GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1208

Short Title:  Budget Information.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Bowman.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 10, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE STATE AGENCIES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION FOR APPROPRIATION REQUESTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-6. Information from departments and agencies asking State aid. 
(a)	On or before the first day of September in the even-numbered years, each of the departments, bureaus, divisions, officers, boards, commissions, institutions, and other State agencies and undertakings receiving or asking financial aid from the State, or receiving or collecting funds under the authority of any general law of the State, shall furnish the Director all the information, data and estimates which he may request with reference to past, present and future appropriations and expenditures, receipts, revenue, and income.  The Director shall request and the State entities covered by this section shall provide, (i) information on how much of the funds expended by each such entity are State funds and how much are federal funds, and (ii) written justification for each such entity's request for continuation funds from the State to support State-operated programs established by statute or State appropriation, including salary and salary-related items for employees in State-operated programs.  Justification required under this subsection is not required for building maintenance and related costs.  Justification for continued State support for State-operated programs shall include information on the extent of the public benefit being derived from the State-operated program.
(b)	Any department, bureau, division, officer, board, commission, institution, or other State agency or undertaking desiring to request financial aid from the State for the purpose of constructing or renovating any State building, utility, or other property development (except a railroad, highway, or bridge structure) shall, before making any such request for State financial aid, submit to the Department of Administration a statement of its needs in terms of space and other physical requirements, and shall furnish the Department with such additional information as it may request. The Department of Administration shall then prepare preliminary studies and cost estimates for the use of the requesting department, bureau, division, officer, board, commission, institution, or other State agency or undertaking in presenting its request to the Director of the Budget.
(c)	On or before the first day of September in the even-numbered years, each of the departments, bureaus, divisions, officers, boards, commissions, institutions, and other State agencies receiving or asking financial aid or support from the State, any part or all of which is being requested for disbursement to non-State entities under the authority of any general law of the State, shall furnish the Director with the following information:
(1)	The name of each non-State entity for which continuation funds are being requested, the amount of State funds disbursed to the entity in the immediately preceding two fiscal years and the purpose for which the funds were disbursed and used, the amount being requested as continuation funds for the upcoming fiscal year for the non-State entity, and the justification for continued State support for the non-State entity;
(2)	Justification for continued State support for each non-State entity shall include information on the extent of the public benefit being derived from State support of the non-State entity.
This subsection shall not apply to grants-in-aid made by the General Assembly to State and non-State entities in current operations or expansion budget acts.
(d)	The Office of State Budget and Management and the Director of the Budget shall prepare the State budget in a format that adequately and fairly reflects the information required in this section."
Sec. 2. There is appropriated to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of $25,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the sum of $25,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to accomplish the changes in budget preparation necessitated by this act.
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.