North Carolina § 143C-8-3 - Capital improvement needs criteria.

§ 143C-8-3. Capital improvement needs criteria.

Criteria. - The Office of State Budget and Management shall develop a weighted list of factors that may be used to evaluate the need for capital improvement projects. The list shall include all of the following: Preservation, adequacy and use of existing facilities. Health and safety considerations. Operational efficiencies. Projected demand for governmental services. Reporting. - The Office of State Budget and Management shall include the following in each six-year capital improvement plan submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to G.S. 143C-8-5: The list of factors developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The most recent results of applying the factors developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to capital funds requests from State agencies. History (1997-443, s. 34.9; 2000-140, s. 93.1(a); 2001-424, s. 12.2(b); 2006-203, s. 3; 2016-94, s. 37.7(j).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2016-94, s. 37.7.(i), provides: "No later than October 1, 2016, the Director of the Budget shall prepare and transmit to the General Assembly a preliminary six-year capital improvement plan that complies with the requirements of G.S. 143C-8-5 , as amended by subsection (g) of this section, and G.S. 143C-8-3(b) , as enacted by subsection (j) of this section. This plan shall be in addition to any other six-year capital improvement plan required by G.S. 143C-8-5 ." Session Laws 2016-94, s. 37.7(k) made the amendment to this section by Session Laws 2016-94, s. 37.7(j), effective July 14, 2016, and applicable to leases entered into or renewed, and to budgets recommended by the Director of the Budget, on or after that date. Session Laws 2016-94, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2016.'" Session Laws 2016-94, s. 39.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2016-2017 fiscal year." Session Laws 2016-94, s. 39.7, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2016-94, s. 37.7(j), effective July 14, 2016, in subsection (a), added the subsection designation (a) and the subsection heading "Criteria"; and added subsection (b). See editor's note for applicability.