House Bill 259 Summary

• Makes technical and conforming modifications to the Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015 (S.L. 2015-241) across multiple state departments and functions.

• Adjusts Information Technology Reserve Fund appropriations including $762,115 annually for e-forms and digital signatures development, transfers eight IT positions from the IT Internal Service Fund, and establishes the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs as a participating agency in IT consolidation.

• Modifies education funding allocations including reducing Academic Summer Bridge Program cuts by $119,300 annually while increasing UNC management flexibility reductions, and allows community colleges to earn budget FTE for grant-supported student enrollments under specified conditions.

• Corrects various fund code references and budget allocations in the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Health and Human Services, and other agencies; clarifies Medicaid lock-in program procedures with extended two-year duration.

• Enacts multiple tax law technical corrections including adjustments to corporate net worth calculations, historic preservation tax credits, sales tax distributions, and registration late fee procedures effective July 1, 2016.