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NC Gen Stat § 143C-8-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 8 - Budgeting Capital Improvement Projects.|§ 143C-8-3 - Capital improvement needs criteria.

 143C-8-3. Capital improvement needs criteria.(a) Criteria. - The Office of State Budget and Management shall develop a weighted list of factors that may be used to evaluate the need for capital improvement projects. The list shall include all of the following:(1) Preservation, adequacy and use of existing facilities.(2) Health and safety considerations.(3) Operational efficiencies.(4) Projected demand for governmental services.(b) Reporting. - The Office of State Budget and Management shall include the following in each six-year capital improvement plan submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to G.S. 143C-8-5:(1) The list of factors developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.(2) The most recent results of applying the factors developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to capital funds requests from State agencies.  (1997-443, s. 34.9; 2000-140, s. 93.1(a); 2001-424, s. 12.2(b); 2006-203, s. 3; 2016-94, s. 37.7(j).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-8-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 8 - Budgeting Capital Improvement Projects.|§ 143C-8-4 - Agency capital improvement needs estimates.

 143C-8-4. Agency capital improvement needs estimates.(a) Needs Estimate Required. - On or before September 1 of each even-numbered year, each State agency shall submit to the Office of State Budget and Management and to the Division of Fiscal Research a six-year capital improvement needs estimate. This estimate shall describe the agency's anticipated capital needs for each year of the six-year planning period. Capital improvement needs estimates shall be shown in two parts.(b) Repairs and Renovations Needs Estimate. - The first part of the capital improvement needs estimates shall include only requirements for repairs and renovations necessary to maintain the existing use of existing facilities. Each proposed repair and renovation expenditure shall be justified by reference to the Facilities Condition Assessment Program operated by the Office of State Construction.(c) Real Property and New Construction or Facility Rehabilitation Needs Estimate. - The second part of the capital improvement needs estimates shall include only proposals for real property acquisition and projects involving construction of new facilities or rehabilitation of existing facilities to accommodate uses for which the existing facilities were not originally designed. Each project included in this part shall be justified by reference to the needs evaluation criteria established by the Office of State Budget and Management pursuant to G.S. 143C-8-3 and shall include the information required by G.S. 143C-3-3(d)(5).For capital projects of The University of North Carolina and its constituent institutions, the Office of State Budget and Management shall utilize the needs evaluation information approved by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina developed pursuant to G.S. 116-11(9) and shall include the information required by G.S. 143C-3-3(d)(5).  (1997-443, s. 34.9; 2000-140, s. 93.1(a); 2001-424, s. 12.2(b); 2006-203, s. 3; 2016-94, s. 37.7(f).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-8-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 8 - Budgeting Capital Improvement Projects.|§ 143C-8-5 - Six-year capital improvements plan.

 143C-8-5. Six-year capital improvements plan.(a) General. - The State capital improvement plan shall address the long-term capital improvement needs of all State government agencies and shall incorporate all capital projects, however financed, proposed to meet those needs, except that transportation infrastructure projects shall be excluded. On or before December 31 of each even-numbered year, the Director of the Budget shall prepare and transmit to the General Assembly a six-year capital improvement plan. When preparing the plan, the Director of the Budget shall consider the capital improvement needs estimates submitted by State agencies as required in G.S. 143C-8-4. The plan shall be prepared in two parts.(b) Repair and Renovations Requirements. - The first part of the capital improvement plan shall set forth repair and renovations requirements that, in the judgment of the Director of the Budget, should be met within each year of the six-year planning period to protect and preserve existing capital improvement facilities. The plan shall identify individual projects in priority order by State agency and shall specify the means of financing.(c) Real Property Acquisition, New Construction, or Facility Rehabilitations. - The second part of the capital improvement plan shall set forth an integrated schedule for real property acquisition, new construction, or rehabilitation of existing facilities that, in the judgment of the Director of the Budget, should be initiated within each year of the six-year planning period. The plan shall contain for each project (i) estimates of real property acquisition, and construction or rehabilitation costs, (ii) a means of financing the project, (iii) an estimated schedule for the completion of the project, and (iv) an estimate of maintenance and operating costs, including personnel, for the project, covering the first five years of operation. Where the means of financing would involve direct or indirect debt service obligations, a schedule of those obligations shall be presented.  (1997-443, s. 34.9; 2006-203, s. 3; 2016-94, s. 37.7(g).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-8-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 8 - Budgeting Capital Improvement Projects.|§ 143C-8-7 - When a State agency may begin a capital improvement project.

