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Natural Disasters - As introduced, creates the State Disaster Relief Program to be administered by TEMA for the purpose of providing grants to local governments where a natural disaster has occurred that does not exceed the threshold for federal disaster relief. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 1.

114th Regular Session (2025-2026) Introduced by Page Walley

Declares the act applies only to NC's 21st Senatorial District; contains no substantive provisions or funding; becomes effective when it becomes law.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government
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Bill Summary · SB 42

SB 42 — "21st Senatorial District Local Act‑1" (North Carolina)

Short summary: SB 42 is a local act that applies only to North Carolina’s 21st Senatorial District. The bill text as filed is very short: it declares that the act “relates only to the 21st Senatorial District” and that it becomes effective when it becomes law. No substantive policy changes, duties, or program authorizations appear in the version provided.

Purpose and intent

  • The bill’s stated purpose is simply to be a local enactment for the 21st Senatorial District. It does not, in the text provided, specify any changes to statutes, local government powers, or programmatic requirements.
  • The legislative metadata lists subjects including “COUNTIES; LOCAL; CUMBERLAND COUNTY; MOORE COUNTY,” indicating the district includes or affects those counties, but the text itself contains no substantive provisions tied to those counties.

Key provisions (what the bill would do)

  • Section 1: Declares the act applies only to the 21st Senatorial District.
  • Section 2: States the act is effective upon becoming law.
  • No other operative language, regulatory changes, funding, deadlines, or duties appear in the filed text.

Who would be affected

  • Formally limited to persons, local governments, agencies and matters within North Carolina’s 21st Senatorial District (which includes at least Cumberland and Moore counties per the bill metadata).
  • Because the bill contains no substantive changes, there are no identified direct impacts on residents, counties, or state agencies from the text provided.

Procedural status & timeline

  • Introduced / Received by Secretary of the Senate: August 18, 2025 (per provided metadata).
  • Status shown as: Passed 1st Reading.
  • Effective date: the act states it becomes effective when it becomes law (i.e., upon the Governor’s signature and any constitutionally required publication), but no specific effective date is set in the text.

Notes and context

  • This filing appears to be a placeholder or a narrowly framed local enactment; such bills sometimes serve as vehicles for later committee amendments or for local-specific changes inserted later in the process.
  • The bill package provided includes many documents labeled “SB 42” from other states and legislative sessions on entirely different topics (campaign finance, insurance verification, roads/property reversion, floodwatersheds, child welfare, etc.). This summary addresses only the North Carolina local-act version titled “21st Senatorial District Local Act‑1.”
  • If you want a substantive analysis (impacts, fiscal effects, stakeholders) we’ll need the bill’s later version or any committee/author amendments that add operative language. Would you like me to track committee actions or check whether an amended text was filed?

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

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