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NC Gen Stat § 143C-2-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 2 - Director of the Budget.|§ 143C-2-1 - Governor is Director of the Budget.

 143C-2-1. Governor is Director of the Budget.(a) Governor is Director of the Budget. - The Governor is the Director of the Budget. In that capacity, the Governor is required by Article III, Section 5(3) of the North Carolina Constitution to prepare and recommend a budget and to administer the budget as enacted by the General Assembly. The Governor's powers under this Chapter extend to all agencies, institutions, departments, bureaus, boards, and commissions of the State of North Carolina under whatever name now or hereafter known. The Governor may delegate the authority to perform a power or duty of the Director under this Chapter to the Office of State Budget and Management or to one or more persons.(b) State Agencies and Non-State Entities to Provide Information Requested by the Director; Examination of Persons and Agencies by Director. - Upon request, all State agencies and non-State entities subject to this act shall furnish the Director, in the form and at the time requested by the Director, any information desired by the Director in relation to their respective activities or fiscal affairs so long as the information is not confidential pursuant to federal or State law. The Director may subpoena and examine under oath any person directly or indirectly responsible for the operations of any executive State agency or any non-State entity subject to the provisions of this Chapter.(c) Governor May Request State Auditor to Audit State Agency or Non-State Entity Receiving State Funds. - As authorized by G.S. 147-64.6(c)(3), the Governor may request the State Auditor to make an audit of or cause an audit to be made of the books and accounts of any State agency and may require that the cost of the audit be borne by the State agency. The Governor may also request the State Auditor to make an audit of or cause an audit to be made of the books and records of any non-State entity receiving State funds pursuant to the State Auditor's authority granted in G.S. 147-64.7. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-2-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 2 - Director of the Budget.|§ 143C-2-2 - Collection of State Budget Statistics.

 143C-2-2. Collection of State Budget Statistics.The Director shall coordinate the efforts of governmental agencies to collect, disseminate, and analyze economic, demographic, and social statistics pertinent to State budgeting. The Director shall do all of the following:(1) Prepare and release the official demographic and economic estimates and projections for the State.(2) Conduct special economic and demographic analyses and studies to support statewide budgeting.(3) Develop and coordinate cooperative arrangements with federal, State, and local governmental agencies to facilitate the exchange of data to support State budgeting.(4) Report major trends that influence revenues and expenditures in the State budget in the current fiscal year and that may influence revenues and expenditures over the next five fiscal years. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-2-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 2 - Director of the Budget.|§ 143C-2-3 - Fiscal analysis required for any State agency bill that affects the budget.

 143C-2-3. Fiscal analysis required for any State agency bill that affects the budget.A State agency proposing a bill that affects the State budget shall prepare a fiscal analysis for the bill and submit the analysis to the Fiscal Research Division upon introduction of the bill. The fiscal analysis shall estimate the impact of the legislation on the State budget for the first five fiscal years the legislation would be in effect. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-2-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 2 - Director of the Budget.|§ 143C-2-4 - Director of the Budget may direct State Treasurer to borrow money for certain payments.

 143C-2-4. Director of the Budget may direct State Treasurer to borrow money for certain payments.The Director of the Budget, by and with the consent of the Governor and Council of State, may authorize and direct the State Treasurer to borrow in the name of the State, in anticipation of the collection of taxes, such sum as may be necessary to make the payments on the appropriations as even as possible and to preserve the best interest of the State in the conduct of the various State agencies during each fiscal year. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-2-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 2 - Director of the Budget.|§ 143C-2-5 - Grants and contracts database.

 143C-2-5. Grants and contracts database.(a) The Director of the Budget shall require the Office of State Budget and Management, with the support of the Department of Information Technology, to build and maintain a database and Web site for providing a single, searchable Web site on State spending for grants and contracts to be known as NC OpenBook.(b) The head of each State institution, department, bureau, agency, or commission, or a designee, shall conduct a quarterly review of all State contracts and grants administered by that agency.(c) All State institutions, departments, bureaus, agencies, or commissions that maintain a Web site shall be required to include an access link to the NC OpenBook Web site on the home page of the agency Web site. Each agency shall also prominently display a search engine on the agency Web site home page to allow for ease of searching for information, including contracts and grants, on the agency's Web site.  (2010-169, s. 9; 2015-114, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 7A.4(aa).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-2-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 2 - Director of the Budget.|§ 143C-2-6 - Contents of database and Web site.

