GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

 

 

SESSION LAW 2011-340

SENATE BILL 409

 

 

AN ACT to REFORM the governance of the North Carolina Global TransPark and to Repay the loan from the Escheat Fund to the Global TransPark.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 63A‑3(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)       Creation. The North Carolina Global TransPark Authority is created as a body corporate and politic having the powers and jurisdiction as provided under this Chapter or any other law. The Authority is a State agency created to perform essential governmental and public functions. The Authority shall be located within the Department of Transportation, but shall exercise all of its powers, including the power to employ, direct, and supervise all personnel, independently of the Secretary of Transportation and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, Transportation and shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the Secretary only with respect to the management functions of coordinating and reporting. Secretary."

SECTION 1.(b)  G.S. 63A‑3(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Board of Directors. The Authority shall be governed by a Board of Directors. The Board shall consist of at least the following 20 members:

(1)        Seven Six members appointed by the Governor. One member shall be representative of the economic development industry, two members shall be representative of commercial real estate development industry, two members shall be representative of the banking and finance industry, and one member shall be representative of environmental interests. Of the Governor's six appointments, at least one member shall come from each of the State's three regions: Western, Piedmont, and Eastern.

(2)        Three members appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in accordance with G.S. 120‑121. One member shall be representative of the aerospace and aviation industry, one member shall be representative of advanced manufacturing industries, and one member shall be representative of the logistics and supply chain management industry.

(3)        Three members appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in accordance with G.S. 120‑121. One member shall be representative of the aerospace and aviation industry, one member shall be representative of the emergency response and disaster relief industries, and one member shall be representative of the defense and security industry.

(4)        The State Treasurer, who shall serve as an ex officio nonvoting member.

(5)        The President of the North Carolina System of Community Colleges, provided that the President of the North Carolina Community Colleges may instead appoint to the Board of Directors one member of the board of trustees of a community college or one president of a community college. If such an appointment is made, the appointee shall serve at the pleasure of the President.

(6)        The President of The University of North Carolina, provided that the President of the University of North Carolina may instead appoint to the Board of Directors one member of the board of trustees of a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or one chancellor of a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina. If such an appointment is made, the appointee shall serve at the pleasure of the President.

(7)        The Chairman of the State Ports Authority.

(8)        One member appointed by the board of county commissioners of any county in which the cargo airport complex site is located.

(9)        One member appointed by the city council of the city which is a county seat of any county in which the cargo airport complex site is located.

(10)      The Commissioner of Agriculture.

(11)      The Secretary of the Department of Commerce.

Within 90 days after the Authority acquires land, either by purchase or condemnation, for development as part of a cargo airport complex site, the board of county commissioners in any county in which a portion of the land is located and the city council of the city which is the county seat of the county shall, by resolution, each appoint a person to serve as a member of the Board. If the board of commissioners or the city council appoints one of its own members to the Board, the county commissioner or the member of the city council who is appointed is considered to be serving on the Board as an ex officio voting member as part of the duties of the office of county commissioner or the office of city council member, in accordance with G.S. 128‑1.2, and is not considered to be serving in a separate office. Notwithstanding G.S. 116‑31(h), a member of the board of trustees of a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina appointed to the Board of Directors under subdivision (6) of this subsection may concurrently serve on the board of trustees and the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Governor may serve on the Board of Directors by his own appointment on or after July 16, 1991, under subdivision (1) of this subsection.

As the holder of an office, each member of the Board shall take the oath required by Article VI, § 7 of the North Carolina Constitution before assuming the duties of a Board member."

SECTION 1.(c)  G.S. 63A‑3(c) is repealed.

SECTION 1.(d)  G.S. 63A‑3 is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

"(d1)    Notwithstanding the terms of board members appointed by the General Assembly as specified in subsection (d) of this section, terms of board members appointed by the General Assembly shall end June 30, 2011. After June 30, 2011, the six members appointed by the General Assembly shall be divided into two classes. The first class shall consist of three persons, two of whom shall be appointed upon recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one of whom shall be appointed upon recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, to serve an initial term expiring June 30, 2013, with subsequent terms expiring each fourth June 30th thereafter. The second class shall consist of three persons, two of whom shall be appointed upon recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and one of whom shall be appointed upon recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to serve an initial term expiring June 30, 2015, with subsequent terms expiring each fourth June 30th thereafter."

