GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1101

HOUSE BILL 781

 

AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 1988-89 FISCAL YEAR.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

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.

 

PART I---CURRENT OPERATIONS/HIGHWAY FUND

 

Sec. 2.  Section 3 of Chapter 738 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 3.  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, 1989, according to the following schedule:

 

Current Operations - Highway Fund                               1987-88                     1988-89

Department of Transportation

01.       Administration                                         $ 22,613,994                  $ 22,658,495

                                                                                                   25,049,244

02.       Highways

 

a.         Administration and

Operations                                       29,221,555                     29,032,534

                                                                                               29,330,021

b.         State Construction

 

(01)     Primary Construction                        -                                      -   

 

(02)     Secondary

Construction                        62,851,923                     65,773,077

                                                                                               66,656,370

 

(03)     Urban Construction             20,000,000                    20,000,000

 

(04)     Access and Public

Service Roads                        2,000,000                       2,000,000

 

(05)     Special Appropriation

for Highways                       60,000,000                     60,000,000

 

(06)     Spot Safety

Improvements                        6,200,000                       6,200,000

 

c.         State Funds to Match

Federal Highway Aid

 

(01)     Construction                        66,128,400                    66,395,000

 

(02)     Planning Survey and

Highway Planning

Research                                 1,696,000                       1,705,000

                                                                                                  1,142,300

d.         State Maintenance

 

(01)     Primary                                72,746,958                    72,661,450

 

(02)     Secondary                          129,600,000                  129,600,000

 

(03)     Urban                                    20,246,958                    20,161,449

 

(04)     Contract Resurfacing        100,912,425                     92,567,150

                                                                                             100,567,150

 

e.         Ferry Operations                             12,562,458                     12,562,458

 

03.       Division of Motor Vehicles                       62,936,065                     61,888,170

                                                                                               63,032,516

04.       Governor's Highway Safety

Program                                                             256,902                          257,375

 

05.       Reserve for Salary Increments                     2,438,664                       2,438,664

 

06.       Reserve for Hospital-

Medical Benefits                                           4,800,000                       6,500,000

 

07.       Salary Adjustments for

Highway Fund Employees                                220,000                          220,000

                                                                                                                    670,000

08.       Reserve to Correct Occupational

Safety and Health Conditions                          350,000                          350,000

 

09.       Debt Service                                                37,955,215                     37,295,105

 

10.       Reserve for Salary Increases                      13,400,000                     13,400,000

                                                                                               26,600,000

Appropriations for Other State

Agencies

 

01.       Crime Control and Public

Safety                                                           71,862,969                     74,113,646

 

(a)     Drug Detection Dogs (6)                                                               85,236

(b)     Bar Lights -

Highway Patrol                                                                            420,000

02.       Other Agencies

 

a.         Department of Agriculture               2,185,748                       2,188,706

 

b.         Department of Revenue                    1,392,457                       1,397,608

 

c.         Department of Human

Resources                                              306,585                          306,972

 

d.         Department of Correction                1,750,000                       1,750,000

 

e.         Department of Natural

Resources and Community

Development

(1)   Stallings Airfield                                                                   312,000

 

Contingency and Emergency Fund                                    100,000                          100,000

 

GRAND TOTAL CURRENT OPERATIONS-

HIGHWAY FUND                                                   $ 806,735,276                $ 803,522,859

                                                                                                                               830,143,270"

PART II---STATE AID/HIGHWAY FUND

 

Sec. 3.  Section 3 of Chapter 830 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 3.  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, 1989, according to the following schedule:

 

Highway Fund                                                                   1987-88                        1988-89

Department of Transportation

Highways

.01       State Aid - Public

Transportation                                                2,500,000                       2,500,000

                                                                                                      2,625,000

.02       State Aid to

Municipalities                                             62,851,923                     65,773,077

                                                                                                    66,656,370

GRAND TOTAL STATE AID/HIGHWAY

FUND                                                                     $65,351,923                   $68,273,077

                                                                                                    69,281,370"

 

PART III---CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS/HIGHWAY FUND

 

