GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2019
SESSION LAW 2019-242
HOUSE BILL 111
AN ACT to enact a base budget for certain state agencies, departments, and institutions for the 2019‑2021 fiscal biennium.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
part i. base budget appropriations
GENERAL FUND BASE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS
SECTION 1.1.(a) Appropriations from the General Fund for the budgets of the State agencies, departments, and institutions, and for other purposes as enumerated, are made for each year of the 2019‑2021 fiscal biennium, according to the following schedule:
Current Operations – General Fund FY 2019‑2020 FY 2020‑2021
EDUCATION
Community College System
Requirements 1,561,623,007 1,561,623,007
Less: Receipts 393,206,608 393,206,608
Net Appropriation 1,168,416,399 1,168,416,399
Public Instruction
Requirements 11,766,939,802 11,828,299,027
Less: Receipts 2,180,566,432 2,180,566,432
Net Appropriation 9,586,373,370 9,647,732,595
University of North Carolina
NC A&T University
Requirements 179,603,455 179,603,455
Less: Receipts 87,002,310 87,002,310
Net Appropriation 92,601,145 92,601,145
NC School of Science and Mathematics
Requirements 24,434,049 24,434,049
Less: Receipts 1,796,561 1,796,561
Net Appropriation 22,637,488 22,637,488
NC State University‑Academic Affairs
Requirements 842,422,995 842,422,995
Less: Receipts 422,169,898 422,169,898
Net Appropriation 420,253,097 420,253,097
NC State University‑Agric. Research
Requirements 72,542,781 72,542,781
Less: Receipts 17,721,640 17,721,640
Net Appropriation 54,821,141 54,821,141
NC State University‑Coop. Extension
Requirements 55,529,168 55,529,168
Less: Receipts 14,833,163 14,833,163
Net Appropriation 40,696,005 40,696,005
North Carolina Central University
Requirements 136,655,404 136,655,404
Less: Receipts 51,822,380 51,822,380
Net Appropriation 84,833,024 84,833,024
UNC at Asheville
Requirements 61,661,158 61,661,158
Less: Receipts 21,876,242 21,876,242
Net Appropriation 39,784,916 39,784,916
UNC at Chapel Hill‑Academic Affairs
Requirements 648,856,478 648,856,478
Less: Receipts 371,403,527 371,403,527
Net Appropriation 277,452,951 277,452,951
UNC at Chapel Hill‑Area Health Education
Requirements 49,864,072 49,864,072
Less: Receipts 0 0
Net Appropriation 49,864,072 49,864,072
UNC at Chapel Hill‑Health Affairs
Requirements 322,923,444 322,923,444
Less: Receipts 122,612,306 122,612,306
Net Appropriation 200,311,138 200,311,138
UNC at Charlotte
Requirements 420,146,272 420,146,272
Less: Receipts 164,780,562 164,780,562
Net Appropriation 255,365,710 255,365,710
UNC at Greensboro
Requirements 287,718,420 287,718,420
Less: Receipts 109,591,257 109,591,257
Net Appropriation 178,127,163 178,127,163
UNC at Pembroke
Requirements 90,161,357 90,165,578
Less: Receipts 13,264,333 13,264,333
Net Appropriation 76,897,024 76,901,245
UNC at Wilmington
Requirements 244,118,982 244,118,982
Less: Receipts 98,550,341 98,550,341
Net Appropriation 145,568,641 145,568,641
UNC Board of Governors
Requirements 42,592,385 42,592,385
Less: Receipts 46,899 46,899
Net Appropriation 42,545,486 42,545,486
UNC BOG – Institutional Programs
Requirements 43,905,784 43,905,784
Less: Receipts 0 0
Net Appropriation 43,905,784 43,905,784
UNC BOG – Related Educational Programs
Requirements 164,000,476 164,000,476
