SB 557 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Bifurcate Economic Distress Categorization.

SB 557 requires most North Carolina state agencies and entities using state funds to stop using the existing "development tier" system (which categorizes counties by economic distress) for programs like farmland preservation, housing tax credits, and wastewater funding by July 1, 2027. It directly affects agencies including Agriculture, Environmental Quality, Health and Human Services, Housing Finance Agency, Transportation, and Revenue. Each agency must develop new, program-specific criteria by July 1, 2026, and report their plans to relevant legislative committees. The bill does not change the underlying tier definitions but mandates replacing their use across multiple state programs with tailored alternatives.

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Mar 2025

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Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Last action Mar 26, 2025

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Changed bill identifier from DRS15250-MC-147 to S557-v-1

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Mar 25, 2025

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