Sec. 4.  Section 5 of Chapter 795 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 5.  Appropriations are made from the Highway Fund for use by the State departments, institutions, and agencies to provide for capital improvements according to the following schedule:

 

1987-88                           1988-89

Division of Motor Vehicles

 

.01       Driver License - Patrol Office,

Newton                                                            $102,400                                    - 

 

.02       Renovation of Motor Vehicles

Building, Raleigh                                                36,400                                   -   

 

.03       Roof Replacements at Three

Locations                                                           124,800                                   -   

 

.04       Building Additions at Nine

Locations                                                           903,600                       1,002,000

 

.05       Building Addition, Elizabeth

City                                                                       56,900                                   -   

 

.06       Building Addition, Gastonia                                    -                              106,500

 

.07       Resurface Parking Lots at Four

Locations                                                                   -                                 49,300

 

.08       Building Addition, Rocky

Mount                                                                        -                              106,800

 

.09       Electrical Renovations,

C and L Garage, Raleigh                                               -                             45,200

 

.10       Division of Motor Vehicles

Building-Roof Replacement                                       -                            147,100

 

.11       Division of Motor Vehicles

Building-Salisbury-Replace

Septic System                                                                                           55,650

 

.12       New Division of Motor Vehicles

Building-Taylorsville                                                  -                            308,000

 

.13       New Division of Motor Vehicles

Building-Aberdeen                                                      -                            440,300

 

.14       New Division of Motor Vehicles

Building-Charlotte                                                       -                            922,100

 

.15       Handicap Modification to Division

of Motor Vehicles Buildings

(Statewide)                                                                                             146,900

 

Division of Highways

 

.01       Division Equipment Shop,

North Wilkesboro                                         2,734,000                                     - 

 

.02       Maintenance Headquarters,

Taylorsville                                                       450,000                          150,000

 

.03       Equipment Repair Shop,

Spruce Pine                                                         32,000                          598,000

 

.04       Division Equipment Shop,

Fayetteville                                                        115,000                       2,142,500

 

.05       Division Sign Shop,

Albemarle                                                            32,000                          610,000

 

.06       Equipment Repair Shop,

Andrews                                                               43,000                          814,200

 

.07       Maintenance Warehouse,

Sandy Ridge                                                         14,000                          218,000

 

.08       Equipment Repair Shop,

Selma                                                                   46,000                          870,600

 

.09       Salt Storage Facilities,

Statewide                                                                  -                                292,000

 

.10       Ferry Replacement and Facility

Renovation                                                     2,500,000                       3,500,000

7,000,000

.11       Boiler Replacement H & T

Central Lab, Raleigh                                           58,000                                     - 

 

.12       Sewer Line, Division Complex,

Wilmington                                                       112,000                                     - 

 

.13       Renovation to Thompson Building,

Raleigh                                                                 21,000                          387,800

 

.14       Bridge Maintenance Office,

Boone                                                                       -                                   11,000

 

.15       Equipment Repair Shop,

Burnsville                                                                     -                               36,000

 

.16       Equipment Repair Shop,

Shallote                                                                       -                                 27,000

 

.17       Equipment Repair Shop,

Williamston                                                                 -                               45,000

 

.18       Consolidation of Currituck/Dare

Counties Bridge Maintenance

Yards                                                                            -                             500,000

 

.19       Maintenance Headquarters,

Monroe                                                                     -                                   34,000

 

.20       Rowan County Bridge

Maintenance Relocation                                             -                            550,000

 

.21       Cedar Island Mini Rest Area                                                                 150,000

 

.22       Highway Building-Roof

Replacement                                                                -                            188,854

 

.23       New Division Office-Wilson

Supplemental Funds                                                     -                               60,000

 

.24       Division Office-Greensboro

Supplemental Funds                                                     -                            150,000

 

.25       Division Office Annex-

Albemarle                                                                     -                            200,000

 

.26       Maintenance Office Addition

-Beaufort County                                                         -                               70,000

 

.27       Division Shop-Furnace

Replacement-Shelby Division

Office                                                                                                        17,500

.28       Materials and Test Lab

-Replacement-Statesville                                            -                               25,000

 