Less: Receipts 54,031,975 54,031,975
Net Appropriation 109,968,501 109,968,501
UNC General Administration
Requirements 181,349,756 191,349,756
Less: Receipts 0 0
Net Appropriation 181,349,756 191,349,756
UNC School of the Arts
Requirements 49,623,526 49,623,526
Less: Receipts 16,359,089 16,359,089
Net Appropriation 33,264,437 33,264,437
Western Carolina University
Requirements 159,162,027 159,195,028
Less: Receipts 27,714,804 27,714,804
Net Appropriation 131,447,223 131,480,224
Winston‑Salem State University
Requirements 86,145,805 86,145,805
Less: Receipts 22,495,553 22,495,553
Net Appropriation 63,650,252 63,650,252
East Carolina Univ‑Academic Affairs
Requirements 414,348,327 414,348,327
Less: Receipts 182,150,292 182,150,292
Net Appropriation 232,198,035 232,198,035
East Carolina Univ‑Health Affairs
Requirements 90,335,813 90,335,813
Less: Receipts 12,400,019 12,400,019
Net Appropriation 77,935,794 77,935,794
Elizabeth City State University
Requirements 38,867,498 38,867,498
Less: Receipts 3,564,271 3,564,271
Net Appropriation 35,303,227 35,303,227
Appalachian State University
Requirements 261,386,484 261,386,484
Less: Receipts 113,583,731 113,583,731
Net Appropriation 147,802,753 147,802,753
Fayetteville State University
Requirements 75,646,019 75,646,019
Less: Receipts 21,734,797 21,734,797
Net Appropriation 53,911,222 53,911,222
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Aging and Adult Services
Requirements 108,121,012 108,121,012
Less: Receipts 63,085,564 63,085,564
Net Appropriation 45,035,448 45,035,448
Central Management and Support
Requirements 197,603,008 197,603,008
Less: Receipts 81,506,582 81,506,582
Net Appropriation 116,096,426 116,096,426
Child Development and Early Education
Requirements 322,175,882 331,525,882
Less: Receipts 84,536,615 84,536,615
Net Appropriation 237,639,267 246,989,267
Health Benefits (Medicaid and Health Choice)
Requirements 14,875,059,304 14,875,069,384
Less: Receipts 10,950,483,105 10,950,486,002
Net Appropriation 3,924,576,199 3,924,583,382
Health Service Regulation
Requirements 70,770,955 70,770,955
Less: Receipts 51,912,899 51,912,899
Net Appropriation 18,858,056 18,858,056
Mental Hlth/Dev. Disabl./Subs. Abuse Serv.
Requirements 1,459,185,326 1,459,185,326
Less: Receipts 717,067,519 717,067,519
Net Appropriation 742,117,807 742,117,807
Public Health
Requirements 868,242,868 867,943,612
Less: Receipts 714,141,856 713,798,147
Net Appropriation 154,101,012 154,145,465
Services for the Blind/Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Requirements 42,677,017 42,694,285
Less: Receipts 34,123,474 34,140,186
Net Appropriation 8,553,543 8,554,099
Social Services
Requirements 1,557,782,580 1,557,783,872
Less: Receipts 1,363,651,976 1,363,652,866
Net Appropriation 194,130,604 194,131,006
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Requirements 150,494,601 150,528,124
Less: Receipts 111,221,410 111,246,271
Net Appropriation 39,273,191 39,281,853
AGRICULTURE, NATURAL, AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES
Agriculture and Consumer Services
Requirements 185,965,999 185,971,419
Less: Receipts 59,329,628 59,329,628
Net Appropriation 126,636,371 126,641,791
Commerce
Requirements 267,812,887 267,812,887
Less: Receipts 90,449,190 90,449,190
Net Appropriation 177,363,697 177,363,697
Environmental Quality
Requirements 193,918,082 193,892,959