 143C-8-7. When a State agency may begin a capital improvement project.(a) No State agency may expend funds for the construction or renovation of any capital improvement project except as needed to comply with this Article or otherwise authorized by the General Assembly. Funds that become available by gifts, excess patient receipts above those budgeted at the University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill, federal or private grants, receipts becoming a part of special funds by act of the General Assembly, or any other funds available to a State agency or institution may be utilized for advanced planning through the working drawing phase of capital improvement projects, upon approval of the Director of the Budget.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is authorized to utilize the types of funds described in subsection (a) of this section to build equipment structures that meet the description contained in G.S. 143-138(b4)(1)c. on an as-needed basis, provided that the total project cost does not exceed one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000).  (2006-203, s. 3; 2020-81, s. 4(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-8-7.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 8 - Budgeting Capital Improvement Projects.|§ 143C-8-7.1 - Procedures for disbursement of capital funds.

 143C-8-7.1. Procedures for disbursement of capital funds.(a) Appropriations made by an act of the General Assembly for capital improvements are for constructing, repairing, or renovating State buildings, utilities, and other capital facilities; for acquiring sites for them where necessary; for acquiring buildings and land for State government purposes and other purposes as set forth in G.S. 143C-4-3.1; and shall be disbursed for the purposes provided by that act. Expenditure of funds shall not be made by any State department, institution, or agency until an allotment has been issued by the Governor as Director of the Budget, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The allotment shall be issued upon compliance with the provisions of this Chapter. Prior to the award of construction contracts for projects to be financed in whole or in part with self-liquidating appropriations, the Director of the Budget shall approve the elements of the method of financing of those projects, including the source of funds, interest rate, and liquidation period. Provided, however, that if the Director of the Budget approves the method of financing a project, the Director shall report that action to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations at its next meeting.(b) Where direct capital improvement appropriations include the purpose of furnishing fixed and movable equipment for any project, those funds for equipment shall not be subject to transfer into construction accounts except as authorized by the Director of the Budget. The expenditure of funds for fixed and movable equipment and furnishings shall be reviewed and approved by the Director of the Budget prior to commitment of funds.(c) Capital improvement projects authorized by an act of the General Assembly shall be completed, including fixed and movable equipment and furnishings, within the limits of the amounts of the direct or self-liquidating appropriations provided, except as otherwise provided in that act. Capital improvement projects authorized by an act of the General Assembly for the design phase only shall be designed within the scope of the project as defined by the approved cost estimate filed with the Director of the Budget, including costs associated with site preparation, demolition, and movable and fixed equipment. Amounts contracted for projects authorized by the General Assembly cannot exceed the total project cost authorization.(d) Disbursement of funds from the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund for projects authorized by an act of the General Assembly shall be made as needed to initiate or advance a capital project. Funds authorized for any particular project shall remain in the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund until such time as disbursement is necessary to satisfy a financial obligation for that project.  (2020-81, s. 4(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-8-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 8 - Budgeting Capital Improvement Projects.|§ 143C-8-8 - When a State agency may increase the cost of a capital improvement project.

 143C-8-8. When a State agency may increase the cost of a capital improvement project.Upon the request of the administration of a State agency, the Director of the Budget may, when in the Director's opinion it is in the best interest of the State to do so, increase the cost of a capital improvement project. Provided, however, that if the Director of the Budget increases the cost of a project, the Director shall report that action to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations at its next meeting. The increase may be funded from gifts, federal or private grants, special fund receipts, excess patient receipts above those budgeted at the University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill, or direct capital improvement appropriations to that department or institution. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-8-9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 8 - Budgeting Capital Improvement Projects.|§ 143C-8-9 - When a State agency may change the scope of a capital improvement project.

 143C-8-9. When a State agency may change the scope of a capital improvement project.A State agency may increase the scope of a capital improvement project only if the General Assembly authorizes the increase. A State agency may decrease the scope of a capital improvement project if the Director authorizes the decrease. To obtain the Director's authorization for a decrease in the scope of a capital improvement project, a State agency shall submit its request to the Director in writing and shall state the reason for the request. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-8-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 8 - Budgeting Capital Improvement Projects.|§ 143C-8-10 - Project Reserve Account.

