AN ACT to MAKE APPROPRIATIONS to STATE agencies, departments, and INSTITUTIONS to accelerate the state's recovery from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

INTRODUCTION

SECTION 1.1.  The appropriations made in this act are for the maximum amounts necessary to provide the services required to accomplish the objectives necessary to speed the State's continuing recovery from the COVID‑19 pandemic.

 

TITLE OF ACT

SECTION 1.2.  This act shall be known as the Pandemic Recovery Act of 2021.

 

STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS

SECTION 2.1.(a)  Pandemic recovery appropriations from the General Fund of the State for the maintenance of the State departments, institutions, and agencies, and for other purposes relating to the COVID‑19 pandemic, as herein enumerated, are made for the biennium ending June 30, 2023, in accordance with the provisions of this act.

SECTION 2.1.(b)  Federal funds for pandemic recovery for other related purposes as enumerated are made for the biennium ending June 30, 2023, in accordance with the provisions of this act.

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 3.1.(a)  The provisions of the State Budget Act, Chapter 143C of the General Statutes, are reenacted and shall remain in full force and effect and are incorporated in this act by reference.

SECTION 3.1.(b)  Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2021‑2023 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2021‑2023 fiscal biennium.

SECTION 3.1.(c)  The headings to the parts and sections of this act are a convenience to the reader and are for reference only. The headings do not expand, limit, or define the text of this act, except for effective dates referring to a part.

SECTION 3.1.(d)  If any section or provision of this act is declared unconstitutional or invalid by the courts, it does not affect the validity of this act as a whole or any part other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

SECTION 4.1.  Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective July 1, 2021.