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:

"SECTION 1.2.  In addition to the appropriations set forth in S.L. 2019‑209 for the Community College System, System, and any other legislation enacted during the 2019 Regular Session expressly appropriating funds to the Community College System, appropriations from the General Fund for the budget of the Community College System are made for the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 2021, as follows:

 

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.

 

OTHER APPROPRIATIONS

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 20192021 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.

 

EFFECT OF HEADINGS

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