Chapter 143C

(a) The following definitions apply in this section: (1) Cross-sex hormones. - As defined in G.S. 90-21.150. (2) Minor. - As defined in G.S. 90-21.150. (3) Puberty-blocking drugs. - As defined in G.S. 90-21.150. (4) Surgical gender transition procedure. - As defined in G.S. 90-21…

(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 amo…

(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 …

(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…

(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.…

(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 relate…

(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 t…

(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 Proces…

(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 State Capital…

(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 fo…

(a) Use of Funds. - Except as otherwise provided for in this section, funds for repairs and renovations shall be available for expenditure only upon an act of appropriation by the General Assembly. Funds appropriated for repairs and renovations shall be used only for State facili…

(a) Definitions. - The following definitions apply in this section: (1) Capital project. - Any capital improvement, as that term is defined in G.S. 143C-1-1, that is (i) funded in whole or in part with State funds, including receipts, non-General Fund sources, or statutorily or c…

(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) H…

(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 a…

(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 …

(a) Budget Director's Recommendations. - The Director of the Budget shall recommend expenditures for repairs and renovations of existing facilities, and real property acquisition, new construction, or rehabilitation of existing facilities in the Recommended State Budget in accord…

(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 as otherwise authorized by (i) an act of the General Assembly or (ii) subsection (b) of this section. Funds that become avail…

(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 gov…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term "public-private partnership project" means a capital improvement project undertaken for the benefit of a governmental entity and a private entity that may involve a contract, a financing arrangement, or other agreement and includes c…

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 inc…

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) 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 …

(a) Creation. - The Health Advancement Receipts Special Fund is established as a nonreverting special fund in the Department of Health and Human Services. (b) Source of Funds. - Each State fiscal quarter, the Department of Health and Human Services shall deposit in the Health Adv…

(a) The Trust Fund for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services and Bridge Funding Needs is established as an interest-bearing, nonreverting special trust fund in the Office of State Budget and Management. Moneys in the Trust Fund shall be held in t…

(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 twenty-five million doll…

(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 au…

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 acco…

(a) The "Indian Gaming Education Revenue Fund" is established in the State Treasury. Funds shall be expended from the Indian Gaming Education Revenue Fund only by specific appropriation by the General Assembly. (b) Upon appropriation by the General Assembly, funds received in the…

(a) Creation. - The Hospital Uncompensated Care Fund is established as a nonreverting special fund in the Department of Health and Human Services. (b) Source of Funds. - The Hospital Uncompensated Care Fund shall consist of federal disproportionate share adjustment receipts arisi…