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NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.7 - Program guidelines.

 143B-437.7. Program guidelines.The Department of Commerce shall develop guidelines related to the administration of the NC Green Business Fund and to the selection of projects to receive allocations from the Fund, including project evaluation measures. At least 20 days before the effective date of any guidelines or nontechnical amendments to guidelines, the Department of Commerce must publish the proposed guidelines on the Department's Web site and provide notice to persons who have requested notice of proposed guidelines. In addition, the Department must accept oral and written comments on the proposed guidelines during the 15 business days beginning on the first day that the Department has completed these notifications. For the purpose of this section, a technical amendment is either of the following:(1) An amendment that corrects a spelling or grammatical error.(2) An amendment that makes a clarification based on public comment and could have been anticipated by the public notice that immediately preceded the public comment. (2007-323, s. 13.2(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.8 - Reports.

 143B-437.8. Reports.Grants made to non-State entities through the NC Green Business Fund shall be subject to the oversight and reporting requirements of G.S. 143C-6-23. The Department of Commerce shall publish a report on the commitment, disbursement, and use of funds allocated from the NC Green Business Fund at the end of each fiscal year. The report is due no later than September 1 and must be submitted to the following:(1) Repealed by Session Laws 2017-57, s. 14.1(z), effective July 1, 2017.(2) The chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Finance Committees.(3) The chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees.(4) The Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly.  (2007-323, s. 13.2(a); 2017-57, s. 14.1(z).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.10 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-437.010 by Session Laws 2007-484, s.33(a), effective July 1, 2007.

 143B-437.10: Recodified as G.S. 143B-437.010 by Session Laws 2007-484, s.33(a), effective July 1, 2007.
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.11 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-437.012 by Session Laws 2008-187, s. 26(a), effective August 7, 2008.

 143B-437.11: Recodified as G.S. 143B-437.012 by Session Laws 2008-187, s. 26(a), effective August 7, 2008.
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.14 - through 143B-437.16: Recodified as Part 32 of Article 7 of Chapter 143B, G.S. 143B-344.42 through G.S. 143B-344.44, by Session Laws 2013-360, s. 15.22(b), effective July 1, 2013.

 143B-437.14 through 143B-437.16: Recodified as Part 32 of Article 7 of Chapter 143B, G.S. 143B-344.42 through G.S. 143B-344.44, by Session Laws 2013-360, s. 15.22(b), effective July 1, 2013.
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.15 - through 143B-437.16: Recodified as Part 32 of Article 7 of Chapter 143B, G.S. 143B-344.42 through G.S. 143B-344.44, by Session Laws 2013-360, s. 15.22(b), effective July 1, 2013.

 143B-437.14 through 143B-437.16: Recodified as Part 32 of Article 7 of Chapter 143B, G.S. 143B-344.42 through G.S. 143B-344.44, by Session Laws 2013-360, s. 15.22(b), effective July 1, 2013.
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.16 - through 143B-437.16: Recodified as Part 32 of Article 7 of Chapter 143B, G.S. 143B-344.42 through G.S. 143B-344.44, by Session Laws 2013-360, s. 15.22(b), effective July 1, 2013.

 143B-437.14 through 143B-437.16: Recodified as Part 32 of Article 7 of Chapter 143B, G.S. 143B-344.42 through G.S. 143B-344.44, by Session Laws 2013-360, s. 15.22(b), effective July 1, 2013.
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.50 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.50 - Legislative findings and purpose.

