North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H232: Funds/Short-Line Railroad Disaster Assistance.
Status: In committee, February 27, 2025
What the bill says
An act to appropriate funds for the repair and reconstruction of short-line railroads impacted by hurricane helene.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION OF SHORT-LINE RAILROADS IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HELENE. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) The State Controller shall transfer the sum of sixteen million three hundred ninety-two thousand one hundred seventy-six dollars ($16,392,176) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year from funds available in the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Reserve to the Department of Transportation's Rail Division (Division) for the Freight Rail & Rail Safety Improvement Fund (Rail Fund) established by G.S. 124-5.1, and those funds are appropriated from the Rail Fund for the purposes set forth in subsection (b) of this section. SECTION 1.(b) The Division shall use the funds transferred and appropriated pursuant to this section to provide grants for recovery and repair of the following short-line railroads damaged by Hurricane Helene: (1) Fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) to the Blue Ridge Southern Railroad, LLC, for line restoration. (2) Two million three hundred ninety-two thousand one hundred seventy-six dollars ($2,392,176) for track rehabilitation, facility repairs, and revenue loss to the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, LLC. SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. *DRH40143-MHa-49*
Sponsors
- Pless, Mark (R, 118) · primary sponsor
- James Clampitt (R) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: INFRASTRUCTURE, BUDGETING, STATE CONTROLLER, RAILROADS, TRANSPORTATION DEPT., PUBLIC, DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES, TRANSPORTATION
Common questions
- What is H232?
- H232 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Funds/Short-Line Railroad Disaster Assistance.
- What does H232 do?
- In its own words: An act to appropriate funds for the repair and reconstruction of short-line railroads impacted by hurricane helene.
- What is the status of H232?
- In committee as of February 27, 2025. Latest action: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (February 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored H232?
- Pless, Mark (R, 118), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H232?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H232
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