12,023,790

13. Division of Mental Health,

Developmental Disabilities, and

Substance Abuse Services 185,283,664 186,295,870

14. Dorothea Dix Hospital 34,977,059 37,689,383

15. Broughton Hospital 28,988,562 31,007,474

16. Cherry Hospital 30,316,203 31,973,149

17. John Umstead Hospital 30,349,582 34,128,381

18. Western Carolina Center 1,363,260 1,898,909

19. O'Berry Center 1,851,826 2,343,637

20. Murdoch Center 8,350,448 8,962,036

21. Caswell Center 5,317,947 7,746,005

22. Division of Facility Services 28,239,036 29,332,929

23. Division of Vocational

Rehabilitation Services 21,670,313 21,764,916

24. Division of Youth Services 45,517,929 45,844,845

Total Department of

Human Resources 1,140,141,222 1,245,213,987

Department of Correction 470,590,160 489,819,693

Department of Economic and Community

Development

01. Economic and Community

Development 24,280,288 24,448,292

02. Biotechnology 7,157,547 7,157,547

03. MCNC 16,525,140 16,000,000

04. Rural Economic Development

Center 1,500,000 1,500,000

Department of Revenue 52,328,385 52,739,894

Department of Cultural Resources 38,719,635 39,621,588

Department of Crime Control

and Public Safety 25,484,486 25,821,731

University of North Carolina – Board of Governors

01. General Administration 13,923,182 17,152,569

02. University Institutional Program 6,188,426 6,488,426

03. Related Educational Programs 44,416,685 44,466,685

04. University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill

a. Academic Affairs 129,483,376 140,160,037

b. Health Affairs 99,402,904 104,815,735

c. Area Health Education Centers 31,256,434 31,258,952

05. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

a. Academic Affairs 169,101,616 174,401,151

b. Agricultural Research Service 35,427,423 35,530,678

c. Agricultural Extension Service 27,489,796 27,730,526

06. University of North Carolina at Greensboro 54,283,647 54,936,286

07. University of North Carolina at Charlotte 55,313,182 55,784,798

08. University of North Carolina at Asheville 16,562,863 16,774,319

09. University of North Carolina at Wilmington 32,300,883 32,697,186

10. East Carolina University

a. Academic Affairs 71,884,297 72,760,031

b. Division of Health Affairs 50,741,525 52,969,402

11. North Carolina Agricultural and

Technical State University 35,573,156 36,250,457

12. Western Carolina University 34,257,520 34,744,275

13. Appalachian State University 52,538,346 53,106,386

14. Pembroke State University 15,605,572 15,702,405

15. Winston-Salem State University 15,646,556 15,912,120

16. Elizabeth City State University 14,534,666 14,638,395

17. Fayetteville State University 16,685,006 16,823,862

18. North Carolina Central University 26,302,838 26,661,912

19. North Carolina School of the Arts 8,277,917 8,346,454

20. North Carolina School of

Science and Mathematics 7,162,301 7,131,245

21. UNC Hospitals at Chapel Hill 37,755,275 47,092,624

Total University of North Carolina –

Board of Governors 1,102,115,392 1,144,336,916

Department of Community Colleges 328,828,418 359,794,377

State Board of Elections 470,005 432,918

Contingency and Emergency 1,125,000 1,125,000

Reserve for Salary Adjustments 500,000 500,000

Reserve for Lowest Paid Employees 750,000 750,000

Reserve for Data Processing Equipment 2,500,000 2,500,000

Reserve for State Employees Health Benefit Plan 75,200,000 99,900,000

Reserve for Local Government

Tax Sharing/Reimbursements 474,606,174 474,606,174

Debt Service 76,028,270 73,049,578

GRAND TOTAL CURRENT OPERATIONS –

GENERAL FUND $7,657,972,809 $7,922,965,058

PART 2.––-CURRENT OPERATIONS/HIGHWAY FUND

Sec. 4. Appropriations from the Highway Fund of the State for the maintenance and operation of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes as enumerated, are made for the biennium ending June 30, 1993, according to the following schedule:

Current Operations-Highway Fund 1991-92 1992-93

Department of Transportation

01. Administration $ 34,009,810 $ 34,329,674

02. Division of Highways

a. Administration and Operations 32,533,200 32,866,712

b. State Construction

(01) Primary Construction - -

(02) Secondary Construction 66,121,926 66,717,023

(03) Urban Construction 10,805,664 10,028,266

(04) Access and Public Service Roads 2,000,000 2,000,000

(05) Special Appropriation for Highways 5,000 5,000

(06) Spot Safety Improvements 9,100,000 9,100,000

c. State Funds to Match Federal

Highway Aid

(01) Construction 65,992,066 65,992,066

(02) Planning Survey and Highway

Planning Research 2,959,649 2,959,649

d. State Maintenance

(01) Primary 85,882,433 85,882,433

(02) Secondary 151,355,630 151,355,630

(03) Urban 22,714,972 22,714,972

(04) Contract Resurfacing 100,000,000 102,500,000

e. Ferry Operations 16,547,896 16,547,896

03. Division of Motor Vehicles 74,154,792 74,649,678

04. Governor's Highway Safety Program 286,279 288,736

05. State Aid to Municipalities 66,121,926 66,717,023

06. State Aid for Public Transportation 5,038,766 5,046,001

07. Salary Adjustments for Highway

Fund Employees 200,000 200,000

08. Reserve to Correct Occupational

Safety and Health Conditions 425,000 425,000

09. Reserve to Continue DOT

Merit Salary Increases 4,510,383 4,510,383

10. Debt Service 38,227,230 38,018,250

11. Reserve for State Employee

Health Benefit Plan 6,200,000 8,200,000

Appropriations for Other State Agencies

01. Crime Control and Public Safety 83,263,687 86,276,285

02. Other Agencies

a. Department of Agriculture 2,892,001 2,790,013

b. Department of Revenue 1,921,279 1,923,941

c. Department of Environment,

Health, and Natural Resources:

LUST Trust Fund 5,186,720 5,586,046

Chemical Test Program 376,176 378,286

d. Department of Correction 4,591,856 4,614,056

e. Department of Justice 240,250 240,250

f. Department of Public Education 22,930,662 22,868,826

GRAND TOTAL CURRENT OPERATIONS –

HIGHWAY FUND $ 916,595,253 $ 925,732,095

PART 3.––-HIGHWAY TRUST FUND

Sec. 4.1. Appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund are made for the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 1993, according to the following schedule:

1991-92 1992-93

01. Intrastate System $ 201,279,015 $ 203,941,317

02. Secondary Roads Construction 46,099,293 46,878,630

03. Urban Loops 81,313,427 82,389,951

04. State Aid - Municipalities 21,099,293 21,378,630

05. Program Administration 15,108,972 15,311,472

06. Transfer to General Fund 170,000,000 170,000,000

GRAND TOTAL/HIGHWAY TRUST FUND $ 534,900,000 $ 539,900,000

PART 4.––-BLOCK GRANT APPROPRIATIONS

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senators Richardson, Martin of Pitt

––-BLOCK GRANT PROVISIONS

Sec. 5. (a) Appropriations from federal block grant funds are made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, according to the following schedule:

TOTAL JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT $ 35,316,871

COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

01. Community Action Agencies $ 8,906,905

02. Limited Purpose Agencies 494,305

03. Department of Human Resources to administer and

monitor the activities of the Community Services

Block Grant 484,890

TOTAL COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT $ 9,886,100

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

01. State Administration $ 913,140

02. Urgent Needs/Contingency 1,987,193

03. Development Planning/Housing 1,987,193

04. Economic Development 7,948,772

05. Community Revitalization 27,820,702

TOTAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

BLOCK GRANT $ 40,657,000

PREVENTIVE HEALTH BLOCK GRANT

01. Emergency Medical Services $ 451,915

02. Basic Public Health Services 928,395

03. Hypertension Programs 590,230

04. Health Education/Risk Reduction Programs and

Health Promotion/Local Health Departments 1,013,371

05. Fluoridation of Water Supplies 158,134

06. Rape Prevention and Rape Crisis Programs 91,269

07. AIDS/HIV Education, Counseling, and Testing 290,577

08. TB Control Program 61,787

TOTAL PREVENTIVE HEALTH BLOCK GRANT $ 3,585,678

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES

01. Healthy Mother/Healthy Children Block Grants

to Local Health Departments $ 11,788,781

02. High Risk Maternity Clinic Services, Perinatal

Education, and Consultation to Local Health

Departments and Other Health Care Providers 1,554,303

03. Services to Disabled Children 5,367,054

04. Reimbursements for Local Health Departments for

Contracted Nutritional Services 120,530

TOTAL MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES $ 18,830,668

SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

01. County Departments of Social Services $ 42,846,858

02. Allocation for In-Home Services provided by County

Departments of Social Services 1,184,524

03. Division of Mental Health, Developmental

Disabilities, and Substance Abuse 5,514,782

04. Division of Services for the Blind 3,162,920

05. Division of Youth Services 1,037,868

06. Division of Facility Services 330,573

07. Division of Aging 333,656

08. Day Care Services 12,158,899

09. Volunteer Services 55,086

10. State Administration and State Level Contracts 3,392,468

11. Voluntary Sterilization Funds 98,710

12. Transfer to Maternal and Child Health Block Grant 1,670,089

13. Adult Day Care Services 652,889

14. County Departments of Social Services for Child

Abuse/Prevention and Permanency Planning 394,841

15. Allocation to Division of Maternal and Child Health

for Grants-in-Aid to Prevention Programs 439,261

16. Transfer to Preventive Health Block Grant for

Emergency Medical Services

and Basic Public Health Services 486,258

17. Allocation to Preventive Health Block

Grant for AIDS Education 290,577

18. Allocation to Department of Administration

for North Carolina Fund for Children 45,270

19. Allocation to the Division of Economic

Opportunity for Head Start,

Elderly and Handicapped Services 197,421

TOTAL SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT $ 74,292,950

LOW INCOME ENERGY BLOCK GRANT

01. Energy Assistance Programs $ 18,407,453

02. Crisis Intervention 4,441,897

03. Administration 1,981,400

04. Weatherization Program 1,737,187

05. Indian Affairs 27,222

06. Transfer to Preventive Health Block Grant

for Emergency Medical Services Program 209,116

07. Transfer to Social Services Block Grant for Adult

Day Care Services 417,648

08. Transfer to Social Services Block Grant for State

Administration & Contract Service 192,748

09. Transfer to Maternal and Child Health Block Grant

in the Division of Maternal and Child Health

for Healthy Mothers and Children 1,696,362

10. Transfer to SSBG for allocation to the

Department of Administration for

the North Carolina Fund for Children 45,270

TOTAL LOW INCOME ENERGY BLOCK GRANT $ 29,156,303

ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH

SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

01. Allocate funds to the four regional offices on a per

capita basis for mental health services $ 1,866,556

02. Programs for the Chronically Mentally Ill 3,336,748

03. Continuation of child mental health nonresidential services

in accordance with the Child Mental Health Plan 315,013

04. Continuation of child mental health residential services

including group homes, specialized foster care, therapeutic

homes, professional parenting programs, and respite

care, with an emphasis on children under the age of 12 359,703

05. Continuation and expansion of community- based alcohol

and drug services including prevention, early inter-

vention, treatment, rehabilitation, nonhospital medical

detoxification, and training 6,121,682

06. Continuation and expansion of services to female substance

abusers, including specialized services at the ADATCS 2,652,698

07. Continuation and expansion of services to IV drug abusers,

including increased capacity for drug screens and IV

services at the ADATCS 3,518,950

08. Services to adolescents, including continuation and

expansion of services in accordance with the Youth Substance

Abuse Plan 3,140,864

09. Funding to support the provision of Treatment Alternatives to

Street Crimes (TASC) programs for adults and four

demonstration projects with local jails 462,104

10. Continuing of funding for detoxification services in the

Eastern Region 1,048,110

11. Administration 1,085,098

TOTAL ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE, AND MENTAL HEALTH

SERVICES BLOCK GRANT $ 23,907,526

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS

BLOCK GRANT

01. Specialized Community Services for the

Chronically Mentally Ill $ 420,000

02. Community-Based Services for Chronically

Mentally Ill Youth 97,656

03. Administration 13,344

TOTAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE

HOMELESS BLOCK GRANT $ 531,000

COMMUNITY YOUTH ACTIVITY PROGRAM BLOCK GRANT

01. Development of Community-Based Substance

Abuse Prevention Programs for Youth $ 92,091

TOTAL COMMUNITY YOUTH ACTIVITY PROGRAM

BLOCK GRANT $ 92,091

CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

01. Child Day Care Services 14,752,146

02. Head Start Wrap-Around 3,337,000

03. Revolving Loans/Grants 500,000

04. County Day Care Coordinators 467,167

05. Staff/Child Ratio Reduction 208,300

06. Study of Day Care Salaries 100,000

07. Child Care Worker Credentials 100,000

08. Resource and Referral Programs 650,000

09. Facility Services Administration 202,054

TOTAL CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT

BLOCK GRANT $ 20,316,667

(b) Decreases in Federal Fund Availability

If federal funds are reduced below the amounts specified above after the effective date of this act, then every program, in each of the federal block grants listed above, shall be reduced by the same percentage as the reduction in federal funds.

Any block grant funds appropriated by the United States Congress in addition to the funds specified in this act shall be expended as follows:

(1) For the Community Development Block Grant or for the Preventive Health Block Grant – each program category under the Community Development Block Grant or the Preventive Health Block Grant, as applicable, shall be increased by the same percentage as the increase in federal funds.

(2) For the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant – these additional funds shall be allocated to local health departments to assist in the reduction of infant mortality.

(3) For other block grants – these additional funds may be budgeted by the appropriate department, with the approval of the Office of State Budget and Management, provided the resultant increases are in accordance with federal block grant requirements and are within the scope of the block grant plan approved by the General Assembly. All these budgeted increases shall be reported to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and to the Director of the Fiscal Research Division.

This subsection shall not apply to Job Training Partnership Act funds.

(d) Education Setaside of JTPA Funds

The Department of Economic and Community Development shall certify to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and to the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Office when Job Training Partnership Act funds have been distributed to each agency, the total amount distributed to each agency, and the total amount of eight percent (8%) Education Setaside funds received.

PART 5.––-GENERAL PROVISIONS

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-SPECIAL FUNDS, FEDERAL FUNDS, AND DEPARTMENTAL RECEIPTS/AUTHORIZATION FOR EXPENDITURES

Sec. 6. There is appropriated out of the cash balances, federal receipts, and departmental receipts available to each department, sufficient amounts to carry on authorized activities included under each department's operations. All these cash balances, federal receipts, and departmental receipts shall be expended and reported in accordance with provisions of the Executive Budget Act, except as otherwise provided by statute. The Director of the Budget shall develop necessary budget controls, regulations, and systems to ensure that these funds and other State funds subject to the Executive Budget Act, may not be spent in a manner which would cause a deficit in expenditures.

Pursuant to G.S. 143-34.2, State departments, agencies, institutions, boards, or commissions may make application for, receive, or disburse any form of non-State aid. All non-State monies received shall be deposited with the State Treasurer unless otherwise provided by State law. These funds shall be expended in accordance with the terms and conditions of the fund award that are not contrary to the laws of North Carolina.

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-INSURANCE AND FIDELITY BONDS

Sec. 7. All insurance and all official fidelity and surety bonds authorized for the several departments, institutions, and agencies shall be effected and placed by the Insurance Department, and the cost of placement shall be paid by the affected department, institution, or agency with the approval of the Insurance Commissioner.

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-CONTINGENCY AND EMERGENCY FUND ALLOCATION

Sec. 8. Of the funds appropriated in this Title to the Contingency and Emergency Fund, $900,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $900,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be designated for emergency allocations, which are for the purposes outlined in G.S. 143-23(a1). $225,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $225,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be designated for other allocations from the Contingency and Emergency Fund.

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-PERMIT DEVIATION FROM EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS RESTRICTION

Sec. 8.1. For the 1991-92 fiscal year only, G.S. 143-16.3 does not apply to the extent that the Director of the Budget finds that compliance is impossible and that deviation is necessary because of complications in the budget process that were not contemplated when the budget for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium was enacted.

The Director of the Budget shall notify the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Office that he intends to make such a finding at least 10 days before he makes the finding. The notification shall set out the reasons that compliance may be impossible and the complications in the budget process that were not contemplated when the budget for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium was enacted that may make compliance impossible.

The Director of the Budget shall report on a quarterly basis for the first six months of the 1991-92 fiscal year and monthly thereafter, to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and to the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Office on any deviations from G.S. 143-16.3, the reasons that compliance was impossible, and the complications in the budget process that were not contemplated when the budget for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium was enacted that made compliance impossible.

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-BUDGETING OF PILOT PROGRAMS

Sec. 9. (a) Any program designated by the General Assembly as experimental, model, or pilot shall be shown as a separate budget item and shall be considered as an expansion item until a succeeding General Assembly reapproves it.

Any new program funded in whole or in part through a special appropriations bill shall be designated as an experimental, model, or pilot program.

(b) The Governor shall submit to the General Assembly with his proposed budget a report of which items in the proposed budget are subject to the provisions of this section.

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-AUTHORIZED TRANSFERS

Sec. 10. The Director of the Budget may transfer to General Fund budget codes from the General Fund salary adjustment appropriation, and may transfer to Highway Fund budget codes from the Highway Fund salary adjustment appropriation, amounts required to support approved salary adjustments made necessary by difficulties in recruiting and holding qualified employees in State government. The funds may be transferred only when the use of salary reserve funds in individual operating budgets is not feasible.

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS IN RESERVES LIMITED

Sec. 11. All funds appropriated by this act into reserves may be expended only for the purposes for which the reserves were established.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-NONPROFITS MAY RELINQUISH FUNDS

Sec. 12. G.S. 143-6.1 reads as rewritten:

"§ 143-6.1. Information from private organizations receiving State funds.

Every private person, corporation, organization, and institution which receives, uses or expends any State funds shall use or expend such funds only for the purposes for which such State funds were appropriated by the General Assembly or collected by the State.

Each private person, corporation, organization, and institution which uses or expends State funds in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more annually, except when the funds are compensation for goods or services, shall file annually with the State Auditor and with the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations a financial statement in such form and on such schedule as shall be prescribed by the State Auditor, and shall furnish to the State Auditor for audit all books, records and other information as shall be necessary for the State Auditor to account fully for the use and expenditure of State funds. Each such private person, corporation, organization, and institution shall furnish such additional financial or budgetary information as shall be requested by the State Auditor or by the Joint ~~Committee~~ Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations. The State shall not disburse State funds appropriated by the General Assembly or collected by the State for use by any private person, corporation, organization, or institution unless that person, corporation, organization, or institution has provided all the reports and financial information required by this section. All financial statements furnished to the State Auditor or to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations pursuant to this section, and any audits or other reports prepared by the State Auditor, shall be public records.

The receipt, use or expenditure of State funds by a private person, corporation, organization, and institution shall not, in and of itself, make or constitute such person, corporation, organization, or institution a State agency."

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-STATE MONEY RECIPIENTS/CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY

Sec. 13. Each private, nonprofit entity eligible to receive State funds, either by General Assembly appropriation, or by grant, loan, or other allocation from a State agency, before funds may be disbursed to the entity, shall file with the disbursing agency a notarized copy of that entity's policy addressing conflicts of interest that may arise involving the entity's management employees and the members of its board of directors or other governing body. The policy shall address situations where any of these individuals may directly or indirectly benefit, except as the entity's employees or members of the board or other governing body, from the entity's disbursing of State funds, and shall include actions to be taken by the entity or the individual, or both, to avoid conflicts of interest and the appearance of impropriety.

Requested by: Representatives H. Hunter, Dockham, James, Ethridge, DeVane, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-DEPARTMENTAL REDUCTIONS/COUNTIES HARMLESS

Sec. 14. The Departments of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Economic and Community Development, Labor, and Agriculture shall not reduce continuing operations disbursements to local governments for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year below the disbursement level for the 1990-91 fiscal year solely for the purpose of effectuating reductions to those Departments required by this act unless these reductions are specified in Aid-To-Counties line items in this act.

PART 6.––-STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-CHANGE THE DATE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY TO THE DATE OF THE REGULAR STATEWIDE PRIMARY, AND ELIMINATE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE COUNTIES OF THE EXPENSE OF HOLDING A SEPARATE PRIMARY

Sec. 15. (a) G.S. 163-213.2 reads as rewritten:

"§ 163-213.2. Primary to be held; date; qualifications and registration of voters.

On the ~~second Tuesday in March, 1988,~~ Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1992, and every four years thereafter, the voters of this State shall be given an opportunity to express their preference for the person to be the presidential candidate of their political party.

Any person otherwise qualified who will become qualified by age to vote in the general election held in the same year of the presidential preference primary shall be entitled to register and vote in the presidential preference primary. Such persons may register not earlier than 60 days nor later than the 21st day prior to the said primary. In addition, persons who will become qualified by age to register and vote in the general election for which the primary is held, who do not register during the special period may register to vote after such period as if they were qualified on the basis of age, but until they are qualified by age to vote, they may vote only in primary elections."

(b) G.S. 163-213.3 reads as rewritten:

"§ 163-213.3. Conduct of election.

The presidential preference primary election shall be conducted and canvassed by the same authority and in the manner provided by law for the conduct and canvassing of the primary election for the office of Governor and all other offices enumerated in G.S. 163-187 and under the same provisions stipulated in G.S. ~~163-188,~~ 163-188. ~~except that the earliest date by which absentee ballots shall be available shall be 35 days prior to the date of the primary.~~ The State Board of Elections shall have authority to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with provisions contained herein, pursuant to the administration of this Article."

"§ 163-213.4. Nomination by State Board of Elections.

The State Board of Elections shall convene in Raleigh on the first Tuesday in ~~January~~ February preceding the presidential preference primary election. At the meeting required by this section, the State Board of Elections shall nominate as presidential primary candidates all candidates affiliated with a political party, recognized pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, who have become eligible to receive payments from the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account, as provided in section 9033 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended. Immediately upon completion of these requirements, the Board shall release to the news media all such nominees selected. Provided, however, nothing shall prohibit the partial selection of nominees prior to the meeting required by this section, if all provisions herein have been complied with."

(d) G.S. 163-213.11 is repealed.

PART 7.––-OFFICE OF STATE AUDITOR

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE PERFORMANCE AUDIT

Sec. 16. The State Auditor shall conduct an operations performance audit of the Department of Revenue with particular attention to auditing the efficiency of information systems and the effectiveness of tax collection systems. The State Auditor shall report the results of the audit to the General Assembly on or before May 1, 1992.

PART 8.––-DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-BOARD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LIMITATION

Sec. 17. All funds appropriated in the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year for research grants for the Board of Science and Technology shall be used only for research grants and shall not be transferred to any other objects of expenditure.

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-OFFICE OF STATE PERSONNEL DECENTRALIZATION

Sec. 18. (a) Effective January 1, 1993, the Office of State Personnel shall have decentralized the classification and salary administration functions of all State departments with more than 500 permanent full-time employees, subject to criteria and standards set by the State Personnel Commission. The Commission shall have the authority to suspend decentralization when agencies violate State Personnel Commission criteria and standards.

The Office of State Personnel shall report annually to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental operations and to the Fiscal Research Division by December 1 of each year, beginning on December 1, 1991, on its progress towards this decentralization.

(b) The Office of State Personnel shall present its plan for decentralization of the classification and salary administration functions to the State Personnel Study Commission or its successor. The State Personnel Study Commission shall consider those statutory changes as may facilitate decentralization and report its recommendations to the General Assembly by April 1, 1992.

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS

Sec. 19. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Title to the Department of Administration, $864,270 for 1991-92 fiscal year and $864,270 for 1992-93 fiscal year shall only be used as provided by this section. Each regional council of government or lead regional organization is allocated up to $48,015 each fiscal year, with the actual amount calculated as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) The funds shall be allocated as follows: A share of the maximum $48,015 each fiscal year shall be allocated to each county and smaller city based on the most recent annual estimate of the Office of State Budget and Management of the population of that county (less the population of any larger city within that county) or smaller city, divided by the sum of the total population of the region (less the population of larger cities within that region) and the total population of the region living in smaller cities. Those funds shall be paid to the regional council of government for the region in which that city or county is located upon receipt by the Department of Administration of a resolution of the governing board of the county or city requesting release of the funds. If any city or county does not so request payment of funds by June 30 of a State fiscal year, that share of the allocation for that fiscal year shall revert to the General Fund.

(c) A regional council of government may use funds appropriated by this section only to assist local governments in grant applications, economic development, community development, support of local industrial development activities, and other activities as deemed appropriate by the member governments.

(d) Funds appropriated by this section may not be used for payment of dues or assessments by the member governments, and may not supplant funds appropriated by the member governments.

(e) As used in this section "Larger City"means an incorporated city with a population of 50,000 or over. "Smaller City"means any other incorporated city.

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senators Martin of Guilford, Marvin

––-ALLOCATION OF RAPE CRISIS CENTER FUNDS

Sec. 20. All funds for the Rape Crisis Centers appropriated to the Department of Administration, the North Carolina Council for Women, for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year in this Title shall be available to Rape Crisis Centers providing direct services to victims of sexual assault and rape prevention services. Funds shall be awarded according to criteria established by the Department of Administration. Grants shall be awarded by September 1 each fiscal year and the funds disbursed on a quarterly basis.

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senators Martin of Guilford, Perdue

––-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER FUNDS

Sec. 21. The funds appropriated in this Title to the Department of Administration, the North Carolina Council for Women, for fiscal years 1991-92 and 1992-93 for domestic violence centers, shall be allocated equally among domestic violence centers in operation on July 1, 1990, that offer services including a hotline, transportation services, community education programs, daytime services, and call forwarding during the night and that fulfill other criteria established by the Department of Administration. Grants shall be awarded based on criteria established by the Department of Administration and disbursed on a quarterly basis. The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated, is eligible for a grant of $10,000 under this section.

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-MOTOR FLEET MANAGEMENT CHANGES/EFFICIENCY MEASURES/COMMUTING AND SPECIAL USE VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS

Sec. 22. G.S. 143-341(8)i. reads as rewritten:

"i. To establish and operate a central motor pool and such subsidiary related facilities as the Secretary may deem necessary, and to that end:

1. To establish and operate central facilities for the maintenance, repair, and storage of state-owned passenger motor vehicles for the use of State agencies; to utilize any available State facilities for that purpose; and to establish such subsidiary facilities as the Secretary may deem necessary.

2. To acquire passenger motor vehicles by transfer from other State agencies and by purchase. All motor vehicles transferred to or purchased by the Department shall become part of a central motor pool.

3. To require on a schedule determined by the Department all State agencies to transfer ownership, custody or control of any or all passenger motor vehicles within the ownership, custody or control of that agency to the Department, except those motor vehicles under the ownership, custody or control of the Highway Patrol or the State Bureau of Investigation which are used primarily for law-enforcement purposes, and except those motor vehicles under the ownership, custody or control of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety for Butner Public Safety which are used primarily for law-enforcement, fire, or emergency purposes.

4. To maintain, store, repair, dispose of, and replace state-owned motor vehicles under the control of the Department. The Department shall ensure that state-owned vehicles are not normally replaced until they have been driven for 90,000 miles or more.

5. Upon proper requisition, proper showing of need for use on State business only, and proper showing of proof that all persons who will be driving the motor vehicle have valid drivers' licenses, to assign suitable transportation, either on a temporary or permanent basis, to any State employee or agency. An agency assigned a motor vehicle may not allow a person to operate that motor vehicle unless that person displays to the agency and allows the agency to copy that person's valid driver's license. Notwithstanding G.S. 20-30(6), persons or agencies requesting assignment of motor vehicles may photostat or otherwise reproduce drivers' licenses for purposes of complying with this subpart.

As used in this subpart, 'suitable transportation' means the standard vehicle in the State motor fleet, unless special towing provisions are required by the employee or agency. The Department may not assign any employee or agency a motor vehicle that is not suitable. The Department shall not approve requests for vehicle assignment or reassignment when the purpose of that assignment or reassignment is to provide any employee with a newer or lower mileage vehicle because of his or her rank, management authority, or length of service or because of any non-job-related reason. The Department shall not assign 'special use' vehicles, such as four-wheel drive vehicles or law enforcement vehicles, to any agency or individual except upon written justification, verified by historical data, and accepted by the Secretary.

6. To allocate and charge against each State agency to which transportation is furnished, on a basis of mileage or of rental, its proportionate part of the cost of maintenance and operation of the motor pool.

The amount allocated and charged by the Department of Administration to State agencies to which transportation is furnished shall be at least as follows:

I. Pursuit vehicles and full size ~~4-wheel~~ four-wheel drive vehicles – $.24/mile.

II. Vans and compact ~~4-wheel~~ four-wheel drive vehicles – $.22/mile.

III. All other vehicles – $.20/mile.

7. To adopt, with the approval of the Governor, reasonable rules for the efficient and economical operation, maintenance, repair, and ~~replacement~~ replacement, as limited in paragraph 4. of this subdivision, of all state-owned motor vehicles under the control of the Department, and to enforce those rules; and to adopt, with the approval of the Governor, reasonable rules regulating the use of private motor vehicles upon State business by the officers and employees of State agencies, and to enforce those rules. The Department, with the approval of the Governor, may delegate to the respective heads of the agencies to which motor vehicles are permanently assigned by the Department the duty of enforcing the rules adopted by the Department pursuant to this paragraph. Any person who violates a rule adopted by the Department and approved by the Governor is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable in the discretion of the court.

7a. To adopt with the approval of the Governor and to enforce rules and to coordinate State policy regarding (i) the permanent assignment of state-owned passenger motor vehicles and (ii) the use of and reimbursement for those vehicles for ~~commuting.~~ the limited commuting permitted by this subdivision. For the purpose of this subdivision 7a, 'state-owned passenger motor vehicle' includes any state-owned passenger motor vehicle, whether or not owned, maintained or controlled by the Department of Administration, and regardless of the source of the funds used to purchase it. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 20-190 or any other provisions of law, all state-owned passenger motor vehicles are subject to the provisions of this subdivision 7a; no permanent assignment shall be made and no one shall be exempt from payment of reimbursement for commuting or from the other provisions of this subdivision 7a except as provided by this subdivision 7a. Commuting, as defined and regulated by this subdivision, is limited to those specific cases in which the Secretary has received and accepted written justification, verified by historical data. The Department shall not assign any state-owned motor vehicle that may be used for commuting other than those authorized by the procedure prescribed in this subdivision.

A State-owned passenger motor vehicle shall not be permanently assigned to an individual who is likely to drive it on official business at a rate of less than ~~12,600 miles per year~~ 3,150 miles per quarter unless (i) the individual's duties are routinely related to public safety or (ii) the individual's duties are likely to expose him routinely to life-threatening situations. A State-owned passenger motor vehicle shall also not be permanently assigned to an agency that is likely to drive it on official business at a rate of less than ~~12,600 miles per year~~ 3,150 miles per quarter unless the agency can justify to the Division of Motor Fleet Management the need for permanent assignment because of the unique use of the vehicle. The Department of Administration shall verify, on a quarterly basis, that each motor vehicle has been driven at the minimum allowable rate. If it has not and if the department by whom the individual to which the car is assigned is employed or the agency to which the car is assigned cannot justify the lower mileage for the quarter in view of the minimum annual rate, the permanent assignment shall be revoked immediately.

Every individual who uses a State-owned passenger motor vehicle, pickup truck, or van to drive between his official work station and his home, shall reimburse the State for these trips at a rate computed by the Department. This rate shall approximate the benefit derived from the use of the vehicle as prescribed by federal law. Reimbursement shall be for 20 days per month regardless of how many days the individual uses the vehicle to commute during the month. Reimbursement shall be made by payroll deduction. Funds derived from reimbursement on vehicles owned by the Motor Fleet Management Division shall be deposited to the credit of the Division; funds derived from reimbursements on vehicles initially purchased with appropriations from the Highway Fund and not owned by the Division shall be deposited in a Special Depository Account in the Department of Transportation, which shall revert to the Highway Fund; funds derived from reimbursement on all other vehicles shall be deposited in a Special Depository Account in the Department of Administration which shall revert to the General Fund. Commuting, for purposes of this paragraph, does not include those individuals whose office is in their home, as determined by the Department of Administration, Division of Motor Fleet Management. Also, this paragraph does not apply to the following vehicles: (i) clearly marked police and fire vehicles, (ii) delivery trucks with seating only for the driver, (iii) flatbed trucks, (iv) cargo carriers with over a 14,000 pound capacity, (v) school and passenger buses with over 20 person capacities, (vi) ambulances, (vii) hearses, (viii) bucket trucks, (ix) cranes and derricks, (x) forklifts, (xi) cement mixers, (xii) dump trucks, (xiii) garbage trucks, (xiv) specialized utility repair trucks (except vans and pickup trucks), (xv) tractors, (xvi) unmarked law-enforcement vehicles that are used in undercover work and are operated by full-time, fully sworn law-enforcement officers whose primary duties include carrying a firearm, executing search warrants, and making arrests, and (xvii) any other vehicle exempted under Section 274(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and Federal Internal Revenue Services regulations based thereon. The Department of Administration, Division of Motor Fleet Management, shall report quarterly to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and to the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Office on individuals who use State-owned passenger motor vehicles, pickup trucks, or vans between their official work stations and their homes, who are not required to reimburse the State for these trips.

