S99 - Appropriations Act of 2018. (SL 2018-5)

Overview: Sec. 19.3 of S.L. 2018-5 amends the laws governing expenditure of funds from the Military Presence Stabilization Fund and the voting authority of members of the General Assembly serving on the North Carolina Military Affairs Commission (NCMAC) to:

• Eliminate the restriction limiting expenditure of certain Military Presence Stabilization Funds to the 2017-2018 fiscal year.
• Require the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) to pay from its appropriations certain expenses approved by the NCMAC within 30 days of receiving a payment request by the NCMAC, and to make payment on any contract or grant awarded by the NCMAC no later than its due date without need of a request from the NCMAC.
• Extend to February 15, 2019, the due date of a report by the NCMAC to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government on expenditures from the Military Presence Stabilization Fund.
• Prohibit any member of the General Assembly appointed to the NCMAC from voting on matters that expend funds appropriated by the General Assembly.

This act was vetoed by the Governor on June 6, 2018, and that veto was overridden by the General Assembly on June 12, 2018. This section became effective on July 1, 2018.