Less: Receipts 114,576,705 114,576,705
Net Appropriation 79,341,377 79,316,254
Labor
Requirements 37,106,127 37,126,948
Less: Receipts 18,968,296 18,968,296
Net Appropriation 18,137,831 18,158,652
Natural and Cultural Resources
Requirements 220,996,431 221,000,740
Less: Receipts 42,487,651 42,487,651
Net Appropriation 178,508,780 178,513,089
Wildlife Resources Commission
Requirements 75,630,859 75,630,859
Less: Receipts 64,486,379 64,486,379
Net Appropriation 11,144,480 11,144,480
JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Administrative Office of the Courts
Requirements 557,476,262 557,694,915
Less: Receipts 1,136,462 1,136,462
Net Appropriation 556,339,800 556,558,453
Indigent Defense Services
Requirements 133,735,671 133,739,847
Less: Receipts 10,182,323 10,182,323
Net Appropriation 123,553,348 123,557,524
Justice
Requirements 88,131,669 88,136,232
Less: Receipts 40,484,546 40,487,512
Net Appropriation 47,647,123 47,648,720
Public Safety
Requirements 2,332,787,149 2,332,876,685
Less: Receipts 258,254,879 258,254,879
Net Appropriation 2,074,532,270 2,074,621,806
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Administration
Requirements 73,387,880 73,387,880
Less: Receipts 9,887,542 9,887,542
Net Appropriation 63,500,338 63,500,338
Administrative Hearings
Requirements 7,853,519 7,860,093
Less: Receipts 1,684,910 1,684,910
Net Appropriation 6,168,609 6,175,183
Auditor
Requirements 20,143,575 20,143,575
Less: Receipts 6,199,884 6,199,884
Net Appropriation 13,943,691 13,943,691
Budget and Management
Requirements 8,290,273 8,290,273
Less: Receipts 0 0
Net Appropriation 8,290,273 8,290,273
Budget and Management – Special Approp.
Requirements 2,000,000 2,000,000
Less: Receipts 0 0
Net Appropriation 2,000,000 2,000,000
Controller
Requirements 25,174,460 25,188,476
Less: Receipts 846,028 846,028
Net Appropriation 24,328,432 24,342,448
Elections
Requirements 6,935,297 6,935,297
Less: Receipts 102,000 102,000
Net Appropriation 6,833,297 6,833,297
General Assembly
Requirements 70,475,420 70,475,420
Less: Receipts 861,000 861,000
Net Appropriation 69,614,420 69,614,420
Governor
Requirements 6,037,114 6,037,114
Less: Receipts 898,760 898,760
Net Appropriation 5,138,354 5,138,354
Housing Finance Agency
Requirements 10,660,000 10,660,000
Less: Receipts 0 0
Net Appropriation 10,660,000 10,660,000
Insurance
Requirements 49,109,619 49,112,642
Less: Receipts 8,137,431 8,137,431
Net Appropriation 40,972,188 40,975,211
Insurance – Industrial Commission
Requirements 22,363,107 22,363,707
Less: Receipts 13,053,262 13,053,262
Net Appropriation 9,309,845 9,310,445
Lieutenant Governor
Requirements 873,753 873,753
Less: Receipts 0 0
Net Appropriation 873,753 873,753
Military and Veterans Affairs
Requirements 62,353,064 62,353,064
Less: Receipts 53,160,945 53,160,945
Net Appropriation 9,192,119 9,192,119
Revenue
Requirements 146,213,204 146,280,481
Less: Receipts 59,236,207 59,268,852
Net Appropriation 86,976,997 87,011,629
Secretary of State
Requirements 14,044,797 14,044,797
Less: Receipts 291,456 291,456
Net Appropriation 13,753,341 13,753,341
Treasurer
Requirements 62,424,683 62,458,796
Less: Receipts 57,559,579 57,593,692
Net Appropriation 4,865,104 4,865,104
Treasurer – Additional Retirement Systems
Requirements 29,360,641 29,360,641
Less: Receipts 0 0
Net Appropriation 29,360,641 29,360,641