SECTION 1.(e)  G.S. 63A‑23 reads as rewritten:

"§ 63A‑23.  Annual and quarterly reports.

The Authority shall, promptly following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual written report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Local Government Commission. Each report shall be accompanied by an audit of its books and accounts. accounts, as well as quarterly and annual financial statements. The audit shall be conducted by the State Auditor. The costs of all audits shall be paid from funds of the Authority.

As part of the report, the Authority shall include the following performance measures of the private sector jobs within the Global TransPark:

(1)        The number, type, and wage level of jobs created or retained.

(2)        The actual full‑time equivalent jobs employed, as well as the median and average salaries for those jobs.

The Authority shall submit quarterly reports its annual report to the General Assembly to both the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations. Operations and the Program Evaluation Division. The reports shall summarize the Authority's activities during the quarter and contain Authority shall also submit any information about the Authority's activities that is requested by the Commission.

The Authority shall also provide a copy of its annual report on its public Web site."

SECTION 1.(f)  G.S. 63A‑24(3) reads as rewritten:

"(3)      Except for G.S. 146‑29.1, 146‑79, and 146‑80, Chapter 146 of the General Statutes does not apply to the Authority. Notwithstanding this exemption from Chapter 146 of the General Statutes, the Secretary of Transportation may designate employees of the Authority as subject to Chapter 146 of the General Statutes."

SECTION 2.(a)  There is appropriated to Statewide Reserves the sum of seventeen million five hundred thousand dollars ($17,500,000) for payment to the Escheat Fund.  The Office of State Budget and Management shall remit to the Escheat Fund the sum of seventeen million five hundred thousand dollars ($17,500,000) as payment on the outstanding loan from the Escheat Fund to the Global TransPark Authority authorized under G.S. 63A‑4(a)(22) and G.S. 147‑69.2(b)(11).

SECTION 2.(b)  If House Bill 200 of the 2011 Regular Session becomes law, then Section 9.8(a) of that act reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 9.8.(a)  There is appropriated from the Escheat Fund income to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of thirty‑two million one hundred twenty‑two thousand two hundred forty‑two dollars ($32,122,242)forty‑nine million six hundred twenty‑two thousand two hundred forty‑two dollars ($49,622,242) for the 2011‑2012 fiscal year and the sum of thirty‑two million one hundred twenty‑two thousand two hundred forty‑two dollars ($32,122,242) for the 2012‑2013 fiscal year to be used for The University of North Carolina Need‑Based Financial Aid Program."

SECTION 2.(c)  If House Bill 200 of the 2011 Regular Session becomes law, then Section 2.1 of that act reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 2.1. Appropriations from the General Fund of the State for the maintenance of the State departments, institutions, and agencies, and for other purposes as enumerated, are made for the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 2013, according to the following schedule:

 

Current Operations – General Fund                                          2011‑2012                2012‑2013

 

EDUCATION

 

Community Colleges System Office                                       $      985,000,000     $      985,000,000

 

Department of Public Instruction                                                7,464,492,057          7,450,000,000

 

University of North Carolina – Board of Governors

      Appalachian State University                                                   145,563,319             145,680,676

      East Carolina University

            Academic Affairs                                                              247,397,807             247,397,807

            Health Affairs                                                                     65,196,439               65,196,439

      Elizabeth City State University                                                   38,226,042               38,398,361

      Fayetteville State University                                                      56,925,951               56,925,951

      NC A&T State University                                                       105,355,805             105,794,754

      NC Central University                                                              94,342,683               94,342,683

      NC State University

            Academic Affairs                                                              434,563,241             434,677,423

            Agricultural Research                                                          59,239,461               59,239,461

            Agricultural Extension                                                         43,539,609               43,539,609