 143C-8-10. Project Reserve Account.(a) Project Reserve Account. - There is established a Project Reserve Account. When a construction contract is entered for a capital improvement project for which the General Assembly has enacted an appropriation, the appropriation is encumbered for the project's costs of real property acquisition, planning, design, site development, construction, contingencies, and other related costs. If the amount appropriated for the project exceeds the amount encumbered, the excess shall be credited to the Project Reserve Account, unless otherwise required by law. The Director may authorize funds in the Account to be used for any of the following:(1) An emergency repair and renovation project at a State facility.(2) The award of a project contract when bids for the contract exceed the amount appropriated for it if the project was designed within the scope intended by the appropriation and if the Director finds that all means to award the contract within the appropriation were reasonably attempted.(3) A reversion to the principal fund from which revenue was appropriated for a project when the amount encumbered for the project is less than the amount appropriated.(b) Reporting Requirement. - Whenever the Director authorizes the use of funds from the Project Reserve Account, the Director shall report the action to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations at its next meeting. (2006-203, s. 3; 2007-117, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-8-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 8 - Budgeting Capital Improvement Projects.|§ 143C-8-11 - Reversion of appropriation; lapse of project authorization; transfer of funds remaining after project completion.

 143C-8-11. Reversion of appropriation; lapse of project authorization; transfer of funds remaining after project completion.(a) Reversion of Appropriation. - A State agency shall begin the planning of or the construction of an authorized capital improvement project during the fiscal year in which the funds are appropriated. If it does not, the Director may credit the appropriation to the Project Reserve Account, unless otherwise required by law. If the Director does not credit the appropriation to the Project Reserve Account, the appropriation shall revert to the principal fund from which it was appropriated. The Director may, for good cause, allow a State agency to take up to an additional 12 months to take the actions required by this subsection.(b) Lapse of Project Authorization. - Authorizations for capital improvement projects shall lapse if any of the following occur: (i) the appropriation for a capital improvement project reverts, (ii) the construction of a project does not begin during the first two fiscal years in which funds are appropriated, or (iii) the Director redirects funds appropriated for a capital improvement project in accordance with G.S. 143C-6-2. The Director may, for good cause, allow a State agency to take up to an additional 12 months to begin construction of a project; however, if the Director approves an extension of time under this subsection and construction of the project has not begun by the end of the extension, the authorization for the project shall lapse.(c) Funds Remaining After Project Completion. - The State Controller shall transfer any balance of State funds appropriated for a capital project that remains unspent and unencumbered two years after completion of the project in accordance with this section. If applicable law requires a particular disposition of the funds, then the transfer shall be made in accordance with that requirement. Otherwise, the transfer shall be made in accordance with the following requirements:(1) If the funds were initially allocated from the Reserve for Repairs and Renovations, then the funds shall be transferred to that Reserve.(2) All other funds shall be transferred to the Project Reserve Account created by G.S. 143C-8-10.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2014-100, s. 36.14.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-8-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 8 - Budgeting Capital Improvement Projects.|§ 143C-8-12 - Capital improvement projects from sources other than the General Fund.

 143C-8-12. Capital improvement projects from sources other than the General Fund.(a) University Projects. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina may approve any of the following:(1) Expenditures to plan a capital improvement project of The University of North Carolina, the planning for which is to be funded entirely with non-General Fund money.(2) Expenditures for a capital improvement project of The University of North Carolina that is to be funded and operated entirely with non-General Fund money.(3) A change in the scope of any previously approved capital improvement project of The University of North Carolina provided that both the project and change in scope are funded entirely with non-General Fund money.Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit expenditures for planning for a project that has been authorized by an act of the General Assembly and funded with an allocation from the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund.(b) Carryforward Funds. - For purposes of this section, the term "non-General Fund money" includes funds carried forward from one fiscal year to another pursuant to G.S. 116-30.3 and G.S. 116-30.3B. These funds shall only be used for projects listed in G.S. 143C-8-13(a).(c) National Guard Projects. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, the North Carolina National Guard may approve expenditures for a capital project of the North Carolina National Guard if (i) the project will be funded entirely with federal funds and (ii) any operating costs associated with the project will be paid entirely with federal funds.(d) Reporting. - The Board of Governors and the National Guard shall report any expenditure made pursuant to this section to the Office of State Budget and Management and to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 30.10(a); 2014-100, ss. 36.5, 36.8(a); 2017-57, s. 36.12(j); 2020-81, s. 4(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-9-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 9 - Special Funds and Fee Reports.|§ 143C-9-1 - Medicaid Special Fund; transfers to Department of Health and Human Services.