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Department of Information Technology
Requirements 53,914,125 53,914,125
Less: Receipts 395,579 395,579
Net Appropriation 53,518,546 53,518,546
RESERVES, DEBT, AND OTHER BUDGETS
General Debt Service
Requirements 734,545,038 734,545,038
Less: Receipts 18,653,595 18,653,595
Net Appropriation 715,891,443 715,891,443
Federal Debt Service
Requirements 1,616,380 1,616,380
Less: Receipts 0 0
Net Appropriation 1,616,380 1,616,380
Statewide Enterprise Resource Planning
Requirements 0 0
Less: Receipts 0 0
Net Appropriation 0 0
Statewide Reserves
Requirements 0 0
Less: Receipts 0 0
Net Appropriation 0 0
OSHR Minimum of Market Adjustment
Requirements 2,624,316 2,624,316
Less: Receipts 0 0
Net Appropriation 2,624,316 2,624,316
Total Requirements 43,528,638,698 43,609,596,010
Less: Total Receipts 19,628,334,227 19,628,105,602
Total Net Appropriation 23,900,304,471 23,981,490,408
SECTION 1.1.(b) Consistent with the definition for the term "base budget" set forth in G.S. 143C‑1‑1, total requirements for the Department of Justice, Legal Services (Budget Code 13600, Fund Code 1200), are reduced by the recurring sum of three million fifty‑five thousand nine hundred seventy‑three dollars ($3,055,973) in each fiscal year of the 2019‑2021 fiscal biennium.
CONFORMING CHANGES
SECTION 1.2.(a) Subdivision (11) of Section 5 of S.L. 2019‑229 is repealed.
SECTION 1.2.(b) Section 5 of S.L. 2019‑229, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 5. To support
implementation of the Raise the Age legislation, the sum of thirty million
nine hundred fifteen thousand four hundred thirty‑one dollars
($30,915,431) twenty‑seven million twenty‑three thousand
thirty‑seven dollars ($27,023,037) for the 2019‑2020 fiscal
year and the sum of forty‑three million five hundred thirty‑eight
thousand seven hundred four dollars ($43,538,704) thirty‑nine million
six hundred forty‑six thousand three hundred ten dollars ($39,646,310) for
the 2020‑2021 fiscal year are appropriated from the General Fund to the
Department of Public Safety as follows:
…."
SECTION 1.2.(c) If Senate Bill 61, 2019 Regular Session, becomes law, Section 1.2 of that act reads as rewritten:
Current Operations – General Fund FY 2019‑2020 FY 2020‑2021
Community College System
Requirements $1,577,080,779$15,457,772 $1,574,065,397$12,442,390
Less: Receipts 380,447,392(12,759,216) 380,212,392(12,994,216)
Net Appropriation 1,196,633,38728,216,988 1,193,853,00525,436,606."
SECTION 1.2.(d) Subsection (ff) of Section 1.1 of S.L. 2019‑192 is repealed.
SECTION 1.2.(e) If House Bill 398, 2019 Regular Session, becomes law, then Section 1.2 of that act reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 1.2. In addition to the appropriations set forth in S.L. 2019‑230 for the Department of Information Technology and any other legislation enacted during the 2019 Regular Session expressly appropriating funds to the DIT, appropriations from the General Fund for the budget of the Department of Information Technology are made for the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 2021, as follows:
Current Operations – General Fund FY 2019‑2020 FY 2020‑2021
Department of Information Technology
Requirements $67,818,037$13,759,233 $69,342,683$15,283,879
Less: Receipts 395,5790 395,5790
Net Appropriation 67,422,45813,759,233 68,947,10415,283,879."
