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NC Gen Stat § 143C-5-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 5 - Enactment of the Budget.|§ 143C-5-5 - Committee report used to construe intent of budget acts.

 143C-5-5. Committee report used to construe intent of budget acts.A committee report incorporated by reference in the Current Operations Appropriations Act and distributed on the floor of the House of Representatives and of the Senate as part of the explanation of the act is to be construed with the appropriate act in interpreting its intent. If a report conflicts with the act, the act prevails. The Director of the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Commission shall send a copy of the reports to the Director.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 6.6(e).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-1 - Budget enacted by the General Assembly; certified budgets of State agencies.

 143C-6-1. Budget enacted by the General Assembly; certified budgets of State agencies.(a) Governor to Administer the Budget as Enacted by the General Assembly. - In accordance with Section 5(3) of Article III of the North Carolina Constitution, the Governor shall administer the budget as enacted by the General Assembly. All appropriations of State funds now or hereafter made to the State agencies and non-State entities authorize expenditures only for the (i) purposes or programs and (ii) objects or line items enumerated in the Recommended State Budget and the Budget Support Document recommended to the General Assembly by the Governor, as amended and enacted by the General Assembly in the Current Operations Appropriations Act or any other act affecting the State budget. The Governor shall ensure that appropriations are expended in strict accordance with the budget enacted by the General Assembly.(b) Departmental Receipts. - Departmental receipts collected to support a program or purpose shall be credited to the fund from which appropriations have been made to support that program or purpose. A State agency shall expend departmental receipts first, including receipts in excess of the amount of receipts budgeted in the certified budget for the program or purpose, and shall expend other funds appropriated for the purpose or program only to the extent that receipts are insufficient to meet the costs anticipated in the certified budget.Except as authorized in G.S. 143C-6-4, excess departmental receipts shall not be used to increase expenditures for a purpose or program.(c) Certification of the Budget. - The Director of the Budget shall certify to each State agency the amount appropriated to it for each program and each object from all funds included in the budget as defined in G.S. 143C-3-5(d). The certified budget for each State agency shall reflect the total of all appropriations enacted for each State agency by the General Assembly in the Current Operations Appropriations Act and any other act affecting the State budget. The certified budget for each State agency shall follow the format of the Budget Support Document as modified to reflect changes enacted by the General Assembly.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2013-360, s. 6.12(m); 2017-57, s. 6.6(f).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-2 - Methods to avoid deficit.

 143C-6-2. Methods to avoid deficit.(a) Appropriations. - Each appropriation is maximum and conditional. The expenditures authorized by an appropriation from a fund shall be made only if necessary and only if the aggregate revenues to the fund during each fiscal year of the biennium, when added to any unreserved fund balance from the previous fiscal year, are sufficient to support the expenditures.(b) Revenue Collections. - The Director, with the assistance of the Secretary of Revenue and other officials collecting or receiving appropriated State revenue, shall continuously survey the revenue collections. If the Director finds that revenues to any fund, when added to the beginning unreserved fund balance in that fund, will be insufficient to support appropriations from that fund, the Director shall immediately notify the General Assembly that a deficit is anticipated. The Director shall consult with the Chief Justice to identify expenditure reductions and other lawful measures the Chief Justice and Judicial Branch can implement to reduce expenditures. The Director shall report in a timely manner to the General Assembly a plan containing the expenditure reductions and other lawful measures as the Director is implementing in order to avert the deficit.(c) Local Governments Funds. - In exercising the powers contained in Section 5(3) of Article III of the North Carolina Constitution, the Governor shall not withhold from distribution funds that have been collected by the State on behalf of local governments or funds that the General Assembly has appropriated to local governments unless the Governor has exhausted all other sources of revenue of the State including any appropriated surplus remaining in the treasury at the beginning of the fiscal period.In accordance with Section 19 of Article I of the North Carolina Constitution and the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution, the State is prohibited from taking local tax revenue. This subsection does not authorize the Governor to withhold revenues from taxes levied by units of local governments and collected by the State. (2006-203, s. 3; 2007-393, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-3 - Allotments.