      UNC‑Asheville                                                                         42,004,444               42,004,444

      UNC‑Chapel Hill

            Academic Affairs                                                              309,481,584             312,843,120

            Health Affairs                                                                   219,507,009             222,570,732

            AHEC                                                                                49,747,851               49,747,851

      UNC‑Charlotte                                                                      216,455,073             217,471,216

      UNC‑Greensboro                                                                  173,180,926             173,180,926

      UNC‑Pembroke                                                                      61,534,005               62,277,254

      UNC‑School of the Arts                                                           27,796,473               27,796,473

      UNC‑Wilmington                                                                   105,943,181             107,138,757

      Western Carolina University                                                      90,591,556               91,070,460

      Winston‑Salem State University                                                76,496,951               76,496,950

      General Administration                                                              38,186,863               27,628,722

            University Institution Programs                                         (375,153,400)           (383,808,914)

      Related Educational Programs                                 85,679,06068,179,060             115,272,420

      UNC Financial Aid Private Colleges                                         91,635,664               86,534,065

      NC School of Science & Math                                                 18,937,535               18,937,535

      UNC Hospitals                                                                         18,000,000               18,000,000

Total University of North Carolina –

      Board of Governors                                $    2,540,375,1322,522,875,132    $    2,551,672,698

 

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

Department of Health and Human Services

      Division of Central Management and Support                  $        50,177,377     $        44,577,987

      Division of Aging and Adult Services                                         37,019,667               37,019,667

      Division of Services for Blind/Deaf/Hard of Hearing                     8,389,110                 8,372,886

      Division of Child Development                                                266,102,933             266,102,933

      Division of Health Service Regulation                                        16,133,031               16,133,031

      Division of Medical Assistance                                             2,958,388,184          2,907,276,302

      Division of Mental Health,

            Developmental Disabilities, and

            Substance Abuse Services                                                665,712,232             710,712,232

      NC Health Choice                                                                    79,452,317               83,717,865

      Division of Public Health                                                         190,443,245             157,538,834

      Division of Social Services                                                      186,183,068             186,183,068

      Division of Vocational Rehabilitation                                          37,125,788               37,528,128

Total Health and Human Services                                         $    4,495,126,952    $    4,455,162,933

 

NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES

 

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services                $        65,460,864     $        62,198,634

 

Department of Commerce

      Commerce                                                                               50,852,340               33,250,463

      Commerce State‑Aid                                                                32,851,025               30,151,984

      NC Biotechnology Center                                                         17,551,710               17,551,710

      Rural Economic Development Center                                        25,376,729               25,376,729

 

Department of Environment and Natural Resources                       165,784,887             148,148,105

 

DENR Clean Water Management Trust Fund                                 11,250,000               11,250,000

 

Department of Labor                                                                      15,836,887               15,836,887

 

Wildlife Resources Commission                                                      18,000,000               17,221,179

 

JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY

 

Department of Correction                                                    $    1,337,816,346    $    1,348,410,793

 

Department of Crime Control and Public Safety                            225,258,795             215,164,518

 

Judicial Department                                                                      438,920,048             435,141,107

Judicial Department – Indigent Defense                                         110,091,526             112,748,733

 

Department of Justice                                                                     80,704,013               80,864,138

 

Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention            135,593,692             131,140,565

 

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

 

Department of Administration                                                 $       63,607,330     $        65,511,460

 

Department of State Auditor                                                           11,857,574               10,676,035

 

Office of State Controller                                                                28,368,957               28,368,957

 

Department of Cultural Resources

      Cultural Resources                                                                    63,524,857               61,697,001

      Roanoke Island Commission                                                       1,805,236                 1,203,491

 

State Board of Elections                                                                   5,186,603                 5,126,603

 

General Assembly                                                                           53,259,495               50,104,208

 

Office of the Governor

      Office of the Governor                                                                4,741,157                 4,741,157

      Office of State Budget and Management                                     5,848,663                 5,848,663

      OSBM – Reserve for Special Appropriations                              1,940,612                    440,612