The Department of Administration shall revoke the assignment or require the Department owning the vehicle to revoke the assignment of a State-owned passenger motor vehicle, pick-up truck or van to any individual who:

I. Uses the vehicle for other than official business except in accordance with the commuting rules;

II. Fails to supply required reports to the Department of Administration, or supplies incomplete reports, or supplies reports in a form unacceptable to the Department of Administration and does not cure the deficiency within 30 days of receiving a request to do so;

III. Knowingly and willfully supplies false information to the Department of Administration on applications for permanent assignments, commuting reimbursement forms, or other required reports or forms;

IV. Does not personally sign all reports on forms submitted for vehicles permanently assigned to him and does not cure the deficiency within 30 days of receiving a request to do so;

V. Abuses the vehicle; or

VI. Violates other rules or policy promulgated by the Department of Administration not in conflict with this act.

A new requisition shall not be honored until the Secretary of the Department of Administration is assured that the violation for which a vehicle was previously revoked will not recur.

The Department of Administration, with the approval of the Governor, may delegate, or conditionally delegate, to the respective heads of agencies which own passenger motor vehicles or to which passenger motor vehicles are permanently assigned by the Department, the duty of enforcing all or part of the rules adopted by the Department of Administration pursuant to this subdivision 7a. The Department of Administration, with the approval of the Governor, may revoke this delegation of authority.

Prior to adopting rules under this paragraph, the Secretary of Administration may consult with the Advisory Budget Commission.

8. To adopt and administer rules for the control of all state-owned passenger motor vehicles and to require State agencies to keep all records and make all reports regarding motor vehicle use as the Secretary deems necessary.

9. To acquire motor vehicle liability insurance on all State-owned motor vehicles under the control of the Department.

10. To contract with the appropriate State prison authorities for the furnishing, upon such conditions as may be agreed upon from time to time between such State prison authorities and the Secretary, of prison labor for use in connection with the operation of a central motor pool and related activities.

11. To report annually to the General Assembly on any rules adopted, amended or repealed under paragraphs 3, 7, or 7a of this subdivision."

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-MOTOR FLEET MANAGEMENT/RETURN OF GENERAL FUND INVESTMENT

Sec. 23. On April 1, 1992, the Department of Administration shall credit to the Office of State Treasurer, Nontax Revenues, the sum of $2,000,000 and on June 15, 1992, the sum of $1,500,000, unless the Department chooses to make a total payment of $3,500,000 on April 1, 1992. These funds represent a partial return to the General Fund of its investment of $5,100,000 in capital funds for the upgrading of the State motor fleet appropriated in Section 57 of Chapter 757 of the 1985 Session Laws.

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-APPALACHIAN REGIONAL FUNDS SUBGRANTS

Sec. 23.1. Of the federal funds received by the Department of Administration for the fiscal biennium 1991-93 under the Appalachian Regional Commission Consolidated Technical Assistance Grant, the Department shall subgrant no less than fifty percent (50%) to eligible applicants whose service area or jurisdiction is wholly or partially located within counties of the Appalachian Region.

PART 9.––-DEPARTMENT OF STATE TREASURER

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FUND COST OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION

Sec. 24. G.S. 105-213, as amended by Section 7 of Chapter 325 of the 1991 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:

"§ 105-213. Appropriation to counties and municipalities; use of appropriation.

(a) There is annually appropriated from the General Fund to counties and municipalities the amount of revenue collected under this Article during the preceding fiscal year, plus an amount equal to forty percent (40%) of the tax collected on accounts receivable during the preceding fiscal year and less an amount equal to the costs during the preceding fiscal year of:

(1) Refunds made during the fiscal year of taxes levied under this Article.

(2) The Department of Revenue to collect and administer the taxes levied under this Article.

(3) The Department of Revenue in performing the duties imposed by Article 15 of this Chapter.

(4) The Property Tax Commission.

(5) The Institute of Government in operating a training program in property tax appraisal and assessment.

(6) The personnel and operations provided by the Department of State Treasurer for the Local Government Commission.

The appropriation shall be distributed by August 30 of each year. The appropriation shall be included in the Current Operations Appropriations Act.

To distribute the appropriation, the Secretary of Revenue shall keep a separate record by counties of the taxes collected under this Article and shall certify to the State Controller and to the State Treasurer the amount to be distributed to each county and municipality in the State. The State Controller shall then issue a warrant on the State Treasurer to each county and municipality in the amount certified.

The Secretary shall allocate the amount appropriated under this Article to the counties according to the county in which the taxes were collected. The Secretary shall then increase the amount allocable to each county by a sum equal to forty percent (40%) of the amount of tax on accounts receivable allocated to the county on the basis of collections. The amounts so allocated to each county shall in turn be divided between the county and the municipalities in the county in proportion to the total amount of ad valorem taxes levied by each during the fiscal year preceding the distribution. In dividing these amounts between each county and its municipalities, the Secretary shall treat taxes levied by a merged school administrative unit described in G.S. 115C-513 in a part of the unit located in a county as taxes levied by the county in which that part is located. For the purpose of computing the distribution of the intangibles tax to any county and the municipalities located in the county for any year with respect to which the property valuation of a public service company is the subject of an appeal pursuant to the provisions of the Machinery Act, or to applicable provisions of federal law, and the Department of Revenue is restrained by operation of law or by a court of competent jurisdiction from certifying such valuation to the county and municipalities therein, the Department shall use the last property valuation of such public service company which has been so certified in order to determine the ad valorem tax levies applicable to such public service company in the county and the municipalities therein.

The chairman of each board of county commissioners and the mayor of each municipality shall report to the Secretary of Revenue information requested by the Secretary to enable the Secretary to distribute the amount appropriated by this section. If a county or municipality fails to make a requested report within the time allowed, the Secretary may disregard the county or municipality in distributing the amount appropriated by this section. The amount distributed to each county and municipality shall be used by the county or municipality in proportion to property tax levies made by it for the various funds and activities of the county or municipality, unless the county or municipality has pledged the amount to be distributed to it under this section in payment of a loan agreement with the North Carolina Solid Waste Management Capital Projects Financing Agency. A county or municipality that has pledged amounts distributed under this section in payment of a loan agreement with the Agency may apply the amount the loan agreement requires.

(b) For purposes of this section, the term 'municipality' includes any urban service district defined by the governing board of a consolidated city-county, and the amounts due thereby shall be distributed to the government of the consolidated city-county."

PART 10.––-DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-NO GAS TAX ON GAS FOR STATE VEHICLES

Sec. 25. (a) Article 36 of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 105-449A. Exemption of motor fuel used in State vehicles.

(a) Motor fuel purchased by the State for use in State-owned motor vehicles for State business is exempt from the excise tax levied by this Article if an invoice for the fuel stating the agency to whom the fuel was delivered, the price per gallon of the fuel excluding the tax, and the kind and quantity of fuel sold is furnished to the Secretary of Revenue. A person who holds a State contract for the sale of motor fuel to be used in State-owned motor vehicles for State business shall invoice motor fuel sold to the State for this purpose at the prevailing contract price, excluding the tax, and a person who does not hold a State contract for the sale of motor fuel to be used in State-owned motor vehicles for State business but who sells motor fuel for this purpose in quantities not sufficient to require a State contract shall invoice motor fuel sold to the State at the lowest informal bid price, excluding the tax.

(b) A person authorized to sell motor fuel to the State who paid the tax levied by this Article on fuel sold to the State for use in State-owned motor vehicles for State business may obtain a refund of the tax paid on the fuel upon filing an application for refund with the Secretary of Revenue and attaching an invoice, containing the information required in subsection (a) of this section, to the refund application. Upon receipt of a proper application and invoice, the Secretary shall refund the amount of tax paid.

(c) A person who makes a false invoice or application for refund under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment for up to two years, or both."

(b) This section becomes effective August 1, 1991, and applies to sales made on or after that date.

PART 11.––-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––- COMPUTER RESERVE FUND

Sec. 26. (a) The funds appropriated in this Title to the Office of State Budget and Management for a Computer Reserve shall be used by the Office of State Budget and Management to address critical computer needs when no alternative source of funds is available. Critical computer needs for which Computer Reserve funds may be used pursuant to this section are defined as those needs that involve one or more of the following factors:

(1) An explicit provision in federal or State law or rule, or a federal grant-in-aid condition, that can only be satisfied through investment in additional data processing equipment or software;

(2) A failure or breakdown of existing equipment that substantially degrades current operations, when repair of existing equipment is uneconomical;

(3) Research or instructional activity of an ongoing nature that serves a vital public interest whose continuation depends upon the acquisition of data processing equipment or software; and

(4) A direct relationship between the proposed acquisition to ongoing maintenance or continued operation of existing minicomputers, minicomputer networks, mainframes, or mainframe networks, which renders the proposed acquisition essential to the existing system.

The Office of State Budget and Management shall submit a report showing disbursements from or encumbrances upon the Computer Reserve and the reasons for the disbursement or encumbrance to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the Fiscal Research Division, and the Information Technology Commission at the conclusion of each quarter of each fiscal year of the 1991-93 fiscal biennium.

At the end of each fiscal year, unexpended funds in the Computer Reserve shall revert to the General Fund.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 143-16.3, and G.S. 143-23(a1), State departments may use funds from any source available to them and may transfer funds from other line items in their budgets to purchase additional data processing equipment and software.

(c) This section does not apply to The University of North Carolina or its constituent institutions, the Department of Community Colleges, or the Department of Public Instruction.

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, McAllister, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-IDENTIFICATION OF POSITIONS, PROGRAMS, AND SALARY LINE ITEMS TO BE REDUCED

Sec. 27. (a) To effect the reductions in departmental budgets required by this Title for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium, the Office of State Budget and Management shall freeze all new hires for these departments on July 1, 1991, allow the departments 30 days to identify the positions, programs, and salary line items affected, and transfer the reductions to those line items from which positions will be eliminated.

(b) The positions identified pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall remain vacant for the 1991-92 fiscal year and shall not be reported in the base budget requested by the departments for the 1992-93 fiscal year, shall remain as permanent cuts, and shall be abolished.

(c) The departments shall report, by August 15, 1991, to the appropriate House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees, to the chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, and to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations the particular line items in their departmental budgets that reflect the reductions required by this section.

(d) No positions in the Sickle Cell Activities of the Sickle Cell and Genetic Counseling Program of the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall be subject to this section.

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-RESERVE FOR LOCAL TAX REIMBURSEMENTS

Sec. 28. (a) There is created in the Office of State Budget and Management a special reserve to be known as the Reserve for Reimbursements to Local Governments and Shared Tax Revenues. Funds in the reserve shall be distributed to local governments as provided by statute.

(b) G.S. 105-113.82 reads as rewritten:

"§ 105-113.82. Appropriation of amount equal to part of beer and wine taxes.

(a) Amount, Method. – An amount equal to the following percentages of the net amount of excise taxes collected, during the period that ~~begins the preceding October 1 and ends September 30,~~ began October 1, 1989, and ended September 30, 1990, on the sale of malt beverages and wine, less the amount of the net proceeds credited to the Department of Agriculture under G.S 105-113.81A, is annually appropriated from the General Fund to the counties and cities in which the retail sale of these beverages is authorized:

(1) Of the tax on malt beverages levied under G.S. 105-113.80(a), twenty-three and three-fourths percent (23 3/4%);

(2) Of the tax on unfortified wine levied under G.S. 105-113.80(b), sixty-two percent (62%); and

(3) Of the tax on fortified wine levied under G.S. 105-113.80(b), twenty-two percent (22%).

If malt beverages, unfortified wine, or fortified wine may be licensed to be sold at retail in both a county and a city located in the county, both the county and city shall receive a portion of the amount appropriated, that portion to be determined on the basis of population. If one of these beverages may be licensed to be sold at retail in a city located in a county in which the sale of the beverage is otherwise prohibited, only the city shall receive a portion of the amount appropriated, that portion to be determined on the basis of population. The amount of the appropriation to be distributed under subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) shall be computed separately.

(b) Reduction in Appropriation. – Where the sale of malt beverages, unfortified wine, or fortified wine is prohibited in a defined area of a city or county in which the sale of the beverage is authorized, the amount that would otherwise be appropriated to the city or county on the basis of population under subsection (a) shall be reduced in the same ratio that the area of the defined area bears to the total area of the city or county, unless the defined area is a city. If the defined area in a county is a city, the reduction in the amount that would otherwise be appropriated to the county under subsection (a) shall be based on population instead of area.

(c) Exception. – Notwithstanding subsection (a), in a county in which ABC stores have been established by petition, the amount appropriated shall be distributed as though the entire county had approved the retail sale of a beverage whose retail sale is authorized in part of the county.

(d) Time. – The appropriation shall be distributed to cities and counties within 60 days after September 30 of each year.

(e) Population Estimates. – To determine the population of a city or county for purposes of the distribution required by this section, the Secretary shall use the most recent annual estimate of population certified by the State Budget Officer.

(f) City Defined. – As used in this section, the term 'city' means a city as defined in G.S. 153A-1(1) or an urban service district defined by the governing body of a consolidated city-county.

(g) Use of Funds. – Funds appropriated to a county or city under this section may be used for any public purpose.

(h) Act. – The appropriation made by this section shall be included in the Current Operations Appropriations Act."

"(d) Appropriation. There is annually appropriated from the General Fund to each municipality an amount that equals three and nine hundredths percent (3.09%) of the taxable gross receipts derived, from ~~April 1 of the preceding fiscal year to the following March 31,~~ April 1, 1990, to March 31, 1991, by an electric power company and a natural gas company from sales within the municipality of the commodities and services described in subsection (a). The Secretary of Revenue shall transfer the amount appropriated to a municipality in quarterly installments on or before September 15, December 15, March 15, and June 15 ~~based on~~ in proportion to the taxable gross receipts derived within the municipality during the preceding calendar quarter. If a company's report does not state the company's taxable gross receipts derived within a municipality, the Secretary of Revenue shall determine a practical method of allocating part of the company's taxable gross receipts to the municipality. Before transferring the amount appropriated by this subsection, the Secretary of Revenue shall certify the amount to be transferred distributed to the State Controller. The appropriation made by this subsection shall be included in the Current Operations Appropriations Act.

As used in this subsection, the term 'municipality' includes an urban service district defined by the governing board of a consolidated city-county. The amount due an urban service district shall be distributed to the governing board of the consolidated city-county."

(d) G.S. 105-120(c) reads as rewritten:

"(c) Appropriation. There is annually appropriated from the General Fund to each municipality an amount that equals three and nine hundredths percent (3.09%) of the taxable gross receipts derived, from ~~April 1 of the preceding fiscal year to the following March 31,~~ April 1, 1990, to March 31, 1991, from local telecommunications service provided within the municipality. The Secretary of Revenue shall transfer the amount appropriated to a municipality in quarterly installments on or before September 15, December 15, March 15, and June 15 ~~based on~~ in proportion to the taxable gross receipts derived within the municipality during the preceding calendar quarter. If a company's report does not state the company's taxable gross receipts derived within a municipality, the Secretary of Revenue shall determine a practical method of allocating part of the company's taxable gross receipts to the municipality. Before transferring the amount appropriated by this subsection, the Secretary of Revenue shall certify the amount to be transferred to the State Controller. The appropriation made by this subsection shall be included in the Current Operations Appropriations Act.

(e) G.S. 105-164.44C reads as rewritten:

"§ 105-164.44C. Reimbursement for sales taxes on food stamp foods and supplemental foods.

~~As soon as practicable after July 1 of each year, the Secretary shall determine from available information~~ There is annually appropriated to each county and the cities in the county an amount equal to the amount of local sales taxes that would have been collected in ~~each~~ the county during the ~~preceding~~ 1989-90 fiscal year on foods purchased with food stamp coupons or supplemental food instruments in the county, had these foods not been exempt from tax under G.S. 105-164.13(38). The Secretary shall ~~then~~ distribute the amounts determined to be due each county between the county and the cities located in the county in accordance with the method by which local sales and use taxes are distributed in that county. In order to pay for the reimbursement under this section and the cost to the Department of Revenue for administering the reimbursement, the Secretary of Revenue shall draw from the Local Government Tax Reimbursement Reserve an amount equal to the amount of the reimbursement and the cost of administration."

(f) G.S. 105-198 reads as rewritten:

"§ 105-198. Intangible personal property.

The intangible personal properties enumerated and defined in this Article are classified under authority of Section 2(2), Article V of the North Carolina Constitution. The taxes are levied for the purposes stated in this ~~Article.~~ Subchapter."

(g) G.S. 105-213, as amended by Section 7 of Chapter 325 of the 1991 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:

"§ 105-213. Appropriation to counties and municipalities; use of appropriation.

(a) There is annually appropriated from the General Fund to counties and municipalities the net amount of revenue collected under this Article during the ~~preceding~~ 1989-90 fiscal year, plus an amount equal to forty percent (40%) of the tax collected on accounts receivable during the ~~preceding~~ 1989-90 fiscal year and less an amount equal to the costs during the preceding fiscal year of:

(1) Refunds made during the fiscal year of taxes levied under this Article.

(2) The Department of Revenue to collect and administer the taxes levied under this Article.

(3) The Department of Revenue in performing the duties imposed by Article 15 of this Chapter.

(4) The Property Tax Commission.

(5) The Institute of Government in operating a training program in property tax appraisal and assessment.

The appropriation shall be distributed by August 30 of each year. The appropriation shall be included in the Current Operations Appropriations Act.

The appropriation shall be allocated among the counties in proportion to the amount of taxes collected under this Article in each county during the preceding fiscal year. ~~To distribute the appropriation, the~~ The Secretary of Revenue shall keep a separate record by counties of the taxes collected under this Article and shall certify to the State Controller and to the State Treasurer the amount to be distributed to each county and municipality in the State. The State Controller shall then issue a warrant on the State Treasurer to each county and municipality in the amount certified. Article. The Secretary shall allocate the amount appropriated under this ~~Article~~ section to the counties according to the county in which the taxes were collected. The Secretary shall then increase the amount allocable to each county by a sum equal to forty percent (40%) of the amount of tax on accounts receivable allocated to the county on the basis of collections. The amounts so allocated to each county shall in turn be ~~divided~~ allocated between the county and the municipalities in the county in proportion to the total amount of ad valorem taxes levied by each during the fiscal year preceding the distribution. In dividing these amounts between each county and its municipalities, the Secretary shall treat taxes levied by a merged school administrative unit described in G.S. 115C-513 in a part of the unit located in a county as taxes levied by the county in which that part is located. After making these allocations, the Secretary of Revenue shall certify to the State Controller and to the State Treasurer the amount to be distributed to each county and municipality in the State. The State Controller shall then issue a warrant on the State Treasurer to each county and municipality in the amount certified. The amount based on forty percent (40%) of the tax collected on accounts receivable shall be drawn from the Local Government Tax Reimbursement Reserve and the amount based on the net amount of revenue collected under this Article shall be drawn from the Local Government Tax Sharing Reserve.

For the purpose of computing the distribution of the intangibles tax to any county and the municipalities located in the county for any year with respect to which the property valuation of a public service company is the subject of an appeal pursuant to the provisions of the Machinery Act, or to applicable provisions of federal law, and the Department of Revenue is restrained by operation of law or by a court of competent jurisdiction from certifying such valuation to the county and municipalities therein, the Department shall use the last property valuation of such public service company which has been so certified in order to determine the ad valorem tax levies applicable to such public service company in the county and the municipalities therein.

The chairman of each board of county commissioners and the mayor of each municipality shall report to the Secretary of Revenue information requested by the Secretary to enable the Secretary to ~~distribute~~ allocate the amount appropriated by this section. If a county or municipality fails to make a requested report within the time allowed, the Secretary may disregard the county or municipality in ~~distributing~~ allocating the amount appropriated by this section. The amount distributed to each county and municipality shall be used by the county or municipality in proportion to property tax levies made by it for the various funds and activities of the county or municipality, unless the county or municipality has pledged the amount to be distributed to it under this section in payment of a loan agreement with the North Carolina Solid Waste Management Capital Projects Financing Agency. A county or municipality that has pledged amounts distributed under this section in payment of a loan agreement with the Agency may apply the amount the loan agreement requires.

(h) G.S. 105-213.1 reads as rewritten:

"§ 105-213.1. Additional appropriation to counties and municipalities.

(a) Appropriation. – As soon as practicable after July 1 of 1986, the Secretary of Revenue shall allocate for distribution to each county and the municipalities located in the county the amount allocated to that county from taxes levied under G.S. 105-199, 105-200, and 105-205 for the last taxable year in which these taxes were levied, plus or minus a sum that equals the product of this amount and the percentage by which State disposable personal income has increased or decreased during the most recent 12-month period for which State personal income data has been compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce.

Thereafter, by August 30 of ~~each year,~~ 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990, the Secretary shall allocate to each county the amount of funds allocated to the county under this section the preceding year, plus or minus a sum that equals the product of this amount and the percentage by which State disposable personal income has increased or decreased during the most recent 12-month period for which State personal income data has been compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce.

Thereafter, by August 30 of each year, the Secretary shall allocate to each county the amount of funds allocated to the county under this section in 1990.

Amounts allocated to a county under this section shall in turn be divided and distributed between the county and the municipalities located in the county in accordance with the method of allocating intangible tax revenue between a county and the municipalities located in the county provided in G.S. 105-213.

(b) Restrictions on Use. – Amounts distributed to a county or a municipality under this section are subject to the same restrictions as amounts distributed under G.S. 105-213.

(d) Source. – Funds distributed under this section shall be drawn from the Local Government Tax Reimbursement Reserve."

(i) G.S. 105-277A(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b) First Per Capita Distribution. – As soon as practicable after January 1 of 1989, the Secretary shall distribute to each taxing unit the unit's per capita share of the sum of fifteen million seven hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($15,745,000). Thereafter, as soon as practicable after January 1 of ~~each year~~ 1990 and 1991, the Secretary shall distribute to each taxing unit the unit's per capita share of an amount equal to the sum distributed to all taxing units the previous year under this subsection plus or minus the product of the sum distributed the previous year and the percentage by which State personal income has increased or decreased during the most recent 12-month period for which State personal income data has been compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce.

Thereafter, as soon as practicable after January 1 of each year the Secretary shall distribute to each taxing unit the unit's per capita share of the sum that this subsection provided was to be distributed to all taxing units in 1991.

To make the per capita distributions required by this subsection, the Secretary shall first allocate the sum to be distributed among the counties on a per capita basis. The Secretary shall then compute a per capita distributable amount for each county by dividing the amount allocated to a county by the total population of the county, plus the population of any incorporated towns and cities located in the county. Each taxing unit in a county, including the county itself, shall receive the product of the population of the taxing unit and the per capita distributable amount for that county.

A city or county that receives funds under this subsection and that collects taxes for another taxing unit shall distribute part of the taxes received by it to the taxing unit for which it collects tax. The distribution shall be made on the basis of the proportionate amount of ad valorem taxes levied, for the most recent fiscal year beginning July 1, by the city or county and by all the taxing units for which the city or county collects tax. This distribution shall be made as soon as practicable after a city or county receives funds from the State under this section."

(j) G.S. 105-277A(f) reads as rewritten:

"(f) Source of Funds. – ~~The Secretary of Revenue shall~~ To pay for the distribution required by this section and the cost of making the ~~distribution as follows:~~

~~(1)~~ For the distribution made in 1989, the Secretary shall draw an amount equal to the amount distributed and the cost of making the distribution first from the Inventory Tax Reimbursement Fund created in Section 15.1 of the School Facilities Finance Act of 1987, until it is exhausted, and then the remainder of that amount from collections received by the Department under Division I of Article 4 of this Chapter.

~~(2)~~ ~~For distributions made in subsequent years,~~

distribution, the Secretary shall draw from the Local Government Tax Reimbursement Reserve ~~for the distribution required by this section~~ an amount equal to the amount distributed and the cost of making the distribution."

(k) G.S. 105-277.1A reads as rewritten:

"§ 105-277.1A. Property classified for taxation at reduced valuation; duties of tax collectors; reimbursement of localities for portion of tax lost.

(a) On September ~~1 of each year,~~ 1, 1990, the tax collector of each county and the tax collector of each city shall furnish to the Secretary of Revenue a list containing the name and address of each person who has qualified in that year for the exemption provided in G.S. 105-277.1. The list shall also contain for each name the total amount of property exempted, the tax rate the property is subject to, and the product obtained by multiplying those two numbers by each other. The lists shall be accompanied by an affidavit attesting to the accuracy of the list, and shall all be on a form prescribed by the Secretary of Revenue.

(b) In addition to the list required by subsection (a) of this section, the county or city may provide a supplemental list on December 1.

(d) ~~After receiving a certified list under subsections (a) through (c) of this section,~~ Before May 31, 1991, the Secretary of Revenue ~~shall, within 60 days, pay~~ shall distribute to the county or city fifty percent (50%) of the total for the entire list of the product obtained by multiplying the tax exemption for each taxpayer times the applicable tax rate. Each year thereafter, on or before May 31, the Secretary of Revenue shall pay to each county and city that was entitled to receive a distribution under this section in 1991 the amount it was entitled to receive in 1991.

(e) Any funds received by any county or city pursuant to this section because the county or city was collecting taxes for another unit of government or special district shall be credited to the funds of that other unit or district in accordance with regulations issued by the Local Government Commission.

(f) In order to pay for the reimbursement under this section and the cost to the Department of Revenue ~~for~~ of administering the reimbursement, the Secretary of Revenue shall draw from the Local Government Tax Reimbursement Reserve an amount equal to the reimbursement and the cost of administration."

PART 12.––-OFFICE OF THE STATE CONTROLLER

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-STATE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM'S AMENDED RATE SCHEDULE

Sec. 29. The Office of the State Controller shall adopt an amended rate schedule that will reduce rates for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium to agencies for data processing and data processing related services by five percent (5%) below what the same agencies were charged for the 1990-91 fiscal year.

The rates set by this amended rate schedule shall not be increased during the 1991-93 fiscal biennium.

PART 13.––-GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N. J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-STUDY COMMISSION ON COMPUTER SERVICES

Sec. 30. (a) There is created a Computer Services Study Commission, an independent commission, to study the organization, management, and cost of State computer services. The Commission shall consist of twelve members. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint six members, four who shall be members of the House of Representatives and two who shall have a background in and familiarity with information systems or data communications. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint six members, four who shall be members of the Senate and two who shall have a background in and familiarity with information systems or data communications. Initial appointments shall be made within 30 days following adjournment of the 1991 Session of the General Assembly for a period of more than 10 days. Members of the Study Commission shall not be employed by, provide consulting services to, or serve on the board of directors or other governing body of any information systems, computer hardware, or telecommunications enterprise currently doing business with the State of North Carolina. Vacancies shall be filled by the official who made the initial appointment using the same criteria as provided by this subsection.

(b) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint a cochair of the Commission from their appointees. The cochairs shall call the first meeting and preside at alternate meetings.

(c) The Study Commission on Computer Services shall examine the functions, powers, and effectiveness of the Information Technology Commission, the organization and operation of the State Information Processing Service, the processes by which long term plans for computer applications are devised and approved, the policies and practices applied to hardware and software procurement, and such other issues as may, in the judgment of the Commission, relate to the cost of computer usage in State government.

(d) Subject to the approval of the Legislative Services Commission, the professional and clerical staff of the Legislative Services Office shall be available to the Study Commission. Upon request of the Study Commission or its staff, all State departments and agencies shall furnish to the Study Commission any information in their possession or available to them. The Study Commission may acquire by contract or purchase such other expertise or information as may be necessary to complete its report.

(e) Members of the Study Commission who are also members of the General Assembly shall be paid subsistence and travel expenses at the rate set forth in G.S. 120-3.1. Members of the Study Commission who are officials or employees of the State shall receive travel allowances at the rate set forth in G.S. 138-6. All other members of the Study Commission shall be paid per diem and allowances at the rates set forth in G.S. 138-5.

(f) Of the funds appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly, the sum of $10,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the sum of $20,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be allocated for this study.

(g) The Study Commission on Computer Services shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly upon the convening of the 1993 Session.

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Huffman, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMISSION/REVIEW OF METHODS TO ENCOURAGE AND REWARD EMPLOYEE LONGEVITY

Sec. 30.1. The Legislative Services Commission shall review various methods of encouraging and rewarding employee longevity and superior performance.

PART 14.––-PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-CONSOLIDATE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR ALLOTMENTS

Sec. 31. The State Board of Education shall consolidate the allotment of assistant and associate superintendents and supervisors and shall convert the allotment from a position allotment to a dollar allotment.

Requested by: Representatives Fussell, Payne, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAM

Sec. 32. (a) G.S. 20-88.1 reads as rewritten:

"§ 20-88.1. Driver ~~training and safety~~ education.

(a) In accordance with criteria and standards approved by the State Board of Education, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall organize and administer a program of driver education to be offered at the public high schools of this State for all ~~persons of provisional license age. This program shall be made available to all~~ physically and mentally qualified persons ~~of provisional license age, including public school students, nonpublic school students and out-of-school youths under 18 years of age.~~ who (i) are older than 14 years and six months, (ii) are approved by the principal of the school, pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education, (iii) are enrolled in a public or private high school within the State, and (iv) have not previously enrolled in the program. The State Board of Education shall use for such purpose all funds appropriated to it for said purpose, and may use all other funds that become available for its use for said purpose. The ~~drivers'~~ driver education program established pursuant to this section shall include instructions on the rights and privileges of the handicapped and the signs and symbols used to assist the handicapped relative to motor vehicles, including the 'international symbol of accessibility' and other symbols and devices as provided in Article 2A of this Chapter. In addition, this program shall include at least six hours of instruction on the offense of driving while impaired and related subjects.

(b) The State Board of Education shall adopt a salary ~~schedule~~ range for ~~Driver's Education Training Instructors.~~ driver education instructors who are public school employees and who do not hold teacher certificates.

Driver education instructors who are public school employees and who hold teacher certificates shall be paid on the teacher salary schedule. A day of employment for driver education instructors who hold teacher certificates shall be the same number of hours required of all regular classroom teachers as established by the local board of education. No educational degree requirement may be a criterion used in setting salaries. The State Board of Education shall report the salary schedule and criteria developed for a drivers' education program to the 1983 General Assembly, Second Session 1984.

(b1) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to permit local boards of education to enter contracts with public or private entities to provide a program of driver education at public high schools. All driver education instructors shall meet the requirements established by the State Board of Education; provided, however, driver education instructors shall not be required to hold teacher certificates.

(c) All expenses incurred by the State in carrying out the provisions of this section shall be paid out of the ~~General~~ Highway Fund."

(b) G.S. 115C-215 reads as rewritten:

"§ 115C-215. Instruction in driver training and safety education.

There shall be organized and administered under the general supervision of the Superintendent of Public Instruction a program of driver training and safety education in the public schools of this State, said courses to be noncredit courses taught by instructors ~~approved by the Department of Public Instruction.~~ who meet the requirements established by the State Board of Education. Instructors shall not be required to hold teacher certificates."

"§ 115C-216. Boards of education required to provide courses in operation of motor vehicles.

(a) Course of Training and Instruction Required in Public High Schools. – The State Board of Education and local boards of education are ~~hereby~~ required to provide as a part of the program of the public high schools in this State a course of training and instruction in the operation of motor vehicles and to make such courses available for all persons of provisional license age, including public school students, nonpublic school students and out-of- school youths under 18 years of age whose physical and mental qualifications meet license requirements, in conformance with course requirements and funds made available under the provisions of G.S. 20-88.1 or as hereinafter provided or both. vehicles, in accordance with G.S. 20-88.1.

(b) Inclusion of Expense in Budget. – The local boards of education of every local school administrative unit are hereby authorized to include as an item of instructional service and as a part of the current expense fund of the budget of the several high schools under their supervision, the expense necessary to install and maintain such a course of training and instructing eligible persons in such schools in the operation of motor vehicles.

~~(c)~~ Appropriations. – The boards of county commissioners in the several counties of the State and the governing bodies of all municipalities having power to appropriate and raise money by taxation and otherwise are hereby authorized to appropriate funds necessary to pay the expenses necessary to install and maintain in any public high school under their supervision a course of training and instruction for eligible students in such schools in the operation of motor vehicles, whether or not the county board of education or administrative unit shall have included the cost of the same in its budget request when submitted for approval.

~~(d)~~ How Moneys Appropriated May Be Provided. – The board of county commissioners and the governing bodies of all municipalities having power to appropriate money and to levy taxes and raise money are hereby authorized to allocate and expend the moneys appropriated pursuant to this section or other acts of the General Assembly and the moneys provided by taxation, by sale or rental of any real or personal property owned by such county or other taxing unit, or by use of any surplus funds on hand or acquired from any source, for the purpose of funding any such course of instruction and training in any public high school. The special approval of the General Assembly is hereby given for the levying of taxes for such purpose and for providing funds for such purpose by the other means herein mentioned.

~~(e)~~ ~~Content of Course; What Persons Eligible. – The words "a course of training and instruction for eligible persons in the operation of motor vehicles~~"as applied to this section means such course of instruction in the operation of motor vehicles prescribed or approved by the Department of Public Instruction, provided that every such course shall include actual operation of motor vehicles by the persons eligible for same, under the supervision of a qualified instructor. Only such persons older than 14 years and six months, who are approved by the principal of the school, shall be eligible for such course of instruction, subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the Department of Public Instruction.

~~(f)~~ Acts Ratified and Confirmed. – The acts of all boards of county commissioners and the governing bodies of all municipalities, the acts of all local boards of education, and the acts of the State Board of Education heretofore done in connection with providing courses of training and instruction in the operation of motor vehicles in this State, including the appropriation and expenditure of funds for such purpose, are hereby ratified and confirmed."

(d) The State Board of Education shall convert the allotments of funds for months of employment for driver education instructors and for loan car fees to dollar allotments. Dollar allotments shall not exceed funds appropriated by the General Assembly for this purpose.