SECTION 1.2.(f) If Senate Bill 683, 2019 Regular Session, becomes law, then Section 5.2 of that act reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 5.2. Appropriations
In addition to the appropriations set forth in S.L. 2019‑209 for
the State Board of Elections, appropriations from the General Fund for the
budget of the State Board of Elections are made for the fiscal biennium ending
June 30, 2021, as follows:
Current Operations – General Fund FY 2019‑2020 FY 2020‑2021
Elections
Requirements $8,091,301$1,156,004 $6,980,220$44,923
Less: Receipts $102,000$0 $102,000$0
Net Appropriation $7,989,301$1,156,004 $6,878,220$44,923."
part ii. availability statement
GENERAL FUND AVAILABILITY
SECTION 2.1. The General Fund availability derived from State tax revenue, nontax revenue, and other adjustments used in developing the base budget for each year of the 2019‑2021 fiscal biennium is as follows:
FY 2019‑2020 FY 2020‑2021
Unappropriated Balance 645,592,678 2,484,667,747
Actual and Anticipated Reversions 287,029,354 200,000,000
Over Collections 896,662,617 ‑
Highway Fund Recovery Act (S.L. 2019‑15) (120,000,000) ‑
Total, Prior Year‑End Fund Balance 1,709,284,649 2,684,667,747
Tax Revenues
Personal Income 13,110,400,000 13,700,300,000
Sales and Use 8,141,200,000 8,486,500,000
Corporate Income 732,600,000 787,600,000
Franchise 749,700,000 769,900,000
Insurance 565,300,000 579,800,000
Alcoholic Beverage 411,500,000 425,700,000
Tobacco Products 256,200,000 254,900,000
Other Tax Revenues 132,700,000 136,400,000
Subtotal, Tax Revenues 24,099,600,000 25,141,100,000
Nontax Revenues
Judicial Fees 228,800,000 225,300,000
Investment Income 167,200,000 168,300,000
Disproportionate Share 165,300,000 130,000,000
Master Settlement Agreement 136,200,000 131,800,000
Insurance 87,800,000 90,100,000
Other Nontax Revenues 202,800,000 204,300,000
Subtotal, Nontax Revenues 988,100,000 949,800,000
Total, Net Revenues 25,087,700,000 26,090,900,000
Adjustment to Tax Revenue: 2019 Session
Extend Tax Credits/Other Finance Changes
(HB 399, Ratified) (3,900,000) (16,500,000)
Subtotal, Adjustments to Tax Revenue (3,900,000) (16,500,000)
Reservations of Tax Revenue
Savings Reserve (38,850,000) (154,335,000)
Subtotal, Statutory Reservations of Revenue (38,850,000) (154,335,000)
Other Adjustments to Availability
Adjustment to Transfer from Department of Insurance
(S.L. 2019‑209) 1,249,541 2,700,421
Adjustment to Transfer from State Treasurer
(S.L. 2019‑209) 41,913 91,132
NC G.R.E.A.T. Program Funding (S.L. 2019‑230) (15,000,000) (15,000,000)
Subtotal, Other Adjustments to Availability (13,708,546) (12,208,447)
Revised Total Net General Fund Availability 26,779,376,103 28,746,859,300
General Fund Appropriations
Base Budget (HB 111) (23,900,304,471) (23,981,490,408)
Ensuring Authorization of Federal Funds
(S.L. 2019‑192, as amended) 5,326,726 15,223,842
Salary Increases/Adult Correctional Employees
(S.L. 2019‑208) (35,914,734) (56,829,468)
Pay Increases/State Employees (S.L. 2019‑209) (239,220,554) (572,705,157)
Pay Increases/State Highway Patrol (S.L. 2019‑210) (3,600,000) (7,200,000)
Pay Increases/SBI & ALE (S.L. 2019‑211) (2,680,000) (3,360,000)
Standing Up for Rape Victims Act of 2019
(S.L. 2019‑221) (3,000,000) (3,000,000)
School Safety Funds, Programs, and Reports
(S.L. 2019‑222) (38,833,333) (29,800,000)
Prison Safety/TANF State Plan/Clarifications
(S.L. 2019‑223) (4,471,149) ‑
Raise the Age Funding (S.L. 2019‑229, as amended) (28,878,616) (43,402,450)
Community Colleges Budget/2019‑2021 Biennium
(SB 61, Ratified, as amended) (28,216,988) (25,436,606)
Info. Tech Budget/2019‑2021 Fiscal Biennium
(HB 398, as amended) (13,759,233) (15,283,879)
Combat Absentee Ballot Fraud (SB 683, as amended) (1,156,004) (44,923)
Total General Fund Net Appropriations (24,294,708,356) (24,723,329,049)
Unappropriated Balance Remaining 2,484,667,747 4,023,530,251
SECTION 2.2. The State Controller shall transfer funds to the Savings Reserve in accordance with G.S. 143C‑4‑2. Funds reserved in the Savings Reserve do not constitute an "appropriation made by law," as that phrase is used in Section 7(1) of Article V of the North Carolina Constitution.