 143C-2-6. Contents of database and Web site.(a) The Office of State Controller, the Department of Administration, and the Department of Information Technology shall provide the Office of State Budget and Management with the statewide information on State contracts necessary for the development and maintenance of the database and Web site required by this Article, with the information updated at least monthly.(b) The Office of State Budget and Management shall work with the Office of the State Auditor and the Grant Information Center to incorporate data on grants into the database and Web site required by this Article. All State institutions, departments, bureaus, agencies, or commissions subject to the authority of the Governor shall make necessary changes to existing reporting processes for contracts and grants to ensure the goals of this Article are met.(c) All State contracts and grants awarded in amounts in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be included in the database and Web site required by this Article. The following information shall be provided for each contract or grant:(1) The name of the entity receiving the award.(2) The amount of the award or estimated award.(3) Information on the award, including type of transaction, funding agency, and duration of the contract or grant.(4) The location of the entity receiving the award.(5) Background information on the entity receiving the award.(6) Time lines for anticipated completion of the work required.(7) Expected outcomes of the contract or grant and specific deliverables required.(8) Contact information for the responsible State government officer or administrator of the contract or grant.  (2010-169, s. 9; 2015-241, s. 7A.4(bb).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-3-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 3 - Development of the Governor's Recommended Budget.|§ 143C-3-1 - Budget estimate for the legislative branch.

 143C-3-1. Budget estimate for the legislative branch.The Legislative Services Officer shall give the Director an estimate of the financial needs of the legislative branch for the upcoming fiscal period in accordance with the schedule prescribed by the Director. The estimates for the legislative branch shall be approved and certified by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The estimates shall be itemized in accordance with the accounting classifications adopted by the Controller. The Director shall include the estimates in the budget the Director submits to the General Assembly. The Director may recommend changes to these estimates in the budget submitted to the General Assembly. (2006-66, s. 6.19(g); 2006-203, s. 3; 2006-221, s. 3A; 2006-259, s. 40(g).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-3-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 3 - Development of the Governor's Recommended Budget.|§ 143C-3-2 - Budget estimate for the judicial branch.

 143C-3-2. Budget estimate for the judicial branch.The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall give the Director an estimate of the financial needs of the judicial branch for the upcoming fiscal period in accordance with the schedule prescribed by the Director. The estimates for the judiciary shall be approved and certified by the Chief Justice. The estimates shall be itemized in accordance with the accounting classifications adopted by the Controller. The Director shall include these estimates for the judicial branch in the budget the Director submits to the General Assembly. The Director may recommend changes to these estimates in the budget the Director submits to the General Assembly. (2006-203, s. 3; 2007-393, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-3-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 3 - Development of the Governor's Recommended Budget.|§ 143C-3-4 - Budget requests from non-State entities.

 143C-3-4. Budget requests from non-State entities.Unless otherwise provided by law, budget requests from non-State entities shall be submitted to the Director or to a State agency designated by the Director. A State agency designated to receive a budget request from a non-State entity shall evaluate the request and forward its evaluation to the Director in accordance with procedures established by the Director. This section does not apply to the General Assembly or to actions of the General Assembly to appropriate funds to non-State entities. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-4-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 4 - Budget Requirements.|§ 143C-4-1 - Annual balanced budget.

 143C-4-1. Annual balanced budget.The budget recommended by the Governor and the budget enacted by the General Assembly shall be balanced and shall include two fiscal years beginning on July 1 of each odd-numbered year. Each fiscal year and each fund shall be balanced separately. The budget for a fund is balanced when the beginning unreserved fund balance for the fiscal year, together with the projected receipts to the fund during the fiscal year, is equal to or greater than the sum of appropriations from the fund for that fiscal year. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-4-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 4 - Budget Requirements.|§ 143C-4-4 - Contingency and Emergency Fund.

 143C-4-4. Contingency and Emergency Fund.(a) Creation. - The Contingency and Emergency Fund is established within the General Fund. The General Assembly shall appropriate a specific amount to this fund for contingencies and emergencies in the Current Operations Appropriations Act or other appropriations bill.(b) Authorized Uses. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated to the Contingency and Emergency Fund may be used only for expenditures required: (i) by a court or Industrial Commission order, (ii) to respond to events as authorized under G.S. 166A-19.40(a) of the North Carolina Emergency Management Act, or (iii) for other statutorily authorized purposes or other contingencies and emergencies.(c) Request for Allocation. - A State agency may request an allocation from the Contingency and Emergency Fund by submitting a request in writing to the Director along with any information required by the Director. If the Director approves the request, the Director shall present the request, together with a recommendation, to the Council of State for its approval. If the Council of State approves the request, the Director shall order the Controller to allocate the funds requested. The Director shall report on the request at the next scheduled meeting of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2012-12, s. 2(v).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-4-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 4 - Budget Requirements.|§ 143C-4-5 - Non-State match restrictions.

