Bill > S382

This bill makes modifications to and provides additional appropriations for disaster recovery, makes technical, clarifying, and other modifications to the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2023, and makes various changes to the law. Key provisions of the bill include: - Providing calendar flexibility and employee compensation for schools affected by Hurricane Helene. - Temporarily waiving certain rules for local confinement facilities during emergencies. - Extending deadlines for renewal of certain licenses and certifications in the affected area. - Providing funds for soil and water conservation, debris removal, and wastewater infrastructure projects in the affected area. - Extending the validity of certain permits and authorizing temporary waivers for erosion and sedimentation control plans and septic system permits in the affected area. - Allowing temporary operation of certain public water systems without a permit in the affected area. - Transferring the State Highway Patrol to be an independent department and consolidating certain law enforcement functions under it. - Modifying the appointment process for the Utilities Commission. - Repealing the Energy Policy Council and making changes to the Emergency Energy Program. - Updating laws regarding multiple employer welfare arrangements. - Modifying the structure and governance of the schools for the deaf and blind. - Establishing a program for advanced teaching roles and organizational models in local school administrative units. - Transferring the Center for Safer Schools to the State Bureau of Investigation. - Making various other changes to education, commerce, justice and public safety, general government, and local government.

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