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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina Appropriates $15.8 Million for Person County Wastewater, Recreation, and College Upgrades
Last action · March 3, 2025: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Ray Jeffers and 9 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina appropriates $15.8 million in for the 2025-2026 to fund infrastructure, recreation, and educational facility upgrades in Person County and the City of Roxboro, effective July 1, 2025.
Directs state funds to local municipal utility repairs, county park construction, and community college equipment purchases, altering local capital project funding timelines.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
City of Roxboro
Receives $10,000,000 in nonrecurring funds for wastewater and treatment plant repairs and upgrades.
Person County
Receives $800,000 in nonrecurring funds to enable its Recreation, Arts, and Parks Department to construct a splash pad.
Piedmont Community College
Receives $5,000,000 in nonrecurring funds to upfit and purchase equipment for its Center for Health, Advanced Technology, and Trades.
Office of State Budget and Management
Receives and administers the total appropriated sum of $15,800,000 to provide directed grants.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $10,000,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to the Office of State Budget and Management for a directed grant to the City of Roxboro for wastewater and treatment plant repairs and upgrades.
- Appropriates $800,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to the Office of State Budget and Management for a directed grant to Person County for its Recreation, Arts, and Parks Department to construct a splash pad.
- Appropriates $5,000,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to the Office of State Budget and Management for a directed grant to Piedmont Community College to upfit and purchase equipment for its Center for Health, Advanced Technology, and Trades.
- Establishes an effective date of July 1, 2025, for the act.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 3, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Mar 3, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Feb 26, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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