 143C-4-5. Non-State match restrictions.Whenever money is required to match an appropriation made for a specific purpose by the State of North Carolina, the recipient of the appropriation shall actually receive as a gift, grant, earnings in actual money, or a pledge that can be used as collateral in any prudent loan transaction, the matching amount required. The recipient shall retain the matching amount received in its possession until spent for that purpose and shall spend an equal percentage of the appropriation and of the matching amount each time an expenditure is made, unless the individual appropriation requires otherwise. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-4-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 4 - Budget Requirements.|§ 143C-4-6 - General Fund operating budget size limited.

 143C-4-6. General Fund operating budget size limited.(a) Size Limitation. - Except as otherwise provided in this section, the General Fund operating budget each fiscal year shall not be greater than seven percent (7%) of the projected total State personal income for that fiscal year.(b) Increase in Size Limitation. - To the extent that any percent increase in appropriations for a fiscal year for (i) Medicaid, (ii) operation of prisons, or (iii) operation of the courts or (iv) the costs of providing health insurance for teachers and State employees, exceeds the percent increase in State personal income growth for the same period, the limitation on the size of the General Fund operating budget provided in subsection (a) of this section for that fiscal year shall be increased by the dollar amount represented by the excess percentage. For all subsequent fiscal years, the percent limitation contained in subsection (a) shall then be increased to reflect that dollar adjustment.(c) Fiscal Reports. - The Office of State Budget and Management and the Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly shall each submit a tentative estimate of total State personal income for the upcoming fiscal year to the General Assembly no later than February 1 of each year. The Office and the Fiscal Research Division shall each submit a final projection of total State personal income for the upcoming fiscal year to the General Assembly no later than May 1 of each year. The General Assembly shall use the lower of the two final projections to calculate the limitation on the size of the General Fund operating budget provided in this section. (2006-203, s. 3; 2007-393, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-4-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 4 - Budget Requirements.|§ 143C-4-7 - Limit on number of permanent positions budgeted.

 143C-4-7. Limit on number of permanent positions budgeted.The total number of permanent budgeted positions established in State agencies shall not be increased by the end of any State fiscal year by a greater percentage rate of change than the percentage rate of change of the residential population growth for the State of North Carolina. The Office of State Budget and Management shall be responsible for computing the annual percentage rates of change for each measure. The population growth rate shall be computed by averaging the annual residential population growth rate in each of the preceding 10 fiscal years as stated in the annual estimates of residential population in North Carolina made by the United States Census Bureau. The growth rate of the number of budgeted positions shall be computed by averaging the annual rate of growth of State budgeted positions in each of the preceding 10 fiscal years. The total number of permanent budgeted positions established in State agencies shall be computed by adding the total number of budgeted Full-Time Equivalents from all fund types. This section does not apply to State-funded positions supported by the State in a local public school system or local community college institution. (2006-203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-4-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 4 - Budget Requirements.|§ 143C-4-8 - Use of funds appropriated to a reserve.

 143C-4-8. Use of funds appropriated to a reserve.All funds appropriated into a reserve by a Current Operations Appropriations Act or other act of the General Assembly may be expended only for the purpose or purposes for which the reserve was established.  (2017-57, s. 6.3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-4-9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 4 - Budget Requirements.|§ 143C-4-9 - Pay Plan Reserve.