.29       Method Complex-Raleigh

-Supplemental Funds                                                   -                            700,000

 

Other Agencies

 

.01       Department of Crime Control

and Public Safety - Law

Enforcement Precision

Driving Track                                                 2,654,000                                     - 

 

.02       Highway Patrol - Upgrade

Communications Tower

And Radio System, Greensboro                      250,000                                     - 

 

.03       Renovation of Highway Patrol

Station-Robeson County                                                                          46,152

.04       Renovation of Highway Patrol

Station-Gaston County                                                                             69,828

 

GRAND TOTAL - HIGHWAY FUND                       $10,285,100                $10,393,900

$19,293,284"

 

PART IV---DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

Requested by:  Senator Basnight

---URBAN CONSTRUCTION FUNDS

Sec. 5.  Section 167 of Chapter 738 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 167. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2 of this act to the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 1987-88 1988-89, twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be allocated for small urban construction projects.  Fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) shall be allocated equally 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.  The remaining six million dollars ($6,000,000) 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 formula allocation as provided by G.S. 136-44.5."

 

Requested by:  Sen. Goldston

---HIGHWAY FUNDS/ADJUSTMENT TO REFLECT ACTUAL REVENUE

Sec. 6.  Section 168 of Chapter 738 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 168.  Any unreserved credit balance in the Highway Fund on June 30 of each of the fiscal years 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 state of affairs requiring prompt action as provided for by G.S. 136-44.2. and other required reserves.  Actual revenue in excess of estimated revenue shall be placed in the reserve for highway construction and maintenance.  If all of the remaining excess is not used to establish these reserves, the remainder shall be allocated to the State-funded maintenance or construction appropriations in the manner approved by the Board of Transportation.  The Board of Transportation shall report monthly to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations about the use of the reserve for highway construction and maintenance.  The Board of Transportation shall send copies of the monthly reports to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on Natural and Economic Resources, and to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Transportation."

 

Requested by:  Representative Hightower

---STATE AID TO ANSON COUNTY AIRPORT

Sec. 7.  Of the funds appropriated for State Aid to Airports in G.S. 136-16.4 for fiscal year 1988-89, the sum of fifty-eight thousand dollars ($58,000) shall be allocated to the Anson County Airport for runway maintenance and airport construction.

 

Requested by:  Senator Plyler

---AGING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUNDS

Sec. 8.  Two million dollars ($2,000,000) of the funds transferred from the General Fund to the Highway Fund under G.S. 105-164.44A are transferred back to the General Fund.  These funds shall be used to fund the North Carolina Elderly and Handicapped Transportation Assistance Program created pursuant to G.S. 136-44.27.

 

Requested by:  Representative Nesbitt

---LEAKING PETROLEUM STORAGE TANK CLEAN-UP FUND

Sec. 8.1.  (a) Four million dollars ($4,000,000) of the funds transferred from the General Fund to the Highway Fund under G.S. 105-164.44A are transferred to the Noncommercial Leaking Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Clean-Up Fund created by Part 2A of Article 21A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes.

(b)       Section 6 of Chapter 1035 of the 1987 Session Laws is repealed.

Sec. 8.2.  Section 1(b) of Chapter 1095, Session Laws of 1987 is amended by deleting "pursuant to G.S. 105-164.44A to the Department of Transportation" and substituting "from the Highway Fund to the General Fund".

 

PART V---JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY

 

Requested by:  Representative Nesbitt

---USE OF DRUG DETECTION DOGS BY HIGHWAY PATROL

Sec. 8.2.  The six drug detection dogs funded in the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety in the Current Operations-Highway Fund Budget for the fiscal year 1988-89 shall be used primarily on the interstate highways to interdict drugs transported into and through the State.  They  may be used on highways throughout the State if they are needed.

 

Requested by:  Representative Holt, Senator Marvin

---HIGHWAY PATROL BAR LIGHT REPLACEMENTS/REPORT ON COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

Sec. 10.  (a) Of the funds appropriated from the Highway Fund for the 1988-89 fiscal year to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, the sum of four hundred twenty thousand dollars ($420,000) shall be used to purchase bar lights for highway patrol cars to replace older emergency warning lights and sirens on the cars.

