GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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SENATE BILL 543

Short Title:  Appropriations Sunshine.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Horton; Ballantine, Blust, Carpenter, Carrington, Clark, Cochrane, East, Forrester, Foxx, Garwood, Hartsell, Kincaid, McDaniel, Page, Shaw of Guilford, and Webster.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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March 27, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ELIMINATE THE BALANCE OF THE CURRENT DISCRETIONARY FUND FOR GRANTS-IN-AID AND STATE THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 5.3(b) of Chapter 18 of the Session Laws, Second Extra Session of 1996, reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Funds earmarked in the 1995-96 fiscal year for the Repairs and Renovations Reserve previously appropriated by this subsection but not yet expended revert to the Repairs and Renovations Reserve. "
Section 2.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that all appropriations be made publicly.  Except for procedures regulated by statute, such as the Contingency and Emergency Fund and allocations such as those authorized by G.S. 143-15.3A because of imminent threats to public health or public safety, no provision of law now authorizes or shall hereafter be construed to authorize the Governor or the Office of State Budget and Management to allocate State funds for capital projects or grants-in-aid.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.