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SB 337

An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, excluding from sales and use tax all equipment and devices which prohibit a firearm from being fired without a key or combination.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Camera Bartolotta and 7 co-sponsors

Unspent funds for the Civil War & Reconstruction History Center would be reallocated to Cumberland County projects, Fayetteville, and Hope Mills for mental health, infrastructure,

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Bill Summary · SB 337

SB 337 — Reallocate Civil War & Reconstruction History Center Funds (North Carolina)

Status: Withdrawn from committee / action postponed indefinitely (as of 2025-06-03)
Introduced: February 12, 2025
Primary subject areas: Appropriations; budgeting; counties; cultural resources; education; health services; infrastructure; mental health; municipalities; museums; Cumberland County; Fayetteville

Main purpose

To reclaim any unspent, unencumbered state appropriations previously made for the North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center (and related Cape Fear Historical Complex appropriations) and reallocate those monies to local infrastructure, mental‑health, and community projects in Cumberland County (including the City of Fayetteville and the Town of Hope Mills).

Key provisions

  • Reversion of unspent funds:

    • Any funds previously appropriated to the North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center Foundation (S.L. 2021‑180) and to the Cape Fear Historical Complex Foundation (S.L. 2023‑234 and related committee reports) that remain unspent and unencumbered on the bill’s effective date shall revert to the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM), notwithstanding other law.
    • The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) must provide an accounting of those prior appropriations to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, and the Fiscal Research Division within 30 days of the bill’s effective date.

  • Reallocation and new appropriations:

    • Funds reverted to OSBM are appropriated and reallocated as follows:
    • 40% to the City of Fayetteville — to be used for: community mental health programs; pedestrian safety projects; workforce development; and a local transportation connectivity study.
    • 30% to the Town of Hope Mills — for the Town’s Community Center.
    • 30% to Cumberland County (for Gray’s Creek Water & Sewer District) — to be used for: water and wastewater infrastructure; expansion of youth mental‑health and substance‑use treatment services; preconstruction activities for a regional aquatic center project; an emergency services mobile incident command unit; and digital dispatch equipment for the Cumberland County Fire Chiefs Association.

  • Effective dates:

    • The reallocation in Section 2 is effective July 1, 2025.
    • The remainder of the act (procedural requirements, reporting) is effective upon becoming law.

Who is affected

  • Primary recipients: City of Fayetteville, Town of Hope Mills, Cumberland County (Gray’s Creek Water & Sewer District) — they would receive portions of any reverted/unspent appropriations and must use funds for the listed projects/services.
  • Origin recipients: North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center Foundation and Cape Fear Historical Complex Foundation — potential loss of unspent funds originally appropriated for museum/cultural purposes.
  • State agencies: OSBM (to receive and reallocate funds) and DNCR (required to report an accounting).
  • Local service providers/communities benefiting from mental‑health, infrastructure, public‑safety, and community‑center investments.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • DNCR must produce the accounting within 30 days of the law’s effective date.
  • Reversion occurs for funds unspent/unencumbered as of the effective date; reallocated funds become available for the specified local uses on July 1, 2025.
  • As of June 3, 2025 the bill’s legislative activity shows it was postponed indefinitely / withdrawn from committee (status may change if reintroduced or acted on later).

Fiscal and policy considerations

  • Dollar amounts: The bill does not specify a fixed dollar total; it reallocates whatever unspent/unencumbered portions remain from the prior appropriations.
  • Policy tradeoffs:
    • Local impact: Redirects potential museum funding toward immediate local needs (mental health services, infrastructure, public safety, workforce development).
    • Cultural impact: Could reduce available resources for the History Center and related cultural projects if those appropriations would otherwise have been used.
  • Oversight: Requires DNCR accounting to legislative oversight bodies before reallocation by OSBM.

If you’d like, I can:
- Draft a two‑column comparison showing the original intended uses of the prior appropriations vs. the proposed reallocated uses; or
- Pull the exact statutory citations and the language of S.L. 2021‑180 and S.L. 2023‑234 to estimate likely dollar amounts that might be subject to reversion.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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