(b)       The Department of Crime Control and Public Safety shall report monthly to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Fiscal Research Division on the number of bar lights purchased, the number of bar lights installed, and the anticipated completion date of the replacement process.

(c)       The Department of Crime Control and Public Safety shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Fiscal Research Division by September 1988, and monthly thereafter if so requested, as to the number of walkie/talkie repeater radios purchased since July 1, 1987, and the number of cars equipped with the new communication equipment. The Department shall account for funds remaining from the appropriation to the Department in Section 3 of Chapter 738 of the 1987 Session Laws that were designated for the purchase of the walkie/talkie repeater radios.

 

PART VI---DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

 

Requested by:  Representative Nye, Senators Walker, Plyler, Rand

---DOMICILIARY HOME RATE INCREASE

Sec. 11.  Section 77 of Chapter 738 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 77.  Effective October 1, 1987, January 1, 1989, the maximum monthly rate increase for ambulatory residents in domiciliary care facilities shall be six hundred fifty-four dollars ($654.00) six hundred eighty-seven dollars ($687.00) and the maximum monthly rate for semi-ambulatory residents shall be six hundred eighty-seven dollars ($687.00) seven hundred twenty-one dollars ($721.00)."

 

Requested by:  Representative Nye, Senator Walker

---STATE/COUNTY SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ADULTS

Sec. 12.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Social Services the sum of seven hundred thirty-six thousand twenty-one dollars ($736,021) for fiscal year 1988-89 and to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Services for the Blind the sum of thirty- one thousand thirty-four dollars ($31,034) for fiscal year 1988-89.  These funds shall be used to meet rising costs in the Special Assistance for the Blind Program.

 

Requested by:  Senators Walker, Plyler

---SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT FEES

Sec. 13.  Receipts collected by the Department of Human Resources during fiscal year 1988-89 pursuant to legislatively mandated septage management fees are appropriated to the Department of Human Resources to establish and implement the North Carolina Septage Management Program.

 

Requested by:  Senators Walker, Plyler, Representative Locks

---BIRTH DEFECTS REGISTRY FUNDING

Sec. 14.  The Division of Health Services may use up to thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000) of Vital Records receipts to fund the operations of the North Carolina Birth Defects Registry during fiscal year 1988-89.

 

PART XI---MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

---EXECUTIVE BUDGET ACT APPLIES

Sec. 15.  The provisions of the Executive Budget Act, Chapter 143, Article 1, of the General Statutes, are reenacted and shall remain in full force and effect and are incorporated in this act by reference.

Sec. 16.  The July 11, 1988 Report of the Senate Appropriations Committee which was distributed in the Senate and the House of Representatives and used to explain this act, shall indicate action by the General Assembly on this act and shall therefore be used to construe this act, as provided in G.S. 143-15 of the Executive Budget Act, and for such purposes shall be considered a part of this act.

 

---MOST TEXT APPLIES ONLY TO 1988-89

Sec. 17.  Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 1988-89 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 1988-89 fiscal year.

 

---1987-88 APPROPRIATIONS LIMITATIONS AND DIRECTIONS APPLY

Sec. 18.  Except where expressly repealed or amended by this act, the provisions of Chapters 738, 795, 830, 876, 886, 1036, and 1086 of the 1987 Session Laws as amended remain in effect.

Sec. 19.  Notwithstanding any modifications by this act in the amounts appropriated, except where expressly repealed or amended, the limitations and directions for the 1987-89 fiscal biennium in Chapters 738, 795, 830, 876, 886, 1036, and 1086 of the 1987 Session Laws that applied to appropriations to particular agencies or for particular purposes apply to the newly enacted appropriations of this act for those same particular purposes.

Sec. 20.  Section 15 of Chapter 1036 of the 1987 Session Laws, as amended, is repealed.

 

---EFFECT OF HEADINGS

Sec. 21.  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.

 

---SEVERABILITY CLAUSE

Sec. 22.  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

Sec. 23.  Except as otherwise provided, this act shall become effective July 1, 1988.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of July, 1988.