NORTH CAROLINA -- Florence disaster relief and the Voter ID bill are on the minds of state lawmakers during their appropriations meeting.

• The Florence disaster relief fund has already been created, appropriating more than $850 million for relief efforts
• New additions to Voter ID bill involve setting up a process for both community colleges and private universities to issue IDs
• State and government employees would also be allowed to use their IDs to vote

The Florence disaster relief fund has already been created, appropriating more than $850 million for relief efforts.

That piece of legislation is set to go in front of the Senate Rules Committee Wednesday afternoon.

Yesterday, the Voter ID bill passed through the Senate Committee on Elections and includes new language for more acceptable identification options.

The new additions involve setting up a process for both community colleges and private universities to issue IDs.

State and government employees would also be allowed to use their IDs to vote.

A new measure added to the bill is a change in county ID expiration dates. Now, IDs will expire in 10 years instead of eight.

The County Board of Elections will also be required to notify a person 90 days before their ID will expire.

Additionally, counties impacted by a natural disaster within 100 days of an election will not have to worry about producing any documents to vote.

Senate President Phil Berger says the Voter ID bill is largely modeled after the South Carolina voter ID law but with even more options.