AN ACT to appropriate funds for various needs for Bertie County.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Bertie County the nonrecurring sum of one million three hundred thirty thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,330,800) for the 2022‑2023 fiscal year. Funds appropriated in this act do not revert but remain available to the county for the purposes allowed in this act. Of the amount appropriated in this section, the county shall use the following amounts in the following ways:

(1)        One hundred thirty‑two thousand three hundred dollars ($132,300) for needed equipment and improvements at the Blue Jay Recreational Center.

(2)        Nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) for planning and construction of a new county animal shelter facility.

(3)        One hundred ninety‑eight thousand five hundred dollars ($198,500) for a drainage and flood control improvement project to relieve flooding and associated issues in the Long Branch community and the Town of Colerain.

(4)        One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for use in furthering the Affordable Housing for Teachers Initiative.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.