North Carolina § 143C-6-5 - No expenditures for purposes for which the General Assembly has considered but not enacted an appropriation; no fee increases that the General Assembly has rejected.

§ 143C-6-5. No expenditures for purposes for which the General Assembly has considered but not enacted an appropriation; no fee increases that the General Assembly has rejected.

otwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds from any source, except for gifts, grants, or funds allocated from the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund in accordance with G.S. 143C-4-3.1, funds allocated from the Contingency and Emergency Fund in accordance with G.S. 143C-4-4, and funds exempted from Chapter 143C in accordance with G.S. 143C-1-3(c) may be expended for any new or expanded purpose, position, or other expenditure for which the General Assembly has considered but not enacted an appropriation of funds for the current fiscal period. For the purpose of this subsection, the General Assembly has considered a purpose, position, or other expenditure when that purpose is included in a bill which fails a reading, or if the purpose is included in the version of a bill that passes one house, but the bill is enacted without the purpose. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fee shall be increased if the General Assembly has rejected an increase of that fee for the current fiscal period. For the purpose of this subsection, the General Assembly has rejected a fee increase when that fee increase is included in a bill which fails a reading, or if the fee increase is included in the version of a bill that passes one house, but the bill is enacted without the fee increase. History (2006-66, s. 6.4; 2006-203, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 36.12(i).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2006-66, s. 6.4, enacted G.S. 143-16.7, containing provisions similar to G.S. 143C-6-5(b) . G.S. 143-16.7 is repealed effective July 1, 2007, but has been added to the historical citation for G.S. 143C-6-5 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2012-142, s. 22.2, provides: "Notwithstanding G.S. 143C-6-5 , the Office of State Budget and Management may use funds within Budget Code 13005 to do the following:" "(1) Reclassify one or more vacant positions to Senior Economists to provide support in developing Medicaid projections and monitoring Medicaid expenditures. "(2) Support Integrated Budget Information System ongoing operations and maintenance costs." Session Laws 2012-142, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2012.'" Session Laws 2012-142, s. 27.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2012-2013 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2012-2013 fiscal year." Session Laws 2012-142, s. 27.7, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2017-57, s. 36.12(i), effective July 1, 2019, in the first sentence of subsection (a) substituted "State Capital and Infrastructure Fund" for "Repair and Renovations Account" and "G.S. 143C-4-3.1" for "G.S. 143C-4-3" in the first sentence.