Requested by: Representatives Fussell, Payne, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FUNDS

Sec. @. The State board of education shall allocate community schools funds on a per county basis. If a county contains more than one local school administrative unit, the community schools funds allotted for the county shall be prorated on the basis of average daily membership to each school unit within a county; provided, that these funds may be combined in a manner agreed upon by all units in the county as the most effective use.

Each county shall receive the same amount that a county school administrative unit received for this purpose for the 1990-91 fiscal year. If community schools funds are not adequate to fund this allocation fully for the 1991-92 fiscal year, the State Board of Education shall use funds from aid to local school administrative units for this purpose.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-DROPOUT PREVENTION/IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION

Sec. 33. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Public Education for aid to local school administrative units for the Dropout Prevention/In-School Suspension Program, the sum of $200,000 for each fiscal year of the 1991-93 fiscal biennium may be used to fund eight pilot public/private educational compacts to bring together on an ongoing basis representatives from public education, community colleges, higher education, and business and industry to determine how to improve attendance, prevent dropping out of school, increase academic performance, and increase participation in higher education and the work force by at-risk students. The funds may also be used to fund eight parental involvement pilot programs, and to provide for operating costs, workshops, and committee meetings for the State Department of Public Instruction's dropout prevention staff.

The State Board of Education may adopt rules governing the use of these funds. These funds are to be part of the continuation budget in the next fiscal biennium.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-DROPOUT PREVENTION COORDINATORS

Sec. 34. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Public Education for aid to local school administrative units for dropout prevention, the State Board of Education shall allocate to the Department of Public Instruction up to $225,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and up to $225,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year for the three dropout prevention coordinators. The State Superintendent shall assign the dropout prevention coordinators to designated areas within the State and shall develop job descriptions for them. These funds are to be part of the continuation budget in the next biennium.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-PROJECT TEACH FUNDS

Sec. 35. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Public Education for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium for aid to local school administrative units, the State Board of Education shall allocate to the Department of Public Instruction $73,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $73,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to be used to:

(1) Maintain the Project Teach Initiative in the Robeson, Pitt, Cumberland, Warren, Halifax, Guilford, Vance, Northampton, Anson and Bertie County Schools, and the Durham, High Point, and Greensboro City Schools.

(2) Expand the project in at least two school systems to focus on parents of students in the seventh grade so as to involve parents in the coaching and support of promising minority young people.

These funds are to be part of the continuation budget in the next fiscal biennium.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-ADVANCED TRAINING FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Sec. 36. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Public Education for aid to local school administrative units, the State Board of Education may allocate to the Department of Public Instruction $300,000 each year of the 1991-93 biennium for two positions, support expenses, and workshops to provide intensive advanced training for teachers who teach foreign languages.

Requested by: Representatives J.W. Crawford, Hardaway, H. Hunter, Fussell, Payne, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-CONTINUE MODEL TEACHER EDUCATION CONSORTIUM

Sec. 36.1. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Public Education for the 1991-92 fiscal year for aid to local school administrative units, the State Board of Education shall use $150,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year for the model teacher education consortium established in Section 72 of Chapter 752 of the 1989 Session Laws. Of these funds, up to $30,000 may be used for administrative purposes.

Requested by: Representatives Fussell, Payne, Barnes, Senators Cooper, Ward

––-FUNDING FOR CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS

Sec. 37. (a) If two or more local school administrative units are consolidated and merged into one unit, the allotments of the following positions shall not be less than those same allotments to the separate units for the first and second full fiscal years of the consolidation and merger and shall be used for the continuation of the positions and programs, except as specifically authorized by the State Board of Education: (i) superintendents, (ii) associate and assistant superintendents, (iii) supervisors, and (iv) maintenance supervisors.

(b) Effective upon ratification of this act, Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 115C-68.1. Merger of units by the board of commissioners.

(a) The board of commissioners of a county in which two or more local school administrative units are located, but all are located wholly within the county, may adopt a plan for the consolidation and merger of the units into a single countywide unit.

The plan adopted under this subsection shall require that the county adopting the plan provide local funding per average daily membership to the resulting local school administrative unit for subsequent years of at least the highest level of any local school administrative unit in the county during the preceding five fiscal years before the merger.

The board of commissioners shall forward a copy of the plan it adopts to the boards of education of all local school administrative units located within the county, immediately upon adoption.

(b) The boards of commissioners of two counties in which one local school administrative unit is located in both counties may jointly adopt plans for each of their counties, including a plan of consolidation and merger for such unit that is located in more than one county. The results of such consolidation and merger shall be that there is only one countywide local school administrative unit in each county, or that the entirety of the unit located within two counties is merged and consolidated with the county unit of one of the two counties. Such plans shall also merge and consolidate any other city school administrative unit located wholly within one of the two counties. Within the two-county area, all the plans shall take effect on the same day.

The plans jointly adopted under this subsection shall require that the counties jointly adopting the plans provide local funding per average daily membership to the resulting local school administrative units for subsequent fiscal years of at least the highest level of any local school administrative unit being merged during the preceding five fiscal years before the merger.

The boards of commissioners of each of the two counties shall forward copies of the plans they adopt to the boards of education of all local school administrative units located within the county, immediately upon adoption.

(c) The plans under this section shall be prepared and approved in accordance with G.S. 115C-67 as provided by general law, or G.S. 115C-68 as provided by general law, as applicable, except that the county and city boards of education shall not participate by preparing, entering into, submitting, or agreeing to a plan, and the plan shall not be contingent upon approval of the voters.

(d) For the purpose of this section, local funding per average daily membership means the budgeted local expense per average daily membership. The State Board of Education shall establish guidelines for the computation of this amount and the amount shall be set out in the plan for consolidation and merger.

(e) If the State Board of Education fails to approve a plan submitted to it under this section, such failure to approve does not preclude the approval of the plan by the General Assembly by local act."

(c) Effective upon ratification of this act, Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 115C-68.2. Merger of units by the local boards of education.

If a city board of education notifies the State Board of Education that it is dissolving itself, the State Board of Education shall adopt a plan of consolidation and merger of that city school administrative unit with the county school administrative unit in the county in which the city unit is located; provided, however, if a city school administrative unit located in more than one county notifies the State Board of Education that it is dissolving itself, the State Board shall adopt a plan that divides the city unit along the county line and consolidates and merges the part of the city unit in each county with the county unit in that county and the plans shall take effect on the same day. The plans shall be prepared and approved in accordance with G.S. 115C-67 as provided by general law, and G.S. 115C-68 as provided by general law, as applicable, except that the county and city boards of education and the boards of commissioners shall not participate by preparing, entering into, submitting, or agreeing to a plan, and the plan shall not be contingent upon approval by the voters."

(d) No liability for any supplemental school tax levied under local act or G.S. 115C-501 to G.S. 115C-511 that attached prior to the date on which a levy is discontinued pursuant to a plan for merger for local school administrative units under G.S. 115C-68.1 or G.S. 115C-68.2 is discharged as a result of the repeal, and no right to a refund of tax that accrued prior to the effective date on which a levy is discontinued may be denied as a result of the repeal.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-PUPIL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS

Sec. 38. The Department of Public Instruction shall implement the Pupil Transportation Program Improvements Implementation Projects authorized by Section 55 of Chapter 752 of the 1989 Session Laws. The Department of Public Instruction may use up to $400,000 of the funds appropriated for the 1991-92 fiscal year for aid to local school administrative units for pupil transportation in order to replace computer equipment located in the 100 county school bus garages and in the Department of Public Instruction, as required by the State Fleet Vehicle Management System, and for other purposes required for the implementation of the projects authorized by the 1989 Session.

The Department shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations in March of 1992 on the implementation of the projects specified in this section.

Requested by: Representatives Fussell, Payne, Barnes, Diamont, Nesbitt, Senators Ward, Warren

––-APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FROM STATE LITERARY FUND

Sec. 39. There is appropriated from the State Literary Fund to the Department of Public Education the sum of $2,500,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year for aid to local school administrative units.

Requested by: Representatives Fussell, Payne, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR MERGED CAREER LADDER PILOT PROJECTS

Sec. 39.1. Any career ladder pilot project in a school unit that has resulted from a merger of school units subsequent to July 1, 1991, may be modified by the local school board, upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and with the approval of the State Board of Education. For the fiscal year of the merger through the 1993-94 fiscal year, the merged unit shall receive (i) the amount of funds that was previously allocated to the particular pilot project by the State Board of Education and (ii) the amount of funds it is entitled to receive to administer the School Accountability Act of 1989 pursuant to this act, for the portion of the merged unit that did not participate in the pilot project.

Requested by: Representatives Fussell, Payne, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-REMOVE LIMITATION ON UNIFORM EDUCATION REPORTING SYSTEM FINES

Sec. 39.2. G.S. 115C-438 reads as rewritten:

"§ 115C-438. Provision for disbursement of State money.

The deposit of money in the State treasury to the credit of local school administrative units shall be made in monthly installments, and additionally as necessary, at such time and in such a manner as may be most convenient for the operation of the public school system. Before an installment is credited, the school finance officer shall certify to the State Board of Education the expenditures to be made by the local school administrative unit from the State Public School Fund during the month. This certification shall be filed on or before the fifth day following the end of the month preceding the period in which the expenditures will be made. The State Board of Education shall determine whether the moneys requisitioned are due the local school administrative unit, and upon determining the amount due, shall cause the requisite amount to be credited to the local school administrative unit. Upon receiving notice from the State Treasurer of the amount placed to the credit of the local school administrative unit, the finance officer may issue State warrants up to the amount so certified.

The State Board of Education may withhold money for payment of salaries for administrative officers of local school administrative units if any report required to be filed with State school authorities is more than 30 days overdue. The State Board of Education shall withhold money for payment of salaries for the superintendent, finance officer, and all other administrative officers charged with providing payroll information pursuant to G.S. 115C-12(18), if the local school administrative unit fails to provide the payroll information to the State Board in a timely fashion and substantially in accordance with the standards set by the State ~~Board; provided, however, the maximum amount withheld from any local school administrative unit shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).~~ Board.

Money in the State Public School Fund and State bond moneys shall be released only on warrants drawn on the State Treasurer, signed by such local official as may be required by the State Board of Education."

Requested by: Representatives Fussell, Payne, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-PAYMENT OF TEACHERS IN YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLS

Sec. 39.3. (a) G.S. 115C-302(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a) Teachers shall be paid promptly when their salaries are due provided the legal requirements for their employment and service have been met. All teachers employed by any local school administrative unit who are to be paid from local funds shall be paid promptly as provided by law and as state-allotted teachers are paid.

Teachers paid State funds shall be paid as follows:

(1) Academic Teachers. – Regular state-allotted teachers shall be employed for a period of 10 calendar months. Salary payments to regular state-allotted teachers shall be made monthly at the end of each calendar month of service: Provided, that teachers employed for a period of 10 calendar months in year-round schools shall be paid in 12 equal installments: ~~Provided,~~ Provided further, that any individual teacher who is not employed in a year-round school may be paid in 12 monthly installments if the teacher so requests on or before the first day of the school year. Such request shall be filed in the local school administrative unit which employs the teacher. The payment of the annual salary in 12 installments instead of 10 shall not increase or decrease said annual salary nor in any other way alter the contract made between the teacher and the said local school administrative unit; nor shall such payment apply to any teacher who is employed for a period of less than 10 months. Included within the 10 calendar months employment shall be annual vacation leave at the same rate provided for State employees, computed at one twelfth (1/12) of the annual rate for State employees for each calendar month of employment; which shall be provided by each local board of education at a time when students are not scheduled to be in regular attendance. Included within the 10 calendar months employment each local board of education shall designate the same or an equivalent number of legal holidays occurring within the period of employment for academic teachers as those designated by the State Personnel Commission for State employees; on a day that employees are required to report for a workday but pupils are not required to attend school due to inclement weather, a teacher may elect not to report due to hazardous travel conditions and to take one of his annual vacation days or to make up the day at a time agreed upon by the employee and his immediate supervisor or principal. Within policy adopted by the State Board of Education, each local board of education shall develop rules and regulations designating what additional portion of the 10 calendar months not devoted to classroom teaching, holidays, or annual leave shall apply to service rendered before the opening of the school term, during the school term, and after the school term and to fix and regulate the duties of state-allotted teachers during said period, but in no event shall the total number of workdays exceed 200 days. Local boards of education shall consult with the employed public school personnel in the development of the 10-calendar-months schedule.

(2) Occupational Education Teachers. – State-allotted months of employment to local boards of education as provided by the State Board of Education shall be used for the employment of teachers of occupational education for a term of employment as determined by the local boards of education. Salary payments to these occupational education teachers shall be made monthly at the end of each calendar month of service: Provided, that local boards shall not reduce the term of employment for any vocational agriculture teacher personnel position that was 12 calendar months for the 1982-83 school year for any school year thereafter: Provided further, that teachers employed for a term of 10 calendar months in year-round schools shall be paid in 12 equal installments: ~~Provided,~~ Provided further, that any individual teacher employed for a term of 10 calendar months who is not employed in a year-round school may be paid in 12 monthly installments if the teacher so requests on or before the first day of the school year. Such request shall be filed in the administrative unit which employs the teacher. The payment of the annual salary in 12 installments instead of 10 shall not increase or decrease said annual salary nor in any other way alter the contract made between the teacher and the said administrative unit. Included within their term of employment shall be the same rate of annual vacation leave and legal holidays provided under the same conditions as set out in subdivision (1) above, but in no event shall the total workdays for a 10-month employee exceed 200 days in a 10-month schedule and the workweek shall constitute five days for all occupational teachers regardless of the employment period.

Occupational education teachers who are employed for 11 or 12 months may, with prior approval of the principal, work on annual leave days designated in the school calendar and take those annual leave days during the 11th or 12th month of employment.

No deductions shall be made from salaries of teachers of vocational agriculture and home economics whose salaries are paid in part from State and federal vocational funds while in attendance upon community, county and State meetings called for the specific purpose of promoting the agricultural interests of North Carolina, when such attendance is approved by the superintendent of the administrative unit and the State Director of Vocational Education.

(3) Notwithstanding any provisions of this section to the contrary no person shall be entitled to pay for any vacation day not earned by that person. The first 10 days of annual vacation leave earned by a teacher during any fiscal year period shall be scheduled to be used in the school calendar adopted by the respective local boards of education. Vacation days shall not be used for extending the term of employment of individuals. Teachers may accumulate annual vacation leave days as follows: annual leave may be accumulated without any applicable maximum until June 30 of each year. On June 30 of each year, any teachers with more than 30 days of accumulated leave shall have the excess accumulation cancelled so that only 30 days are carried forward to July 1 of the same year. All vacation leave taken by the teacher will be upon the authorization of his immediate supervisor and under policies established by the local board of education. An employee shall be paid in a lump sum for accumulated annual leave not to exceed a maximum of 240 hours when separated from service due to resignation, dismissal, reduction in force, death, or service retirement. If the last day of terminal leave falls on the last workday in the month, payment shall be made for the remaining nonworkdays in that month. Employees retiring on disability retirement may exhaust annual leave rather than be paid in a lump sum. The provisions of this subdivision shall be accomplished without additional State and local funds being appropriated for this purpose. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this subdivision.

(4) Each local board of education shall sustain any loss by reason of an overpayment to any teacher paid from State funds.

(5) All of the foregoing provisions of this section shall be subject to the requirement that at least fifty dollars ($50.00), or other minimum amount required by federal social security laws, of the compensation of each school employee covered by the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System or otherwise eligible for social security coverage shall be paid in each of the four quarters of the calendar year.

(6) The State Board of Education, in fixing the State standard salary schedule of teachers as authorized by law, shall provide that teachers who entered the armed or auxiliary forces of the United States after September 16, 1940, and who left their positions for such service shall be allowed experience increments for the period of such service as though the same had not been interrupted thereby, in the event such persons return to the position of teachers, principals and superintendents in the public schools of the State after having been honorably discharged from the armed or auxiliary forces of the United States."

(b) G.S. 115C-316(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a) School officials and other employees shall be paid promptly when their salaries are due provided the legal requirements for their employment and service have been met. All school officials and other employees employed by any local school administrative unit who are to be paid from local funds shall be paid promptly as provided by law and as state-allotted school officials and other employees are paid.

Public school employees paid from State funds shall be paid as follows:

(1) Employees Other than Superintendents, Supervisors and Classified Principals on an Annual Basis. – Salary payments to employees other than superintendents, supervisors, and classified principals employed on an annual basis shall be made monthly at the end of each calendar month of service. Included within their term of employment shall be annual vacation leave at the same rate provided for State employees, computed at one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual rate for state employees for each calendar month of employment. On a day that employees are required to report for a workday but pupils are not required to attend school due to inclement weather, an employee may elect not to report due to hazardous travel conditions and to take one of his annual vacation days or to make up the day at a time agreed upon by the employee and his immediate supervisor or principal. Included within their term of employment each local board of education shall designate the same or an equivalent number of legal holidays as those designated by the State Personnel Commission for State employees.

(2) School Employees Paid on an Hourly or Other Basis. – Salary payments to employees other than those covered in G.S. 115C-272(b)(1), 115C-285(a)(1) and (2), 115C-302(a)(1) and (2), and 115C-316(a)(1) shall be made at a time determined by each local board of education. Expenditures for the salary of these employees from State funds shall be within allocations made by the State Board of Education and in accordance with rules and regulations approved by the State Board of Education concerning allocations of State funds: Provided, that school employees employed for a term of 10 calendar months in year-round schools shall be paid in 12 equal installments: ~~Provided,~~ Provided further, that any individual school employee employed for a term of 10 calendar months who is not employed in a year-round school may be paid in 12 monthly installments if the employee so requests on or before the first day of the school year. Such request shall be filed in the administrative unit which employs the employee. The payment of the annual salary in 12 installments instead of 10 shall not increase or decrease said annual salary nor in any other way alter the contract between the employee and the said administrative unit. Included within the term of employment shall be provided for full-time employees annual vacation leave at the same rate provided for State employees, computed at one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual rate for State employees for each calendar month of employment, to be taken under policies determined by each local board of education. On a day that employees are required to report for a workday but pupils are not required to attend school due to inclement weather, an employee may elect not to report due to hazardous travel conditions and to take one of his annual vacation days or to make up the day at a time agreed upon by the employee and his immediate supervisor or principal. Included within their term of employment, each local board of education shall designate the same or an equivalent number of legal holidays occurring within the period of employment as those designated by the State Personnel Commission for State employees.

(3) Notwithstanding any provisions of this section to the contrary no person shall be entitled to pay for any vacation day not earned by that person. The first 10 days of annual leave earned by a 10- or 11-month employee during any fiscal year period shall be scheduled to be used in the school calendar adopted by the respective local boards of education. Vacation days shall not be used for extending the term of employment of individuals. Ten- or 11-month employees may accumulate annual vacation leave days as follows: annual leave may be accumulated without any applicable maximum until June 30 of each year. On June 30 of each year, any of these employees with more than 30 days of accumulated leave shall have the excess accumulation cancelled so that only 30 days are carried forward to July 1 of the same year. All vacation leave taken by these employees will be upon the authorization of their immediate supervisor and under policies established by the local board of education. An employee shall be paid in a lump sum for accumulated annual leave not to exceed a maximum of 240 hours when separated from service due to resignation, dismissal, reduction in force, death or service retirement. If the last day of terminal leave falls on the last workday in the month, payment shall be made for the remaining nonworkdays in that month. Employees retiring on disability retirement may exhaust annual leave rather than be paid in a lump sum. The provisions of this subdivision shall be accomplished without additional State and local funds being appropriated for this purpose. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this subdivision.

(4) Twelve-month school employees other than superintendents, supervisors and classified principals paid on an hourly or other basis whether paid from State or from local funds may accumulate annual vacation leave days as follows: annual leave may be accumulated without any applicable maximum until June 30 of each year. On June 30 of each year, any employee with more than 30 days of accumulated leave shall have the excess accumulation cancelled so that only 30 days are carried forward to July 1 of the same year. All vacation leave taken by the employee will be upon the authorization of his immediate supervisor and under policies established by the local board of education. An employee shall be paid in a lump sum for accumulated annual leave not to exceed a maximum of 240 hours when separated from service due to resignation, dismissal, reduction in force, death, or service retirement. If the last day of terminal leave falls on the last workday in the month, payment shall be made for the remaining nonworkdays in that month. Employees retiring on disability retirement may exhaust annual leave rather than be paid in a lump sum. The provisions of this subdivision shall be accomplished without additional State and local funds being appropriated for this purpose. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this subdivision.

(6) Each local board of education shall sustain any loss by reason of an overpayment to any school official or other employee paid from State funds.")

PART 15.––-COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Senator Ward

––-MAINTENANCE OF PLANT

Sec. 40. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any community college that has an out-of-county student head count served on the main campus of the college in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the total student head count as defined by the State Board of Community Colleges shall be provided funds for the purpose of "operations of plant". These funds shall not exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the funds allocated to these colleges during the 1990-91 fiscal year for this purpose.

(b) This section becomes effective July 1, 1992.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Senator Ward

––-BUDGET FLEXIBILITY

Sec. 41. The State Board of Community Colleges shall establish budget guidelines that grant to the individual institutions maximum budget flexibility to accomplish the budget reductions assigned to them by the State Board for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium. These guidelines shall allow transfers of all operating funds, except from literacy funds and the Human Resources Development Program, between line items and program areas. These guidelines shall also require that, to the extent possible, reductions shall be taken in administrative costs rather than from instructional costs.

The State Board is not required to make budget reduction allocations on a pro rata basis and may specify various programs for reduction.

The State Board shall require each college to submit a plan assuring a balanced educational program that meets statewide priorities.

The State Board shall report to the Regular 1992 Session of the 1991 General Assembly on these guidelines and on the implementation of these guidelines by each institution.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Senator Ward

––-OPERATING APPROPRIATIONS/NOT USED FOR RECREATION EXTENSION

Sec. 42. Funds appropriated in the 1991-93 fiscal biennium to the Department of Community Colleges as operating expenses for allocation to the institutions comprising the Community College System shall not be used to support recreation extension courses. The financing of these courses by any institution shall be on a self-supporting basis, and membership hours produced from these activities shall not be counted when computing full-time equivalent students for use in budget-funding formulas at the State level.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Senator Ward

––-FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT TEACHING POSITIONS/COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Sec. 43. For the purpose of determining the community college system-wide number of full-time equivalent (FTE) teaching positions each year, the total curriculum full-time equivalent student enrollment shall be divided by the appropriate number for each year of the 1991-93 fiscal biennium pursuant to funds appropriated in this act for this purpose. The occupational extension full-time equivalent student enrollment shall be divided by 23 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and by 23 for the 1992-93 fiscal year.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Senator Ward

––-TUITION/PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKING COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSES

Sec. 44. G.S. 115D-5(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b) In order to make instruction as accessible as possible to all citizens, the teaching of curricular courses and of noncurricular extension courses at convenient locations away from institution campuses as well as on campuses is authorized and shall be encouraged. A pro rata portion of the established regular tuition rate charged a full-time student shall be charged a part-time student taking any curriculum course. In lieu of any tuition charge, the State Board of Community Colleges shall establish a uniform registration fee, or a schedule of uniform registration fees, to be charged students enrolling in extension courses for which instruction is financed primarily from State funds; provided, however, that the State Board of Community Colleges may provide by general and uniform regulations for waiver of tuition and registration fees for persons not enrolled in elementary or secondary schools taking courses leading to a high school diploma or equivalent certificate, for training courses for volunteer firemen, local fire department personnel, volunteer rescue and lifesaving department personnel, local rescue and lifesaving department personnel, Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Team (REACT) members when the REACT team is under contract to a county as an emergency response agency, local law-enforcement officers, patients in State alcoholic rehabilitation centers, all full-time custodial employees of the Department of Correction, employees of the Department of Correction's Division of Adult Probation and Parole and employees of the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Resources required to be certified pursuant to Chapter 17C of the General Statutes and the rules of the Criminal Justice and Training Standards Commission, trainees enrolled in courses conducted under the New and Expanding Industry Program, clients of sheltered workshops, clients of adult developmental activity programs, students in Human Resources Development Programs, juveniles of any age committed to the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Resources by a court of competent jurisdiction, and prison inmates. Provided further, tuition shall be waived for senior citizens attending institutions operating pursuant to this Chapter as set forth in Chapter 115B of the General Statutes, Tuition Waiver for Senior Citizens. Provided further, tuition shall also be waived for all courses taken by high school students at community colleges in accordance with G.S. 115D-20(4) and this section."

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Senator Ward

––-BOOKS AND EQUIPMENT APPROPRIATIONS/REVERT AFTER ONE YEAR

Sec. 45. Appropriations to the Department of Community Colleges for equipment and library books are made for each year of the fiscal biennium. All unencumbered appropriations shall revert to the General Fund 12 months after the close of each fiscal year for which they were appropriated. Encumbered balances outstanding at the end of each period shall be handled in accordance with existing State Budget policies. The Department shall be able to identify to the Office of State Budget and Management which appropriations will revert at the end of the 12 months after the close of each fiscal year.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Senator Ward

––-"TECH PREP"IMPLEMENTATION

Sec. 46. Of the funds available to the Department of Public Education for vocational education, $50,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $50,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year, shall be allocated to the North Carolina Tech Prep Leadership Development Center at Richmond Community College for assistance to local education agencies and community colleges in planning and implementing "Tech Prep"across the State. The Department of Community Colleges shall allocate $50,000 each year from funds available to it for the 1991-92 fiscal year and for the 1992-93 fiscal year for the North Carolina "Tech Prep"Leadership Development Center at Richmond Community College.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Senator Ward

––-ASSISTANCE TO HOSPITAL NURSING/FUND DISTRIBUTION

Sec. 47. (a) Funds appropriated in this Title to the Department of Community Colleges to provide financial assistance to hospital programs of nursing education leading to diplomas in nursing that are fully accredited by the North Carolina Board of Nursing and operated under the authority of a public or nonprofit hospital licensed by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission shall be distributed, upon application for financial assistance, for each full-time student duly enrolled in the program as of December 1, 1990, and on condition that accreditation is maintained. The amount per student shall not exceed $850. The State Board of Community Colleges shall adopt rules to ensure that this financial assistance is used directly for faculty and instructional needs of diploma nursing programs.

(b) This section expires June 30, 1992.

Requested by: Representative Nesbitt

––-STATE DEFENSE MILITIA EXEMPT FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGE TUITION AND FEES

Sec. 48. G.S. 115D-5(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b) In order to make instruction as accessible as possible to all citizens, the teaching of curricular courses and of noncurricular extension courses at convenient locations away from institution campuses as well as on campuses is authorized and shall be encouraged. A pro rata portion of the established regular tuition rate charged a full-time student shall be charged a part-time student taking any curriculum course. In lieu of any tuition charge, the State Board of Community Colleges shall establish a uniform registration fee, or a schedule of uniform registration fees, to be charged students enrolling in extension courses for which instruction is financed primarily from State funds; provided, however, that the State Board of Community Colleges may provide by general and uniform regulations for waiver of tuition and registration fees for persons not enrolled in elementary or secondary schools taking courses leading to a high school diploma or equivalent certificate, for training courses for volunteer firemen, local fire department personnel, volunteer rescue and lifesaving department personnel, local rescue and lifesaving department personnel, Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Team (REACT) members when the REACT team is under contract to a county as an emergency response agency, local law-enforcement officers, patients in State alcoholic rehabilitation centers, all full-time custodial employees of the Department of Correction, employees of the Department's Division of Adult Probation and Parole and employees of the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Resources required to be certified pursuant to Chapter 17C of the General Statutes and the rules of the Criminal Justice and Training Standards Commission, trainees enrolled in courses conducted under the New and Expanding Industry Program, clients of sheltered workshops, clients of adult developmental activity programs, students in Human Resources Development Programs, juveniles of any age committed to the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Resources by a court of competent jurisdiction, ~~and prison inmates.~~ prison inmates, and members of the North Carolina State Defense Militia as defined in G.S. 127A-5 and as administered pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 127A of the General Statutes. Provided further, tuition shall be waived for senior citizens attending institutions operating pursuant to this Chapter as set forth in Chapter 115B of the General Statutes, Tuition Waiver for Senior Citizens."

PART 16.––-COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Senator Ward

––-TEACHING HOSPITAL REIMBURSEMENT

Sec. 49. Reimbursement to Pitt County Memorial Hospital for uncompensated care provided to non-Pitt County residents admitted by East Carolina Medical School faculty shall be limited to the unreimbursed portion of actual costs as determined in the Medicare Cost Report.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Senator Ward

––-AID TO PRIVATE COLLEGES/LEGISLATIVE TUITION GRANT LIMITATIONS

Sec. 50. (a) The amount of a tuition grant awarded to a student enrolled in a degree program at a site away from the main campus of the approved private institution, as defined in G.S. 116-22(1), may be no more than the result of the ratio of the cost per credit hour for off-campus instruction at that site to the cost per credit hour for regular, full-time on-campus instruction, multiplied by the maximum grant award, or the maximum grant award allowable under Section 51(b) of this Title, whichever is less.

(b) No Legislative Tuition Grant funds may be expended for a program at an off-campus site of a private institution, as defined in G.S. 116-22(1), established after May 15, 1987, unless (i) the private institution offering the program has previously notified and secured agreement from other private institutions operating degree programs in the county in which the off-campus program is located or operating in the counties adjacent to that county or (ii) the degree program is neither available nor planned in the county with the off-campus site or in the counties adjacent to that county.

An "off-campus program"is any program offered for degree credit away from the institution's main, permanent campus.

(c) Any member of the armed services as defined in G.S. 116-143.3(a), abiding in this State incident to active military duty, who does not qualify as a resident for tuition purposes as defined under G.S. 116-143.1, is eligible for a Legislative Tuition Grant pursuant to this section if the member is enrolled as a full-time student. The member's Legislative Tuition Grant may not exceed the cost of tuition less any tuition assistance paid by the member's employer.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Senator Ward

––-AID TO PRIVATE COLLEGES/PROCEDURE

Sec. 51. (a) Funds appropriated in this Title to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for aid to private colleges shall be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 116-19, 116-21, and 116-22. These funds shall provide up to $450.00 per full-time equivalent North Carolina undergraduate student enrolled at a private institution as of October 1 each year.

These funds shall be placed in a separate, identifiable account in each eligible institution's budget or chart of accounts. All funds in this account shall be provided as scholarship funds for needy North Carolina students during the fiscal year. Each student awarded a scholarship from this account shall be notified of the source of the funds and of the amount of the award. Funds not utilized under G.S. 116-19 shall be made available for the tuition grant program as defined in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) In addition to any funds appropriated pursuant to G.S. 116-19 and in addition to all other financial assistance made available to private educational institutions located within the State, or to students attending these institutions, there is granted to each full-time North Carolina undergraduate student attending an approved institution as defined in G.S. 116-22, a sum, not to exceed $1,150 per academic year, which shall be distributed to the student as hereinafter provided.

The tuition grants provided for in this section shall be administered by the State Education Assistance Authority pursuant to rules adopted by the State Education Assistance Authority not inconsistent with this section. The State Education Assistance Authority may not approve any grant until it receives proper certification from an approved institution that the student applying for the grant is an eligible student. Upon receipt of the certification, the State Education Assistance Authority shall remit at such times as it shall prescribe the grant to the approved institution on behalf, and to the credit, of the student.

In the event a student on whose behalf a grant has been paid is not enrolled and carrying a minimum academic load as of October 1 of the first academic term or on the tenth classroom day following the beginning of the second school term for which the grant was paid, the institution shall refund the full amount of the grant to the State Education Assistance Authority. Each approved institution shall be subject to examination by the State Auditor for the purpose of determining whether the institution has properly certified eligibility and enrollment of students and credited grants paid on the behalf of the students.

In the event there are not sufficient funds to provide each eligible student with a full grant:

(1) The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, with the approval of the Office of State Budget and Management, may transfer available funds to meet the needs of the programs provided by subsections (a) and (b) of this section; and

(2) Each eligible student shall receive a pro rata share of funds then available for the remainder of the academic year within the fiscal period covered by the current appropriation.

Any remaining funds shall revert to the General Fund.

(c) Expenditures made pursuant to this section may be used only for secular educational purposes at nonprofit institutions of higher learning.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell, Senator Ward

––-WAKE FOREST AND DUKE MEDICAL SCHOOL ASSISTANCE/FUNDING FORMULAE

Sec. 52. Funds appropriated in this Title to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for continuation of financial assistance to the medical schools of Duke University and Wake Forest University shall be disbursed on certifications of the respective schools of medicine that show the number of North Carolina residents as first-year, second-year, third-year, and fourth-year students in the medical school as of November 1, 1991, and November 1, 1992. Disbursement to Wake Forest University shall be made in the amount of $8,000 for each medical student who is a North Carolina resident, $1,000 of which shall be placed by the school in a fund to be used to provide financial aid to needy North Carolina students who are enrolled in the medical school. The maximum aid given to any student from this fund in a given year may not exceed the amount of the difference in tuition and academic fees charged by the school and those charged at the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Disbursement to Duke University shall be made in the amount of $5,000 for each medical student who is a North Carolina resident, $500.00 of which shall be placed by the school in a fund to be used to provide student financial aid to financially needy North Carolina students who are enrolled in the medical school. No individual student may be awarded assistance from this fund in excess of $2,000 each year. In addition to this basic disbursement for each year of the biennium, a disbursement of $1,000 shall be made for each medical student who is a North Carolina resident in the first-year, second-year, third-year, and fourth-year classes to the extent that enrollment of each of those classes exceeds 30 North Carolina students.