 143C-6-3. Allotments.To receive the operating funds appropriated to it, a State agency shall submit to the Director, at intervals and in a format prescribed by the Director, a request for an allotment of the amount estimated to be required for the agency's operating costs during the ensuing fiscal period. The Director shall approve or modify the allotment requests, and the State Controller shall implement the allotments as approved or modified by the Director. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-5 - No expenditures for purposes for which the General Assembly has considered but not enacted an appropriation; no fee increases that the General Assembly has rejected.

 143C-6-5. No expenditures for purposes for which the General Assembly has considered but not enacted an appropriation; no fee increases that the General Assembly has rejected.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds from any source, except for gifts, grants, or funds allocated from the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund in accordance with G.S. 143C-4-3.1, funds allocated from the Contingency and Emergency Fund in accordance with G.S. 143C-4-4, and funds exempted from Chapter 143C in accordance with G.S. 143C-1-3(c) may be expended for any new or expanded purpose, position, or other expenditure for which the General Assembly has considered but not enacted an appropriation of funds for the current fiscal period. For the purpose of this subsection, the General Assembly has considered a purpose, position, or other expenditure when that purpose is included in a bill which fails a reading, or if the purpose is included in the version of a bill that passes one house, but the bill is enacted without the purpose.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fee shall be increased if the General Assembly has rejected an increase of that fee for the current fiscal period. For the purpose of this subsection, the General Assembly has rejected a fee increase when that fee increase is included in a bill which fails a reading, or if the fee increase is included in the version of a bill that passes one house, but the bill is enacted without the fee increase.  (2006-66, s. 6.4; 2006-203, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 36.12(i).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-5.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-5.5 - Limitation on use of State funds for abortions.

 143C-6-5.5. Limitation on use of State funds for abortions.No State funds may be used for the performance of abortions or to support the administration of any governmental health plan or government-offered insurance policy offering abortion, except that this prohibition shall not apply where (i) the life of the mother would be endangered if the unborn child were carried to term or (ii) the pregnancy is the result of a rape or incest. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit medical care provided after a spontaneous miscarriage.  (2011-145, s. 29.23(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-6 - Positions included in the State Payroll.

 143C-6-6. Positions included in the State Payroll.(a) Before a State agency establishes a new position or changes the funding of an existing position, the agency shall submit the proposed action to the Director for approval. The Director shall review the proposed action to ensure that funds for the action are included in the amount appropriated to the agency. If the Director approves the action, the Director shall notify the agency and the Controller of the approval. The Controller shall not honor a voucher in payment of a payroll that includes a new position or a change in an existing position that has not been approved by the Director.(b) Payments on behalf of employees for hospital-medical insurance, longevity payments, salary increments, and legislative salary increases, required employer salary-related contributions for retirement benefits, death benefits, the Disability Income Plan and social security for employees shall be paid from the General Fund or the Highway Fund, only to the extent of the proportionate part paid from the General Fund or Highway Fund, in support of the salary of the employee, and the remainder of the employer's contribution requirements shall be paid from the same source that supplies the remainder of the employee's salary.(c) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to The University of North Carolina. (2006-203, s. 3; 2007-484, s. 34.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-7 - Compliance with Chapter and appropriations acts by State agencies.

 143C-6-7. Compliance with Chapter and appropriations acts by State agencies.(a) Compliance With Chapter and Appropriations Acts. - Except as otherwise provided by law, all expenditures of State funds by a State agency shall be made in compliance with the State budget as enacted by the General Assembly and certified by the Director. If the Director finds that a State agency has spent or encumbered State funds for an unauthorized purpose, the Director shall take appropriate administrative action to ensure that no further irregularities occur and shall report to the Attorney General any facts that pertain to an apparent violation of a penal statute or an apparent instance of malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance by a person.(b) Repayment of Funds Spent for an Unauthorized Purpose. - In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, if the Director finds that a State agency violated this section, the Director shall withhold any future allocations for the unauthorized purpose and shall also withhold future allocations to the Department in an amount equal to the funds unlawfully spent. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-8 - State agencies may incur financial obligations only if authorized by the Director of the Budget and subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

