North Carolina House bill in Session 2025.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: March 6, 2025.
Corn Farmer Recovery Act - Phase I.
Contains legislative findings pertaining to corn farming and disaster relief. Directs the State Controller to transfer $89,508,792 from the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund (SERDRF) to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (Department) for the 2024 Agricultural Disaster Corn Crop Loss Program (Program) to be used to assist farmers with verified losses in counties designated by USDA as agricultural disasters that occurred during 2024 in the State (hereinafter, the affected areas). Reappropriates remaining funds from the Agricultural Crop Loss Program established in Section 5.9A(c)(2) of SL 2021-180 and Section 5.4(a)(4)a. of SL 2022-74 for the Program. Allows the Department to use up to 1% of allocated funds for administrative purposes.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-05 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-03-06 | Status | in_committee |
| 2025-03-06 | Latest Action | Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House |