 143C-9-1. Medicaid Special Fund; transfers to Department of Health and Human Services.(a) The Medicaid Special Fund is established as a nonreverting special fund in the Department of Health and Human Services. The Medicaid Special Fund shall consist of the federal Medicaid disproportionate share monies remaining after payments are made to hospitals. Annually, the Department shall transfer the disproportionate share gain, after payments are made to hospitals, to the Medicaid Special Fund. Funds deposited to the Medicaid Special Fund shall only be available for expenditure upon an act of appropriation of the General Assembly.Political subdivisions may appropriate funds directly to the Department of Health and Human Services for Medicaid programs. Other public agencies and private sources may transfer funds to the Department for Medicaid programs. The Department may accept unconditional and unrestricted donations of such funds. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article which might forbid such transfer or donation, the University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill may transfer funds as provided by the previous sentence of this section.(b) Contributed funds shall be subject to the Department of Health and Human Services administrative control and shall be allocated only as specifically provided in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, except such contributions shall not reduce State general revenue funding. At the end of any fiscal year, the unobligated balance of any such funds shall not revert to the General Fund, but shall be reappropriated for these purposes in the next fiscal year. (2006-203, s. 3; 2007-117, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-9-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 9 - Special Funds and Fee Reports.|§ 143C-9-3 - Settlement Reserve Fund.

 143C-9-3. Settlement Reserve Fund.(a) The "Settlement Reserve Fund" is established as a special fund to receive proceeds from tobacco litigation settlement agreements or final orders or judgments of a court in litigation between tobacco companies and the states.(a1) Each year, the sum of seventeen million five hundred thousand dollars ($17,500,000) from the Settlement Reserve Fund is appropriated to The Golden L.E.A.F. (Long-Term Economic Advancement Foundation), Inc., a nonprofit corporation, and these funds shall not be subject to G.S. 143C-6-23. The remainder of the funds credited to the Settlement Reserve Fund each fiscal year shall be transferred to the General Fund and included in General Fund availability as nontax revenue.(b), (c) Repealed by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 6.11(i), effective July 1, 2011.(d) Unless prohibited by federal law, federal funds provided to the State by block grant or otherwise as part of federal legislation implementing a settlement between United States tobacco companies and the states shall be credited to the Settlement Reserve Fund. Unless otherwise encumbered or distributed under a settlement agreement or final order or judgment of the court, funds paid to the State or a State agency pursuant to a tobacco litigation settlement agreement, or a final order or judgment of a court in litigation between tobacco companies and the states, shall be credited to the Settlement Reserve Fund.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 6.11(i); 2013-360, s. 6.4(e); 2013-363, s. 1.5; 2015-241, s. 6.24(a); 2015-268, s. 1.2; 2016-94, s. 6.6; 2017-57, s. 6.5.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-9-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 9 - Special Funds and Fee Reports.|§ 143C-9-4 - Biennial fee report.

 143C-9-4. Biennial fee report.(a) The Office of State Budget and Management shall prepare a report biennially on the fees charged by each State department, bureau, division, board, commission, institution, and agency during the previous two fiscal years. The report shall include the statutory or regulatory authority for each fee, the amount of the fee, when the amount of the fee was last changed, the number of times the fee was collected during the prior fiscal year, and the total receipts from the fee during the prior fiscal year.(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to The University of North Carolina.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2007-323, s. 6.3; 2021-80, s. 2.2(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-9-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 9 - Special Funds and Fee Reports.|§ 143C-9-5 - Assignment to the State of rights to tobacco manufacturer escrow funds.

 143C-9-5. Assignment to the State of rights to tobacco manufacturer escrow funds.A tobacco product manufacturer that elects to place funds into escrow pursuant to G.S. 66-291(a)(2) may make an assignment of its interest in the funds to the benefit of the State. The assignment applies to all funds, and any earnings and appreciation, that are in the escrow account at the time of the assignment or are subsequently deposited into the escrow account and are not released under the provisions of subdivision (1) or (2) of G.S. 66-291(b) at any time on or before the expiration of 10 years from the date of assignment. The assignment is irrevocable and shall include any reversionary interest in the escrow account and the funds therein that would otherwise belong to the tobacco manufacturer, including the right to receive the escrowed funds pursuant to G.S. 66-291(b)(3).An assignment of rights executed pursuant to this section shall be in writing and shall be signed by a duly authorized representative of the tobacco product manufacturer making the assignment. An assignment is effective upon delivery to the Attorney General and the financial institution where the escrow account is maintained. (2006-66, s. 6.19(d); 2006-221, s. 3A; 2006-259, ss. 40(d), 40.5.)