SECTION 2.3.(a) Receivables described in subsection (b) of this section reserved at the end of the 2019‑2020 and 2020‑2021 fiscal years shall, when received, be accounted for as nontax revenue for each of those fiscal years.
SECTION 2.3.(b) For the 2019‑2020 fiscal year, the Department of Health and Human Services shall deposit from its revenues one hundred sixty‑five million three hundred thousand dollars ($165,300,000) with the Department of State Treasurer to be accounted for as nontax revenue. For the 2020‑2021 fiscal year, the Department of Health and Human Services shall deposit from its revenues one hundred thirty million dollars ($130,000,000) with the Department of State Treasurer to be accounted for as nontax revenue. These deposits shall represent the return of General Fund appropriations, nonfederal revenue, fund balances, or other resources from State‑owned and State‑operated hospitals that are used to provide indigent and nonindigent care services. The return from State‑owned and State‑operated hospitals to the Department of Health and Human Services will be made from nonfederal resources in an amount equal to the amount of the payments from the Division of Health Benefits for uncompensated care. The treatment of any revenue derived from federal programs shall be in accordance with the requirements specified in the Title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 225.
PART III. general PROVISIONS
INTRODUCTION
SECTION 3.1. The appropriations made in this act, and any other legislation enacted during the 2019 Regular Session expressly appropriating funds to an agency, a department, or an institution covered under this act, are for maximum amounts necessary to provide the services and accomplish the purposes for the applicable agency, department, or institution in accordance with the State Budget Act. Savings shall be effected where the total amounts appropriated are not required to perform these services and accomplish these purposes, and the savings shall revert to the appropriate fund at the end of each fiscal year, except as otherwise provided by law.
TOTAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED
SECTION 3.2. The requirements set forth in this act, and any other legislation enacted during the 2019 Regular Session expressly appropriating funds to an agency, a department, or an institution covered under this act, represent the total amount of funds, including agency receipts, appropriated to an agency, a department, or an institution.
SECTION 3.3.(a) Except for the budget codes for the Community College System, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Information Technology, all budget codes listed in the Governor's Recommended Budget Support Document for the 2019‑2021 fiscal biennium, submitted pursuant to G.S. 143C‑3‑5, are appropriated up to the amounts specified, as adjusted by the General Assembly in this act. If Senate Bill 61, 2019 Regular Session, does not become law, all budget codes for the Community College System listed in the Governor's Recommended Budget Support Document for the 2019‑2021 fiscal biennium, submitted pursuant to G.S. 143C‑3‑5, are appropriated up to the amounts specified, as adjusted by the General Assembly in this act. If House Bill 398, 2019 Regular Session, does not become law, all budget codes for the Department of Information Technology listed in the Governor's Recommended Budget Support Document for the 2019‑2021 fiscal biennium, submitted pursuant to G.S. 143C‑3‑5, are appropriated up to the amounts specified, as adjusted by the General Assembly in this act.
SECTION 3.3.(b) Receipts collected in a fiscal year in excess of the amounts appropriated by this section shall remain unexpended and unencumbered until appropriated by the General Assembly, unless the expenditure of overrealized receipts in the fiscal year in which the receipts were collected is authorized by G.S. 143C‑6‑4. Overrealized receipts are appropriated in the amounts necessary to implement this subsection.