 143B-437.50. Legislative findings and purpose.The General Assembly finds that:(1) It is the policy of the State of North Carolina to stimulate economic activity and to create new jobs for the citizens of the State by encouraging and promoting the expansion of existing business and industry within the State and by recruiting and attracting new business and industry to the State.(2) Both short-term and long-term economic trends at the State, national, and international levels have made the successful implementation of the State's economic development policy and programs both more critical and more challenging; and the decline in the State's traditional industries, and the resulting adverse impact upon the State and its citizens, have been exacerbated in recent years by adverse national and State economic trends that contribute to the reduction in the State's industrial base and that inhibit the State's ability to sustain or attract new and expanding businesses.(3) The economic condition of the State is not static and recent changes in the State's economic condition have created economic distress that requires a reevaluation of certain existing State programs and the enactment of a new program as provided in this Part that are designed to stimulate new economic activity and to create new jobs within the State.(4) The enactment of this Part is necessary to stimulate the economy, facilitate economic recovery, and create new jobs in North Carolina; and this Part will promote the general welfare and confer, as its primary purpose and effect, benefits on citizens throughout the State through the creation of new jobs, an enlargement of the overall tax base, an expansion and diversification of the State's industrial base, and an increase in revenue to the State and its political subdivisions.(5) The purpose of this Part is to stimulate economic activity and to create new jobs within the State.(6) It is not the intent of the General Assembly that grants provided through this Part be used as venture capital funds, business incubator funds, or business start-up funds or to otherwise fund the initial capitalization needs of new businesses.(7) Nothing in this Part shall be construed to constitute a guarantee or assumption by the State of any debt of any business or to authorize the taxing power or the full faith and credit of the State to be pledged. (2002-172, s. 2.1(a); 2003-416, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.56A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.56A - Multilocation projects.

 143B-437.56A. Multilocation projects.(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if a project will be located in more than one development tier area, the location with the highest area designation determines the standards applicable under this Part to the project.(b) For purposes of G.S. 143B-437.56(d), if a project will be located in more than one development tier area, the location with the lowest area designation determines the percentage of the annual grant approved for disbursement payable to the Utility Account pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.61 if (i) the project will have at least one location in a development tier three area, (ii) the project will have at least one location in a development tier one or two area, and (iii) at least sixty-six percent (66%) of the number of eligible positions created or the total benefits of the project to the State, as calculated pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.52, or both are located in the lowest area designation.  (2016-94, s. 15.7(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.58 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.58 - Grant recipient to submit records.

 143B-437.58. Grant recipient to submit records.(a) No later than March 1 of each year, for the preceding grant year, every business that is awarded a grant under this Part shall submit to the Department of Revenue an annual payroll report showing withholdings as a condition of its continuation in the grant program and identifying eligible positions that have been created during the base period that remain filled at the end of each year of the grant. Annual reports submitted to the Department of Revenue shall include social security numbers of individual employees identified in the reports. Upon request of the Committee, the business shall also submit a copy of its State and federal tax returns to the Department of Revenue. The Committee may inspect the information submitted to the Department of Revenue pursuant to this section at the Department of Revenue for purposes of award verification and calculation. Payroll and tax information, including social security numbers of individual employees and State and federal tax returns, submitted under this subsection is tax information subject to G.S. 105-259. Aggregated payroll or withholding tax information submitted or derived under this subsection is not tax information subject to G.S. 105-259. When making a submission under this section, the business must pay the Department of Revenue a fee of the greater of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or three one-hundredths of one percent (.03%) of an amount equal to the grant less the maximum amount to be transferred pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.61. The fee is due at the time the submission is made. The Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Revenue, and the Director of the Office of State Budget and Management shall determine the allocation of the fee imposed by this section among their agencies. The proceeds of the fee are receipts of the agency to which they are credited.(b) The Committee may require any information that it considers necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Part.(c) The Committee may require any business receiving a grant to submit to an audit at any time.(d) The reporting procedures of this section are in lieu of any other general reporting requirements relating to private entities that receive State funds.  (2002-172, s. 2.1(a); 2003-416, s. 2; 2004-124, s. 32G.1(d); 2006-168, s. 1.7; 2006-264, s. 69(f); 2009-394, s. 4; 2013-360, s. 15.21(a); 2018-5, s. 15.1(f).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.59 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.59 - Failure to comply with agreement.

