A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate federal stimulus funds received by the state for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Appropriation funds. – Appropriations of funds received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, P.L. 111‑5 (ARRA), are made for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year according to the following schedule:

State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF)		$360,000,000
Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)		$693,000,000
Highway Infrastructure Investment		$470,000,000
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loans		$86,000,000
Education Title 1 Grants		$128,722,477
IDEA Part B		$157,205,020
IDEA Part B (Preschool)		$6,035,571
School Lunch Equipment		$3,313,727
TOTAL		$1,907,276,795.
SECTION 2.  Limitation of use of funds. – State agencies shall not allocate or otherwise obligate any ARRA funds appropriated in this act (i) for a purpose or program not authorized by the General Assembly for the 2007‑2009 fiscal biennium, or (ii) to expand the scope of a purpose or program authorized by the General Assembly for the 2007‑2009 fiscal biennium, unless the federal government has issued rules or formal guidance stipulating that a State's lack of allocation or obligation would jeopardize the receipt of ARRA funds.
SECTION 3.  Reports on ARRA funds. – A State agency that is awarded ARRA funds shall report to the chairs of the Senate Appropriations/Base Budget Committee and the House Appropriations Committee and to the Fiscal Research Division on its proposed use of the funds.  The report shall include the amount of funds being made available, a description of the proposed use of the funds, and the estimated total funds from other federal, State, and non‑State entities affected by the approval of the State agency's application.
The North Carolina Office of Economic Recovery and Investment, on behalf of any ARRA recipient State agency, shall report to the chairs of the Senate Appropriations/Base Budget Committee and the House Appropriations Committee and to the Fiscal Research Division on the expenditure of ARRA funds.
SECTION 4.  Direction to use funds for nonrecurring expenditures. – The General Assembly strongly encourages State agencies to limit program spending to nonrecurring activities and expenditures.
SECTION 5.  Effective date. – This act is effective when it becomes law.