 143C-6-8. State agencies may incur financial obligations only if authorized by the Director of the Budget and subject to the availability of appropriated funds.(a) Limitation. - Unless otherwise authorized by the Director as provided by law, purchase orders, contracts, salary commitments, and any other financial obligations by State agencies shall be subject to the availability of appropriated funds or available funds that are not State funds as defined in this Chapter. Any employment contract or salary commitment that is paid in whole or in part with State funds shall also be subject to this limitation.(b) Notice. - Any written purchase order, contract, salary commitment, or other financial obligation subject to this section shall include a clause that sets forth the limitation imposed by subsection (a) of this section. Where this section applies but there is no written document to which the limitation may be added, the entity that administers the State funds at issue shall notify the person or entity of the limitation.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2012-142, s. 6.13(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-9 - Use of lapsed salary savings.

 143C-6-9. Use of lapsed salary savings.(a) Lapsed salary savings may be expended only for nonrecurring purposes or line items.(b) Lapsed salary savings shall not be used to pay for litigation services provided by private counsel. As used in this subsection, litigation services and private counsel are as defined in G.S. 147-17(c1) and G.S. 114-2.3(d).(c) Until otherwise provided by the General Assembly, the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) in conjunction with State agencies, as defined in G.S. 143C-1-1(d)(24), shall report on the use of lapsed salary funds at the end of each fiscal year. State agencies shall report to the OSBM on the use of lapsed salary, including all of the following:(1) The total amount of accrued lapsed salary funds by funding source.(2) The total number of full-time equivalent positions comprising the lapsed salary funds.(3) The total expenditure of lapsed salaries by purpose.(4) The legal authorization to expend lapsed salary funds.The OSBM shall report by October 1 of each year on the use of lapsed salary funds to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committees on Health and Human Services, Education, Justice and Public Safety, Transportation, Information Technology, General Government, and Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research Division.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 6.7; 2020-78, s. 20.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-10 - Flexible compensation plan.

 143C-6-10. Flexible compensation plan.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director may establish a program of dependent care assistance and a flexible compensation plan for eligible officers and employees of State agencies as provided in G.S. 126-95. With the approval of the Director, savings in the employer's share of contributions under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act on account of the reduction in salary may also be used as provided by G.S. 126-95. (2007-117, s. 3(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-11.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-11.1 - Department of Transportation Spend Plan.

 143C-6-11.1. Department of Transportation Spend Plan.(a) The Department of Transportation shall develop a comprehensive cash-spending plan, known as the "Spend Plan," to spend money from any source, including federal funds and bond proceeds, for programs, functions, activities or objects, by the Department.(b) The Department shall present the Spend Plan to the Board of Transportation, the Transportation Oversight Manager at the Office of State Budget and Management, and the State Budget Director for approval.(c) The Board of Transportation, the Transportation Oversight Manager at the Office of State Budget and Management, and the State Budget Director shall either approve the Spend Plan or report any objections to the Spend Plan with specificity and reasons for the objections in writing to the Chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on the Department of Transportation, the Chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Transportation, and the Fiscal Research Division if the General Assembly is in session, or to the Chairs of the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee and the Fiscal Research Division if the General Assembly is not in session. Upon receipt of the Spend Plan, approval or a report must be completed within 30 days.(d) Any modifications to the Spend Plan or expenditures outside of the Spend Plan shall be submitted for approval as provided in subsection (b) of this section prior to implementation.  (2020-91, s. 5.4.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-12 - Quarterly report on State agency reorganizations and movements of positions.

 143C-6-12. Quarterly report on State agency reorganizations and movements of positions.The Office of State Budget and Management shall report quarterly to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the appropriate Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on reorganizations of State agencies and movements of State agency positions. Each report submitted pursuant to this section shall include all of the following information for the previous quarter:(1) A list of all reorganizations within State agencies or between State agencies.(2) A list of all positions moved within a State agency or between State agencies.(3) A statement of the purpose of each reorganization and position movement undertaken and of the legal authority under which each reorganization and position movement was made.  (2014-100, s. 6.10.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-21 - Payments to nonprofits.