The Board of Governors shall establish the criteria for determining the eligibility for financial aid of needy North Carolina students who are enrolled in the medical schools and shall review the grants or awards to eligible students. The Board of Governors shall adopt rules for determining which students are residents of North Carolina for the purposes of these programs. The Board of Governors shall also make any regulations as necessary to ensure that these funds are used directly for instruction in the medical programs of the schools and not for religious or other nonpublic purposes. The Board of Governors shall encourage the two schools to orient students towards personal health care in North Carolina giving special emphasis to family and community medicine.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell

––-UNC BUDGETARY CHANGES

Sec. 54. The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina shall make the following change in all future budget presentations to the General Assembly and in the 1991-93 budget certification to the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina:

The existing budget purposes or programs of State Administration, State-Subject Matter, State Information, County Supervision, and County Program Operation with the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service budget code shall be consolidated into the budget purposes or programs entitled State Administration, State Program Operations, and County Program Operations.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell

––-UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS/STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES SMALL BUSINESS MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

Sec. 55. The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and the State Board of Community Colleges shall develop and implement a new Memorandum of Agreement between the Small Business and Technology Development Centers Program (SBTDC) in The University of North Carolina and the Small Business Assistance Centers in the Community Colleges system. This Memorandum of Agreement shall:

(1) Refine existing agreements to increase coordination of services, to provide for referral and client tracking between the systems, and to define the types of service to be provided by each entity;

(2) Provide for subcontractors when necessary or reasonable for the provision of services, including the use of federal funds to provide services;

(3) Require definitive working agreements at the local level in those counties or municipal areas where more than one State-funded entity provides services to small businesses. These defined working agreements shall include:

a. Efforts to consolidate office space and support services where feasible;

b. Referral and client tracking systems; and

c. Coordination of program and service delivery efforts; and

(4) Provide for joint annual reports on these efforts.

The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and the State Board of Community Colleges shall approve the Memorandum of Agreement and report the results of their efforts and the impact of the working agreements on operations and cost to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and to the General Assembly by March 31, 1992.

Requested by: Representatives Payne, Fussell

––-UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS PREVENTION OF DUPLICATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS

Sec. 56. The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina shall address the issue of duplicative economic development efforts within The University of North Carolina. To achieve this, the Board shall:

(1) Reallocate the funds for Northeastern North Carolina Tomorrow (E.C.S.U.), Western North Carolina Tomorrow (W.C.U.), the Regional Development Institute (ECU), The Economic Development Office (PSU), and the Urban Development Institute (UNC-C), pulled out of the individual campuses and provided to the Board in this act, after the funding reduction required by this act, to achieve consolidation of services and after:

a. Ensuring that the efforts of these offices are consistent with the Small Business and Technology Development Centers Program (SBTDC) efforts and may be used to match federal funds, including additional federal funds that may become available. The Board shall, when practical, consolidate these offices into the SBTDC network while ensuring that regional development services not provided by the SBTCD network are available to each region. The Board shall make every effort to maximize the use of any additional federal funds to lessen the impact of State budget reductions in these programs; and

b. Requiring the Small Business and Technology Development Centers Program (SBTDC) to provide those direct services to small businesses previously offered by the Department of Economic and Community Development, including purchaser/supplier conferences and the small business clearinghouse.

The Board shall report the results of its consolidation and coordination of economic development activities including the allocation of funds, to the General Assembly and the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Education by March 31, 1992.

Requested by: Representative Nesbitt

––-OBSTETRICAL EDUCATION FUNDS

Sec. 57. Funds in the amount of $480,000 appropriated to the Division of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources in this Title for the Obstetrical Education Program of the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) are hereby transferred to the Area Health Education Centers budget of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina. The funds transferred by this section shall be used for the MAHEC Obstetrical Education Program.

Requested by: Senators Ward, Conder

––-COMMUNITY SERVICES REDUCTIONS LIMITATION/INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS

Sec. 57.1. None of the reductions made by this act in the community services budgets of The University of North Carolina shall be taken in the programs of the Institute of Government at Chapel Hill.

Requested by: Representative Hackney, Senator Basnight

––-CHINQUA-PENN PLANTATION PLAN

Sec. 57.2. The Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina, in conjunction with the Department of Cultural resources, shall prepare a plan for the future use and management or disposition of Chinqua-Penn Plantation. The board shall present this plan to the 1991 General Assembly by April 15, 1992. For the 1991-92 fiscal year, North Carolina State University at Raleigh may make agreements with local governments, private entities, or other agencies for the operation of Chinqua-Penn Plantation. Funds appropriated to North Carolina State University at Raleigh in the amount of $60,000 may be used in conjunction with such an agreement.

PART 17.––-DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-MOWING ROAD SHOULDERS

Sec. 58. The Board of Transportation shall review its policy of requiring private contractors to mow the State highway system. The Board shall look at the comparative costs between mowing with State forces versus private contractors. The Board shall explore the costs of returning mowing work, especially of secondary roads, to the 14 Highway Divisions. This study shall also consider the savings derived from reducing the width of the shoulder to be mowed. A report of the Board's findings shall be submitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Natural and Economic Resources, and to the Fiscal Research Division 30 days prior to the scheduled convening date of the 1992 Session of the General Assembly. Until a report is made to the 1992 Session, the Board of Transportation shall award mowing contracts of no more than one year in duration.

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-DOT PERSONNEL ACTIONS REPORTED

Sec. 59. The Department of Transportation shall submit a list of personnel actions every six months to the Joint Legislative Highway Oversight Committee and to the Fiscal Research Division. This list shall include positions reallocated, reclassified, abolished, and created. The report shall give the status of the Department's salary reserves and how they were used during the reporting period.

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-PLAN TO REDUCE LABOR VARIANCE

Sec. 60. The Department of Transportation shall submit to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Natural and Economic Resources during the 1992 Session of the General Assembly, a plan to reduce labor variance in highway planning and design from the current nineteen and two-tenths percent (19.2%) to the pre-Trust Fund 1985 level of ten and six-tenths percent (10.6%). The Plan shall list all activities that are charged to labor variance and the reasons why the work has not been assigned to job orders.

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-PERFORMANCE AUDIT COMPARING COST OF ENGINEERING SERVICES BETWEEN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PRIVATE ENGINEERING FIRMS

Sec. 61. The State Auditor shall conduct a performance audit comparing the cost, quality, and timeliness of engineering services provided by outside consultants versus Department of Transportation personnel. This audit shall include an analysis of overhead costs, labor variance, the impact of newly hired employees or Department of Transportation efficiency and the cost of supervising consultants. The State Auditor shall report his findings, by April 1, 1992, to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, the Chairmen of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, and the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Natural and Economic resources.

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-REDUCTION OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND REVENUE USED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Sec. 62. G.S. 136-176(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b) Funds in the Trust Fund are annually appropriated to the Department of Transportation to be allocated and used as provided in this subsection. A sum, not to exceed ~~five percent (5%)~~ four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the amount of revenue deposited in the Trust Fund under subdivisions (a)(1), (2), and (3) of this section, may be used each fiscal year by the Department for expenses to administer the Trust Fund. The rest of the funds in the Trust Fund shall be allocated and used as follows:

(1) Sixty-one and ninety-five hundredths percent (61.95%) to plan, design, and construct the projects of the Intrastate System described in G.S. 136-179.

(2) Twenty-five and five hundredths percent (25.05%) to plan, design, and construct the urban loops described in G.S. 136-180.

(3) Six and one-half percent (6.5%) to supplement the appropriation to cities for city streets under G.S. 136-181.

(4) Six and one-half percent (6.5%) for secondary road construction as provided in G.S. 136-182."

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-BRANCH AGENT TRANSACTION RATE

Sec. 63. The Division of Motor Vehicles of the Department of Transportation shall compensate a contractor with whom it has a contract under G.S. 20-63(h) at the rate of ninety-two cents (92¢) for each transaction performed in accordance with the requirements set by the Division. A transaction is any of the following activities:

(1) Issuance of a registration plate, a registration card, a registration renewal sticker, or a certificate of title.

(2) Issuance of a handicapped placard or handicapped identification card.

(3) Acceptance of an application for a personalized registration plate.

(4) Acceptance of a surrendered registration plate, registration card, or registration renewal sticker, or acceptance of an affidavit stating why a person cannot surrender a registration plate, registration card, or registration renewal sticker.

(5) Cancellation of a title because the vehicle has been junked.

(6) Acceptance of an application for, or issuance of, a refund for a fee or a tax, other than the highway use tax.

(7) Receipt of the civil penalty imposed by G.S. 20-309 for a lapse in financial responsibility or receipt of the restoration fee imposed by that statute.

(8) Acceptance of a notice of failure to maintain financial responsibility for a motor vehicle.

(9) Collection of the highway use tax.

Performance at the same time of any combination of the items that are listed within each subdivision or are listed within subdivisions (1) through (8) is a single transaction. Performance of the item listed in subdivision (9) in combination with any other items listed in this section is a separate transaction.

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-BIDS FOR COMPUTER SERVICES

Sec. 64. In requests for bids, requests for quotes, requests for proposals, or other procurement actions issued through the Department of Administration, Division of Purchase and Contract, or through any other State agency, for vendors to develop a strategic plan, conduct a feasibility study, or prepare a needs assessment for a computer system, information system, data communications network, data processing application, or other information technology application, there shall be a provision that reads as follows:

"Eligibility for Future Requirements: The successful offeror on this project will not be considered for an award on subsequent hardware, software, software support, and related procurements which are based on specifications or recommendations resulting from this procurement."

The Division of Purchase and Contract and the State agency or agencies involved in the procurement may delete this provision in a procurement request by jointly (i) filing a written request with the Director of the Budget for authorization to delete this provision from the procurement effort, (ii) sending a copy of this written request for authorization to the Director of the Fiscal Research Division at the time it is filed with the Office of State Budget, (iii) receiving written authorization to delete the provision from the Director of the Budget, and (iv) reporting the authorization, if it is granted, to the Director of the Fiscal Research Division and to the next meeting of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Bowie, Senator Goldston

––-NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD DIVIDENDS APPROPRIATED TO THE HIGHWAY FUND FOR RAILROAD PURPOSES

Sec. 65. G.S. 136-16.6 reads as rewritten:

"§ 136-16.6. Continuing rail appropriations.

There is annually ~~appropriated, beginning with the 1987-88 fiscal year, from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation for rail purposes the greater of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or~~ appropriated one hundred percent (100%) of the annual dividends received in the prior fiscal year ~~(less any amounts that are required by Section 13.18 of Chapter 792, Session Laws of 1985 to be paid for the expenses of the Railroad Negotiating Commission)~~ by the State from its ownership of stock in the North Carolina Railroad Company and the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad ~~Company.~~ Company to the Highway Fund for use by the Department of Transportation for railroad purposes."

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE EQUIPMENT FUND

Sec. 66. The Department of Transportation's Equipment Fund shall pay to the Highway Fund $5,000,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $5,000,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year. These funds shall be used for highway maintenance.

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-HIGHWAY FUND ALLOCATIONS BY CONTROLLER

Sec. 66.1. The Controller of the Department of Transportation shall allocate at the beginning of each fiscal year from the various appropriations made to the Department of Transportation in this act, Titles:

State Construction

State Funds to Match Federal Highway Aid

State Maintenance

Ferry Operations,

sufficient funds to eliminate all overdrafts on State maintenance and construction projects, and these allocations may not be diverted to other purposes.

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-CASH FLOW HIGHWAY FUND AND HIGHWAY TRUST FUND APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 66.2. The General Assembly authorizes and certifies anticipated revenues of the Highway Fund as follows:

For Fiscal Year 1993-94 $971,000,000

For Fiscal Year 1994-95 $990,000,000.

Sec. 66.3. The General Assembly authorizes and certifies anticipated revenues of the Highway Trust Fund as follows:

For Fiscal Year 1993-94 $394,900,000

For Fiscal Year 1994-95 $402,800,000.

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-HIGHWAY FUND LIMITATIONS ON OVEREXPENDITURES

Sec. 66.4. (a) Overexpenditures from Section 4 of this act may be made by authorization of the Director of the Budget, Titles:

State Construction Primary Construction

State Construction Urban Construction

State Construction Access and Public Service Roads

State Funds to Match Federal Highway Aid

State Maintenance

Ferry Operations,

provided that there are corresponding underexpenditures from these same Titles. Overexpenditures or underexpenditures in any Titles may not vary by more than ten percent (10%) without prior consultation with the Advisory Budget Commission. Written reports covering overexpenditures or underexpenditures of more than ten percent (10%) shall be made to the Joint Legislative Highway Oversight Committee. The reports shall be delivered to the Director of the Fiscal Research Division not less than 96 hours prior to the beginning of the Committee's full meeting.

(b) Overexpenditures from Section 4 of this act, Titles:

State Construction Primary Construction

State Construction Urban Construction

State Construction Access and Public Service Roads

State Funds to Match Federal Highway Aid

State Maintenance

Ferry Operations,

for the purpose of providing additional positions shall be approved by the Director of the Budget and shall be reported on a quarterly basis to the Joint Legislative Highway Oversight Committee and to the Fiscal Research Division.

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-RESURFACED ROADS MAY BE WIDENED

Sec. 66.5. Of the contract maintenance resurfacing program funds appropriated in this act to the Department of Transportation, an amount not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Board of Transportation's allocation of these funds may be used for widening existing narrow pavements that are scheduled for resurfacing. The Department of Transportation shall report on the use of these funds to the Joint Legislative Highway Oversight Committee and the Fiscal Research Division by May 15, 1992.

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-SMALL URBAN CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM FUNDS

Sec. 66.6. Of the funds appropriated in this Title to the Department of Transportation, $10,805,664 shall be allocated in the 1991-92 fiscal year and $10,028,266 in the 1992-93 fiscal year for small urban construction projects. $7,000,000 of these funds shall be allocated equally in each fiscal year of the biennium among the 14 Highway Divisions for the small Urban Construction program for small urban construction projects that are located within the area covered by a one-mile radius of the municipal corporate limits. Of the remaining funds, $3,805,664 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $3,028,266 for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be used statewide for rural or small urban highway improvements as approved by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation.

None of these funds used for rural secondary road construction are subject to the county allocation formula as provided in G.S. 136-44.5.

The Department of Transportation shall report to the members of the General Assembly on projects funded pursuant to this section in each member's district prior to the Board of Transportation's action. The Department shall make a quarterly comprehensive report on the use of these funds to the Joint Legislative Highway Oversight Committee and the Fiscal Research Division.

Requested by: Representatives McLaughlin, Holt, Senator Goldston

––-HIGHWAY FUND ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT ACTUAL REVENUE

Sec. 66.7. Any unreserved credit balance in the Highway Fund on June 30 of each of the fiscal years of this biennium shall support appropriations in the succeeding fiscal year. If all of the balance is not needed for these appropriations, the Director of the Budget may use the remaining excess to establish a reserve for access and public roads, a reserve for unforeseen happening of a state of affairs requiring prompt action as provided by G.S. 136-44.1, and other required reserves. Actual revenue in excess of estimated revenue shall be placed in the reserve for highway maintenance. If all of the remaining excess is not used to establish these reserves, the remainder shall be allocated to the State-funded maintenance appropriations in the manner approved by the Board of Transportation. The Board of Transportation shall report monthly to the Joint Legislative Highway Oversight Committee and the Fiscal Research Division about the use of the reserve for highway maintenance.

Requested by: Senator Plyler

––-SIGNING OF STATE-MAINTAINED COUNTY ROADS

Sec. 66.8. $500,000 of the funds to be allocated pursuant to G.S. 136-44.2A for secondary road construction during the 1991-92 fiscal year shall be exempt from the county formula allocation in G.S. 136-44.5. The Department of Transportation shall utilize the funds so excluded for the county road name-signing program in the 30 counties where signing has not already been funded.

PART 18.––-DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-PRIVATE CONFINEMENT FACILITIES

Sec. 67. No for-profit, privately owned or operated confinement facilities may be added to the State prison system unless approved by the General Assembly. The State may contract with private, nonprofit firms to provide or operate work and study release centers for women and for youth.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-NEGOTIATED RATES FOR MEDICAL SERVICES

Sec. 68. The Department of Correction shall negotiate for rates as close to Medicaid rates as possible for all medical services rendered to that Department by providers who are not State employees. The Department shall report the results of its negotiations to the Chairmen of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Base Budget Appropriations Committee, the Chairmen of the House Appropriations Committee, and the Chairmen of the Senate and the House Appropriations Committees on Justice and Public Safety prior to March 15, 1992.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-LIMIT USE OF OPERATIONAL FUNDS

Sec. 69. Funds appropriated in this Title to the Department of Correction for operational costs for additional facilities shall be used for the personnel and operating expenses set forth in the budget approved by the General Assembly in this act. These funds may not be expended for any other purpose, and may not be expended for additional prison personnel positions until the new facilities are within 90 days of completion, except as authorized for the facilities at Nash, Pender, South Mountain, and Brown Creek.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine

––-INMATE REPRESENTATION STUDY

Sec. 70. The Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations shall study the issue of providing legal representation to inmates in the custody of the Department of Correction by examining the current means and alternative means of providing such representation and determining which of those means are the most feasible. The Commission shall report its findings and any recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the Chairmen of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees on Justice and Public Safety by May 1, 1992.

PART 19.––-DEPARTMENT OF CRIME CONTROL AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-REPORT ON COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKERS

Sec. 71. The Department of Crime Control and Public Safety shall report quarterly in the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Fiscal Research Division on the number of community service workers who were available during each month of the time period preceding that report to perform repairs and maintenance of the parks and when and where they were available.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-REPORT ON THE CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND

Sec. 72. The Department of Crime Control and Public Safety shall report annually to the Senate and House Appropriations Base Budget Committees on Justice and Public Safety and the Fiscal Research Division on the administrative expenditures of the North Carolina Crime Victims Compensation Fund.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER GRANTS

Sec. 73. (a) Section 1303(4) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 provides that State applications for drug law enforcement grants are subject to review by the State legislature or its designated body.

(b) The North Carolina General Assembly hereby provides that State applications for grants under the State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1986, Part M of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 as enacted by Subtitle K of P.L. 99-570, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, are subject to review by the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations if at the time of review the General Assembly is not in session.

(c) Unless a State statute provides a different forum for review where a federal law or regulation provides that a State application for a grant must be reviewed by the State legislature or its designated body and at the time of the review the General Assembly is not in session, that application shall be reviewed by the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-REPORT ON MOTOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT COST

Sec. 74. The Department of Crime Control and Public Safety shall report to the 1991 General Assembly, 1992 Regular Session, regarding the reduction in the number of motor vehicles replaced by the Highway Patrol for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the effect, if any, of that reduction on the Highway Patrol, and shall also review and report on the projected cost of replacing motor vehicles for the 1992-93 fiscal year. The Department of Justice shall report to the 1991 General Assembly, 1992 Regular Session, regarding the reduction in the number of motor vehicles replaced by the State Bureau of Investigation for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the effect, if any, of that reduction on the State Bureau of Investigation, and shall also review and report on the projected cost of replacing motor vehicles for the 1992-93 fiscal year.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-REPORT ON HIGHWAY PATROL FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE

Sec. 75. The Highway Patrol, Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, shall report to the 1991 General Assembly, 1992 Regular Session, regarding the reductions in the replacement schedule for furniture and equipment for the Highway Patrol for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the effect, if any, of those reductions. The Highway Patrol shall also report on the projected cost of the replacement schedule for equipment and furniture for the 1992-93 fiscal year.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senators Marvin, Odom

––-CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION/SOFTWARE FUNDS

Sec. 76. (a) The Office of State Budget and Management shall designate $10,080 of the Computer Reserve Fund created in the Office of State Budget and Management for the 1991-92 fiscal year for the critical computer needs of the Crime Victims Compensation Program in the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety.

(b) Effective January 1, 1992, the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety shall eliminate one position for a claims examiner and one position for an investigator.

PART 20.––-JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS

Sec. 77. From funds appropriated to the Judicial Department in the certified budget for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium in this Title, the Administrative Office of the Courts may transfer within its budget up to $19,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and up to $19,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to reimburse the expenses of travel of the North Carolina delegation of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-INDIGENT PERSONS' ATTORNEY FEE FUND

Sec. 78. (a) Effective July 1, 1991, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall each year of the 1991-93 fiscal biennium place the sum of $3,249,236 from the Indigent Persons' Attorney Fee Fund in a reserve for capital cases and for transcripts, professional examinations, and expert witness fees. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall allot these funds as needed for these purposes and for unanticipated demands on the fund.

(b) Effective July 1, 1991, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall, for each year of the biennium, allot the sum of $11,500,000 from the Indigent Persons' Attorney Fee Fund for adult, juvenile, and guardian ad litem cases for the 1991-92 and 1992-93 fiscal years to each judicial district where the superior and district court districts are coterminous, and otherwise by county, according to the caseload of indigent persons who were not represented by the public defender in the districts or counties during 1990-91 and 1991-92, respectively.

The Administrative Office of the Courts shall notify all senior resident superior court judges, all chief district court judges, and the clerk of superior court within the district or county immediately after the allotment is made and shall regularly notify them how much remains for the district or county.

The senior resident superior court judge and the chief district court judge of each district or county shall ask all judges holding court within the district or county: (i) to take into consideration the amount of money allotted at the beginning of the fiscal year and the amount of money remaining in the allotment when they award counsel fees to attorneys of indigent persons, and (ii) to make an effort to award fees equally and justly for legal services provided. The clerk of superior court for each county shall assure that all judges holding court within the county receive this request from the senior resident superior court judge and the chief district court judge.

(c) If the funds allotted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section are depleted in a district or county prior to the end of the fiscal year, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall allot the remaining funds from the Indigent Persons' Attorney Fee Fund in the same manner as provided in subsection (b) of this section, provided, however, if necessary and appropriate due to unusual and unanticipated circumstances occurring in the current year, the Administrative Office of the Courts may allocate funds to a district or county in a manner calculated to result in the reasonably fair distribution of the remaining funds. Such funds shall be subject to the limitations and directions set out in subsection (b) of this section.

(d) If the funds allotted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section are depleted in a district or county prior to the end of the fiscal year, the Administrative Office of the Courts is authorized to resume payments in such districts or counties only if and when it is reasonably determined that the total projected expenditures will be less than the total approved budget for the Indigent Persons' Attorney Fee Fund for the fiscal year.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES

Sec. 79. From funds appropriated to the Judicial Department in the certified budget for the 1991-92 fiscal year in this Title, the Administrative Office of the Courts may transfer within its budget up to $2,500,000 to meet additional current operating expenses for supplies and materials, current obligations, fixed charges, other expenses, equipment and books, and indigent persons' attorney fees. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall make quarterly reports on transfers made pursuant to this section to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Chairmen of the Senate and the House Appropriations Committees on Justice and Public Safety.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-RAPE VICTIM WITNESS COUNSELLOR PROGRAM

Sec. 80. From funds appropriated to the Judicial Department in the certified budget for the 1991-93 biennium in this Title, the Administrative Office of the Courts may transfer within its budget up to $25,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and up to $25,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to support the existing Rape Victim Witness Counsellor Program.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-ASSIGNED COUNSEL/PUBLIC DEFENDER COST COMPARISON REPORTS FOR DISTRICTS 4A, 5, AND 10; INTENT TO ESTABLISH PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES WHERE ASSIGNED COUNSEL COSTS EXCESSIVE

Sec. 81. (a) Before the 1992 Regular Session of the 1991 General Assembly convenes, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall submit to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on Justice and Public Safety and to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations two reports which compare the amount actually spent on private assigned counsel for indigent persons in Superior Court District or Set of Districts 4A (Sampson, Duplin, and Jones Counties), 5 (New Hanover and Pender Counties), and 10 (Wake County), with the estimated amount which would have been incurred had there been a public defender in each of those districts. The first report shall be submitted on or before January 1, 1992, and shall cover the period May 1, 1991, through October 31, 1991; the second report shall be submitted on or before May 20, 1992, and shall cover the period May 1, 1991, through April 30, 1992. Each report shall be based on methods and shall be presented in a format substantially similar to those of the "Comparative Cost Estimates for Establishing Additional Public Defender Offices in Certain Judicial Districts"which are prepared annually by the Administrative Office of the Courts.

(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish, effective July 1, 1992, a public defender office for a defender district coterminous with any of the three superior court districts or set of districts designated in subsection (a) of this section in which the amount actually spent on private assigned counsel between May 1, 1991, and April 30, 1992, exceeds the estimated amount which would have been incurred in the same period had there been a public defender office in that district or set of districts, as shown in the reports submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(c) By May 20, 1992, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall report to the entities designated to receive the reports in subsection (a) of this section on the cost effectiveness of the existing public defender offices.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-APPELLATE DEFENDER – DEATH PENALTY CASES

Sec. 82. (a) Report on Appellate Defender's Office. The Judicial Department shall submit reports on March 15 of each year of the 1991-93 biennium to the House and Senate Appropriation Committees on Justice and Public Safety and to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on:

(1) The purpose and activities of that part of the Appellate Defender's Office devoted to death penalty cases, and

(2) An accounting of General Fund expenditures on assistance provided to paid counsel, State-appointed counsel, and pro bono attorneys.

(b) No Lobbying by Appellate Defender's Office. The Appellate Defender's Office shall not lobby any entity, organization, or legislative body to urge either abolition or retention of the death penalty. If the Appellate Defender's Office or any of its employees fail to comply with this section or with any of the duties of the Appellate Defender's Office related to death penalty cases, the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts may refuse to seek continued State funding for that part of the Appellate Defender's Office devoted to death penalty cases, or take such other actions as the Director considers appropriate.

"§ 7A-486.3. Duties.

The appellate defender shall:

(1) Represent indigent persons subsequent to conviction in trial courts pursuant to assignment by trial court judges under the general supervision of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice may, following consultation with the appellate defender and consistent with the resources available to the appellate defender to ensure quality criminal defense services by the appellate defender's office, authorize the appellate defender not to accept assignments of certain appeals but instead to cause those appeals to be assigned either to a local public defender's office or to private assigned counsel.

(2) Maintain a clearinghouse of materials and a repository of briefs prepared by the appellate defender to be made available to private counsel representing indigents in criminal cases.

(3) Provide continuing legal education training to assistant appellate defenders and to private counsel representing indigents in criminal cases, including capital cases, as resources are available.

(4) Provide consulting services to attorneys representing defendants in capital cases.

(5) Recruit qualified members of the private bar who are willing to provide representation in State and federal death penalty postconviction proceedings.

(6) In his discretion, serve as counsel of record for indigent defendants in capital cases in State court.

(7) Undertake direct representation and consultation in capital cases pending in federal court only to the extent that such work is fully federally funded."

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-TERMINATION OF AUTOMATIC DISMISSAL PROGRAMS

Sec. 84. Effective August 1, 1991, the programs in Prosecutorial Districts 5, 25, 26, 27A, and 27B for dismissing all minor traffic citation court cases and forgiving the payment of all court costs upon the completion by the offender of a "defensive driving course"or "traffic safety school"shall be terminated. No such program may be established or operated in any judicial or prosecutorial district except by express enactment of the General Assembly.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senators Marvin, Odom

––-COMMUNITY PENALTIES PROGRAMS

Sec. 84.1. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this act to the Judicial Department to conduct the community penalty programs, the sum of $1,518,912 shall be allocated among the community penalties programs listed below as follows:

One Step Further, Inc. $139,664

Services to Nash County Community Penalties Program 44,000

Services to Rockingham/Caswell 40,900

Fayetteville Area Sentencing Center, Inc. 131,878

Re-Entry, Inc. 93,500

Repay, Inc. 100,045

Community Corrections Resources, Inc. 104,379

Western Carolinians for Criminal Justice, Inc. 100,300

Prison & Jail Project, Inc. 100,300

Community Penalties Program, Inc. 68,213

Jacksonville Community Penalties, Inc. 89,250

Services to Sampson, Duplin, and Jones Counties 55,000

Gaston Community Penalties, Inc. 53,661

Services to Cleveland and Lincoln Counties 38,000

Dispute Settlement Center, Inc. 53,661

Appropriate Punishment Option, Inc. 53,661

Mecklenburg Community Corrections 93,500

Neuse River Council of Governments DBA Neuse

River Community Penalties Program 55,000

Tuscarora Tribe of North Carolina 52,000

Citizens for Community Justice 52,000.

(b) Funds allocated in subsection (a) and not used by the community penalties programs listed above may be used by the Judicial Department to establish new community penalties programs.

The Judicial Department shall report annually to the Senate and House Appropriations Base Budget Committees on Justice and Public Safety and to the Fiscal Research Division on the administrative expenditures of the community penalties programs.

PART 21.––-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-USE OF SEIZED AND FORFEITED PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 85. (a) Assets transferred to the Department of Justice during the 1991-93 biennium pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1616a shall be credited to the budget of that Department and shall result in an increase of law enforcement resources for the Department. Assets transferred to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety during the 1991-93 biennium pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1616a shall be credited to the budget of that Department and shall result in an increase of law enforcement resources for the Department. The departments shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations upon the receipt of these assets and, before using these assets, shall report the intended use of these assets and the departmental priorities on which the assets may be expended.

The General Assembly finds that the use of these assets for new projects, the acquisition of real property, repair of buildings where such repair includes structural change, and construction of or additions to buildings may result in additional expenses for the State in future fiscal periods; therefore, the Department of Justice and the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety are prohibited from using these assets for such purposes without the prior approval of the General Assembly.

(b) This section does not apply to the extent that it prevents North Carolina law enforcement agencies from receiving funds from the United States Department of Justice pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1616a.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STUDY/CHARGES FOR LEGAL SERVICES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND STATE AGENCIES

Sec. 86. (a) The Department of Justice shall study the feasibility of charging local governments for legal services rendered to those governments by the Office of the Attorney General. The Department of Justice shall consider the number of requests for legal assistance received from local governments, the type of legal assistance requested, the time required to respond to the requests, and any other matters related to the issue of charging local governments for legal assistance. The Department of Justice shall also consider what fee, if any, is appropriate to charge local governments for such legal services. The Department of Justice shall report its findings and recommendations to the 1991 General Assembly, 1992 Regular Session.

(b) The Department of Justice shall study the feasibility of an increase in the fees currently charged other State departments and agencies for its legal services, such fee increase to be effective for the 1993-94 fiscal year. The Department of Justice shall also study the feasibility of requiring all State departments and agencies that have attorneys assigned to them by the Attorney General to pay the compensation, including salaries and benefits, for those legal positions. The Department of Justice shall report its findings and recommendations to the 1991 General Assembly, 1992 Regular Session.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PAY COMPENSATION OF ATTORNEYS ASSIGNED TO MOTOR VEHICLES DIVISION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Sec. 87. The Department of Transportation shall pay the compensation, including salaries and benefits, of the attorneys assigned to the Division of Motor Vehicles by the Attorney General. The funds to pay the compensation for those legal positions shall be taken from the Highway Fund.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-JUSTICE ACADEMY STUDY/STUDENT REGISTRATION FEE

Sec. 88. The North Carolina Justice Academy shall study the possibility of requiring a student registration fee. The study shall include consideration of the actual cost for a student to attend the Justice Academy, the merits of charging a registration fee, and the amount, if any, that should be charged as a registration fee. The North Carolina Justice Academy shall report its findings and recommendations to the 1991 General Assembly, 1992 Regular Session.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-SBI USE OF COURT-ORDERED RESTITUTION FUNDS

Sec. 89. The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) may use funds available from court-ordered restitution in undercover drug operations.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senator Marvin

––-PRIVATE PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND ALARM SYSTEMS LICENSING BOARDS PAY FOR USE OF STATE FACILITIES AND SERVICES

Sec. 90. The Private Protective Services and Alarm Systems Licensing Boards shall pay the appropriate State agency for the use of physical facilities and services provided to those boards by the State.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senators Marvin, Odom

––-TRANSFER LEGAL AND SUPPORT STAFF POSITIONS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Sec. 91. (a) The following positions are transferred to the Department of Justice from the Department of Administration:

Dept Position Position

Agency Number Title Grade

ADMINISTRATION

Radioactive

Waste 0095 Paralegal II 67

(b) The following positions are transferred to the Department of Justice from the Department of Agriculture:

Dept Position Position

Agency Number Title Grade

AGRICULTURE

Administration

Legal Staff Agency Legal

0105 Specialist II 75

Dept Position Position

Agency Number Title Grade

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Legal Staff 0180

(to 1160) Paralegal I 65

(d) The following positions are transferred to the Department of Justice from the Department of Correction:

Dept Position Position

Agency Number Title Grade

CORRECTION

Legal Staff Agency Legal

0074 Specialist III 77

Agency Legal

0078 Specialist II 75

Agency Legal

0080 Specialist II 75

Agency Legal

0079 Specialist II 75

Paralegal III

(Employee Title = 70

0084 Paralegal II) 67

Support Staff

Administrative

0088 Secretary IV 61

0090 Clerk-Typist IV 59

0092 Clerk-Typist III 57

(e) The following positions are transferred to the Department of Justice from the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources:

Dept Position Position

Agency Number Title Grade

ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Legal Staff

Administration Agency Legal

1902 Specialist III 77

Agency Legal

1903 Specialist III 77

Agency Legal

1906 Specialist I 73

Agency Legal

1907 Specialist III 77

Agency Legal

1909 Specialist III 77

Agency Legal

1911 Specialist II 75

Agency Legal

1912 Specialist III 77

Agency Legal

1915 Specialist III 77

Agency Legal

1916 Specialist III 77

Agency Legal

1918 Specialist I 73

Marine Fisheries 8442 Paralegal II 67

8443 Paralegal II 67

8444 Paralegal II 67

Solid Waste 4523 Attorney II 79

Support Staff 1914 Clerk-Steno V 61

1917 Clerk-Typist IV 59

1908 Clerk-Typist IV 59

1905 Clerk-Typist IV 59

4035 Secretary III 57

(f) The following positions are transferred to the Department of Justice from the Department of Human Resources:

Dept Position Position

Agency Number Title Grade

HUMAN RESOURCES

Legal Staff

Office of the Agency Legal

Secretary 0713 Specialist II 75

Division of

Youth Services Agency Legal

0003 Specialist I 73

Division of

Mental Health,

Developmental

Disabilities, and

Substance Abuse

Services 0025 Agency Legal

Specialist I 73

(g) The following positions are transferred to the Department of Justice from the Department of Insurance:

Dept Position Position

Agency Number Title Grade

INSURANCE

Legal Services

Division 0114 Attorney II 79

0117 Attorney II 79

0120 Attorney II 79

0122 Attorney II 79

0123 Attorney II 79

0124 Attorney II 79

0125 Attorney II 75

Agency Legal

0126 Specialist III 77

0133 Paralegal II 67

Field Audit 0420 Attorney II 79

Support Staff 0134 Clerk-Typist IV 59

0138 Clerk-Typist IV 59

Administrative

0139 Secretary V 61

0144 Clerk-Typist IV 59

(h) The following positions are transferred to the Department of Justice from the Department of Revenue:

Dept Position Position

Agency Number Title Grade

REVENUE

Legal Staff

Field Operations Agency Legal

8210 Specialist II 75

(i) The following positions are transferred to the Department of Justice from the Department of the Secretary of State:

Dept Position Position

Agency Number Title Grade

SECRETARY OF STATE

Legal Staff

Corporations Attorney-

Division 0200 Corporations Filing 75

Support Staff 0420 Clerk-Steno III 57

(j) The equipment, supplies, records, and other property to support the positions transferred by this section are also transferred from the appropriate departments to the Department of Justice.