 143B-437.59. Failure to comply with agreement.(a) If the business receiving a grant fails to meet or comply with any condition or requirement set forth in an agreement or with criteria developed by the Committee in consultation with the Attorney General, the Committee shall reduce the amount of the grant or the term of the agreement, may terminate the agreement, or both. The reduction in the amount or the term must, at a minimum, be proportional to the failure to comply measured relative to the condition or criterion with respect to which the failure occurred. The Committee may reduce the amount or term of a grant by formally approving a motion to reduce such grant in accordance with program policies adopted by the Committee for the treatment of failures by businesses to meet or comply with a condition or requirement set forth in the grant agreement, and it shall not be necessary to execute an amendment to the applicable grant agreement. The Committee shall notify any such affected business of the reduction to its grant payment, reflected in any such motion.(b) If a business fails to maintain employment at the levels stipulated in the agreement or otherwise fails to comply with any condition of the agreement for any two consecutive years:(1) If the business is still within the base period established by the Committee, the Committee shall withhold the grant payment for any consecutive year after the second consecutive year remaining in the base period in which the business fails to comply with any condition of the agreement, and the Committee may extend the base period for up to 24 additional months. Under no circumstances may the Committee extend the base period by more than a total of 24 months. In no event shall the term of the grant be extended beyond the date set by the Committee at the time the Committee awarded the grant.(2) If the business is no longer within the base period established by the Committee, the Committee shall terminate the agreement.(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, if the Committee finds that the business has manipulated or attempted to manipulate employee withholdings with the purpose of increasing the amount of a grant, the Committee shall immediately terminate the agreement and take action to recapture any grant funds disbursed in any year in which the Committee finds the business manipulated or attempted to manipulate employee withholdings with the purpose of increasing the amount of the grant.  (2002-172, s. 2.1(a); 2003-416, s. 2; 2006-168, s. 1.8; 2009-394, s. 5; 2010-91, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.60 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.60 - Disbursement of grant.

 143B-437.60. Disbursement of grant.A business may not receive an annual disbursement of a grant if, at the time of disbursement, the business has received a notice of an overdue tax debt and that overdue tax debt has not been satisfied or otherwise resolved. A business may receive an annual disbursement of a grant only after the Committee has certified that there are no outstanding overdue tax debts and that the business has met the terms and conditions of the agreement. No amount shall be disbursed to a business as a grant under this Part in any year until the Secretary of Revenue has certified to the Committee (i) that there are no outstanding overdue tax debts of the business and (ii) the amount of withholdings received in that year by the Department of Revenue from the business. A business that has met the terms of the agreement shall make an annual certification of this to the Committee. The Committee shall require the business to provide any necessary evidence of compliance to verify that the terms of the agreement have been met. The Committee shall certify the grant amount for which the business is eligible under the agreement and the grant amount for which the business would be eligible under the agreement without regard to G.S. 143B-437.56(d). The Department of Commerce shall remit a check to the business in the amount of the certified grant amount within 90 days of receiving the certification of the Committee. (2002-172, s. 2.1(a); 2003-416, s. 2; 2006-168, s. 1.9.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.61 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.61 - Transfer to Industrial Development Fund Utility Account.

 143B-437.61. Transfer to Industrial Development Fund Utility Account.At the time the Department of Commerce remits a check to a business under G.S. 143B-437.60, the Department of Commerce shall transfer to the Utility Account an amount equal to the amount certified by the Committee as the difference between the amount of the grant and the amount of the grant for which the business would be eligible without regard to G.S. 143B-437.56(d).  (2002-172, s. 2.1(a); 2003-416, s. 2; 2006-168, s. 1.10; 2013-360, s. 15.18(g).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.62 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.62 - Expiration.

 143B-437.62. Expiration.The authority of the Committee to award new grants expires January 1, 2030.  (2002-172, s. 2.1(a); 2003-416, s. 2; 2004-124, s. 32G.1(a); 2005-241, s. 3; 2006-168, s. 1.11; 2009-394, s. 6; 2015-259, s. 1(g); 2015-264, s. 91(a); 2017-57, s. 15.15(a); 2020-58, s. 7.4.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.63 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.63 - JDIG Program cash flow requirements.

