H1030 - 2016 Appropriations Act. (SL 2016-94)

Overview: Sec. 6.3 of S.L. 2016-94, as amended by Sec. 2.2 of S.L. 2016-123, provides authority for the Director of the Budget to continue to spend State funds in the event that a fiscal year begins for which no budget has yet become law. This section authorizes the Director to continue to spend State funds at the recurring amount authorized to be spent during the prior fiscal year, freezes State employee salaries, and halts statutory transfers to certain statewide reserves. This section provides that once a budget becomes law, total expenditures must be adjusted to give effect to the enacted budget.

This section became effective July 1, 2016.