(k) Funds are transferred in this Title to the Department of Justice for the positions, equipment, supplies, and other property transferred to the Department of Justice by this section. Funds for the 1992-93 fiscal year for those positions, equipment, supplies, and other property shall be reduced by fifteen percent (15%). To achieve the fifteen percent (15%) reduction required by this section, the Attorney General shall identify specific reductions relating to equipment, supplies, and other property transferred under this section and shall identify the positions transferred to the Department of Justice by this section to be eliminated. The Attorney General shall report to the Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Fiscal Research Division by March 15, 1992, regarding those reductions and positions to be eliminated. By July 1, 1992, the Attorney General shall permanently make reductions relating to equipment, supplies, and other property transferred by this section and shall eliminate the positions transferred to the Department of Justice by this section to achieve the fifteen percent (15%) reduction.

(l) Any department from which a position is transferred under this section to the Department of Justice shall continue to provide adequate office space for legal and support staff assigned to that department by the Attorney General.

(m) Any disputes arising out of this transfer shall be resolved by the Director of the Budget.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senators Marvin, Odom

––-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/DRUG INFORMATION SYSTEM

Sec. 92. The North Carolina Drug Information System proposed in the State's 1991 Criminal Justice Improvement and Drug Control Grant application submitted to the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, shall be housed in the Department of Justice and shall be under the supervision and control of the Attorney General. The Department of Justice and the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Fiscal Research Division by March 15, 1992, regarding the progress in implementing the system.

Requested by: Representatives Anderson, Redwine, Senators Marvin, Odom

––-SBI FUNDS/SPENDING PRIORITIES

Sec. 92.1. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Title to the Department of Justice, State Bureau of Investigation, for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year for overtime payments, the first priority for use of the funds by the Department shall be:

(1) To make overtime payments to SBI agents in the Field Investigations Division; and

(2) To make overtime payments to supervisory personnel receiving overtime payments as of June 30, 1991, up to a maximum of $5,200 annually per individual.

(b) The Office of State Personnel shall study all supervisory personnel positions in the State Bureau of Investigation to determine the appropriate salary grade and classification of those positions and shall report its findings and recommendations to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees on Justice and Public Safety and the Fiscal Research Division by March 1, 1992.

PART 22.––-DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-MEDICAID

Sec. 93. (a) Funds appropriated in this Title for services provided in accordance with Title XIX of the Social Security Act (Medicaid) are for both the categorically needy and the medically needy. Funds appropriated for these services shall be expended in accordance with the following schedule of services and payment bases. All services and payments are subject to the language at the end of this subsection.

Services and payment bases:

(1) Hospital-Inpatient - Payment for hospital inpatient services will be prescribed in the State Plan as established by the Department of Human Resources. Administrative days for any period of hospitalization shall be limited to a maximum of three days.

(2) Hospital-Outpatient - Eighty percent (80%) of allowable costs or a prospective reimbursement plan as established by the Department of Human Resources.

(3) Nursing Facilities - As prescribed under the reimbursement plan for Nursing Facilities. Nursing facilities providing services to Medicaid recipients who also qualify for Medicare, must be enrolled in the Medicare program as a condition of participation in the Medicaid program, subject to phase-in certification for those nursing facilities not already enrolled in Medicare. State facilities are not subject to the requirement to enroll in the Medicare Program.

(4) Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded - As prescribed under the State Plan for reimbursing intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded.

(5) Drugs - Drug costs as allowed by federal regulations plus a professional services fee per month excluding refills for the same drug or generic equivalent during the same month. Reimbursement shall be available for up to six prescriptions per recipient, per month, including refills. Payments for drugs are subject to the provisions of subsection (h) of this section and to the provisions at the end of subsection (a) of this section, or in accordance with a plan adopted by the Department of Human Resources consistent with federal reimbursement regulations. Payment of the professional services fee shall be made in accordance with the plan adopted by the Department of Human Resources, consistent with federal reimbursement regulations. Adjustments to the professional services fee shall be established by the General Assembly.

(6) Physicians, Chiropractors, Podiatrists, Optometrists, Dentists, Certified Nurse Midwife Services - Fee schedules as developed by the Department of Human Resources. Payments for dental services are subject to the provisions of subsection (g) of this section.

(7) Community Alternative Program, EPSDT Screens - Payment to be made in accordance with rate schedule developed by the Department of Human Resources.

(8) Home Health, Private Duty Nursing, Clinic Services, Prepaid Health Plans - Payment to be made according to reimbursement plans developed by the Department of Human Resources.

(9) Medicare Buy-In - Social Security Administration premium.

(10) Ambulance Services - Uniform fee schedules as developed by the Department of Human Resources.

(11) Hearing Aids - Actual cost plus a dispensing fee.

(12) Rural Health Clinic Services - Provider based - reasonable cost; nonprovider based - single cost reimbursement rate per clinic visit.

(13) Family Planning - Negotiated rate for local health departments. For other providers - see specific services, for instance, hospitals, physicians.

(14) Independent Laboratory and X-Ray services - Uniform fee schedules as developed by the Department of Human Resources.

(15) Optical Supplies - One hundred percent (100%) of reasonable wholesale cost of materials.

(16) Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Payment as prescribed in the reimbursement plan established by the Department of Human Resources.

(17) Medicare Crossover Claims - An amount up to the actual coinsurance or deductible or both, in accordance with the plan, as approved by the Department of Human Resources.

(18) Physical Therapy and Speech Therapy - Services limited to EPSDT eligible children. Payments are to be made only to the Children's Special Health Services program at rates negotiated by the Department of Human Resources.

(19) Personal Care Services - Payment in accordance with plan approved by the Department of Human Resources.

(20) Case Management Services - Reimbursement in accordance with the availability of funds to be transferred within the Department of Human Resources.

(21) Hospice - Services may be provided in accordance with plan developed by the Department of Human Resources.

(22) Other Mental Health Services - Unless otherwise covered by this section, coverage is limited to agencies meeting the requirements of the rules established by the Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, and reimbursement is made in accordance with a plan developed by the Department of Human Resources not to exceed the upper limits established in federal regulations.

(23) Medically Necessary Prosthetics or Orthotics for EPSDT Eligible Children - Reimbursement in accordance with plan approved by the Department of Human Resources.

(24) Health Insurance Premiums - Payments to be made in accordance with the plan adopted by the Department of Human Resources consistent with federal regulations.

Reimbursement is available for up to 24 visits per recipient per year to any one or combinations of the following: physicians, clinics, hospital outpatients, optometrists, chiropractors, and podiatrists. Prenatal services, all ESPDT children, and emergency rooms are exempt from the visit limitations contained in this paragraph. Exceptions may be authorized by the Department of Human Resources where the life of the patient would be threatened without such additional care. Any person who is determined by the Department to be exempt from the 24-visit limitation may also be exempt from the six-prescription limitation.

(b) Allocation of Nonfederal Cost of Medicaid. The State shall pay eight-five percent (85%); the county shall pay fifteen percent (15%) of the nonfederal costs of all applicable services listed in this section.

(c) Copayment for Medicaid Services. The Department of Human Resources may establish copayment up to the maximum permitted by federal law and regulation.

(d) Medicaid and Aid to Families with Dependent Children Income Eligibility Standards. Effective January 1, 1990, the maximum net family annual income eligibility standards for Medicaid and Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and the Standard of Need for Aid to Families with Dependent Children shall be as follows.

Categorically Needy Medically Needy

Family Standard AFDC Payment

Size Of Need Level* AA,AB,AD*

1 $ 4,344 $ 2,172 $ 2,900

2 5,664 2,832 3,800

3 6,528 3,264 4,400

4 7,128 3,564 4,800

5 7,776 3,888 5,200

6 8,376 4,188 5,600

7 8,952 4,476 6,000

8 9,256 4,680 6,300

*Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Aid to the Aged (AA); Aid to the Blind (AB); and Aid to the Disabled (AD).

The payment level for Aid to Families with Dependent Children shall be fifty percent (50%) of the standard of need.

These standards may be changed with the approval of the Director of the Budget with the advice of the Advisory Budget Commission.

(e) Spouse Responsibility. The Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, may not consider the income or assets of the spouse of a person who is admitted as a long-term care patient in a certified public or private intermediate care or skilled nursing facility to be available to the institutionalized person. This provision will remain in effect until superseded by federal law under the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, on September 1, 1989.

(f) Dental Coverage Limits. Dental services will be provided on a restricted basis in accordance with regulations developed by the Department. Funds for dental services shall be disbursed only with prior approval by the Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, as required by this subsection. No prior approval shall be required for emergency services or routine services. Routine services are defined as examinations, X rays, prophylaxes, nonsurgical tooth extractions, amalgam fillings, and fluoride treatments. Prior approval shall be required for all other services and for routine services performed more than two times during a consecutive 12-month period. The Department of Human Resources shall adopt rules, as provided by the Administrative Procedure Act, to implement this subsection.

(g) Dispensing of Generic Drugs. Notwithstanding G.S. 90-85.27 through G.S. 90-85.31, under the Medical Assistance Program (Title XIX of the Social Security Act) a prescription order for a drug designated by a trade or brand name shall be considered to be an order for the drug by its established or generic name, except when the prescriber personally indicates, either orally or in his own handwriting on the prescription order, "dispense as written"or words of similar meaning. Generic drugs, when available in the pharmacy, shall be dispensed at a lower cost to the Medical Assistance Program rather than trade or brand name drugs, subject to the prescriber's "dispense as written"order as noted above.

As used in this subsection "brand name"means the proprietary name the manufacturer places upon a drug product or on its container, label, or wrapping at the time of packaging; and "established name"has the same meaning as in section 502(e)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act as amended, 21 U.S.C. § 352(e)(3).

(h) Exceptions to Service Limitations, Eligibility Requirements, and Payments. Service limitations, eligibility requirements, and payments, and payments bases in this section may be waived by the Department of Human Resources, with the approval of the Director of the Budget, to allow the Department to carry out pilot programs for prepaid health plans or community based services programs in accordance with plans approved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or when the Department determines that such a waiver will result in a reduction in the total Medicaid costs for the recipient.

(i) Volume Purchase Plans and Single Source Procurement. The Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, may, subject to the approval of a change in the State Medicaid Plan, contract for services, medical equipment, supplies, and appliances by implementation of volume purchase plans, single source procurement or other similar processes in order to improve cost containment.

(j) Cost Containment Programs. The Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, may undertake cost containment programs including preadmissions to hospitals and prior approval for certain outpatient surgeries before they may be performed in an inpatient setting.

(k) For all Medicaid eligibility classifications for which the federal poverty level is used as an income limit for eligibility determination, the income limits will be updated each July 1 immediately following publication of federal poverty guidelines.

(l) Effective January l, 1988, the Department of Human Resources shall provide Medicaid to 19-, 20-, and 21-year-olds in accordance with federal rules and regulations.

(m) The Department of Human Resources shall provide coverage to pregnant women and children according to the following schedule:

(1) Pregnant women with incomes equal to or less than one hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of the federal poverty guidelines as revised each July shall be covered for Medicaid benefits;

(2) Infants under the age of 1 with family incomes equal to or less than one hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of the federal poverty guidelines as revised each July l, shall be covered for Medicaid benefits;

(3) Children aged 1 through 5 with family incomes equal to or less than one hundred thirty-three percent (133%) of the federal poverty guidelines as revised each July 1 shall be covered for Medicaid benefits; and

(4) Children aged 6 through 18 who were born after September 30, 1983, with family incomes equal to the federal poverty guidelines as revised each July 1, shall be covered for Medicaid benefits.

Services to pregnant women eligible under this section continue throughout the pregnancy but include only those related to pregnancy and to those other conditions determined by the Department as conditions that may complicate pregnancy. In order to reduce county administrative costs and to expedite the provision of medical services to pregnant women, to infants, and to children eligible under this section, no resources test shall be applied.

(n) The Department of Human Resources may use Medicaid funds budgeted from program services to support the cost of administrative activities to the extent that these administrative activities produce a net savings in services requirements. Administrative initiatives funded by this section shall be first approved by the Office of State Budget and Management.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senators Richardson, Royall

––-GENERAL REDUCTIONS AND SAVINGS/RULES

Sec. 95. The Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, shall effect reductions and accomplish savings for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year and shall adopt rules necessary to effect these reductions and accomplish these savings at the earliest appropriate date.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

Sec. 96. (a) Section 229 of Chapter 1014 of the 1985 Session Laws is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(d) If any provision of this section is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of this section that can be given effect."

(b) The General Assembly finds that it is in the best interest of the State and of all its citizens to encourage recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children to obtain jobs and become self-sufficient. It further finds that, by continuing medical assistance and providing limited wage assistance to those recipients who are working, the State will make it possible to help many recipients to be able to keep their jobs, support their families, and become self-sufficient.

(c) The Social Services Commission shall adopt rules to change the way it budgets Aid to Families with Dependent Children payments that will result in more recipients being able to find work and keep working. These rules shall include subtracting countable income from the State standard of need, and paying a percentage of the difference. The percentage that shall be applied to determine the amount of assistance shall be the same percentage set in the Current Operations Appropriations Act that determines the Aid to Families of Dependent Children payment level from the standard of need.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-RETROSPECTIVE ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT

Sec. 97. The Department of Human Resources shall use funds appropriated to it by this Title to provide a State supplementary payment to Aid to Families of Dependent Children households adversely affected by the retrospective accounting procedure as allowed under section 403(a) of the Social Security Act as amended by section 157(a) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982. The amount of the State supplement shall not exceed the maximum payment standard for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-AFDC/WOMEN IN THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY ADJUSTMENT

Sec. 98. The Division of Social Services, Department of Human Resources, shall provide Aid to Families with Dependent Children to women in their third trimester of pregnancy regardless of whether these women have children, if they otherwise qualify for these payments.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-ADOPTION SUBSIDY

Sec. 99. The adoption subsidy paid monthly by the Division of Social Services, Department of Human Resources, to eligible families who adopt hard-to-place children shall be established at $150.00 per child per month.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-FOSTER CARE

Sec. 100. Funds appropriated to the Department of Human Resources by this Title for foster care assistance rates shall be used to set the rates at $265.00 per child per month.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

Sec. 101. The Division of Social Services, Department of Human Resources, shall not expend more State funds than are appropriated for Emergency Assistance by this Title. Within this limit, Emergency Assistance benefits shall not exceed $300.00 per year per family, payable over a 30-day period. After this 30-day period, Emergency Assistance benefits are not available to that family until 12 months have elapsed from the initial authorization date. The family may have no more than a total of $300.00 in liquid assets in order to qualify for any Emergency Assistance pursuant to this section.

It is the intent of the General Assembly that these Emergency Assistance funds shall only be used to provide assistance to persons to alleviate an emergency. In evaluating whether an emergency exists, the county departments of social services shall apply prudent judgment to evaluate each emergency on its own merits. Prudent judgment will permit departments of social services to consider whether the client created the emergency and whether the assistance will resolve the emergency.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-FOOD STAMP OUTREACH

Sec. 102. The Department of Human Resources shall continue a Food Stamp Outreach Program. Under the Program, the Department shall inform public and private agencies, community groups, potentially eligible persons, and the general public regarding the eligibility requirements of the Food Stamp Program. The Department shall maintain a referral list of public and private agencies, community groups, and interested persons and organizations who serve low-income persons. The Department shall inform these agencies and persons regarding the Food Stamp Program and changes in the law that affect client eligibility or the extent of benefits. The Department shall develop and distribute informational materials, such as public service announcements, brochures, pamphlets, posters, and correspondence.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES

Sec. 103. (a) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Social Services for Child Protective Services in this Title, the Division shall use up to $175,900 in each fiscal year of the 1991-93 biennium to provide consultation and technical assistance to county departments of social services to strengthen and support local child protective services. The remaining funds shall be allocated to the county departments of social services as follows:

(1) $10,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $10,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be allocated to each of the 15 county departments that did not receive an allocation of the 1985 State appropriation for child protective services;

(2) In addition, each of the 100 county departments shall receive an allocation of $10,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $10,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year;

(3) The balance of available funds shall be allocated to each county department based upon the percentage that the total number of abuse and neglect reports within that county represents to the statewide total number of abuse and neglect reports. These percentages shall be computed from the reports received by the Central Registry of Abuse and Neglect cases for the last two fiscal years.

(b) Funds allocated to county departments of social services pursuant to this section shall be used for staff carrying out investigations of reports of child abuse or neglect or providing protective or preventive services in cases in which the department confirms neglect, abuse, or dependency. If a county department demonstrates that it has adequate protective services staff, these funds may be used to purchase or provide treatment and other support services to children and their families in confirmed cases. All expenditures shall be directly in support of the department's program of protective services for children. These funds shall not be used to supplant any Social Services Block Grant funds or county appropriations previously budgeted for protective services for children.

(c) The Department of Human Resources, Division of Social Services, shall establish criteria and guidelines to assure that the allocations to county departments of social services are used in accordance with the intent and purposes of this section.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-CHILD CARING INSTITUTION REIMBURSEMENT

Sec. 104. (a) Funds appropriated to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Social Services, in this Title for the 1992-93 fiscal year for the monthly payment of State funds to private residential child care agencies for the provision of foster care shall be disbursed in accordance with rules established by the Social Services Commission pursuant to G.S. 143B-153(2)d., and in accordance with the following requirements:

(1) Only those child caring agencies that have been receiving funds from the Division of Social Services that have been appropriated as grants-in-aid to non-State agencies shall be included in the disbursement unless additional State or federal funds are made available to permit disbursement to new child caring agencies. A new child caring agency may receive funds pursuant to this section only if the additional State or federal funds made available are sufficient to allow disbursements to the new agency without reducing the disbursement to the agencies already receiving funds;

(2) The formula for the disbursement of these funds shall be based on the assumption that the State is committed to paying allowable foster care maintenance costs and shall do so, to the extent that State and federal funds are available; and

(3) In any year that State and federal funds are not sufficient to pay each agency's allowable foster care maintenance costs, each participating agency's rate shall be reduced by the same percentage, so that each agency receives the same percentage of its allowable costs.

(b) This section becomes effective July 1, 1992.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES CHANGE

Sec. 105. G.S. 143B-153(2) reads as rewritten:

"(2) The Social Services Commission shall have the power and duty to establish standards and adopt rules and regulations:

a. For the programs of public assistance established by federal legislation and by Article 2 of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes of the State of North Carolina with the exception of the program of medical assistance established by G.S. 108A-25(b);

b. To achieve maximum cooperation with other agencies of the State and with agencies of other states and of the federal government in rendering services to strengthen and maintain family life and to help recipients of public assistance obtain self-support and self-care;

c. For the placement and supervision of dependent and delinquent children and payment of necessary costs of foster home care for needy and homeless children as provided by G.S. 108A-48; and

d. For the payment of ~~grants-in-aid and other~~ State funds to private child-caring institutions.The payment and distribution of grants-in-aid funds to private child-caring institutions shall be regulated by the grant-in-aid (GIA) formula. This formula and any modifications of this formula shall be approved by the Advisory Budget Commission prior to its implementation. child-placing agencies as defined in G.S. 131D-10.2(4) and residential child care facilities as defined in G.S. 131D-10.2(13) for care and services provided to children who are in the custody or placement responsibility of a county department of social services."

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-LIMITATIONS ON STATE ABORTION FUND

Sec. 106. Section 93 of Chapter 479 of the 1985 Session Laws, as amended by Section 75 of Chapter 738 of the 1987 Session Laws, as amended by Section 72 of Chapter 500 of the 1989 Session Laws, as amended by Section 79 of Chapter 1066 of the 1989 Session Laws, Regular Session 1990, shall remain in effect on and after July 1, 1991, with the following exception:

Any reference in Section 93 of Chapter 479 of the 1985 Session Laws, as amended, to the 1985-86 fiscal year or the 1986-87 fiscal year applies to the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-WILLIE M.

Sec. 107. (a) Legislative Findings. The General Assembly finds:

(1) That there is a need in North Carolina to provide appropriate treatment and education programs to children under the age of 18 who suffer from emotional, mental, or neurological handicaps accompanied by violent or assaultive behavior;

(2) That children meeting these criteria have been identified as a class in the case of Willie M., et al. v. Martin, et al., formerly Willie M., et al. v. Hunt, et al.; and

(3) That these children have a need for a variety of services, in addition to those normally provided, that may include but are not limited to residential treatment services, educational services, and independent living arrangements.

(b) Funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the Department of Human Resources for serving members of the Willie M. Class shall be expended only for programs serving members of the Willie M. Class identified in Willie M., et al. v. Martin, et al., formerly Willie M., et al. v. Hunt, et al., including evaluations of potential class members. The Department shall reallocate these funds among services to Willie M. Class members during the year as it deems advisable in order to use the funds efficiently in providing appropriate services to Willie M. Class children.

(c) Funds for Department of Public Education. Funds appropriated to the Department of Public Education in this act for members of the Willie M. Class, are to establish a supplemental reserve fund to serve only members of the class identified in Willie M., et al. v. Martin, et al., formerly Willie M., et al. v. Hunt, et al. These funds shall be allocated by the State Board of Education to the local education agencies to serve those class members who were not included in the regular average daily membership and the census of children with special needs, and to provide the additional program costs which exceed the per pupil allocation from the State Public School Fund and other State and federal funds for children with special needs.

(d) The Department of Human Resources shall continue to implement its prospective unit cost reimbursement system and shall ensure that unit cost rates reflect reasonable costs by conducting cost center service type rate comparisons and cost center line item budget reviews as may be necessary, and based upon these reviews and comparisons, the Department shall reduce and/or cap rates to programs which are significantly higher than those rates paid to other programs for the same service.

Any exception to this requirement shall be approved by the Director of the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, and shall be reported in the Department's annual joint report to the Governor and the General Assembly and in any periodic report the Department may make to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.

(d1) The Department of Human Resources shall implement a process to review those cases for whom treatment has been recommended whose annual cost is anticipated to be in excess of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the average annual per client expenditure of the previous fiscal year and shall take actions to reduce these treatment costs where appropriate.

(e) Reporting Requirements. The Department of Human Resources and the Department of Public Education shall submit, by May 1 of each fiscal year, a joint report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the progress achieved in serving members of the Willie M. Class. The report shall include the following unduplicated data for each county: (i) the number of children nominated for the Willie M. Class; (ii) the number of children actually identified as members of the Class in each county; (iii) the number of children served as members of the Class in each county; (iv) the number of children who remain unserved or for whom additional services are needed in order to be determined to be appropriately served; (v) the types and locations of treatment and education services provided to Class members; (vi) the cost of services, by type, to members of the Class and the maximum and minimum rates paid to providers for each service; (vii) the number of cases whose treatment costs were in excess of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the average annual per client expenditure; (viii) information on the impact of treatment and education services on members of the Class; (ix) an explanation of, and justification for, any waiver of departmental rules that affect the Willie M. program; and (x) the total State funds expended, by program, on Willie M. Class members, other than those funds specifically appropriated for the Willie M. programs and services.

(e1) From existing funds available to it, the Department of Human Resources shall begin a process to document and assess individual class members' progress through the continuum of services. Standardized measures of functioning shall be administered periodically:

(1) In the 1991-92 fiscal year, to a representative sample of class members;

(2) In the 1992-93 fiscal year and thereafter, to each member of the class, and the information generated from these measures shall be used to assess client progress and program effectiveness,

(f) The Departments of Human Resources and Public Education shall provide periodic reports of expenditures and program effectiveness on behalf of the Willie M. Class to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and to the Fiscal Research Division. As part of these reports, the Departments shall explain measures they have taken to control and reduce program expenditures.

(g) In fulfilling the responsibilities vested in it by the Constitution of North Carolina, the General Assembly finds:

(1) That the General Assembly has evaluated the known needs of the State and has endeavored to satisfy those needs in comparison to their social and economic priorities; and

(2) That the funds appropriated will enable the development and implementation of placement and services for the class members in Willie M., et al. v. Martin, et al., formerly Willie M., et al. v. Hunt, et al., within a reasonable period of time considered within the context of the needs of the class members, the other needs of the State and the resources available to the State.

(h) The General Assembly supports the efforts of the responsible officials and agencies of the State to meet the requirements of the court order in Willie M., et al. v. Martin, et al., formerly Willie M., et al. v. Hunt, et al. To ensure that Willie M. Class members are appropriately served, no State funds shall be expended on placement and services for Willie M. Class members except:

(1) Funds specifically appropriated by the General Assembly for the placement and services of Willie M. Class members; and

(2) Funds for placement and services for which Willie M. Class members are otherwise eligible.

This limitation shall not preclude the use of unexpended Willie M. funds from prior fiscal years to cover current or future needs of the Willie M. program subject to approval by the Director of the Budget. These Willie M. expenditures shall not be subject to the requirements of G.S. 143-18.

(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the Department of Human Resources determines that a local program is not providing appropriate services to members of the class identified in Willie M., et al. v. Martin, et al., formerly Willie M., et al. v. Hunt, et al., the Department may ensure the provision of these services through contracts with public or private agencies or by direct operation by the Department of such programs.

(j) The Department of Human Resources and the Department of Public Instruction shall submit a plan to the General Assembly by April 1, 1992, outlining specific steps that are to be taken, within a specified time period, and within existing resources, to meet its obligation of providing appropriate services to class members. As part of this plan, the Department shall propose when and how the Willie M. program shall become fully self-regulating and self-monitoring.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-WILLIE M. AUDIT CONTINUED

Sec. 108. The Office of State Auditor shall conduct a follow-up study of its 1990 performance audit of the Willie M. program to determine, along with other issues the Auditor considers appropriate, the following:

(1) To what extent the range of reimbursement rates paid to area programs for similar types of services has been reduced;

(2) To what extent the process implemented by the Department of Human Resources to review high-cost Willie M. clients has been effective in reducing the number of these clients and the costs of providing these clients services; and

(3) To what extent a client evaluation process has been implemented by the Department of Human Resources and with what results.

The Auditor may also conduct an analysis of costs associated with providing services to a sample of clients, including high-cost clients, to determine the justification of the costs incurred. The Auditor shall submit the findings of this follow-up study of the Willie M. program to the General Assembly by February 15, 1993.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-THOMAS S.

Sec. 109. (a) Funds appropriated to the Department of Human Resources in this Title for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year for members of the Thomas S. Class as identified in Thomas S., et al. v. Flaherty, shall be placed in a reserve in the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, and shall be expended only for programs serving Thomas S. Class members or for services for those clients who are likely to become class members. To ensure that Thomas S. Class members are appropriately served, no State funds shall be expended on placement and services for Thomas S. Class members except:

(1) Funds specifically appropriated by the General Assembly for the placement and services of Thomas S. Class members; and

(2) Funds for placement and services for which Thomas S. Class members are otherwise eligible.

(b) The Department of Human Resources shall provide periodic reports of funds expended and services performed on behalf of members of the Thomas S. Class and on behalf of those clients who are likely to become class members to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and to the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Office.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the Department of Human Resources determines that a local program is not providing minimally adequate services to members of the class identified in Thomas S., et al. v. Flaherty, the Department may ensure the provision of these services through contracts with public or private agencies or by direct operation by the Department of such programs.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN FUNDS AUTHORIZED

Sec. 110. In order to assure maximum utilization of funds in county departments of social services, county or district health agencies, and area mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse authorities, the Director of the Budget is authorized to transfer excess funds appropriated to a specific service or program or fund, whether specified in a block grant plan or General Fund appropriation, into another service or program or fund for local services within the budget of the respective State agency.

The Office of State Budget and Management shall report quarterly to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on each transfer authorized by this section.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-MIXED BEVERAGE TAX FOR AREA MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

Sec. 111. Funds received by the Department of Human Resources from the tax levied on mixed beverages under G.S. 18B-804(b)(8) shall be expended by the Department of Human Resources as prescribed by G.S. 18B-805(h). These funds shall be matched by local funds in accordance with the State/local ratio established by the current area mental health matching formula. These funds shall be allocated to the area mental health programs for substance abuse services on a per capita basis as determined by the Office of State Budget and Management's most recent estimates of county populations.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-ADAP TRANSPORTATION FUNDS

Sec. 112. (a) Reimbursement of Adult Developmental Activity Programs for transportation of clients shall be based on a cost per client basis. There shall be different levels of reimbursement based on documented cost levels.

(b) In reimbursing Adult Developmental Activity Programs, the Department of Human Resources shall base the reimbursement on the distribution by cost range developed by the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services in accordance with its most recently conducted cost study.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-SPECIALIZED RESIDENTIAL CENTERS' BED CONVERSION

Sec. 113. Funds made available as a result of the conversion of State supported beds in specialized residential centers to ICF/MR beds shall be used to increase the State subsidy provided to centers. Funds made available to centers by this section shall be used, as they become available, to increase the subsidy rate to sixty-five percent (65%) of the statewide average cost of providing this service based on the most recent Specialized Community Residential Cost Study.

Funds made available in addition to those needed to increase the subsidy rate may be transferred to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, as needed to be used as a State match for the converted ICF/MR beds.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-LIABILITY INSURANCE

Sec. 114. The Secretary of the Department of Human Resources, the Secretary of the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, and the Secretary of the Department of Correction may provide medical liability coverage not to exceed $1,000,000 on behalf of employees of the Departments licensed to practice medicine or dentistry. This coverage may include commercial insurance or self-insurance and shall cover these employees for their acts or omissions only while they are engaged in providing medical and dental services pursuant to their State employment.

The coverage provided under this section shall not cover any employee for any act or omission that the employee knows or reasonably should know constitutes a violation of the applicable criminal laws of any state or the United States, or that arises out of any sexual, fraudulent, criminal, or malicious act, or out of any act amounting to willful or wanton negligence.

The coverage provided pursuant to this section shall not require any additional appropriations and shall not apply to any individual providing contractual service to the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, or the Department of Correction.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-NON-MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT

Sec. 115. Providers of medical services under the various State programs, other than Medicaid, offering medical care to citizens of the State shall be reimbursed at rates no more than those under the North Carolina Medical Assistance Program.

The Department of Human Resources may reimburse hospitals at the full prospective per diem rates without regard to the Medical Assistance Program's annual limits on hospital days. When the Medical Assistance Program's per diem rates for inpatient services and its interim rates for outpatient services are used to reimburse providers in non-Medicaid medical service programs, retroactive adjustments to claims already paid shall not be required.

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph one of this section, the Department of Human Resources may negotiate with providers of medical services under the various Department of Human Resources' programs, other than Medicaid, for rates as close as possible to Medicaid rates for the following purposes: contracts or agreements for medical services and purchases of medical equipment and other medical supplies. These negotiated rates are allowable only to meet the medical needs of its non-Medicaid eligible patients, residents, and clients who require these services that cannot be provided when limited to the Medicaid rate.

Maximum net family annual income eligibility standards for services in these programs shall be as follows:

Family Medical Eye All

Size Care Adults Rehabilitation Other

1 $4,860 $ 8,364 $4,200

2 5,940 10,944 5,300

3 6,204 13,500 6,400

4 7,284 16,092 7,500

5 7,824 18,648 7,900

6 8,220 21,228 8,300

7 8,772 21,708 8,800

8 9,312 22,220 9,300

The eligibility level for children in the Medical Eye Care Program in the Division of Services for the Blind shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty guidelines, as revised annually by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and in effect on July 1 of each fiscal year.

The Department of Human Resources shall contract at, or as close as possible to, Medicaid rates for medical services provided to residents of State facilities of the Department.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-JOHN UMSTEAD HOSPITAL - PLANNING

Sec. 116. The Department of Human Resources may use funds that become available to it through gifts, federal or private grants, receipts from federal programs, or any other source in the 1991-92 fiscal year, for advance planning through the working drawings phase for a psychiatric facility at John Umstead Hospital.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES BUDGET CODE CONSOLIDATION

Sec. 117. Subject to the approval of the Office of State Budget and Management, in order to operate more efficiently, the Department of Human Resources may consolidate the appropriate budget codes of the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services and the institutions operated by the Division. Any consolidation shall ensure that each institution budget is clearly identifiable as a separate fund within the consolidated budget code or codes. To implement this change, the General Assembly approves the current budget code structure of the Division's and institutions' budgets for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium and authorizes the Department to proceed with appropriate consolidation of these budget codes during the 1991-93 fiscal biennium.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-DEVELOPMENTAL DAY CENTERS GRANT-IN-AID

Sec. 118. Of the funds appropriated in this Title, to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, the sum of $2,260,470 for the 1991-92 fiscal year is transferred to the Department of Public Instruction for handicapped children aged 3 through 4 years who have been identified through Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services statewide services and who are served in developmental day centers. These funds shall be used to contract with area mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse authorities or with public or private nonprofit developmental day centers to continue to serve handicapped children aged 3 through 4 years who are identified as needing developmental day services.

