N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-85A-1
Creation of Fund; allocation to local fire districts and political subdivisions of the State
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Current — April 1, 2022
As of June 1, 2021
(1) There is created in the Department of Insurance the State Fire Protection Grant Fund. The purpose of the Fund is to compensate local fire districts and political subdivisions of the State for providing local fire protection to State-owned buildings and their contents.
(1) There is created in the Department of Insurance the State Fire Protection Grant Fund. The purpose of the Fund is to compensate local fire districts and political subdivisions of the State for providing local fire protection to State-owned buildings and their contents.
(2) The Department of Insurance shall develop and implement an equitable and uniform statewide method for distributing any funds to the State's local fire districts and political subdivisions.
(2) The Department of Insurance shall develop and implement an equitable and uniform statewide method for distributing any funds to the State’s local fire districts and political subdivisions.
(3) It is the intent of the General Assembly to appropriate annually to the State Fire Protection Grant Fund up to four million one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($4,180,000) from the General Fund, one hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars ($158,000) from the Highway Fund, and one million three hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($1,345,000) from University of North Carolina receipts. Funds received from the General Fund shall be allocated only for providing local fire protection for State-owned property supported by the General Fund; funds received from the Highway Fund shall be allocated only for providing local fire protection for State-owned property supported by the Highway Fund; and funds received from University of North Carolina receipts shall be allocated only for providing local fire protection for State-owned property supported by University of North Carolina receipts.
(3) It is the intent of the General Assembly to appropriate annually to the State Fire Protection Grant Fund up to four million one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($4,180,000) from the General Fund, one hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars ($158,000) from the Highway Fund, and one million three hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($1,345,000) from University of North Carolina receipts. Funds received from the General Fund shall be allocated only for providing local fire protection for State-owned property supported by the General Fund; funds received from the Highway Fund shall be allocated only for providing local fire protection for State-owned property supported by the Highway Fund; and funds received from University of North Carolina receipts shall be allocated only for providing local fire protection for State-owned property supported by University of North Carolina receipts.
History
(1997-443, s. 23(a); 2000-140, s. 93.1(a); 2001-424, s. 12.2(b); 2007-323, ss. 23.4(a), 23.4(b); 2008-107, s. 22.2; 2011-145, s. 25.1.)
Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-323, s. 23.4(a), effective July 1, 2007, near the beginning of subsection (c), substituted "up to four million one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($4,180,000)" for "at least three million eighty thousand dollars ($3,080,000)" and substituted "one hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars ($158,000)" for "one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000)," and substituted "one million three hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($1,345,000)" for "nine hundred seventy thousand dollars ($970,000)."
Session Laws 2007-323, s. 23.4(b), effective July 1, 2008, substituted "three million eight hundred thousand dollars ($3,880,000)" for "four million one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($4,180,000)" near the beginning of subsection (c).
Session Laws 2008-107, s. 22.2, effective July 1, 2008, substituted "four million one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($4,180,000)" for "three million eight hundred eighty thousand dollars ($3,880,000)" in subsection (c).
Session Laws 2011-145, s. 25.1, effective July 1, 2011, in subsections (a) and (b), substituted "Department of Insurance" for "Office of State Budget and Management"; and deleted the last paragraph of subsection (b), which read: "Upon the request of the Director of the Budget, the Department of Insurance shall provide the Office of State Budget and Management all information necessary to develop and implement the formula."
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.