 143B-437.63. JDIG Program cash flow requirements.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, grants made through the Job Development Investment Grant Program, including amounts transferred pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.61, shall be budgeted and funded on a cash flow basis. The Department of Commerce shall disburse funds in an amount sufficient to satisfy grant obligations and amounts to be transferred pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.61 to be paid during the fiscal year. It is the intent of the General Assembly to appropriate funds annually to the JDIG Program established in this Part in amounts sufficient to meet the anticipated cash requirements for each fiscal year.  (2004-124, s. 6.12(b); 2009-445, s. 40; 2009-570, s. 22; 2016-94, s. 15.2(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.70 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.70 - Legislative findings and purpose.

 143B-437.70. Legislative findings and purpose.The General Assembly finds that:(1) It is the policy of the State of North Carolina to stimulate economic activity and to create new jobs for the citizens of the State by encouraging and promoting the retention and expansion of existing business and industry within the State and by recruiting and attracting new business and industry to the State.(2) Both short-term and long-term economic trends at the State, national, and international levels have made the successful implementation of the State's economic development policy and programs both more critical and more challenging; and the decline in the State's traditional industries, and the resulting adverse impact upon the State and its citizens, have been exacerbated in recent years by adverse national and State economic trends that contribute to the reduction in the State's industrial base and that inhibit the State's ability to sustain or attract new and expanding businesses.(3) The purpose of this Part is to stimulate economic activity and to create new jobs within the State.(4) The enactment of this Part will maintain consistency and accountability in a key economic development program and will ensure that the program benefits the State and its citizens.(5) Nothing in this Part shall be construed to constitute a guarantee or assumption by the State of any debt of any business or to authorize the taxing power or the full faith and credit of the State to be pledged. (2004-88, s. 1(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.71 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.71 - One North Carolina Fund established as a special revenue fund.

 143B-437.71. One North Carolina Fund established as a special revenue fund.(a) Establishment. - The One North Carolina Fund is established as a special revenue fund in the Department of Commerce.(b) Purposes. - Moneys in the One North Carolina Fund may only be allocated pursuant to this subsection. Moneys may be allocated to local governments for use in connection with securing commitments for the recruitment, expansion, or retention of new and existing businesses and to the One North Carolina Small Business Account created pursuant to subsection (c) of this section in an amount not to exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000). Moneys in the One North Carolina Fund allocated to local governments shall be used for the following purposes only:(1) Installation or purchase of equipment.(2) Structural repairs, improvements, or renovations to existing buildings to be used for expansion.(3) Construction of or improvements to new or existing water, sewer, gas, or electric utility distribution lines or equipment for existing buildings.(4) Construction of or improvements to new or existing water, sewer, gas, or electric utility distribution lines or equipment for new or proposed buildings to be used for manufacturing and industrial operations.(5) Any other purposes specifically provided by an act of the General Assembly.(b1) Awards. - The amounts committed in Governor's Letters issued in a single fiscal biennium may not exceed twenty-eight million dollars ($28,000,000).(c) There is created in the One North Carolina Fund a special account, the One North Carolina Small Business Account, to be used for the North Carolina SBIR/STTR Incentive Program and the North Carolina SBIR/STTR Matching Funds Program, as specified in Part 2I of Article 10 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes.  (2004-88, s. 1(d); 2005-276, s. 13.14(a); 2006-162, s. 19; 2012-142, s. 13.6(b); 2013-360, s. 15.16A.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-437.73 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 10 - Department of Commerce.|§ 143B-437.73 - Program guidelines.

 143B-437.73. Program guidelines.The Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the Governor's Office, shall develop guidelines related to the administration of the One North Carolina Fund and to the selection of projects to receive allocations from the Fund. At least 20 days before the effective date of any guidelines or nontechnical amendments to guidelines, the Department of Commerce must publish the proposed guidelines on the Department's Web site and provide notice to persons who have requested notice of proposed guidelines. In addition, the Department must accept oral and written comments on the proposed guidelines during the 15 business days beginning on the first day that the Department has completed these notifications. For the purpose of this section, a technical amendment is either of the following:(1) An amendment that corrects a spelling or grammatical error.(2) An amendment that makes a clarification based on public comment and could have been anticipated by the public notice that immediately preceded the public comment. (2004-88, s. 1(d).)