The Department of Public Instruction shall report to the General Assembly and to the Fiscal Research Division by May 1, 1992, regarding the use of the funds transferred to it by this section.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-CAREGIVER SUPPORT SHARING

Sec. 119. (a) Of the funds appropriated to the Division of Aging, Department of Human Resources, by this Title for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium, the sum of $1,008,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the sum of $1,008,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be used for services that support family caregivers of elderly persons with functional disabilities, whether physical or mental, who want to stay in their homes rather than be institutionalized but who need assistance with the activities of daily living in order to remain at home. The services that may be purchased from funds received under this section include:

(1) Respite Care;

(2) Adult Day Care;

(3) Stipends and other related costs for senior companions, modeled after the federal Senior Companion Program; and

(4) Other related services that meet needs not now adequately addressed by the services described in subdivisions (1) through (3) of this subsection.

(b) The Division of Aging shall expend funds for these services according to the population of persons 70 years of age or older in each region. The Division of Aging shall use a maximum of ninety-five percent (95%) of the funds it receives under this section for the services described in subdivisions (1) through (4) of subsection (a) of this section and may only use a maximum of five percent (5%) for technical assistance as described in subsection (c) of this section. The Division of Aging shall choose providers in accordance with procedures under the Older Americans Act. Funds allocated by the Division pursuant to this section shall be allocated by October 1 of each fiscal year. Effective July 1, 1992, local matching requirements shall be no less than ten percent (10%). State funding shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the reimbursable costs.

(c) The Division of Aging may contract for technical assistance. The technical assistance shall include training assistance, coordination of various service delivery and funding sources, and ideas for innovative ways to build a lasting system of services for family caregivers.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-IN-HOME AGING SERVICES

Sec. 120. Of the funds appropriated to the Division of Aging, Department of Human Resources, by this Title for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium, the sum of $720,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the sum of $720,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be used to provide funds for additional in-home aide services that enable the frail elderly to remain in their homes and avoid institutionalization.

The Division shall administer the in-home aide services and activities funded by this section. The Division of Aging shall choose in-home service providers in accordance with procedures under the Older Americans Act and shall include the following criteria: documented capacity to provide care, adequacy of quality assurance, training, supervision, abuse prevention complaint mechanisms, and costs. All funds allocated by the Division pursuant to this section shall be allocated by October 1 of each fiscal year on the same basis as funding under the Older Americans Act. Effective July 1, 1992, local matching requirements shall be no less than ten percent (10%). State funding shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the reimbursable costs.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-SENIOR CENTER OUTREACH

Sec. 121. (a) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging, by this Title for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium, $403,800 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $403,800 for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be used by the Division of Aging to enhance senior center programs as follows:

(1) To test "satellite"services provided by existing senior centers to unserved or underserved areas; or

(2) To provide start-up funds for new senior centers.

All of these funds shall be allocated by October 1 of each fiscal year.

(b) Prior to funds being allocated pursuant to this section for start-up funds for a new senior center, the county commissioners of the county in which the new center will be located shall:

(1) Formally endorse the need for such a center;

(2) Formally agree on the sponsoring agency for the center; and

(3) Make a formal commitment to use local funds to support the ongoing operation of the center.

(c) Effective July 1, 1992, local matching requirements shall be no less than ten percent (10%). State funding shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of reimbursable costs.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-FUNDS TO MATCH FEDERAL FUNDS FOR AGING

Sec. 122. The Division of Aging, Department of Human Resources, may use funds appropriated in this Title to provide the State matching requirement necessary to draw down federal money available through Title III-D of the Older Americans Act for in-home services for the frail elderly, including those with Alzheimer's Disease.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-DAY CARE FUNDS MATCHING REQUIREMENT

Sec. 123. No local matching funds may be required by the Department of Human Resources as a condition of any locality's receiving any State day care funds appropriated by this act unless federal law requires such a match.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-DAY CARE

Sec. 124. The Department of Human Resources shall distribute the funds appropriated and otherwise available to it for the purchase of slots in day care for minor children of needy families so as to serve the greatest number of children possible.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-DAY CARE RATES

Sec. 125. (a) Rules for the monthly schedule of payments for the purchase of day care services for low-income children shall be established by the Social Services Commission pursuant to G.S. 143B-153(8)a., in accordance with the following requirements:

(1) For day care facilities, as defined in G.S. 110-86(3), in which fewer than fifty percent (50%) of the enrollees are subsidized by State or federal funds, the State shall continue to pay the same fee paid by private paying parents for a child in the same age group in the same facility.

(2) Facilities in which fifty percent (50%) or more of the enrollees are subsidized by State or federal funds may choose annually one of the following payment options:

a. The facility's payment rate for fiscal year 1985-86; or

b. The market rate, as calculated annually by the Division of Facility Services' Child Day Care Section in the Department of Human Resources.

(3) A market rate shall be calculated for each county and for each age group or age category of enrollees and shall be representative of fees charged to unsubsidized private paying parents for each age group of enrollees within the county. The county market rates shall be calculated from facility fee schedules collected by the Child Day Care Section on a routine basis. The Section shall also calculate a statewide market rate for each age category. The Social Services Commission shall adopt rules to establish minimum county rates that use the statewide market rates as a reference point.

(4) Child day care homes as defined in G.S. 110-86(4) and individual child care arrangements may be paid the market rate for day care homes which shall be calculated at least biennially by the Child Day Care Section according to the method described in subsection (a)(3) of this section.

(b) Facilities licensed pursuant to Article 7 of Chapter 110 of the General Statutes may participate in the program that provides for the purchase of care in day care facilities for minor children of needy families. No separate licensing requirements may be used to select facilities to participate.

Day care homes from which the State purchases day care services shall meet the standards established by the Child Day Care Commission pursuant to G.S. 110-101 and G.S. 110-105.1. Individual child care arrangements shall meet the requirements established by the Social Services Commission.

(c) County departments of social services shall continue to negotiate with day care providers for day care services below those rates prescribed by subsection (a) of this section. County departments are directed to purchase day care services so as to serve the greatest number of children possible with existing resources.

(d) To simplify current day care allocation methodology and more equitably distribute State day care funds, the Department of Human Resources shall apply the following allocation formula to all noncategorical federal and State day care funds used to pay the costs of necessary day care for minor children of needy families:

(1) One-third of budgeted funds shall be distributed according to the county's population in relation to the total population of the State;

(2) One-third of the budgeted funds shall be distributed according to the number of children under 6 years of age in a county who are living in families whose income is below the State poverty level in relation to the total number of children under 6 in the State in families whose income is below the poverty level; and

(3) One-third of budgeted funds shall be distributed according to the number of working mothers with children under 6 years of age in a county in relation to the total number of working mothers with children under 6 in the State.

(e) Counties whose allocation, if based on previously used formulas, exceeds the allocation produced by the formula prescribed by this section may not have their allocations reduced to the level that results from application of the new formula. Counties whose allocation, if based on previously used formulas, is less than the allocation produced by the formula prescribed by this section shall continue to receive the proportional share of those funds that they received pursuant to appropriations for this purpose by the 1985 General Assembly. The formula prescribed by this section shall not be implemented unless additional State or federal funds are made available. The additional funds must be sufficient to apply the new formula without reducing any county's allocation below the previous year's initial allocation for child day care.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM FUNDS

Sec. 126. For the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year, all agencies designated as eligible agencies pursuant to G.S. 108A-24 that receive Community Service Block Grant Funds may use those funds for the administration of agency programs. The amount of those funds used for administration of agency programs shall be limited to ten percent (10%) of the total annual budget of the agency as certified in the prior year's audit of the agency. The Department of Human Resources shall report annually to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Human Resources beginning October 1, 1991, on the use of Community Service Block Grant Funds for administration of agency programs. The report shall show:

(1) The total budget for each community action agency or limited purpose agency by program-funding source;

(2) The amount of funds for administration provided by each program;

(3) The criteria for determining the amount of funds used for administrative expenses; and

(4) The number of persons served by each program.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-DOMICILIARY RATE INCREASE

Sec. 127. Effective July 1, 1991, the maximum monthly rate for ambulatory residents in domiciliary care facilities shall be $766.00 and the maximum monthly rate for semiambulatory residents shall be $803.00. Effective July 1, 1992, the maximum monthly rates for ambulatory residents shall be increased to $777.00 and for semiambulatory residents to $814.00.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-DOMICILIARY STATE/COUNTY SHARE OF COSTS

Sec. 128. Article 3 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 143B-139.5. Department of Human Resources; domiciliary State/county share of costs.

State funds available to the Department of Human Resources shall pay fifty percent (50%), and the counties shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the authorized rates for domiciliary care in homes for the aged and for family care homes including area mental health agency-operated or contracted-group homes."

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-DHR EMPLOYEES/IN-KIND MATCH

Sec. 129. Notwithstanding the limitations of G.S. 143B-139.4, the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources may assign employees of the Office of Rural Health and Resource Development to serve as in-kind match to nonprofit corporations working to establish health care programs that will improve health care access while controlling costs.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-NO EYE CLINICS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES

Sec. 130. No funds may be expended by the Division of Services for the Blind, Department of Human Resources, to hold eye clinics in any county in which an optometrist or ophthalmologist is willing to perform the services that would otherwise be performed by the clinic.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-COMMUNITY-BASED ALTERNATIVES PARTICIPATION

Sec. 131. County governments participating in the Community-Based Alternatives Program shall certify annually to the Division of Youth Services, Department of Human Resources, that Community-Based Alternatives Aid to Counties shall not be used to duplicate or supplant other programs within the county.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAM FUNDS

Sec. 132. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 143-23, the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources, with the approval of the Office of State Budget and Management, may use, to the extent possible, any funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Department in the 1991-92 fiscal year for the Mental Health Accounts Receivable/Billing System.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-SHORT-TERM LOAN FUND FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES/MENTAL RETARDATION FACILITIES

Sec. 133. The Department of Human Resources may use funds that become available to it through gifts, federal or private grants, receipts from federal programs, or any other resource to develop a revolving short-term loan fund to assist area mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse programs and their nonprofit contract agencies in establishing community ICF/MR facilities.

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-EXPANSION OF THE TARGET POPULATION FOR TASC SERVICES

Sec. 134. Treatment Alternatives to Street Crimes (TASC) services may include mentally ill offenders as well as substance abusing offenders.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-CONVERSION OF MURDOCH CENTER BEDS TO INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY/MENTAL RETARDATION UNITS

Sec. 134.1. (a) The Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services may use State funds made available from the conversion of units at Murdoch Center to Intermediate Care Facility/Mental Retardation units in order to expand community-based services as specified in the Mental Health Study Commission plans adopted by the General Assembly.

(b) This section expires June 30, 1993.

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Senator Richardson

––-DHR AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR RECRUITMENT OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

Sec. 135. G.S. 122C-112(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b) The Secretary may:

(1) Acquire by purchase or otherwise in the name of the Department equipment, supplies, and other personal property necessary to carry out the mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse programs;

(2) Sponsor training opportunities in the fields of mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse;

(3) Promote and conduct research in the fields of mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse;

(4) Provide technical assistance for the development and improvement of prevention services;

(5) Receive donations of money, securities, equipment, supplies, or any other personal property of any kind or description which shall be used by the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse programs. Any donations shall be reported to the Office of State Budget and Management as determined by that office;

(6) Accept, allocate, and spend any federal funds for mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse activities that may be made available to the State by the federal government. This Chapter shall be liberally construed in order that the State and its citizens may benefit fully from these funds. Any federal funds received shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and shall be appropriated by the General Assembly for the mental health, developmental disabilities, or substance abuse purposes specified;

(7) Enter agreements authorized by G.S. 122C-346;

(8) Accept, allocate, and spend funds from the United States Department of Defense to operate mental health demonstration projects for families of the uniformed services. Demonstration projects shall be operated through an area authority. The operation of these demonstration projects may be accomplished through subcontracts with one or more private sector ~~providers.~~ providers; and

(9) Authorize funds for contracting with a person, firm, or corporation for aid or assistance in locating, recruiting, or arranging employment of health care professionals in any facility listed in G.S. 122C-181, notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 126-18."

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-WILLIE M. SECURE TREATMENT FACILITY AUTHORIZATION

Sec. 136. G.S. 122C-181(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall operate the following facilities:

(1) For the mentally ill:

a. Cherry Hospital;

b. Dorothea Dix Hospital;

c. John Umstead Hospital; and

d. Broughton Hospital; and

(2) For the mentally retarded:

a. Caswell Center;

b. O'Berry Center;

c. Murdoch Center;

d. Western Carolina Center; and

e. Black Mountain Center; and

(3) For substance abusers:

a. Walter B. Jones Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center at Greenville;

b. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center at Butner; and

c. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center at Black Mountain; and

(4) As special care facilities:

a. Wilson Special Care Center;

b. Whitaker School; ~~and~~

c. Wright ~~School.~~ School; and

d. Butner Adolescent Treatment Center."

Requested by: Representatives Nye, Easterling, Senator Richardson

––-EARLY EDUCATION/HANDICAPPED/FUNDS

Sec. 137. The Department of Human Resources shall ensure that, by October 1, 1991, all types of early intervention services referenced in G.S. 122C-3(13a), and any other such services the Secretary of Human Resources, in cooperation with the other appropriate agencies and upon the advice of the Interagency Coordinating Council for Handicapped Children from Birth to Five Years of Age, considers necessary, shall be available to all eligible infants and toddlers and their families, as defined in G.S. 122C-3(13a).

Requested by: Representatives Easterling, Nye, Diamont, Senator Richardson

––-CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES NON-SUPPLANT REQUIREMENT

Sec. 138. The Department of Human Resources, Division of Social Services shall ensure that local county departments of social services do not reduce federal fund disbursements or county appropriations for child protective services because they have received State appropriations for that purpose. The Department shall monitor local agency compliance with this provision and report its findings to the General Assembly by May 1, 1992.

PART 23.––-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-AGRICULTURE TO MARKET FOREST PRODUCTS

Sec. 139. The Department of Agriculture shall market forest products through the Department's marketing programs.

PART 24.––-DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-MAIN STREET PROGRAM RESTRICTIONS

Sec. 140. (a) G.S. 143B-472.35(e) reads as rewritten:

"(e) A Main Street City that is selected may not receive a grant plus any loans pursuant to this act totaling less than ~~one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)~~ twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000)."

(b) Notwithstanding G.S. 143B-472.35(b), the Department of Economic and Community Development may transfer not more than $40,000 of interest earnings credited to the Main Street Financial Incentive Fund pursuant to G.S. 143B-472.35(a), from the Fund to the North Carolina Main Street Center Program operating budget for fiscal year 1991-92.

(c) Notwithstanding G.S. 143B-472.35, the Department of Economic and Community Development shall transfer $100,000 of interest earnings in the Main Street Financial Incentive Fund from the Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year 1991-92. The Department shall transfer funds pursuant to this subsection on July 1, 1991.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, DeVane, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-WORKER TRAINING TRUST FUND

Sec. 141. (a) There is appropriated from the Worker Training Trust Fund to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina the sum of $5,459,673 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the sum of $6,059,673 for the 1992-93 fiscal year for the operation of local offices at the 1986-87 level of service.

(b) Notwithstanding G.S. 96-5(c), there is appropriated from the Special Employment Security Administration Fund to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, the sum of $2,000,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the sum of $2,000,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year for administration of the Veterans Employment Program, Employment Services Program, and Unemployment Insurance Program.

(c) Supplemental federal funds or other additional funds received by the Employment Security Commission for similar purposes shall be expended prior to the expenditure of funds appropriated by this section.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 96-5(f), there is appropriated from the Worker Training Trust Fund to the following agencies the following sums for the 1991-92 and the 1992-93 fiscal years for the following purposes:

(1) $3,000,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $2,400,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to the Department of Economic and Community Development, Division of Employment and Training, for the Employment and Training Grant Program.

(2) $500,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $500,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to the North Carolina Department of Labor for customized training of the unemployed and the working poor for specific jobs needed by employers through the Department's Pre-Apprenticeship Division.

(3) $2,000,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $2,000,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to the North Carolina Department of Human Resources to assist welfare recipients in gaining employment through the federally funded Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program in such a way as to gain the maximum match of federal funds for the State dollars appropriated.

(4) $1,250,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $1,250,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges to continue the Focused Industrial Training Program.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-WORKER TRAINING TRUST FUND/REVERSION OF FUNDS

Sec. 142. G.S. 96-5(f) reads as rewritten:

"(f) Employment Security Commission Reserve Fund. – There is created in the State treasury a special trust fund, separate and apart from all other public moneys or funds of this State, to be known as the Employment Security Commission Reserve Fund, hereinafter 'Reserve Fund'. Except as provided herein and in G.S. 96-9(b)(3)j, all proceeds from the tax as defined in G.S. 96-9(b)(3)j and collected pursuant to G.S. 96-10 shall be paid into the Reserve Fund. The moneys in the Reserve Fund may be used by the Commission for loans to the Unemployment Insurance Fund, as security for loans from the federal Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, and to pay any interest required on advances under Title XII of the Social Security Act as required by G.S. 96-6(f), and shall be continuously available to the Commission for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall be ex officio the treasurer and custodian and shall invest said moneys in accordance with existing law as well as rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. Furthermore, the State Treasurer shall disburse the moneys in accordance with the directions of the Commission and in accordance with such regulations as the Commission may prescribe.

Administrative costs for the collection of the tax and interest payable to the Reserve Fund shall be borne by the Special Employment Administration Fund. Refunds of interest and tax allowable under G.S. 96-9(b)(3)j shall be made from the Reserve Fund. No taxes shall be collected or paid into this fund during a calendar year when, as of the computation date (August 1) of the preceding calendar year, the balance of the fund equals to or exceeds one percent (1%) of the taxable wages.

The interest earned from investment of the Reserve Fund moneys shall be deposited in a fund hereby established in the State Treasurer's Office, to be known as the 'Worker Training Trust Fund'. These moneys shall be used to:

(1) Fund programs, specifically for the benefit of unemployed workers or workers who have received notice of long-term layoff or permanent unemployment, which will enhance the employability of workers, including, but not limited to, adult basic education, adult high school or equivalency programs, occupational skills training programs, assessment, job counseling and placement programs;

(2) Continue operation of local Employment Security Commission offices throughout the State; or

(3) Provide refunds to employers.

The use of funds from the Worker Training Trust Fund, for the purposes set out in the above paragraph, shall be pursuant to appropriations in the Current Operations Appropriations Act. Funds deposited in the Worker Training Trust Fund prior to July 1, 1987, shall be used as provided in the Current Operations Appropriations Act for 1987-89. Funds appropriated from the Worker Training Trust Fund that are unexpended and unencumbered at the end of the fiscal year for which they are appropriated shall revert to the State treasury to the credit of the Worker Training Trust Fund in accordance with G.S. 143-18."

Requested by: Representatives H. Hunter, Ethridge, DeVane, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-UTILITIES REGULATORY FEE

Sec. 143. The percentage rate to be used in calculating the public utility regulatory fee under G.S. 62-302(b)(2) is nine hundredths percent (0.09%) of each public utility's North Carolina jurisdictional revenues earned during each quarter that begins on or after July 1, 1991.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-TOURISM PROMOTION FUNDS

Sec. 144. Funds appropriated in this Title to the Department of Economic and Community Development for tourism promotion grants shall be allocated according to per capita income, unemployment, and population growth in an effort to direct funds to counties most in need in terms of lowest per capita income, highest unemployment, and slowest population growth, in the following manner:

(1) Counties 1 through 20 are each eligible to receive a maximum grant of $7,500 for each fiscal year, provided these funds are matched on the basis of one non-State dollar for every four State dollars.

(2) Counties 21 through 50 are each eligible to receive a maximum grant of $3,500 for two of the next three fiscal years, provided these funds are matched on the basis of one non-State dollar for every three State dollars.

(3) Counties 51 through 100 are each eligible to receive a maximum grant of $3,500 for alternating fiscal years, beginning with the 1991-92 fiscal year, provided these funds are matched on the basis of four non-State dollars for every State dollar.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-PETROLEUM OVERCHARGE ATTORNEY FEES

Sec. 145. (a) Unless prohibited by federal law, rule, or regulation or preexisting settlement agreement, no later than October 1, 1989, the North Carolina Attorney General shall direct the withdrawal of all funds received in the cases of United States v. Exxon and Stripper Well that are held in accounts or reserves located out-of-State for payment of attorney fees and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with oil overcharge litigation authorized by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall deposit these funds, and all funds to be received from petroleum overcharge funds in the future for attorney fees and reasonable expenses, into the Special Reserve for Oil Overcharge Funds.

(b) All attorney fees and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with oil overcharge litigation shall be paid by the State Treasurer from petroleum overcharge funds that have been received by this State and deposited into the Special Reserve for Oil Overcharge Funds.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General may authorize the payment of attorney fees and reasonable expenses from the Special Reserve for Oil Overcharge Funds without further action of the General Assembly and funds are hereby appropriated from the Special Reserve for Oil Overcharge Funds for the 1991-92 fiscal year and for the 1992-93 fiscal year for that purpose.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-NORTH CAROLINA MANUFACTURING DIRECTORY PROCEEDS

Sec. 146. (a) The Department of Economic and Community Development may expend for industrial promotional advertising any amount collected from the sales of the North Carolina Manufacturing Directory above the sum of $155,000 already budgeted for the 1991-92 and 1992-93 fiscal years.

(b) Beginning October 1, 1991, the Department shall submit quarterly reports to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Fiscal Research Division. These reports shall include the amount of proceeds collected from the sales of the Directory and the amount spent on advertising pursuant to the provisions of this section.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND/LOCAL MATCH

Sec. 147. Local governments requesting financial assistance from the Industrial Development Fund shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of Economic and Community Development that it would be an economic hardship for the local government to match State assistance from the Fund with local funds. The Department shall develop guidelines for determining hardship.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER

Sec. 148. (a) The North Carolina Biotechnology Center may recapture funds spent in support of successful research efforts in the nonacademic private sector.

(b) The North Carolina Biotechnology Center shall provide funding for biotechnology and related bioscience applications under its Economic and Corporate Development Program.

(c) Beginning October 1, 1991, the North Carolina Biotechnology Center shall provide quarterly reports on all of the Center's programs to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations. The initial report shall include information on the activities and accomplishments during the past fiscal year, itemized expenditures during the past fiscal year with sources of funding, planned activities and accomplishments for at least the next 12 months, and itemized anticipated expenditures with sources of funding for the next 12 months. Subsequent reports shall include quarterly updates of the initial report.

(d) The North Carolina Biotechnology Center shall provide a report containing detailed budget, personnel, and salary information to the Office of State Budget and Management and to the Fiscal Research Division in the same manner as State Departments and agencies in preparation for biennium budget requests.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-MCNC

Sec. 149. (a) MCNC shall present a written report on the progress of the supercomputer program on a quarterly basis to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations through fiscal years 1991-92 and 1992-93. The written reports shall contain at least the following information: the major accomplishments since the last report; the major activities expected for the project for the next 12 months after the date of the report; the major applications and uses on the supercomputer in the time since the last report; and, the major projected applications and uses on the supercomputer in the next six months after the date of the report. The report shall constitute a full management and status report on the supercomputer project.

(b) The Board of Directors of MCNC shall be the governing body for the supercomputer program.

(1) Technical policy and operating procedure advice,

(2) Advice concerning use of the supercomputing facilities by educational institutions and other groups and individuals,

(3) Advice and policy suggestions concerning the structures and operations of the supercomputing center and any adjunct institutes, conferences, or consultative committees, and

(4) Advice and counsel to MCNC or anyone it employs or enters into contract with related to the operation of the supercomputer project,

that Technical Advisory Council shall have an equal number of members appointed from (i) public sector, academic, not-for-profit organizations and (ii) for-profit, private companies by July 31, 1991. The intent of the General Assembly is for one-half of the members of this Technical Advisory Council, or any group directly affiliated with the supercomputer project management group that performs the functions of the technical advisory council as listed in this section, to be current employees of private sector, for-profit corporations by July 31, 1991.

(d) It is the intent of the General Assembly that all appropriations to MCNC for all years after the 1990-91 fiscal year for the MCNC basic research program contain the proviso that the appropriated funds are matched on the basis of two non-State dollars ($2.00) for every three State dollars ($3.00).

(e) Beginning October 1, 1991, MCNC shall provide quarterly reports on all of its programs to the the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, and the Fiscal Research Division. These reports shall include information on the activities and accomplishments during the past fiscal year, itemized expenditures during the past fiscal year with sources of funding, planned activities and accomplishments for at least the next 12 months, and itemized anticipated expenditures with sources of funding for the next 12 months.

(f) MCNC shall provide a report containing detailed budget information to the Office of State Budget and Management in the same manner as State departments and agencies in preparation for biennium budget requests. Specific salary information will be provided upon written request by the Chairmen of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations or the Chairmen of the House Appropriations Committee on Environment, Health, and Natural Resources and the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Natural and Economic Resources.

Requested by: Representatives H. Hunter, Ethridge, DeVane, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-MCNC BUDGET LIMITS

Sec. 150. (a) The funds appropriated in this act to MCNC shall be used as follows:

FY 1991-92 FY 1992-93

Microelectronics Program $ 6,194,302 $ 6,000,000

Grants Program -0- -0-

Administration & Support 2,204,804 2,000,000

Supercomputer 5,298,063 5,224,705

Telecommunications 2,827,971 2,775,295

(b) Of the funds appropriated to MCNC for the Microelectronics Program, $2,000,000 of the total appropriation in each fiscal year is contingent upon a dollar-for-dollar match in non-State funds.

(c) If MCNC finds it necessary to make changes in the program allocations specified in subsection (a) of this Section, MCNC shall report such changes to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations within 30 days of the reallocation.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, DeVane, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Sec. 151. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Title to the Department of Economic and Community Development, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1991-92 and $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1992-93 shall be used for a grant-in-aid to the Rural Economic Development Center, Inc., for the administrative costs of the Center and for its pilot projects and research. No more than $300,000 of the funds appropriated for each fiscal year may be used for the administrative costs of the Rural Economic Development Center, Inc.

(b) Beginning October 1, 1991, the Rural Economic Development Center, Inc., shall provide quarterly reports on the Center's programs to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations. The initial report shall include information on the activities and accomplishments during the past fiscal year, itemized expenditures during the past fiscal year with sources of funding, planned activities and accomplishments for at least the next 12 months, and itemized anticipated expenditures with sources of funding for the next 12 months. Subsequent reports shall include quarterly updates of the information in the initial report.

(c) The Rural Economic Development Center, Inc., shall provide a report containing detailed budget, personnel, and salary information to the Office of State Budget and Management in the same manner as State departments and agencies in preparation for biennium budget requests.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, DeVane, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER FUND LIMITATIONS

Sec. 152. Not more than fifty percent (50%) of the interest earned on State funds appropriated to the Rural Economic Development Center, Inc., may be used by the Rural Economic Development Center, Inc., for administrative purposes, including salaries and fringe benefits.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-FEDERAL FUNDS ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 153. G.S. 143B-431 is amended by adding the following new subsection to read:

"(d) The Department of Economic and Community Development, with the approval of the Governor, may apply for and accept grants from the federal government and its agencies and from any foundation, corporation, association, or individual and may comply with the terms, conditions, and limitations of such grants in order to accomplish the Department's purposes. Grant funds shall be expended pursuant to the Executive Budget Act. In addition, the Department shall have the following powers and duties with respect to its duties in administering federal programs:

(1) To negotiate, collect, and pay reasonable fees and charges regarding the making or servicing of grants, loans, or other evidences of indebtedness.

(2) To establish and revise by regulation, in accordance with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, schedules of reasonable rates, fees, or charges for services rendered, including but not limited to, reasonable fees or charges for servicing applications. Schedules of rates, fees, or charges may vary according to classes of service, and different schedules may be adopted for public entities, nonprofit entities, private for-profit entities, and individuals."

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM

Sec. 154. Chapter 143B of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new section to read:

"§ 143B-438.6. Employment and Training Grant Program.

(a) There is established in the Department of Economic and Community Development, Division of Employment and Training, an Employment and Training Grant Program. The purpose of the program is to make grants available to local agencies operating on behalf of the Private Industry Council serving Job Training Partnership Act service delivery areas. Grant funds shall be allocated for the purpose of enabling recipient agencies to implement local employment and training programs in accordance with existing resources, local needs, local goals, and selected training occupations. The Department shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes for administering the Employment and Training Grant Program, which rules shall include procedures for review and approval of grant applications by local agencies and for monitoring use of grant funds by recipient agencies. A State-administered program of performance standards shall be used to measure grant program outcomes.

(b) Use of grant funds: Local agencies may use funds received under this section only for the purpose of upgrading the foundation of basic skills of the adult population and the existing work force in North Carolina. Services that may be provided include participant programs currently available under the federal Job Training Partnership Act that are appropriate for adults; on-the-job training; work experience; adult basic education; skills training, upgrading, and retraining; counseling and screening for job placement; service corps; and related support services. Local agencies may use grant funds to provide services only to individuals who are 18 years of age or older and who either (i) meet the current Federal Job Training Partnership Act definition of 'economically disadvantaged', or (ii) meet the current definition for eligibility under Title III of the Federal Job Training Partnership Act.

(c) Allocation of grants: The Department may reserve and allocate up to five percent (5%) of funds available to the Employment and Training Grant Program for State and local administrative costs to implement the program. The Division of Employment and Training shall allocate employment and training grants to local agencies operating on behalf of the Private Industry Council serving Job Training Partnership Act service delivery areas based on the following formula:

(1) One half of the funds shall be allocated on the basis of the relative excess number of unemployed individuals residing in each county as compared to the total excess number of unemployed individuals in all counties in the State.

'Excess number of unemployed' is defined as the number of unemployed individuals in excess of four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the civilian labor force in each county or the number of unemployed individuals in excess of four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the civilian labor force in each census tract within the county. The following methodology is used to determine the excess number of unemployed:

a. For counties classified as having excess unemployment, the excess number of unemployed is determined by subtracting four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the civilian labor force from the number of unemployed individuals within the county. The difference equals the number of excess unemployed.

b. In situations where the entire county is not classified as having excess unemployment, the excess number of unemployed is determined by census tract unemployment within the county. Census tract data is used to determine which subcounty areas qualify as areas of excess unemployment. In those subcounty areas classified as having excess unemployment (census tracts with four and one-half percent (4.5%) or higher unemployment rates), four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the census tract labor force is subtracted from the number of unemployed individuals within the area of excess unemployment. The subcounty figures of excess number of unemployed within the county are then added together to determine the total excess number of unemployed within the county.

(2) One half of the funds shall be allocated on the basis of the relative number of economically disadvantaged individuals within each county compared to the total number of economically disadvantaged individuals in the State. To determine the number of economically disadvantaged individuals within each county, data from the State Data Center in the Office of State Budget and Management, or from the federal decennial census, whichever is most recent, shall be used.

(d) Reports, Coordination: The Department of Economic and Community Development shall report quarterly to the Governor and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate on the North Carolina Employment and Training Grant Program. The Department shall also provide a copy of these quarterly reports to the State Job Training Coordinating Council. The Council shall advise the Department on the merger of the funds provided to implement this section with other employment and training funds to develop comprehensive work-force preparedness initiatives for the State.

(e) Funds appropriated to the Department of Economic and Community Development for the Employment and Training Grant Program that are not expended at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available to the Department for the purposes established in this section."

Requested by: Representatives H. Hunter, Ethridge, DeVane, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-FIRST FLIGHT SYSTEM

Sec. 154.1. (a) G.S. 143B-471.3A reads as rewritten:

"§ 143B-471.3A. Powers.

In order to enable it to carry out the purposes of this Part, the Authority may:

(1) Exercise the powers granted corporations under G.S. 55-17;

(2) Employ an executive director, whose salary shall be set by the General Assembly in the Current Operations Appropriations Act. The Authority may employ such other professional staff and clerical and secretarial staff as it deems necessary within the funds available to it. The salaries of such other personnel shall be set under the State Personnel Act;

(3) Establish an office for the transaction of its business at Raleigh;

(4) Apply for and accept grants of money from the State of North Carolina, or any political subdivision thereof, from the United States, or from any person, corporation, foundation, trust, or business or from any foreign government for any of the purposes authorized by this Part;

(5) Establish and administer the incubator facilities program;

(6) Administer the North Carolina Innovation Research Fund; ~~and~~

(7) Adopt reasonable rules to effectuate the purposes of this ~~Part.~~ Part; and

(8) Establish and administer the First Flight System, a network of business incubators across the State to transfer technologies into commercial applications by private industry."

(b) The North Carolina Biotechnology Center shall allocate, from funds appropriated to it in this Title, $75,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $75,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to the North Carolina Technological Development Authority to implement and administer the First Flight System.

(c) MCNC shall allocate, from funds appropriated to it in this Title, $75,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $75,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to the North Carolina Technological Development Authority to implement and administer the First Flight System.

(d) The North Carolina Technological Development Authority shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the North Carolina Biotechnology Center and with MCNC that establishes the North Carolina Biotechnology Center and MCNC as sponsors of the First Flight System.

