Agenda - 05-19-20; 6-b - Coronavirus Relief Funding Summary Report and Approval of County Plan

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11 House PCS 1043 Page 2 used for necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency resulting from COVID-19, and the expenditures must have been incurred during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 2020. • Section 2.3 —Establishes the Local Government Coronavirus Relief Reserve (Local Reserve). Additionally, transfers the sum of$300,000,000 from the Reserve to the Local Reserve. Lastly, specifies that it is the intent of the General Assembly to appropriate a sum of up to $150,000,000 if local governments experience a revenue shortfall and The CARES Act, P.L. 116-136, is amended to allow the use of federal funds to address the shortfall(s). • Section 3.1 —Transfers the sum of$1,275,988,029 from the Reserve to the Fund and$150,000,000 from the Local Reserve to the Fund. • Section 3.2 —Appropriates the sum of$1,425,988,029 in nonrecurring funds for the 2019-2020 fiscal year from the Fund to OSBM to be used in accordance with Section 3.3 of the act. Further, specifies that funds appropriated in this section that remain unspent at the end of the 2019-2020 fiscal year shall not revert and shall remain available to expend until December 30, 2020. • Section 3.3 —Directs OSBM to allocate the sum of$1,425,988,029 it received from the Fund as follows: o $50M for supplies and equipment for life safety, health, and sanitation and purchase of PPE meeting federal and CDC standards, divided between NC Healthcare Foundation (50%),NC Senior Living Association and NC Health Care Facilities Association in equal amounts (15%),NC Medical Society(10%), and the Division of Emergency Management in DPS for entities it deems essential (25%). o $150M for counties ineligible to receive direct funding from the CARES Act. Each county receives a base funding of $250,000, with remainder distributed on a per capita basis. Funds can be allocated to municipalities if a necessary expenditure and consistent with federal guidance on COVID-19 relief. o $70M for continuity of operations of State government for expenditures incurred between 3/l/20 and 12/30/20 for listed expenditures. Includes up to $2M for the North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office and up to $500k for the audit to be performed by the State Auditor as required by this act. o $300M for the General Maintenance Reserve in the Highway Fund if federal guidance is revised to allow the use of funds for revenue replacement. This allocation reverts if federal guidance is not updated before 6/15/20. o $20M to OSBM for allocation to State agencies negatively impacted by loss of anticipated receipts, but only if federal guidance is revised to allow the use of funds for revenue replacement. o $100k for the General Assembly to reimburse funds to Wake Forest University Health Services for COVID-19 research data for future legislative committees. o $75M to DPI for school nutrition services provided in response to COVID-19 in the School Lunch or Breakfast Programs from 3/16/20 through the end of the school year. o $lM to DPI for improving Internet connectivity through extended reach mobile wife gateway router devices in school buses. o $11M to DPI for improving Internet connectivity for students through mobile Internet access points.