SECTION 3.3.(c) Funds may be expended only for the specified programs, purposes, objects, and line items or as otherwise authorized by the General Assembly.
STATE BUDGET ACT APPLIES
SECTION 3.4. The provisions of the State Budget Act, Chapter 143C of the General Statutes, are reenacted and shall remain in full force and effect and are incorporated in this act by reference.
CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 3.5.(a) This act is for the maintenance of the various departments, institutions, and other spending agencies of the State for the 2019‑2021 biennial budget as provided in G.S. 143C‑3‑5. This act includes the appropriations of State funds as defined in G.S. 143C‑1‑1(d)(25). In the event that there is a conflict between the line‑item budget certified by the Director of the Budget and this act, this act shall prevail.
SECTION 3.5.(b) The Director of the Budget submitted a recommended base budget to the General Assembly in the Governor's Recommended Budget for the 2019‑2021 fiscal biennium, dated March 2019, and in the Budget Support Document for the various departments, institutions, and other spending agencies of the State. The adjustments to the recommended base budget made by the General Assembly are set out in this act and any other legislation enacted during the 2019 Regular Session expressly appropriating funds to an agency, a department, or an institution covered under this act.
ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS AND DIRECTIONS
SECTION 3.6.(a) Except where expressly repealed or amended by this act, the provisions of S.L. 2019‑9, 2019‑15, 2019‑192, 2019‑208, 2019‑209, 2019‑210, 2019‑211, 2019‑221, 2019‑222, 2019‑223, 2019‑224, and any other legislation enacted during the 2019 Regular Session expressly appropriating funds to an agency, a department, or an institution covered under this act, shall remain in effect.
SECTION 3.6.(b) All of the following limitations and directions apply:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act and any other legislation enacted during the 2019 Regular Session expressly appropriating funds to an agency, a department, or an institution covered under this act, the limitations and directions on the expenditure of funds for the prior fiscal biennium shall remain in effect.
(2) Vacant positions subject to proposed budget reductions in the ratified version of House Bill 966, 2019 Regular Session, shall not be filled.
(3) Public school employees paid on the teacher salary schedule, the school‑based administrator salary schedule, or any other salary schedule established by State law shall not move up on salary schedules or receive automatic step increases until authorized by the General Assembly. If House Bill 377, 2019 Regular Session, becomes law, this subdivision is repealed.
(4) Funds shall not be reserved to the Repairs and Renovations Reserve or the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund, and the State Controller shall not transfer funds from the unreserved fund balance to those reserves on June 30 of the prior fiscal year.
MOST TEXT APPLIES ONLY TO THE 2019‑2021 FISCAL BIENNIUM
SECTION 3.7. The textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2019‑2021 fiscal biennium.
SECTION 3.8. The headings to the Parts and sections of this act are a convenience to the reader and are for reference only. The headings do not expand, limit, or define the text of this act.
APPLICABILITY OF STATUTORY CONTINUING RESOLUTION AND HOUSE BILL 966, 2019 REGULAR SESSION
SECTION 3.9. This act, and any other legislation enacted during the 2019 Regular Session expressly appropriating funds to an agency, a department, or an institution covered under this act, collectively supersedes and replaces the provisions of G.S. 143C‑5‑4(b). The appropriations and the authorizations to allocate and spend funds which are set out in this act shall remain in effect until House Bill 966, 2019 Regular Session, becomes law, at which time that act shall become effective and shall govern appropriations and expenditures. When the provisions of House Bill 966, 2019 Regular Session, covering that fiscal year becomes law, the Director of the Budget shall adjust allotments to give effect to that act from July 1 of the fiscal year.
part iv. effective date
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective July 1, 2019.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 31st day of October, 2019.
s/ Philip E. Berger
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Tim Moore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Roy Cooper
Governor
Approved 2:16 p.m. this 6th day of November, 2019