(e) Effective September 1, 1991, the statutory unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds and all assets of the Technological Development Authority created in G.S. 143B-471 shall be transferred to the North Carolina Technological Development Authority, Inc., a private, nonprofit corporation. The North Carolina Technological Development Authority, Inc., shall use the funds and other assets transferred to it pursuant to this act for (i) an incubator facilities program, (ii) an innovation research fund, and (iii) the First Flight System, a network of incubators across the State to transfer technologies into commercial applications. The incubator facilities program shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of former G.S. 143B-471.4, repealed by this section. The innovation research fund shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of former G.S. 143B-471.5, repealed by this section.

(f) Effective September 1, 1991, Part 12 of Article 10 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes is repealed.

(g) Effective September 1, 1991:

(1) The below described land and improvements, formerly known as the "Science and Technology Research Center", together with property installed in the building and other movable equipment and supplies shall be transferred by the State of North Carolina to The North Carolina Technological Development Authority, Inc.: BEGINNING at an iron pin located at North Carolina Grid Coordinate, north 783,348.879 east 2,041,863.310; runs thence South 9 degrees 17 minutes West 261.50 feet to an iron pin; runs thence North 67 degrees 54 minutes West 698 feet to an iron pipe; runs thence North 37 degrees 50 minutes East 48.50 feet to an iron pin; runs thence North 45 degrees 50 minutes East 340.00 feet to an iron pin; runs thence North 13 degrees 18 minutes East 345.72 feet to an iron pin in the southern line of Cornwallis Road; runs thence along the southern line of Cornwallis Road along a slight curve having a diameter of 4 degrees 00 minutes, a tangent of 411.55 feet to a radius of 1,432.69 feet a distance of 363.82 feet to an iron pin located in the southern line of Cornwallis Road; thence continuing along the southern line of Cornwallis Road South 65 degrees 52 minutes East 63.47 feet to a concrete monument; thence along the right of way of Cornwallis Road and Davis Drive South 26 degrees 42 minutes East 72.60 feet to a concrete monument; thence along the western line of the right of way of Davis Drive along a slight curve having a diameter of 1 degree 00 minutes a tangent of 351.27 feet and a radius of 5,730.34 feet a distance of 342.05 feet to an iron pin at the point and place of BEGINNING and containing 8 acres according to a deed recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Durham County, North Carolina, in Book 30, pages 378-380.

(2) The transfer made by this section shall be evidenced by a deed executed under G.S. 146-75 and registered in accordance with G.S. 146-77. The deed shall provide that the property transferred by this section shall automatically revert to the State of North Carolina if the property is used for any purposes other than the purposes set forth in subdivision (3).

(3) The transfer made by this section is made on the condition that the North Carolina Technological Development Authority, Inc., shall use the property described in subdivision (1) solely as a business incubator serving technology research-based entrepreneurial companies in the Research Triangle Park. If the North Carolina Technological Development Authority, Inc., ceases to use the property for the purposes described in this section, then the property shall automatically revert to the State of North Carolina.

(h) Subsections (e), (f), and (g) of this section become effective September 1, 1991. The remainder of this section becomes effective July 1, 1991.

PART 25.––-DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-FUNDING FOR OSHA ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS

Sec. 155. The Department of Labor may use funds appropriated to the Department of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina (OSHANC) program to fully fund enforcement personnel in the Compliance Bureau of the OSHANC program, provided the Department of Labor certifies to the Office of State Budget and Management that no federal match is available for the 1991-92 fiscal year and for the 1992-93 fiscal year.

PART 26.––-DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-REDUCTION IN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

Sec. 156. The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall consider abolishing positions in each of the following administrative services areas:

(1) Computer Systems,

(2) Fiscal Management,

(3) Office of the General Counsel,

(4) General Services,

(5) Personnel, and

(6) Planning & Assessment

in order to reduce the budget of administrative services by the sum of $200,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and by the sum of $400,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT FEES

Sec. 157. Receipts collected by the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources pursuant to G.S. 130A-291.1 are appropriated to the Department to establish and operate the North Carolina Septage Management Program.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-AUTHORIZE USE OF WATER QUALITY FEES

Sec. 158. There is appropriated from the nonreverting account established in G.S. 143-215.3A to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources a sum not to exceed $2,124,142 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and a sum not to exceed $2,148,017 for the 1992-93 fiscal year for the salaries and the necessary support for up to 49 positions for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year in the water quality program. Water quality fees shall be the only source of funds for these positions and all necessary support. These positions shall be used to reduce the backlog of permit applications and to improve the rate of compliance of facilities with environmental standards for toxic substances.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-AUTHORIZE USE OF AIR QUALITY FEES

Sec. 159. There is appropriated from the nonreverting account established in G.S. 143-215.3A to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources a sum not to exceed $1,193,340 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and a sum not to exceed $1,487,506 for the 1992-93 fiscal year for the salaries and the necessary support:

(1) For up to 24 positions for the 1991-92 fiscal year; and

(2) For up to 29 positions for the 1992-93 fiscal year

in the air quality program. Air quality fees shall be the only source of funds for these positions and all necessary support. These positions shall be used to conduct air quality permitting, compliance, and monitoring activities.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-SUPERFUND PROGRAM

Sec. 160. (a) The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources may use available funds, with the approval of the Office of State Budget and Management, in order to provide the ten percent (10%) cost share required for Superfund cleanups on National Priority List sites. These funds may be in addition to those appropriated for this purpose.

(b) The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources and the Office of State Budget and Management shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations the amount and the source of the funds used pursuant to subsection (a) of this section within 30 days of the expenditure of these funds.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-FOREST DEVELOPMENT ACT FUNDS

Sec. 161. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 113A-192, the assessment from the primary forest product processors shall be collected for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 113A-180 and G.S. 113A-183(c), all funds accrued to the Forest Development Fund, from whatever source, may be expended pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 113A-193(c) and Article 11 of Chapter 113A of the General Statutes for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-STUDY TERMINATING LEASE WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 162. The Parks and Recreation Division, Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, shall study the desirability and the feasibility of terminating any long-term lease that the State entered into, whereby the State leases federal reservoirs. The Department shall report its findings and recommendations to the 1991 General Assembly (1992 Regular Session) no later than April 1, 1992.

Requested by: Representatives H. Hunter, Ethridge, DeVane, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-REVISION OF PARKS FEE SCHEDULE

Sec. 163. The Parks and Recreation Division, Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, may adopt a temporary rule to increase the fee authorized by G.S. 113-35(b), to become effective July 24, 1991.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

Sec. 164. The Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall include the Executive Director of the Wildlife Resources Commission, or his designee, and the Director of the Marine Fisheries Division of the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, or his designee, among its appointments to the Technical Review Committee, which reviews the technical specifications for the best management practices specified for the Agricultural Cost Share Program for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-AGRICULTURE COST SHARE PROGRAM

Sec. 165. Of the funds appropriated in this Title to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources for the Agriculture Cost Share Program for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control, a sum not to exceed $40,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and a sum not to exceed $40,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be used to fund tide gates in Hyde County in accordance with the match requirements specified in G.S. 143-215.74(b)(6).

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-AUDITS OF SOIL AND WATER DISTRICT BOARDS

Sec. 166. G.S. 139-7 reads as rewritten:

"§ 139-7. District board of supervisors – appointive members; organization of board; certain powers and duties.

The governing body of a soil and water conservation district shall consist of the three elective supervisors from the county or counties in the district, together with the appointive members appointed by the Soil and Water Conservation Commission pursuant to this section, and shall be known as the district board of supervisors. When a district is composed of less than four counties, the board of supervisors of each county shall on or before October 31, 1978, and on or before October 31 as the terms of the appointive supervisors expire, recommend in writing two persons from the district to the Commission to be appointed to serve with the elective supervisors. If the names are not submitted to the Commission as required, the office shall be deemed vacant on the date the term is set to expire and the Commission shall appoint two persons of the district to the district board of supervisors to serve with the elected supervisors. The Commission shall make its appointments prior to or at the November meeting of the Commission. Appointive supervisors shall take office on the first Monday in December following their appointment. Such appointive supervisors shall serve for a term of four years, and thereafter, as their terms expire, their successors shall serve for a term of four years. The terms of office of all appointive supervisors who have heretofore been lawfully appointed for terms the final year of which presently extends beyond the first Monday in December are hereby terminated on the first Monday in December of the final year of appointment. Vacancies for any reason in the appointive supervisors shall be filled for the unexpired term by the appointment of a person by the Commission from the district in which the vacancy occurs. Vacancies for any reason in the elected supervisors shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the Commission of a person from the county in the district in which the vacancy occurs.

In those districts composed of four or more counties, the Commission may, but is not ~~required, to~~ required to, appoint two persons from the district without recommendation from the board of supervisors, to serve as district supervisors along with the elected members of the board of supervisors. Such appointments shall be made at the same time other appointments are made under this section, and the persons appointed shall serve for a term of four years.

The supervisors shall designate a chairman and may, from time to time, change such designation. A simple majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting the business of the board, and approval by a majority of those present shall be adequate for a determination of any matter before the board, provided at least a quorum is present. Supervisors of soil and water conservation districts shall be compensated for their services at the per diem rate and allowed travel, subsistence and other expenses, as provided for State boards, commissions and committees generally, under the provisions of G.S. 138-5; provided, that when per diem compensation and travel, subsistence, or other expense is claimed by any supervisor for services performed outside the district for which such supervisor ordinarily may be appointed or elected to serve, the same may not be paid unless prior written approval is obtained from the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources.

The supervisors may employ a secretary, technical experts, whose qualifications shall be approved by the Department, and such other employees as they may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. The supervisors may call upon the Attorney General of the State for such legal services as they may require. The supervisors may delegate to their chairman, to one or more supervisors, or to one or more agents, or employees such powers and duties as they may deem proper. The supervisors shall furnish to the Soil and Water Conservation Commission, upon request, copies of such ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, contracts, forms, and other documents as they shall adopt or employ, and such other information concerning their activities as it may require in the performance of its duties under this Chapter.

The supervisors shall provide for the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who shall be entrusted with funds or property; shall provide for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all proceedings and of all resolutions, regulations, and orders issued or adopted; and shall provide for an annual audit of the accounts of receipts and disbursements. In any given year, if the supervisors provide for an internal audit, and the supervisor serving as chairman certifies, under oath, that this internal audit is a true and accurate reflection of the accounts of receipts and disbursements, then the supervisors shall not be required, notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 159-34, to provide for an audit of the accounts of receipts and disbursements by a certified public accountant or by an accountant certified by the Local Government Commission. Any supervisor may be removed by the Soil and Water Conservation Commission upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty, incompetence or malfeasance in office, but for no other reason.

The supervisors may invite the legislative body of any municipality or county located near the territory comprised within the district to designate a representative to advise and consult with the supervisors of the district on all questions of program and policy which may affect the property, water supply, or other interests of such municipality or county.

All district supervisors whose terms of office expire prior to the first Monday in January, 1948, shall hold over and remain in office until supervisors are elected or appointed and qualify as provided in this Chapter, as amended. The terms of office of all district supervisors, who have heretofore been elected or appointed for terms extending beyond the first Monday in January, 1948, are hereby terminated on the first Monday in January, 1948."

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-INTEREST ON WILDLIFE RESOURCES FUND/PRESERVE FEDERAL FUNDING

Sec. 167. (a) G.S. 143-250 reads as rewritten:

"§ 143-250. Wildlife Resources Fund.

All moneys in the game and fish fund or any similar State fund when this Article becomes effective shall be credited forthwith to a special fund in the office of the State Treasurer, and the State Treasurer shall deposit all such moneys in said special fund, which shall be known as the Wildlife Resources Fund.

All unexpended appropriations made to the Department of Conservation and Development, the Board of Conservation and Development, the Division of Game and Inland Fisheries or to any other State agency for any purpose pertaining to wildlife and wildlife resources shall also be transferred to the Wildlife Resources Fund.

Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all moneys derived from hunting, fishing, trapping, and related license fees, exclusive of commercial fishing license fees, including the income received and accruing from the investment of license revenues, and all funds thereafter received from whatever sources shall be deposited to the credit of the Wildlife Resources Fund and made available to the Commission until expended subject to the provisions of this Article. License revenues include the proceeds from the sale of hunting, fishing, trapping, and related licenses, from the sale, lease, rental, or other granting of rights to real or personal property acquired or produced with license revenues, and from federal aid project reimbursements to the extent that license revenues originally funded the project for which the reimbursement is being made. For purposes of this section, real property includes lands, buildings, minerals, energy resources, timber, grazing rights, and animal products. Personal property includes equipment, vehicles, machines, tools, and annual crops. The Wildlife Resources Fund herein created shall be subject to the provisions of the Executive Budget Act, Chapter 143, Article 1 of the General Statutes of North Carolina as amended, and the provisions of the General Statutes of North Carolina as amended, and the provisions of the Personnel Act, Chapter 143, Article 2 of the General Statutes of North Carolina as amended.

All moneys credited to the Wildlife Resources Fund shall be made available to carry out the intent and purposes of this Article in accordance with plans approved by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and all such funds are hereby appropriated, reserved, set aside and made available until expended, for the enforcement and administration of this Article, Chapter 75A, Article 1, and Chapter 113, Subchapter IV of the General Statutes of North Carolina. The Wildlife Resources Commission shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations before expending from the Wildlife Resources Fund more than the amount authorized in the budget enacted by the General Assembly for the fiscal period.

In the event any uncertainty should arise as to the funds to be turned over to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission the Governor shall have full power and authority to determine the matter and his recommendation shall be final and binding to all parties concerned."

(b) This section becomes effective January 1, 1992.

Requested by: Representatives H. Hunter, Ethridge, DeVane, Michaux, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-CONTINUE PUBLIC DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM EMPHASIS

Sec. 169. From the funds appropriated to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources in this act for Dental Health Services, the Department shall administer the public dental health program, the primary emphasis of which shall continue to be the delivery of preventive, educational, and dental care services to preschool children and school-age children.

Requested by: Representatives H. Hunter, Ethridge, DeVane, Diamont, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CARE NON-SUPPLANTING REQUIREMENT

Sec. 170. Chapter 130A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 130A-4.1. State Funds for Maternal and Child Health Care/non-supplanting.

(a) The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall ensure that local health departments do not reduce county appropriations for maternal and child health services provided by the local health departments because they have received State appropriations for this purpose.

(b) All income earned by local health departments for maternal and child health programs supported in whole or in part from State or federal funds, received from the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, shall be budgeted and expended by local health departments to further the objectives of the program that generated the income."

Requested by: Representatives H. Hunter, Ethridge, DeVane, Diamont, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-HEALTH PROMOTION NON-SUPPLANTING REQUIREMENT

Sec. 171. Chapter 130A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 130A-4.2. State Funds for Health Promotion/non-supplanting.

The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall ensure that local health departments do not reduce county appropriations for health promotion services provided by the local health departments because they have received State appropriations for this purpose."

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-NON-MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT

Sec. 172. Providers of medical services under the various State programs other than Medicaid offering medical care to citizens of the State shall be reimbursed at rates no more than those under the North Carolina Medical Assistance Program.

The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources may reimburse hospitals at the full prospective per diem rates without regard to the Medical Assistance Program's annual limits on hospital days. When the Medical Assistance Program's per diem rates for inpatient services and its interim rates for outpatient services are used to reimburse providers in non-Medicaid medical service programs, retroactive adjustments to claims already paid shall not be required.

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph one of this section, the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources may negotiate with providers of medical services under the various Environment, Health, and Natural Resources programs, other than Medicaid, for rates as close as possible to Medicaid rates for the following purposes: contracts or agreements for medical services and purchases of medical equipment and other medical supplies. These negotiated rates are allowable only to meet the medical needs of its non-Medicaid eligible patients, residents and clients who require such services which cannot be provided when limited to the Medicaid rate.

Maximum net family annual income eligibility standards for services in these programs with the exception of Migrant Health, School Health, AIDS Drug Reimbursement Program, diagnostic assessment for infants with sickle cell syndrome, and Home Health shall be as follows:

Family All

Size Kidney Other

1 $ 6,400 $ 4,200

2 8,000 5,300

3 9,600 6,400

4 11,000 7,500

5 12,000 7,900

6 12,800 8,300

7 13,600 8,800

8 14,400 9,300

The eligibility level each fiscal year for outpatient services for all clients and for inpatient services for children under the age of 5, in the Children's Special Health Services Program shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty guidelines as revised annually by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, in effect on July 1 of each fiscal year.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-ASBESTOS HAZARD MANAGEMENT FUNDS

Sec. 173. The fees established and collected pursuant to Article 19 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes are appropriated to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources to support the Asbestos Hazard Management Program.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, DeVane, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROJECTS

Sec. 174. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Title to the Division of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, $982,768 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $982,768 for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be used to fund adolescent pregnancy prevention projects.

(b) Beginning in fiscal year 1991-92, the Division shall evaluate all of the adolescent pregnancy projects funded as a result of this program at least yearly and shall report its findings to the Commission for Health Services, the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations Committee on Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Natural and Economic Resources by April 1 of each year. The evaluation shall be conducted by a firm or individual external to the Department. Funds appropriated to the Department in Section 3 of this act for employing a Public Health Program Consultant in the Division of Maternal and Child Health shall be used by the Department to retain the services of the evaluator required by this subsection. Any evaluation of these projects shall include a study of the effectiveness of the project in reducing the pregnancy rate within the target population.

(c) The Commission for Health Services shall be responsible for monitoring the Division's administration of the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program. The Division shall implement the following changes in the management and funding of the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program for projects funded from General Fund appropriations and federal block grants:

(1) Applications. Any local agency or organization or combination of agencies and organizations may apply to the Division of Maternal and Child Health for an allocation of money to operate a project aimed at preventing adolescent pregnancy. The application shall contain an analysis of the adolescent pregnancy and related problems in the locality the project would serve, and a description of how the project would attempt, over a period of at least five years, to prevent the problems. The application shall state how much money is needed to operate the project and how the money shall be spent. The Division shall conduct annually a proposal-writing session that shall be attended by a representative of any project that wishes to apply for funding; that session shall define the criteria for accountability and evaluation that the Division requires of projects. That session shall also provide information about additional funding sources to which projects might turn to satisfy the matching requirements of subdivision (5) of this subsection.

(2) Proposal Requirements. The Division shall apply the following minimum standards to projects applying for first-year funding:

a. Each project shall have a plan of action that extends for at least five years for prevention of adolescent pregnancy.

b. Each project shall have realistic, specific, and measurable goals and objectives for the prevention of adolescent pregnancy.

c. Each project, before submitting its proposal, shall send a representative to the proposal-writing session held by the Division.

(3) Operating standards. The Division shall apply the following minimum operating standards:

a. Each project shall have a Board of Advisors composed of members from outside the sponsoring agency of the project. The Board of Advisors shall include representatives from at least four of the following: media, government, charitable organizations, private business, medical institutions. The Boards of Advisors shall meet at least quarterly and advise project staff on project policies and operations.

b. Each project shall comply with reporting, contracting, and evaluation requirements of the Division.

c. Each project shall define and maintain cooperative ties with other community institutions.

d. Each project shall demonstrate its ability to attract financial support from sources other than the State, including sources in the local community.

(4) Criteria for Selection. For first-year funding, the Division shall choose from among the applicants that meet the minimum standards in subdivision (2) of this subsection the best selection of projects according to the following criteria:

a. Adequacy of proposed staff to meet project objectives;

b. Appropriateness of project strategies to reduce adolescent pregnancy;

c. Level of community support, including endorsement from the appropriate local government entity and documentation from the appropriate local government entity and from community organizations that opportunity has been given for citizen input into the proposed program, and that there is community support for the proposal. Documentation may include letters or statements of support from citizens or community organizations, or statements that community support was expressed at public hearings. A public hearing is not required by this paragraph;

d. Degree of need of the locality, including that the county has a significant adolescent pregnancy problem as evidenced by its attributable risk score developed by the Division of Statistics and Information Services; and

e. Other appropriate criteria.

The Division shall make its recommendations for funding to the Commission for Health Services. The Commission shall make the final determination of which projects are to be funded. The Commission shall consider the recommendations of the Division but shall not be bound by them. The Commission shall notify the projects that are to be funded by June 1 of each year.

(5) Schedule of Funding. If the Commission, upon consultation with the Division, finds that a project it has chosen for first-year funding continues to meet the operating standards of subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection, funding for that project shall continue, to the extent of available money, for an additional four years. The level of funding provided by the Division to approved projects shall be set according to the following schedule:

a. First year, eighty percent (80%) of the project's annual budget not to exceed the maximum award established by the Commission for Health Services,

b. Second year, ninety percent (90%) of the State appropriations or federal block grant funds awarded in the first year,

c. Third year, seventy-five percent (75%) of the State appropriations or federal block grant funds awarded in the first year,

d. Fourth year, sixty-five percent (65%) of the State appropriations or federal block grant funds awarded in the first year, and

e. Fifth year, fifty percent (50%) of the State appropriations or federal block grant funds awarded in the first year.

The portion of a project's budget that must come from sources other than State or federal block grant funds may be provided as in-kind contributions as well as cash.

(6) Five-Year Limit on Funding. No project shall receive State funding if it has previously received State funding for five full years. Any project that has received State funding before July 1, 1990 will be eligible for consideration for an additional five years' State support, according to the schedule. The Commission may fund any such project that meets the minimum standards if it determines, after considering the experience and impact of the project and measuring its application against those of other applicants, that it should be funded.

(7) Maximum Level of Funding. The Commission for Health Services shall by rule determine the maximum annual amount that may be made to any one project.

(8) As adolescent pregnancy prevention project grant funds decrease, a project shall maintain its original budget level, less the amount expended for start-up costs. The Department shall develop guidelines for determining start-up costs, which guidelines shall be uniform for all projects. Local match percentage may come from any in-kind source or newly generated funds, public or private, available to the project.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAM/FUNDS TRANSFER

Sec. 175. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Epidemiology, for the 1991-93 biennium, $85,274 shall be transferred in each fiscal year to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Funds transferred pursuant to this section shall be used to support the Health Care Facilities Infection Control Program in investigating and controlling nosocomial infections in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other medical facilities in cooperation with the Division of Epidemiology. Funds transferred shall also be used to provide training and consultation to hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other medical facilities to prevent and control nosocomial infections.

Requested by: Representatives H. Hunter, Ethridge, DeVane, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-PHARMACEUTICAL FUNDS/SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM

Sec. 175.1. Funds appropriated in this Title to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Epidemiology, for the Tuberculosis Control Hospitalization Program, may be used for pharmaceuticals for the Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Program.

Requested by: Representatives H. Hunter, Ethridge, DeVane, James, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT SUPERVISORS' EXPENSES

Sec. 176. Of the funds appropriated in this Title to the Division of Soil and Water Conservation, Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, $214,594 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $214,594 for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be used for the per diem and travel expenses of the Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors.

Requested by: Representatives H. Hunter, Ethridge, DeVane, Gottovi, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-CHILDREN'S SPECIAL HEALTH SERVICES/REFUNDS

Sec. 178. (a) The Office of State Budget and Management shall carry forward all funds allotted in the 1990-91 fiscal year and the 1991-92 fiscal year for the Children's Special Health Services Program to the 1991-92 fiscal year and the 1992-93 fiscal year, respectively, in the Division of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources.

(b) The Office of State Budget and Management shall allow the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources to budget and expend refunds of the prior year's expenditures for the purchase of care by the Children's Special Health Services Program for the same purpose in the fiscal year in which the refund is received.

Requested by: Representatives Ethridge, H. Hunter, DeVane, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM FEES/EXEMPTION FOR ELDERLY

Sec. 179. G.S. 130A-248(d) reads as rewritten:

"(d) (Expires June 30, 1992) The Department shall charge each facility subject to this section, except nutrition programs for the elderly administered by the Division of Aging of the Department of Human Resources and public school cafeterias, an annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The Department shall charge an additional twenty-five dollar ($25.00) late payment fee to any facility that fails to pay the required fee within 45 days after billing by the Department. The Department may, in accordance with G.S. 130A-23, suspend or revoke the permit of a facility that fails to pay the required fee within 60 days after billing by the Department. The Commission shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. Fees collected under this subsection shall be credited to the General Fund and may be used to support State and local public health programs and activities. The Department shall make an annual report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Director of the Fiscal Research Division that shall include the fees collected and disbursed under this subsection and any other information requested by the General Assembly or the Commission."

Requested by: Representatives H. Hunter, Ethridge, DeVane, Redwine, Senator Martin of Pitt

––-TRANSFER LAND RECORDS MANAGEMENT

Sec. 181. (a) The statutory authority, powers, duties, and functions, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds, including the functions of budgeting and purchasing, of the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources to conduct the land records management program, as provided by G.S. 143-345.6, is transferred to the Department of the Secretary of State.

(b) G.S. 143-345.6 is recodified as G.S. 147-54.3.

"§ 147-54.3. Land records management program.

(a) The ~~Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources~~ Secretary of State shall administer a land records management program for the purposes (i) of advising registers of deeds, local tax officials, and local planning officials about sound management practices, and (ii) of establishing greater uniformity in local land records systems. The management program shall consist of the activities provided for in subsections (b) through (e) of this section, and other related activities essential to the effective conduct of the management program.

(b) The ~~Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources,~~ Secretary of State, in cooperation with the Secretary of Cultural Resources and in accordance with G.S. 121-5(c) and G.S. 132-8.1, shall establish minimum standards and provide advice and technical assistance to local governments in implementing and maintaining minimum standards with regard to the following aspects of land records management:

(1) Uniform indexing of land records;

(2) Uniform recording and indexing procedures for maps, plats and condominiums; and

(3) Security and reproduction of land records.

(c) The ~~Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources~~ Secretary of State shall conduct a program for the preparation of county base maps pursuant to standards prepared by ~~that Department.~~ the Secretary.

(c1) The ~~Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources,~~ Secretary of State, shall, in cooperation with the Secretary of Revenue, conduct a program for the preparation of county cadastral maps pursuant to standards prepared by the ~~Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources.~~ Secretary of State.

(d) Upon the joint request of any board of county commissioners and the register of deeds and subject to available resources of personnel and funds, the Secretary shall make a management study of the office of register of deeds, using assistance from the Office of State Personnel. At the conclusion of the study, the Secretary shall make nonbinding recommendations to the board, the register of deeds, and to the General Assembly.

(d1) The ~~Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources~~ Secretary of State shall make comparative salary studies periodically of all registers of deeds offices and at the conclusion of each study the Secretary of ~~Environment, Health, and Natural Resources~~ State shall present his written findings and shall make recommendations to the board of county commissioners and register of deeds of each county.

(e) The ~~Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources,~~ Secretary of State, in cooperation with the Secretary of Cultural Resources and in accordance with G.S. 121-5(c) and G.S. 132-8.1, shall undertake research and provide advice and technical assistance to local governments on the following aspects of land records management:

(1) Centralized recording systems;

(2) Filming, filing, and recording techniques and equipment;

(3) Computerized land records systems; and

(4) Storage and retrieval of land records.

(f) An advisory committee on land records is created to assist the Secretary in administering the land records management program. The Governor shall appoint 12 members to the committee; one member shall be appointed from each of the organizations listed below from persons nominated by the organization:

(1) The North Carolina Association of Assessing Officers;

(2) The North Carolina Section of the American Society of Photogrammetry;

(3) The North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Planners;

(4) The North Carolina Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers;

(5) The North Carolina Tax Collectors' Association;

(6) The North Carolina Association of Registers of Deeds;

(7) The North Carolina Bar Association;

(8) The North Carolina Society of Land Surveyors; and

(9) The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners.

In addition, three members from the public at large shall be appointed. The members of the committee shall be appointed for four-year terms, except that the initial terms for members listed in positions (1) through (4) above and for two of the members-at-large shall be two years; thereafter all appointments shall be for four years. The Governor shall appoint the chairman, and the committee shall meet at the call of the chairman. The Governor in making the appointments shall try to achieve geographical and population balance on the advisory committee; one third of the appointments shall be persons from the most populous counties in the State containing approximately one third of the State's population, one third from the least populous counties containing approximately one third of the State's population, and one third shall be from the remaining moderately populous counties containing approximately one third of the State's population. Each organization shall nominate one nominee each from the more populous, moderately populous, and less populous counties of the State. The members of the committee shall receive per diem and subsistence and travel allowances as provided in G.S. 138-5."

(d) This section is effective upon ratification.

TITLE II. - EXPANSION

PART 27.––-CURRENT OPERATIONS/GENERAL FUND

Sec. 182. Appropriations from the General Fund of the State for the maintenance of the State departments, institutions, and agencies, and for other purposes as enumerated, are made for the biennium ending June 30, 1993, according to the following schedule:

Current Operations-General Fund 1991-92 1992-93

Judicial Department $ 1,197,262 $ 197,262

Department of Public Education 25,346,040 60,045,414

Department of Justice 229,627 229,627

Department of Administration

01. Administration 624,395 606,507

02. State Controller 1,037,280 1,037,280

Department of Agriculture 205,000 205,000

Department of Insurance 964,893 925,349

Department of Environment, Health, and

Natural Resources 5,502,794 9,404,319

Office of Administrative Hearings 619,776 1,907,437

Department of Human Resources

01. DHR - Secretary 123,892 123,892

02. Social Services 17,528,708 19,723,832

03. Social Services - State Aid to

Non-State Agencies 645,960 -

04. Medical Assistance 57,993,075 66,973,005

05. School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 300,000 577,151

06. Division of Services for the Blind 541,865 944,910

07. Division of Mental Health, Developmental

Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services 15,368,898 22,196,460

08. Division of Youth Services 900,000 960,000

Total Department of Human Resources 93,402,398 111,499,250

Department of Correction - 10,764,288

Department of Economic and Community Development 150,461 393,989

Rural Economic Development Center 3,100,000 -

Department of Cultural Resources 70,145 70,145

Department of Crime Control and Public Safety 165,000 -

University of North Carolina – Board of Governors

01. University Institutional Program 8,389,400 10,989,400

State Board of Elections 8,200 -

Department of Community

Colleges 10,955,044 10,955,044

Reserve - Economic Development 750,000 -

Savings Reserve Account 400,00 -

Debt Service 3,655,500 15,970,900

GRAND TOTAL CURRENT OPERATIONS –

GENERAL FUND $156,773,215 $235,201,211

PART 28.––-CURRENT OPERATIONS/HIGHWAY FUND

Sec. 183. Appropriations from the Highway Fund of the State for the maintenance and operation of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes as enumerated, are made for the biennium ending June 30, 1993, according to the following schedule:

Current Operations-Highway Fund 1991-92 1992-93

Department of Transportation

01. Administration $ 552,800 $ 55,440

02. Division of Highways

a. Administration and Operations 153,657 228,974

b. State Maintenance

(01) Primary 7,769,712 5,160,874

(02) Secondary 13,655,855 9,070,626

(03) Urban 2,119,012 1,407,512

03. Division of Motor Vehicles 822,436 1,184,729

04. Reserve for Asphalt Cleanup 1,000,000 1,000,000

05. Reserve for Air Cargo Airport Authority 2,610,000 3,955,250

06. Transfer to General Fund for

reimbursement for sales tax exemption 8,700,000 8,700,000

GRAND TOTAL CURRENT OPERATIONS–

HIGHWAY FUND $ 37,383,472 $ 30,763,405

PART 29.––-GENERAL PROVISIONS

Requested by: Representative Gardner

––-STATE AGENCY MAILING LISTS PURGED

Sec. 184. (a) Each State agency, commission, institution, and university that maintains a mailing list comprising more than 200 addressees to whom free printed material is distributed through the postal service shall, no later than January 1, 1992, query each addressee to determine whether that addressee desires to remain on the mailing list. The agency, commission, institution, or university shall within one month thereafter purge the mailing list of each nonresponding addressee and each addressee who indicates a desire that the addressee's name be removed. Each State agency, commission, institution, and university shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Fiscal Research Division by March 1, 1992, regarding its cost savings.

(b) Mailing lists that are required by law are exempt from this section.

PART 29.1.––-GENERAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONS

Requested by: Senator Basnight

––-SEAFOOD & AQUACULTURE COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP

Sec. 184.1. G.S. 120-70.61 reads as rewritten:

"§ 120-70.61. Membership; cochairmen; vacancies; quorum.

The Joint Legislative Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture shall consist of ~~eleven~~ 15 members: ~~three~~ four Senators appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; ~~three~~ four Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; ~~three~~ four members appointed by the Governor; and ~~two~~ three members appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing officer. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall designate one Senator to serve as cochairman and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate one Representative to serve as cochairman. Vacancies occurring on the Commission shall be filled in the same manner as initial appointments. A quorum of the Commission shall consist of ~~six~~ eight members."

Requested by: Senator Lee

––-LRC STUDY OF TUITION AND ENROLLMENT AT THE UNC SYSTEM

Sec. 184.2. The Legislative Research Commission may study tuition, fees, and enrollment at The University of North Carolina. If the Commission conducts this study, it shall consider the following:

(1) Comparison of tuition and fees at each of the constituent institutions for resident and nonresident students, with tuition charged for resident and nonresident students at comparable institutions in other states;

(2) Feasibility of charging nonresident students at the constituent institutions a tuition rate comparable to that charged to nonresident students enrolled at comparable institutions in the nonresident students' home states;

(3) Comparison of current tuition rates with the actual cost of educating students;

(4) Number and percentage of resident and nonresident students enrolled at each constituent institution at the undergraduate and at the graduate levels of study; and

(5) Any other issues related to charges for tuition and fees that the Commission deems appropriate.

If the Commission conducts the study authorized under this section, it may report its findings together with recommended legislation, to the 1992 Session of the 1991 General Assembly, or to the 1993 General Assembly, or to both.

