Bill Text: NC H775 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: UNC Capital Efficiencies
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-13 - Ref To Com On Appropriations [H775 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-H775-Introduced.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
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HOUSE BILL DRH50089-LH-116C (03/23)
Short Title: UNC Capital Efficiencies. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Arp and Strickland (Primary Sponsors). |
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Referred to: |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT related to the university of north carolina system budget requests and capital projects.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 116‑11 reads as rewritten:
"§ 116‑11. Powers and duties generally.
The powers and duties of the Board of Governors shall include the following:
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(9) …
b. Funds for the continuing
operation of each constituent institution shall be appropriated directly to the
institution. Funds for salary increases for employees exempt from the North
Carolina Human Resources Act shall be appropriated to the Board in a lump sum
for allocation to the institutions. Funds for the third category in paragraph a
of this subdivision shall be appropriated to the Board in a lump sum for
allocation to the institutions. The Board shall make allocations among the
institutions in accordance with the Board's schedule of priorities and any
specifications in the Current Operations Appropriations Act. When both the
Board and the Director of the Budget deemdeems it to be in the
best interest of the State, funds in the third category may be allocated, in
whole or in part, for other items within the list of priorities or for items
not included in the list. Provided, nothing herein shall be construed to allow
the General Assembly, except as to capital improvements, to refer to particular
constituent institutions in any specifications as to priorities in the third
category.
c. The Director of the
Budget may, on recommendation of the Board, Unless otherwise provided in
Article 1 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes, the Board may authorize
transfer of appropriated funds from one institution to another to provide
adjustments for over or under enrollment or may make any other adjustments
among institutions that would provide for the orderly and efficient operation
of the institutions.
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SECTION 2. G.S. 116‑14 reads as rewritten:
"§ 116‑14. President and staff.
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(b1) The President shall
receive General Fund appropriations made by the General Assembly for continuing
operations of The University of North Carolina that are administered by the
President and the President's staff complement established pursuant to G.S. 116‑14(b)
in the form of a single sum to Budget Code 16010 of The University of North
Carolina in the manner and under the conditions prescribed by G.S. 116‑30.2.
The President, with respect to the foregoing appropriations, shall have the
same duties and responsibilities that are prescribed by G.S. 116‑30.2
for the Chancellor of a special responsibility constituent institution. The
President may establish procedures for transferring funds to and from Budget
Code 16010 Budget Code 16010, including, but not limited to, transfers
to the constituent institutions for nonrecurring expenditures. The President
may identify funds for capital improvement projects and transfer funds for
capital improvement projects to and from Budget Code 16010, and the capital
improvement projects may be established following the procedures set out in G.S. 143C‑8‑8
and G.S. 143C‑8‑9.
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SECTION 3. G.S. 116‑30.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 116‑30.2. Appropriations to special responsibility constituent institutions.
(a) All General Fund
appropriations made by the General Assembly for continuing operations of a
special responsibility constituent institution of The University of North Carolina
shall be made in the form of a single sum to each budget code of the
institution for each year of the fiscal period for which the appropriations are
being made. Notwithstanding G.S. 143C‑6‑4 and G.S.120‑76(8),
each special responsibility constituent institution may expend monies from the
overhead receipts special fund budget code and the General Fund monies so
appropriated to it in the manner deemed by the Chancellor to be calculated to
maintain and advance the programs and services of the institutions, consistent
with the directives and policies of the Board of Governors. Special The
President of the University of North Carolina and special responsibility
constituent institutions may transfer appropriations between budget codes.
These transfers shall be considered certified even if as a result of agreements
between special responsibility constituent institutions. The preparation,
presentation, and review of General Fund budget requests of special
responsibility constituent institutions shall be conducted in the same manner
as are requests of other constituent institutions. The quarterly allotment
procedure established pursuant to G.S. 143C‑6‑3 shall apply to
the General Fund appropriations made for the current operations of each special
responsibility constituent institution.institution, and each special
responsibility constituent institution shall submit to the Director of the
Budget its requests for allotments quarterly. All General Fund monies so
appropriated to each special responsibility constituent institution shall be
recorded, reported, and audited in the same manner as are General Fund
appropriations to other constituent institutions.
(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2006‑66, s. 9.11(f), effective July 1, 2007."
SECTION 4. G.S. 143C‑3‑3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143C‑3‑3. Budget requests from State agencies in the executive branch.
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(b) University of North Carolina System Request. – Notwithstanding the requirement in G.S. 116‑11 that the Board of Governors prepare a unified budget request for all of the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, budget requests of the University shall be subject to all of the following:
(1) Repairs and renovations requests, capital fund requests, and information technology requests shall comply with subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section.
(2) The University of North
Carolina shall not make a capital funds request proposing to construct a new
facility, expand the building area (square feet) of an existing facility, or
rehabilitate an existing facility to accommodate new or expanded uses unless
the University has completed advanced planning through schematic design conceptual
planning of the project with funds other than General Fund appropriations.
For purposes of this subdivision, "funds other than General Fund
appropriations" includes funds carried forward from one fiscal year to another
pursuant to G.S. 116‑30.3 and G.S. 116‑30.3B.
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SECTION 5. G.S. 143C‑6‑3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143C‑6‑3. Allotments.
To receive the operating funds appropriated to it, a State agency shall submit to the Director, at intervals and in a format prescribed by the Director, a request for an allotment of the amount estimated to be required for the agency's operating costs during the ensuing fiscal period. The University of North Carolina shall submit to the Director requests for allotments at intervals as prescribed in Article 1 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes. The Director shall approve or modify the allotment requests, and the State Controller shall implement the allotments as approved or modified by the Director."
SECTION 6. G.S. 143C‑6‑4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143C‑6‑4. Budget Adjustments Authorized.
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(g) Transfers in The
University of North Carolina Budget. – Transfers Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary in this section, transfers or changes within the
budget of The University of North Carolina may be made as provided in Article 1
of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes.
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SECTION 7. Section 31.14 of S.L. 2015‑241 reads as rewritten:
"AUTHORIZE STATE AGENCIES TO UNDERTAKE SMALL REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS PROJECTS WITH FUNDS AVAILABLE
"SECTION 31.14.(a) Notwithstanding G.S. 143C‑8‑7, a State agency may undertake repairs and renovations projects so long as each project satisfies the following requirements:
(1) Total project costs do
not exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000).one million
dollars ($1,000,000).
(2) The project is one of the types set forth in G.S. 143C‑4‑3(b)(1) through (12), regardless of whether the relevant State facilities and related infrastructure are supported from the General Fund.
(3) The project is paid for with funds available to the agency.
"SECTION 31.14.(b) Projects undertaken pursuant to this section shall be reported to the Fiscal Research Division on a quarterly basis. A report under this subsection shall include information about all of the following for each project:
(1) The facility at which the project is being undertaken.
(2) The nature and scope of the project.
(3) The source of funds for the project.
(4) The category of projects set forth in G.S. 143C‑4‑3(b) that the project falls within.
"SECTION 31.14.(c) General funds contractually obligated for a project shall not revert at the end of the fiscal year but shall remain available to fund the completion of the project."
SECTION 8. This act is effective when it becomes law.