General assembly of north carolina

§ 143B 437.52. Job Development Investment Grant Program.

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(b) Cap and Priority. – The maximum number of grants the Committee may award in each calendar year is 25. In selecting between applicants, a project that is located in an Eco Industrial Park certified under G.S. 143B 437.08 has priority over a comparable project that is not located in a certified Eco Industrial Park.

(c) Ceiling. –Awards. – The maximum amount of total annual liability for grants awarded in any single calendar year,year under this Part, including amounts transferred to the Utility Account pursuant to G.S. 143B 437.61, may not exceedis fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000). No agreement may be entered into that, when considered together with other existing agreements governing grants awarded during a single calendar year, could cause the State's potential total annual liability for grants awarded in a single calendar year to exceed this amount.

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SECTION 13.6.(h) The Department of Commerce shall report to the Joint Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement Oversight Committee no later than October 1, 2012, the following information for each One North Carolina Fund allocation, itemized by recipient: (i) the date of the award, (ii) the date of each disbursement, (iii) the amount of the funds allocated, (iv) the amount and form of the local match requirement, and (v) the date the local match requirement was fulfilled. The Joint Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement Oversight Committee shall review the report and shall make any recommendations to the General Assembly upon the convening of the 2013 Regular Session.
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION FEES/COMPUTER SYSTEM REPLACEMENT

SECTION 13.7. Section 14.8 of S.L. 2011 145 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 14.8. The For the 2012 2013 fiscal year, the North Carolina Industrial Commission may shall retain the additional revenue generated as a result of an increase in the fee charged to parties for the filing of compromised settlements. These funds shall be used for the purpose of replacing existing computer hardware and software used for the operations of the Commission. These funds may also be used to prepare any assessment of hardware and software needs prior to purchase and to develop and administer the needed databases and new Electronic Case Management System, including the establishment of two time limited positions for application development and support and mainframe migration. The Commission may not retain any fees under this section unless they are in excess of the former two hundred dollar ($200.00) fee charged by the Commission for filing a compromised settlement."
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY RESERVE FUND

SECTION 13.8.(a) Section 14.4 of S.L. 2011 145 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 14.4.(a) Funds from the Employment Security Commission Reserve Fund shall be available to the Employment Security Commission of North CarolinaDepartment of Commerce, Division of Employment Security, to use as collateral to secure federal funds and to pay the administrative costs associated with the collection of the Employment Security Commission Reserve Fund surcharge. The total administrative costs paid with funds from the Reserve in the 2011 20122012 2013 fiscal year shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000).

"SECTION 14.4.(b) There is appropriated from the Employment Security Commission Reserve Fund to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security, the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for the 2011 20122012 2013 fiscal year to be used for the following purposes:

(1) $19,500,000 for the operation and support of local Employment Security Commission offices.offices operated by the Division of Employment Security.

(2) $200,000 to operate the system that tracks former participants in State education and training programs.

(3) $300,000 to maintain compliance with Chapter 96 of the General Statutes, which directs the Commission Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security, to employ the Common Follow Up Management Information System to evaluate the effectiveness of the State's job training, education, and placement programs.

"SECTION 14.4.(c) There is appropriated from the Employment Security Commission Reserve Fund to the Employment Security Commission of North CarolinaDepartment of Commerce, Division of Employment Security, an amount not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2011 20122012 2013 fiscal year to fund State initiatives not currently funded through federal grants.

"SECTION 14.4.(d) There is appropriated from the Worker Training Trust Fund to the Employment Security Commission of North CarolinaDepartment of Commerce, Division of Employment Security, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2011 20122012 2013 fiscal year to fund "Opportunity NC," which provides work based training opportunities to recipients of unemployment insurance benefits. Opportunity NC must meet all of the following factors:

(1) The training, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to what would be given in a vocational school or academic educational instruction.

(2) The training is for the benefit of the trainee.

(3) The trainees do not displace regular employees, but work under their close observation.

(4) The employer who provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the trainees, and, on occasion, the employer's operations may actually be impeded.

(5) The trainees are not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the training period.

(6) The employer and the trainees understand that the trainees are not entitled to wages for the time spent in training.

"SECTION 14.4.(e) Of the funds credited to and held in the State of North Carolina's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States pursuant to and in accordance with section 903 of the Social Security Act and pursuant to Title II of Division B of P.L. 111 5, the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security, may expend the sum of two hundred five million sixty three thousand five hundred fifty two dollars ($205,063,552) as follows: (i) one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be used to design and build the integrated unemployment insurance benefit and tax accounting system and (ii) the remaining funds shall be used for the operation of the unemployment insurance program.

"SECTION 14.4.(f) There is appropriated from the Employment Security Reserve Fund to the Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security, the amount needed for the 2012 2013 fiscal year to fund the interest payment due to the federal government for the debt owed to the U.S. Treasury for unemployment benefits."
WORKER TRAINING TRUST FUND

SECTION 13.9. Of the funds appropriated in this act to the Department of Commerce for the Worker Training Trust Fund, the sum of seventy five thousand dollars ($75,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2012 2013 fiscal year is allocated to the North Carolina Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning (NC REAL) to support curriculum development, materials, and training for Small Business Centers.

Wine and Grape Growers Council transferred to Department of Agriculture and consumer services