PART 29.2.––-DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-CONTRACTED UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS

Sec. 184.3. Funds appropriated in Title II of this act to the Department of Administration, Office of State Personnel, shall be used for administrative operating costs related to contracted unemployment insurance claims administration services.

PART 29.3.––-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

Requested by: Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-SAVINGS RESERVE ACCOUNT

Sec. 184.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds in the Savings Reserve Account shall not revert to the State Treasury at the end of each fiscal year but shall remain in the Savings Reserve Account and be carried forward for the next succeeding fiscal year, unless the funds are needed by the Governor to carry out his constitutional duty to balance the State budget.

PART 30.––-SALARIES AND BENEFITS

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-SALARIES/GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Sec. 185. The salaries of those individuals whose annual salaries for the 1989-90 and 1990-91 fiscal years were set in Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30(a), 31, 32, and 39 of Chapter 752 of the 1989 Session Laws, are set for the 1991-92 and 1992-93 fiscal years at the level set in those sections for the 1990-91 fiscal year.

Requested by: Senator Basnight, Representative Nesbitt

––-TEACHER, STATE EMPLOYEE, AND OTHER EDUCATION PERSONNEL COMPENSATION

Sec. 186. The General Assembly recognizes the importance of implementing the third year of the teacher salary schedule; therefore, it is the intent of the General Assembly to complete implementation of a teacher salary schedule in the 1992-93 fiscal year and to place teachers on it according to years of experience if funds are available to do so. It is the intent of the General Assembly also to ensure that State employees, teachers, and other education personnel are treated equitably with respect to salary increases; therefore, to the extent that funds are available to do so, it is the intent of the General Assembly to grant salary increases to State employees, teachers, and other public school and University personnel in the 1992-93 fiscal year that are over and above salary levels funded for the 1991-92 fiscal year.

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-STATE EMPLOYEE COST OF LIVING PRIORITY

Sec. 187. (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that Cost of Living general pay increases be given priority over performance pay as the Governor and the General Assembly determine the appropriate allocation of State employee salary increases relating to Cost of Living general pay adjustments and performance pay. To effect this intent, no performance pay shall be granted except in accordance with subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section, which ensure that Cost of Living general pay increases of at least two percent (2%) are allocated before any performance pay is allocated. It is also the intent of the General Assembly to acknowledge the need to adjust the determination of Cost of Living general pay increases so that all State employees, regardless of salary, are treated equitably. To effect that intent, the General Assembly may make any adjustment to the Cost of Living general salary increases allocated to State employees that it considers necessary to render the allocations truly equitable for all employees.

Nothing in this section affects the right of the General Assembly to allocate flat percentage Cost of Living general pay increases.

(b) G.S. 126-7(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a) It is the policy of the State to compensate its employees at a level sufficient to encourage excellence of performance and to maintain the labor market competitiveness necessary to recruit and retain a competent work force. To this end, salary increases to State employees ~~shall~~ may be based, in part, on each individual employee's job performance and, in part, on general increases given to all State employees."

"(a1) General salary increases for State employees shall precede any consideration of a performance pay allocation. Performance pay shall be allocated only when the total allocation for increases equals or exceeds two percent (2 %)."

(d) G.S. 126-7(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b) To guide the Governor and the General Assembly in making appropriations to further the compensation policy of the State, the State Personnel Commission shall conduct annual compensation surveys. The Commission shall determine the percent of funds appropriated for salary increases to be reserved for a general increase for all State employees and the percent to be reserved for performance-based increases for eligible employees. The Commission shall present ~~its recommendation on the percentages and~~ the results of the compensation survey to the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate no later than two weeks after the convening of the legislature in odd years and May 1st of even years. ~~The amount reserved for performance increases shall not be less than twenty-five percent (25%) nor more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the total allocation.~~"

(e) G.S. 126-7(c), until the first subdivision, reads as rewritten:

"(c) Performance ~~increases~~ increases, if awarded, shall be based on performance appraisals of all employees conducted by each department, agency, and institution. The State Personnel Commission, under the authority of G.S.126-4(8), shall adopt policy and regulations for performance appraisal. The policy and regulations shall include the following:".

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-SALARY RELATED CONTRIBUTIONS/EMPLOYERS

Sec. 188. (a) Required employer salary-related contributions for employees whose salaries are paid from department, office, institution, or agency receipts shall be paid from the same source as the source of the employees' salary. If an employee's salary is paid in part from the General Fund or Highway Fund and in part from department, office, institution, or agency receipts, required employer salary-related contributions may be paid from the General Fund or Highway Fund only to the extent of the proportionate part paid from the General Fund or Highway Fund in support of the salary of the employee, and the remainder of the employer's requirements shall be paid from the source that supplies the remainder of the employee's salary. The requirements of this section as to source of payment are also applicable to payments on behalf of the employee for hospital-medical benefits, longevity pay, unemployment compensation, accumulated leave, workers' compensation, severance pay, separation allowances, and applicable disability income and disability salary continuation benefits.

(b) Effective July 1, 1991, the State's employer contribution rates budgeted for retirement and related benefits as a percentage of covered salaries for the 1991-92 fiscal year are (i) nine and sixty-three hundredths percent (9.63%) - Teachers and State Employees; (ii) fourteen and sixty-three hundredths percent (14.63%) - State Law Enforcement Officers; (iii) eight and sixty-six hundredths percent (8.66%) - University Employees' Optional Retirement Program; (iv) twenty-seven and twenty-two hundredths percent (27.22%) - Consolidated Judicial Retirement System; and (v) thirty-two and thirty hundredths percent (32.30%) - Legislative Retirement System. Each of the foregoing contribution rates includes two percent (2%) for hospital and medical benefits. The rate for State Law Enforcement Officers includes five percent (5%) for the Supplemental Retirement Income Plan. The rates for Teachers and State Employees, State Law Enforcement Officers, and for the University Employees' Optional Retirement Program include forty-two hundredths percent (0.42%) for the Disability Income Plan.

(c) Effective July 1, 1992, the State's employer contribution rates budgeted for retirement and related benefits as a percentage of covered salaries for the 1992-93 fiscal year are (i) ten and ninety-three hundredths percent (10.93%) - Teachers and State Employees; (ii) fifteen and ninety-three hundredths percent (15.93%) - State Law Enforcement Officers; (iii) eight and sixty-six hundredths percent (8.66%) - University Employees' Optional Retirement Program; (iv) twenty-nine and forty-six hundredths percent (29.46%) - Consolidated Judicial Retirement System; and (v) thirty-two and thirty hundredths percent (32.30%) - Legislative Retirement System. Each of the foregoing contribution rates includes two percent (2%) for hospital and medical benefits. The rate for State Law Enforcement Officers includes five percent (5%) for the Supplemental Retirement Income Plan. The rates for Teachers and State Employees, State Law Enforcement Officers, and for the University Employees' Optional Retirement Program includes forty-two hundredths percent (0.42%) for the Disability Income Plan.

(d) The maximum annual employer contributions, payable monthly, by the State for each covered employee or retiree for the 1991-92 fiscal year to the Teachers' and State Employees' Comprehensive Major Medical Plan are: (i) Medicare eligible employees and retirees - $1,238; and (ii) Non-Medicare eligible employees and retirees - $1,626.

(e) The maximum annual employer contributions, payable monthly, by the State for each covered employee or retiree for the 1992-93 fiscal year to the Teachers' and State Employees' Comprehensive Major Medical Plan are: (i) Medicare eligible employees and retirees - $1,321; and (ii) Non-Medicare eligible employees and retirees - $1,736.

PART 31.––-DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Diamont, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-INSURANCE STUDY OF HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF WOMEN NEEDING PRENATAL AND DELIVERY HEALTH SERVICES

Sec. 189. (a) The Department of Insurance, in conjunction with the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Maternal and Child Health, and the Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, shall conduct a study to determine the extent to which there are women who lack health insurance covering prenatal and delivery services; and to determine the gaps in private and self-funded health insurance coverage. Not later than March 1, 1992, the Department of Insurance shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and to the Fiscal Research Division on the progress of this study.

(b) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Insurance in this act, $40,000 is allocated for the study required by this act. The Department may contract for clerical or professional staff or any other services it requires in the course of this study.

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senators Perdue, Martin of Guilford

––-MEDICAL DATABASE/DATA FROM ALL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

Sec. 189.1. (a) G.S. 131E-212(b) is amended by adding the following new subdivision to read:

"(9) The Commission shall implement plans for the submission of data from all health care providers beginning with the free-standing ambulatory surgery centers."

(b) The Medical Database Commission shall report its progress on expanding its database by June 1, 1992, to the General Assembly and to the Fiscal Research Division.

PART 32.––-OFFICE OF STATE AUDITOR

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N. J. Crawford, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-INFORMATION FROM PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING STATE FUNDS AND FROM STATE AGENCIES PROVIDING THESE FUNDS/INFORMATION FROM STATE AGENCIES JUSTIFYING APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS

Sec. 190. (a) G.S. 143-6.1 reads as rewritten:

"§ 143-6.1. Information from private organizations receiving State ~~funds.~~ funds; information from State departments and agencies providing State funds.

Every ~~private person,~~ corporation, organization, and institution which receives, uses or expends any State funds shall use or expend such funds only for the purposes for which such State funds were appropriated by the General Assembly or collected by the State.

Each ~~private person,~~ corporation, organization, and institution which receives, uses or expends State funds in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more annually, except when the funds are ~~compensation~~ for the purchase of goods or services, shall file annually with the State Auditor and with the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations a financial ~~statement~~ statements in such form and on such schedule as shall be prescribed by the State Auditor, and shall furnish to the State Auditor for audit all books, records and other information as shall be necessary for the State Auditor to account fully for the receipt, use and expenditure of State funds. Each such ~~private person,~~ corporation, organization, and institution shall furnish such additional financial or budgetary information as shall be requested by the State Auditor or by the Joint Committee on Governmental Operations. All financial statements furnished to the State Auditor or to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations pursuant to this section, and any audits or other reports prepared by the State Auditor, shall be public records.

Each State department and agency shall identify to the State Auditor each corporation, organization, and institution to which State funds received by the department or agency have been provided, except for the purchase of goods and services, and submit documents to the State Auditor for approval in a prescribed format describing standards of compliance and suggested audit procedures sufficient to give adequate direction to independent auditors performing audits.

The receipt, use or expenditure of State funds by a ~~private person,~~ corporation, organization, and institution shall not, in and of itself, make or constitute such ~~person,~~ corporation, organization, or institution a State agency."

(b) G.S. 143-6 reads as rewritten:

"§ 143-6. Information from departments and agencies asking State aid.

(a) On or before the first day of September ~~biennially,~~ in the even-numbered years, each of the departments, bureaus, divisions, officers, boards, commissions, institutions, and other State agencies and undertakings receiving or asking financial aid from the State, or receiving or collecting funds under the authority of any general law of the State, shall furnish the Director all the information, data and estimates which he may request with reference to past, present and future appropriations and expenditures, receipts, revenue, and income.

(b) Any department, bureau, division, officer, board, commission, institution, or other State agency or undertaking desiring to request financial aid from the State for the purpose of constructing or renovating any State building, utility, or other property development (except a railroad, highway, or bridge structure) shall, before making any such request for State financial aid, submit to the Department of Administration a statement of its needs in terms of space and other physical requirements, and shall furnish the Department with such additional information as it may request. The Department of Administration shall then prepare preliminary studies and cost estimates for the use of the requesting department, bureau, division, officer, board, commission, institution, or other State agency or undertaking in presenting its request to the Director of the Budget.

(c) On or before the first day of September in the even-numbered years, each of the departments, bureaus, divisions, officers, boards, commissions, institutions, and other State agencies receiving or asking financial aid or support from the State, under the authority of any general law of the State, shall furnish the Director with the following information:

(1) The amount of State funds disbursed in the immediately preceding two fiscal years and the purpose for which the funds were disbursed and used, the amount being requested as continuation funds for the upcoming fiscal year, and the justification for continued State support; and

(2) Justification for continued State support shall include information on the extent of the public benefit being derived from State support.

(d) The Office of State Budget and Management and the Director of the Budget shall provide to the General Assembly, on or before January 15 of each odd-numbered year, a report that adequately and fairly presents the information required in this section."

PART 32.1.––DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Requested by: Representatives Nesbitt, Diamont, Senators Basnight, Plyler

––-GOVERNMENT SALES TAX REFUND

Sec. 190.1. (a) G.S. 105-164.3 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(16b) 'State agency' means a unit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of State government, such as a department, a commission, a board, a council, or The University of North Carolina. The term does not include a local board of education."

(b) G.S. 105-164.14 reads as rewritten:

"§ 105-164.14. Certain refunds authorized.

(a) Interstate Carriers. Any person engaged in transporting persons or property in interstate commerce for compensation who is subject to regulation by, and to the jurisdiction of, the Interstate Commerce Commission or the United States Department of Transportation and who is required by either such federal agency to keep records according to its standard classification of accounting or, in the case of a small certificated air carrier, is required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to make reports of financial and operating statistics, may secure a refund from the Secretary of Revenue with respect to sales or use tax paid by such person on purchases or acquisitions of lubricants, repair parts and accessories in this State for motor vehicles, railroad cars, locomotives, and airplanes operated by such person, upon the conditions described below. The Secretary of Revenue shall prescribe the periods of time, whether monthly, quarterly, semiannually or otherwise, with respect to which refunds may be claimed, and shall prescribe the time within which, following such periods, an application for refund may be made. An applicant for refund shall furnish such information as the Secretary may require, including detailed information as to lubricants, repair parts and accessories wherever purchased, whether within or without the State, acquired during the period with respect to which a refund is sought, and the purchase price thereof, detailed information as to sales and use tax paid in this State thereon, and detailed information as to the number of miles such motor vehicles, railroad cars, locomotives, and airplanes were operated both within this State, and without this State, during such period, together with satisfactory proof thereof. The Secretary shall thereupon compute the tax which would be due with respect to all lubricants, repair parts and accessories acquired during the refund period as though all such purchases were made in this State, but only on such proportion of the total purchase prices thereof as the total number of miles of operation of such applicants' motor vehicles, railroad cars, locomotives, and airplanes within this State bears to the total number of miles of operation of such applicants' motor vehicles, railroad cars, locomotives and airplanes within and without this State, and such amount of sales and use tax as the applicant has paid in this State during said refund period in excess of the amounts so computed shall be refunded to the applicant.

(b) Nonprofit Corporations. The Secretary of Revenue shall make refunds semiannually to hospitals not operated for profit (including hospitals and medical accommodations operated by an authority created under the Hospital Authorities Law, Article 2 of Chapter 131E), educational institutions not operated for profit, churches, orphanages and other charitable or religious institutions and organizations not operated for profit of sales and use taxes paid under this Article, except under G.S. 105-164.4(4a) and G.S. 105-164.4(4c), by such institutions and organizations on direct purchases of tangible personal property for use in carrying on the work of such institutions or organizations. Sales and use tax liability indirectly incurred by such institutions and organizations on building materials, supplies, fixtures and equipment which shall become a part of or annexed to any building or structure being erected, altered or repaired for such institutions and organizations for carrying on their nonprofit activities shall be construed as sales or use tax liability incurred on direct purchases by such institutions and organizations, and such institutions and organizations may obtain refunds of such taxes indirectly paid. The Secretary of Revenue shall also make refunds semiannually to all other hospitals (not specifically excluded herein) of sales and use tax paid by them on medicines and drugs purchased for use in carrying out the work of such hospitals. This subsection does not apply to organizations, corporations, and institutions that are owned and controlled by the United States, the State, or a unit of local government, except hospital facilities created under Article 2 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes and nonprofit hospitals owned and controlled by a unit of local government that elect to receive semiannual refunds under this subsection instead of annual refunds under subsection (c). In order to receive the refunds herein provided for, such institutions and organizations shall file a written request for refund covering the first six months of the calendar year on or before the fifteenth day of October next following the close of said period, and shall file a written request for refund covering the second six months of the calendar year on or before the fifteenth day of April next following the close of that period. Such requests for refund shall be substantiated by such proof as the Secretary of Revenue may require, and no refund shall be made on applications not filed within the time allowed by this section and in such manner as the Secretary may require. Not withstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina may obtain in the manner prescribed by this Article the refund of sales and use tax paid by them on or after January 1, 1992, for tangible personal property acquired by them through the expenditure of contract and grant funds.

(c) Certain Governmental Entities. Upon receipt of timely applications for refund, the Secretary of Revenue shall make refunds annually to all governmental entities, as hereinafter defined, of sales and use tax paid under this Article, except under G.S. 105-164.4(4a) and G.S. 105-164.4(4c), by said governmental entities on direct purchases of tangible personal property. Sales and use tax liability indirectly incurred by such governmental entities on building materials, supplies, fixtures and equipment which shall become a part of or annexed to any building or structure being erected, altered or repaired which is owned or leased by such governmental entities shall be construed as sales or use tax liability incurred on direct purchases by such governmental entities, and such entities may obtain refunds of such taxes indirectly paid. The refund provisions contained in this subsection shall not apply to any governmental entities not specifically named herein. In order to receive the refund herein provided for, governmental entities shall file a written request for said refund within six months of the close of the fiscal year of the governmental entities seeking said refund, and such request for refund shall be substantiated by such records, receipts and information as the Secretary may require. No refunds shall be made on applications not filed within the time allowed by this section and in such manner as the Secretary may otherwise require. The term 'governmental entities,' for the purposes of this subsection, shall mean all counties, incorporated cities and towns, water and sewer authorities created and existing under the provisions of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes, lake authorities created by a board of county commissioners pursuant to an act of the General Assembly, sanitary districts, regional councils of governments created pursuant to G.S. 160A-470, area mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse authorities (other than single-county area authorities) established pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 122C of the General Statutes, district health departments, regional planning and economic development commissions created pursuant to G.S. 158-14, regional sports authorities created pursuant to G.S. 160A-479, regional economic development commissions created pursuant to G.S. 158-8, regional planning commissions created pursuant to G.S. 153A-391, metropolitan sewerage districts and metropolitan water districts in this State, the North Carolina Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Authority created pursuant to Chapter 104G of the General Statutes, the North Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Commission created pursuant to Chapter 130B of the General Statutes, and the Rockingham County Airport Authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina may obtain in the manner prescribed by this subsection a refund of sales and use tax paid by them on or after January 1, 1992, for tangible personal property acquired by them through the expenditure of contract and grant funds.

(d) Penalties for Late Applications. Refunds made pursuant to applications filed after the dates specified in subsections (b) and (c) above shall be subject to the following penalties for late filing: applications filed within 30 days after said dates, twenty-five percent (25%); applications filed after 30 days but within six months after said dates, fifty percent (50%). However, refunds which are applied for after six months following said dates shall be barred.

(e) State Agencies. The State is allowed quarterly refunds of local sales and use taxes paid by a State agency on direct purchases of tangible personal property and local sales and use taxes paid indirectly by the State agency on building materials, supplies, fixtures, and equipment that become a part of or annexed to a building or structure that is being erected, altered, or repaired and is owned or leased by the State agency. This subsection does not apply to purchases for which a State agency is allowed a refund under subsection (c) of this section.

A person who pays local sales and use taxes on building materials or other tangible personal property for a State building project shall give the State agency for whose project the property was purchased a signed statement containing all of the following information:

(1) The date the property was purchased.

(2) The type of property purchased.

(3) The project for which the property was used.

(4) If the property was purchased in this State, the county in which it was purchased.

(5) If the property was not purchased in this State, the county in which the property was used.

(6) The amount of sales and use taxes paid.

If the property was purchased in this State, the person shall attach a copy of the sales receipt to the statement. A State agency to whom a statement is submitted shall verify the accuracy of the statement.

Within 15 days after the end of each calendar quarter, every State agency shall file with the Secretary a written application for a refund of taxes to which this subsection applies paid by the agency during the quarter. The application shall contain all information required by the Secretary. The Secretary shall credit the local sales and use tax refunds directly to the General Fund."

(c) This section is effective upon ratification. G.S. 105-164.14(e), as enacted by this section, applies to property purchased on or after April 1, 1991. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 105-164.14(e), as enacted by this section, every State agency to which that provision applies shall, within 15 days after the date this act is ratified, file the application for a refund of taxes paid during the quarter that ends July 1, 1991.

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Senators Martin of Guilford, Basnight, Plyler

––-DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AUTOMATION PROPOSAL

Sec. 190.2. (a) The Department of Revenue shall present a written and verbal report not later than October 15, 1991, to a full meeting of the Information Technology Commission and to the Office of State Budget and Management on the emergency conditions that exist in its information systems operations. The Information Technology Commission shall make a recommendation to the Office of State Budget and Management concerning the nature of the emergency and a recommendation on whether funds should be expended from the Reserve for Data Processing Equipment in the Office of State Budget and Management to meet the emergency situation.

(b) The Information Technology Commission shall appoint from its membership a five-member subcommittee to analyze the Department of Revenue's proposal to acquire a mainframe computer and install tax administration software to enhance its integrated tax administration system. One of the five members of the subcommittee shall be the State Auditor, who shall serve as its chairman. The subcommittee shall rely on staff expertise from the Office of State Controller, State Information Processing Services (SIPS), the Department of Revenue, and management information systems staff in the other departments represented on the Information Technology Commission to prepare the analysis. This analysis shall address (i) whether the Department of Revenue's proposal is practical, (ii) the amount by which the proposal will increase tax collections, (iii) the amount of savings to the State the proposal will produce by improving tax efficiency, (iv) the amount of savings to the State that would result from the receipt of tax payments by electronic funds transfer pursuant to the enhanced automation system based on increased investment earnings on these payments due to the reduced time lag in receiving and processing the payments, and (v) any other relevant issues. The subcommittee's written analytic report, and any relevant materials obtained or prepared by the subcommittee, shall be presented to a full meeting of the Information Technology Commission not later than October 31, 1991. The Information Technology Commission shall deliver a report, incorporating the subcommittee's analysis and containing specific recommendations concerning the Department of Revenue's proposal, to the Fiscal Research Division and the Automated Systems Division of the General Assembly not later than December 31, 1991. The Information Technology Commission shall present its report and analysis to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on or before March 1, 1992.

PART 33.––-DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Colton, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-MUSEUM OF HISTORY/MODIFY DUTIES

Sec. 191. (a) G.S. 121-7(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b) Insofar as practicable, the North Carolina Museum of History shall accession and maintain records showing provenance, value, location, and other pertinent information on such furniture, furnishings, decorative items, and other objects as have historical or cultural importance and which are owned by or to be acquired by the State for use in the State Capitol. ~~Capitol and the Executive Mansion, and, upon request of the Department of Administration, any other state-owned building.~~ When any such item or object has been entered in the accession records of the Museum of History, the custodian of such item or object shall, upon its removal from the premises upon which it was located or when it is otherwise disposed of, submit to the Museum of History sufficient details concerning its removal or disposition to permit an adequate entry in the accession records to the end that its location or disposition, and authority for such change, shall be showed therein."

(b) This section is effective upon ratification.

Requested by: Representatives Bowman, N.J. Crawford, Colton, Senator Martin of Guilford

––-MUSEUM OF HISTORY CONTRACTS

Sec. 192. (a) G.S. 121-4 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(16) To enter into an agreement with a private nonprofit corporation for the management of facilities to provide food and beverages at the North Carolina Museum of History. Any net proceeds received by the private nonprofit corporation shall be devoted to the work of the Department. Any private nonprofit corporation entering into an agreement with the Department with regard to the management of the facilities may enter into further agreements with private persons or corporations concerning the operation of the facilities. The Department may enter into an agreement in regard to obtaining or installing equipment, furniture, and furnishings for such facilities."

(b) This section is effective upon ratification.

PART 34.––-PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Requested by: Senators Ward, Warren, Basnight, Plyler

––-TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE

Sec. 193. (a) The following monthly salary schedule shall apply to certified personnel of the public schools who are classified as "A"teachers for the 1991-92 fiscal year. The schedule contains 30 steps with each step corresponding to one year of teaching experience.

Years 1991-92

Experience Salary

0 $1,981

1 1,981

2 2,021

3 2,111

4 2,141

5 2,172

6 2,204

7 2,263

8 2,332

9 2,366

10 2,400

11 2,458

12 2,494

13 2,530

14 2,598

15 2,636

16 2,706

17 2,746

18 2,819

19 2,897

20 2,939

21 3,021

22 3,065

23 3,149

24 3,195

25 3,241

26 3,288

27 3,336

28 3,386

29+ 3,436

Notwithstanding the salary schedule set out in this subsection, certified personnel of the public schools who are classified as "A"teachers for the 1991-92 fiscal year and who had 29 or more years of experience during the 1990-91 fiscal year, shall receive a monthly salary of $3,487.

(b) The following monthly salary schedule shall apply to certified personnel of the public schools who are classified as "G"teachers for the 1991-92 fiscal year. The schedule contains 30 steps with each step corresponding to one year of teaching experience.

Years 1991-92

Experience Salary

0 $2,105

1 2,105

2 2,147

3 2,241

4 2,273

5 2,306

6 2,339

7 2,404

8 2,469

9 2,505

10 2,541

11 2,609

12 2,647

13 2,685

14 2,724

15 2,798

16 2,875

17 2,916

18 2,998

19 3,042

20 3,125

21 3,170

22 3,259

23 3,306

24 3,399

25 3,447

26 3,497

27 3,548

28 3,600

29+ 3,652

Notwithstanding the salary schedule set out in this subsection, certified personnel of the public schools who are classified as "G"teachers for the 1991-92 fiscal year and who had 29 or more years of experience during the 1990-91 fiscal year, shall receive a monthly salary of $3,706.

(c) The rules adopted by the State Board of Education for allocating funds to individuals shall provide for (i) a seven and one-half percent (7.5%) salary increase for teachers with certification based on academic preparation at the six-year degree level; (ii) a ten percent (10%) salary increase for teachers with certification based on academic preparation at the doctoral degree level; and (iii) annual longevity pay at two and one-half percent (2.5%) of base salary only upon the completion of 25 years of State service.

Requested by: Representatives Fussell, Payne, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-SENATE BILL 2 FUNDS

Sec. 194. (a) Of the funds appropriated to administer the School Improvement and Accountability Act of 1989, Senate Bill 2 of the 1989 General Assembly, the sum of $10,000,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year shall be used only for staff development activities to assist local school administrative units in developing and implementing local school improvement plans. These funds shall not be used for differentiated pay. No local school administrative unit shall use more than its pro rata share of $10,000,000 for staff development activities.

Staff development funds may be used for pay for substitute teachers, stipends for employees who participate in staff development activities outside of the regular work day, salary and benefits for instructors, and workshop expenses.

All funds allocated pursuant to this subsection for staff development that are not spent for that purpose shall revert on June 30, 1992.

(b) Of the funds appropriated to administer the School Improvement and Accountability Act of 1989, the sum of $29,436,046 for the 1991-92 fiscal year shall be used only for differentiated pay, in accordance with this subsection. These funds shall not be used for staff development activities.

Within 30 days of the first teacher workday on the 1991-92 school calendar, each local board of education shall present to affected employees, for their review and vote, two options for differentiated pay for the 1991-92 school year only. The first differentiated pay option shall be a proposal to continue or modify, in accordance with the School Improvement and Accountability Act of 1989, its existing differentiated pay plan. The second differentiated pay option shall be a proposal for across-the-board bonuses for all affected employees. These across-the-board bonuses shall be an equal percent of the State-paid salary for each affected employee, except that the maximum amount any employee may receive shall be $550.

The vote shall be by secret ballot. All of the certificated instructional staff members, instructional support staff members, and certificated administrators who are eligible to receive funds for differentiated pay under the School Improvement and Accountability Act of 1989 may vote. The local board shall immediately submit the option that receives a majority of all the votes cast to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for his approval. A differentiated pay plan shall become effective upon the approval of the Superintendent.

If a local board of education implements across-the-board bonuses for the 1991-92 school year, all funds not spent for that purpose shall revert on June 30, 1992.

(c) The total amount received by a local school administrative unit under this section shall be no more than 2% of the State-paid teachers' and administrators' salaries, and the employer's contribution for social security and retirement.

(d) This section does not apply to any funds appropriated for the career ladder pilot units.

With regard to a local school administrative unit that resulted from the merger of a career ladder pilot unit and another unit, this section shall apply only to funds received under this section to administer the School Improvement and Accountability Act of 1989.

(e) This section applies to the 1991-92 fiscal year only.

Requested by: Representatives Diamont, Payne, Fussell, Barnes, Senators Ward, Warren

––-SALARY SCHEDULE FOR ADMINISTRATORS

Sec. 195. Prior to February 1, 1992, the State Board of Education shall develop a reasonable salary schedule for superintendents, assistant superintendents, associate superintendents, supervisors, directors, coordinators, evaluators, program administrators, principals, and assistant principals whose salaries are supported from the State's General Fund.

The State Board of Education shall also develop a reasonable schedule for implementing this salary schedule.

The State Board of Education shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations prior to February 1, 1992, on the salary schedule developed pursuant to this section and the proposed implementation schedule for this salary schedule.

This section shall not be construed to obligate the General Assembly to appropriate funds to implement the salary schedule developed pursuant to this section or to obligate the State Board of Education to implement the salary schedule.

Requested by: Representatives Barnes, Fussell, Payne, Rogers, Diamont, Nesbitt, Senators Ward, Warren

––-BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM

Sec. 196. (a) G.S. 115C-81(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a) The State Board of Education shall adopt a Basic Education Program for the public schools of the State. Before it adopts or revises the Basic Education Program, the State Board shall consult with an Advisory Committee, including at least eight members of local boards of education, that the State Board appoints from a list of nominees submitted by the North Carolina School Boards Association. The State Board shall report annually to the General Assembly on any changes it has made in the program in the preceding 12 months and any changes it is considering for the next 12 months.

The State Board of Education shall review the Basic Education Program in an effort to (i) simplify the Basic Education Program, especially the standard course of study and the core curriculum for all students, and (ii) assure that the Program adopted by the State Board and implemented by the local boards of education carries out the intent of the General Assembly to provide every student in the State equal access to a Basic Education Program. The State Board shall report the results of its review to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and to the General Assembly prior to March 15, 1992.

The State Board shall implement the Basic Education Program within funds appropriated for that purpose by the General Assembly and by units of local government. It is the intent of the General Assembly that until the Basic Education Program is fully funded, the implementation of the Basic Education Program shall be the focus of State educational funding. It is the goal of the General Assembly that the Basic Education Program be fully funded and completely operational in each local school administrative unit by July 1, 1995.

It is further a goal of the General Assembly to provide supplemental funds to low-wealth counties to allow those counties to enhance the instructional program and student achievement."

(b) G.S. 115C-12(9) reads as rewritten:

"(9) Miscellaneous Powers and Duties. – All the powers and duties exercised by the State Board of Education shall be in conformity with the Constitution and subject to such laws as may be enacted from time to time by the General Assembly. Among such duties are:

a. To certify and regulate the grade and salary of teachers and other school employees.

b. To adopt and supply textbooks.

c. To adopt rules requiring all local boards of education to implement the Basic Education Program on an incremental basis within funds appropriated for that purpose by the General Assembly and by units of local government. Beginning with the 1991-92 school year, the rules shall require each local school administrative unit to implement fully the standard course of study in every school in the State in accordance with the Basic Education Program so that every student in the State shall have equal access to the curriculum as provided in the Basic Education Program and the standard course of study.

The Board shall establish benchmarks by which to measure the progress that each local board of education has made in implementing the Basic Education Program. The Board shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and to the General Assembly by December 31, 1991, and by February 1 of each subsequent year on each local board's progress in implementing the Basic Education Program, including the use of State and local funds for the Basic Education Program.

The Board shall develop a State accreditation program that meets or exceeds the standards and requirements of the Basic Education Program. The Board shall require each local school administrative unit to comply with the State accreditation program to the extent that funds have been made available to the local school administrative unit for implementation of the Basic Education Program.

The Board shall use the State accreditation program to monitor the implementation of the Basic Education Program.

c1. To issue an annual 'report card' for the State and for each local school administrative unit, assessing each unit's efforts to improve student performance and taking into account progress over the previous years' level of performance and the State's performance in comparison with other states. This assessment shall take into account demographic, economic, and other factors that have been shown to affect student performance.

c2. To develop management accountability indicators to measure the efficiency and appropriate use of staff in each school and at the administrative office. Staff development for school administrators shall be a high priority of the Department of Public Instruction.

d. To formulate rules and regulations for the enforcement of the compulsory attendance law.

e. To manage and operate a system of insurance for public school property, as provided in Article 38 of this Chapter.

In making substantial policy changes in administration, curriculum, or programs the Board should conduct hearings throughout the regions of the State, whenever feasible, in order that the public may be heard regarding these matters."

"(a) Prior to June 30 each year, the State Superintendent shall review local school improvement plans submitted by the local school administrative units in accordance with policies and performance indicators adopted by the State Board of Education. If the State Superintendent approves the plan for a local school administrative unit, that unit shall participate in the Program for the next fiscal year.

If a local plan contains a request for a waiver of State laws, regulations, or policies, in accordance with G.S. 115C-238.3(e), the State Superintendent shall determine whether and to what extent the identified laws, regulations, or policies should be waived. The State Superintendent shall present that plan and his determination to the State Board of Education. If the State Board of Education deems it necessary to do so to enable a local unit to reach its local accountability goals, the State Board, only upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent, may grant waivers of:

(1) State laws pertaining to class size, teacher certification, assignment of teacher assistants, the use of State-adopted textbooks, and the purposes for which State funds for the public schools may be ~~used, and~~ used: Provided, however, the State Board of Education shall not permit the use of funds for teachers for expanded p