      Housing Finance Agency                                                             9,673,051                 9,673,051

 

Department of Insurance

      Insurance                                                                                  36,393,921               36,393,921

      Insurance – Volunteer Safety Workers' Compensation                2,294,000                 2,623,654

 

Office of Lieutenant Governor                                                              695,324                    695,324

 

Office of Administrative Hearings                                                      4,983,871                 4,983,871

 

Department of Revenue                                                                  78,199,538               78,199,538

 

Department of Secretary of State                                                    10,654,563               10,654,563

 

Department of State Treasurer

      State Treasurer                                                                           6,657,031                 6,621,750

      State Treasurer –

            Retirement for Fire and Rescue Squad Workers                  17,812,114               17,812,114

 

RESERVES, ADJUSTMENTS, AND DEBT SERVICE

 

Contingency and Emergency Fund                                          $        5,000,000       $        5,000,000

 

State Retirement System Contribution                                           248,100,000             336,000,000

 

Judicial Retirement System Contribution                                            6,800,000                 7,800,000

 

Firemen's & Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund                          4,318,042                 5,366,928

 

State Health Plan                                                                              7,119,541             102,151,104

 

Information Technology Fund                                                            4,458,142                 6,158,142

 

Reserve for Job Development Investment Grants (JDIG)                 15,400,000               27,400,000

 

Continuation Review Reserve                                                                          0               35,576,758

 

Comprehensive Review of Compensation Plans                                 2,000,000                               0

 

Compensation Adjustment and Performance Pay Reserve                               0             121,105,840

 

Severance Expenditure Reserve                                                      69,000,000                               0

 

Automated Fraud Detection Development                                         1,000,000                 7,000,000

 

Controller – Fraud Detection Development                                          500,000                    500,000

 

Debt Service

      General Debt Service                                                              688,957,188             759,984,974

      Federal Reimbursement                                                              1,616,380                 1,616,380

 

Payment to Escheat Fund                                                                17,500,000

 

TOTAL CURRENT OPERATIONS –

      GENERAL FUND                                                       $ 19,678,116,193     $ 19,943,327,275."

 

SECTION 3.  Any monies received from a grant made on or after July 1, 2011, by The Golden Leaf (Long‑Term Economic Advancement Foundation), Inc., to the Global TransPark Authority shall be first applied to the payment of any outstanding loan from the Escheat Fund to the Global TransPark Authority authorized under G.S. 63A‑4(a)(22) and G.S. 147‑69.2(b)(11).

SECTION 4.(a)  If House Bill 200 of the 2011 Regular Session becomes law, then Section 6.10 of that act is repealed.

SECTION 4.(b)  G.S. 147‑69.2(b)(11), as amended by Section 7 of S.L. 2005‑144, Section 2 of S.L. 2005‑201, Section 28.17 of S.L. 2005‑276, Section 27.7 of S.L. 2007‑323, and Section 25.2 of S.L. 2009‑451, reads as rewritten:

"(b)      It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer to invest the cash of the funds enumerated in subsection (a) of this section in excess of the amount required to meet the current needs and demands on such funds, selecting from among the following:

…

(11)      With respect to assets of the Escheat Fund, obligations of the North Carolina Global TransPark Authority authorized by G.S. 63A‑4(a)(22), not to exceed twenty‑five million dollars ($25,000,000), that have a final maturity not later than October 1, 2011.2012. The obligations shall bear interest at the rate set by the State Treasurer. No commitment to purchase obligations may be made pursuant to this subdivision after September 1, 1993, and no obligations may be purchased after September 1, 1994. In the event of a loss to the Escheat Fund by reason of an investment made pursuant to this subdivision, it is the intention of the General Assembly to hold the Escheat Fund harmless from the loss by appropriating to the Escheat Fund funds equivalent to the loss.

If any part of the property owned by the North Carolina Global TransPark Authority now or in the future is divested, proceeds of the divestment shall be used to fulfill any unmet obligations on an investment made pursuant to this subdivision."

SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17^th day of June, 2011.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 11:47 a.m. this 27^th day of June, 2011