S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Sec. 15.19 of S.L. 2017-57 does the following:

• Provides that the North Carolina Industrial Commission (Commission) must coordinate with the Department of Information Technology and other State agencies to replace the Commission's case management systems, by assessing system requirements and finding the most cost-effective means for doing so.
• Allows the Commission to retain additional revenue of up to $1,200,000 from the fee charged to parties for filing compromise settlement agreements. This revenue is to be used for the purpose of replacing and maintaining the Commission's case management systems and related expenditures. This fee retention authorization will expire on June 30, 2021.
• Provides that out of funds appropriated to the Commission in the 201y budget, $750,000 in nonrecurring funds for each year of the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium must be allocated for the purpose of maintaining the Commission's case management systems and related expenditures. For the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium only, the Director of State budget must also include $750,000 in nonrecurring funds for each year of the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium for case management systems and related expenses.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.