 143C-4-9. Pay Plan Reserve.(a) Creation. - The Pay Plan Reserve is established within the General Fund. The General Assembly shall appropriate in the Current Operations Appropriations Act (Act) or other appropriations act a specific amount to this reserve for allocation, on an as-needed basis only, to fund statutory and scheduled pay expenses authorized by:(1) G.S. 20-187.3, for troopers of the State Highway Patrol compensated pursuant to an experience-based salary schedule.(2) G.S. 7A-102.(3) G.S. 7A-171.1.(4) Teacher Salary Schedule, as enacted by the General Assembly.(5) Pay Plans for Principals and Assistant Principals, as enacted by the General Assembly.(6) The Act, for law enforcement officers of the State Bureau of Investigation and Alcohol Law Enforcement.(b) Authorized Uses. - The funds in the Pay Plan Reserve are available to agencies for employee salary and benefit costs only if the amount of funds appropriated for statutory or scheduled salaries and benefits expenses, in any fiscal year, would be insufficient to cover those expenses for eligible employees.(c) Request for Allocation. - After January 1 of each fiscal year, an agency may request an allocation from the Pay Plan Reserve by submitting:(1) A detailed description of the pay plan design, including the salary or salary range at each step within the pay plan and the criteria for movement between steps of the pay plan.(2) Proof to the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) that the agency has exhausted or is projected to exhaust funds appropriated for statutory or scheduled salary and benefit expenses.The OSBM must certify the need for any allocation before disbursing funds from the reserve. The OSBM shall report to Fiscal Research Division on or before April 1 of each year on any disbursements made from the reserve and regarding projected recurring appropriations necessary to fully fund positions eligible for funding in the next fiscal year. Funds from the reserve may be allocated and reallocated only as expressly provided by this section.  (2017-57, s. 35.17; 2018-5, s. 35.17; 2019-210, s. 4.1; 2019-211, s. 5.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-4-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 4 - Budget Requirements.|§ 143C-4-11 - Medicaid Contingency Reserve.

 143C-4-11. Medicaid Contingency Reserve.(a) Medicaid Contingency Reserve. - The Medicaid Contingency Reserve is established as a reserve to be used only for budget shortfalls in the Medicaid or NC Health Choice program.(b) Funds from the Medicaid Contingency Reserve may be allocated or expended only if all of the following criteria are met:(1) There is an act of appropriation by the General Assembly.(2) After the State Controller has verified that all Medicaid and NC Health Choice program receipts are being used appropriately, the Director of the Budget has found that additional funds are needed to cover a shortfall in the Medicaid or NC Health Choice budget for the State fiscal year.(3) The Director of the Budget has reported immediately to the Fiscal Research Division on the amount of the shortfall found in accordance with subdivision (2) of this subsection. This report shall include an analysis of the causes of the shortfall, such as (i) unanticipated enrollment and mix of enrollment, (ii) unanticipated growth or utilization within particular service areas, (iii) errors in the data or analysis used to project the Medicaid or NC Health Choice budget, (iv) the failure of the program to achieve budgeted savings, (v) other factors and market trends that have impacted the price of or spending for services, (vi) variations in receipts from prior years or from assumptions used to prepare the Medicaid and NC Health Choice budgets for the current fiscal year, or (vii) other factors. The report shall also include data in an electronic format that is adequate for the Fiscal Research Division to confirm the amount of the shortfall and its causes.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Governor to carry out the Governor's duties under the Constitution.  (2020-88, s. 14.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-5-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 5 - Enactment of the Budget.|§ 143C-5-1 - Rules for the introduction of the Governor's appropriations bills.

 143C-5-1. Rules for the introduction of the Governor's appropriations bills.The Current Operations Appropriations Act recommended by the Governor shall be introduced by the chairs of the committee on appropriations in each house of the General Assembly. This section shall be considered and treated as a rule of procedure in the Senate and House of Representatives unless provided otherwise by a rule of either branch of the General Assembly.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 6.6(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-5-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 5 - Enactment of the Budget.|§ 143C-5-2 - Order of appropriations bills.

 143C-5-2. Order of appropriations bills.(a) Each house of the General Assembly shall first pass its version of the Current Operations Appropriations Act on third reading and order it sent to the other chamber before placing any other appropriations bill on the calendar for second reading. This section does not apply to the following bills:(1) An appropriations bill to respond to an emergency as defined by G.S. 166A-19.3.(2) An appropriations bill making adjustments to the current year budget.(3) An appropriations bill authorizing continued operations at current funding levels.(4) In even-numbered years, an appropriations bill that contains a statement that the General Assembly does not intend to enact a Current Operations Appropriations Act that year.(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply to each fiscal year of the biennium.  (2006-203, s. 3; 2012-12, s. 2(w); 2014-100, s. 6.8.)
NC Gen Stat § 143C-5-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143C - State Budget Act|Article 5 - Enactment of the Budget.|§ 143C-5-3 - Availability statement required.

 143C-5-3. Availability statement required.The Current Operations Appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly shall state the General Fund, Highway Fund, and Highway Trust Fund availability used as basis for appropriations from those funds. (2006-203, s. 3.)