 143C-6-21. Payments to nonprofits.Except as otherwise provided by law, an annual appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or less to or for the use of a nonprofit corporation may be made in a single annual payment, in the discretion of the Director of the Budget. An annual appropriation of more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to or for the use of a nonprofit corporation shall be made in quarterly or monthly payments, in the discretion of the Director of the Budget.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2013-360, s. 6.12(o).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-6-22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 6 - Administration of the Budget.|§ 143C-6-22 - Use of State funds by non-State entities.

 143C-6-22. Use of State funds by non-State entities.(a) Disbursement and Use of State Funds. - Every non-State entity that receives, uses, or expends any State funds shall use or expend the funds only for the purposes for which they were appropriated by the General Assembly. State funds include federal funds that flow through the State Treasury.(b) Compliance by Non-State Entities. - If the Director of the Budget finds that a non-State entity has spent or encumbered State funds for an unauthorized purpose, or fails to submit or falsifies the information required by G.S. 143C-6-23 or any other provision of law, the Director shall take appropriate administrative action to ensure that no further irregularities or violations of law occur and shall report to the Attorney General any facts that pertain to an apparent violation of a criminal law or an apparent instance of malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in connection with the use of State funds. Appropriate administrative action may include suspending or withholding the disbursement of State funds and recovering State funds previously disbursed.(c) Civil Actions. - Civil actions to recover State funds or to obtain other mandatory orders in the name of the State on relation of the Attorney General, or in the name of the Office of State Budget and Management, shall be filed in the General Court of Justice in Wake County. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-7-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 7 - Federal and Other Receipts.|§ 143C-7-1 - Funds creating an obligation.

 143C-7-1. Funds creating an obligation.(a) Report to Director. - A State agency, other than the judicial branch, that submits to the federal government or to any other party an application for funds that will be subject to this Chapter shall first provide to the Director a copy of the application along with any related information the Director may require. The judicial branch shall provide the Director with a copy of the application and any related information after making the application.(b) Contract Provision. - A State agency that receives funds pursuant to an application that must be reported to the Director under subsection (a) of this section shall include in any related contract or other grant instrument a clause specifically stating that the expenditure of money deposited in the State treasury is subject to acts of appropriation by the General Assembly. (2006-203, s. 3; 2007-393, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-7-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 7 - Federal and Other Receipts.|§ 143C-7-2 - Federal Block Grants.

 143C-7-2. Federal Block Grants.(a) Plans Submitted and Reviewed. - The Secretary of each State agency that receives and administers federal Block Grant funds shall prepare and submit the agency's Block Grant plans to the Director of the Budget. The Director of the Budget shall submit the Block Grant plans to the General Assembly as part of the Recommended State Budget submitted pursuant to G.S. 143C-3-5.(b) Information To Be Included in Plans. - Each State agency shall submit a separate Block Grant plan for each Block Grant received and administered by the agency, and each plan shall include all of the following:(1) A delineation of the proposed dollar amount by activity and by category, including dollar amounts to be used for administrative costs.(2) A comparison of the proposed funding with two prior years' program budgets.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2013-360, s. 6.12(p).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-8-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 8 - Budgeting Capital Improvement Projects.|§ 143C-8-1 - Legislative intent; purpose.

 143C-8-1. Legislative intent; purpose.(a) Legislative Intent. - The General Assembly recognizes the need to establish a comprehensive process for capital improvement planning and budgeting that is fully integrated with State financial planning and debt management.(b) Capital Improvement Planning and Budgeting Process. - The capital improvement planning and budgeting process shall include the following elements:(1) A database of facilities owned by State agencies, maintained pursuant to G.S. 143-341(4).(2) Criteria used to evaluate capital improvement needs.(3) A six-year capital improvement needs estimate.(4) A six-year capital improvements plan.(5) Recommendations for capital improvements set forth in the Recommended State Budget as specified in G.S. 143C-3-5.(c) Office of State Budget and Management to Manage Planning Process. - The Office of State Budget and Management has responsibility for management of the capital improvement planning process. The Director of the Budget may assign to any State agency or institution such duties and responsibilities as may, in the Director's judgment, be necessary to the successful administration of the capital improvement planning process.  (1997-443, s. 34.9; 2000-140, s. 93.1(a); 2001-424, s. 12.2(b); 2006-203, s. 3; 2016-119, s. 2(c).)