A HOUSE RESOLUTION calling for compliance by the Office of State Budget and Management with 1998 legislation concerning accounting for federal funds, and calling for an end to the AUTOMATIC appropriation of receipts and federal funds, so there will be proper SCRUTINY by the general assembly of the expenditure of those funds.
Whereas, the 1998 State budget bill added the following language to G.S. 143‑16.1(a), "Each budgetary category shall show the total received and anticipated State and federal expenditures, along with a description of the purpose for which the federal funds will be spent at the program level. All expenditures for the prior fiscal year and all expenditures anticipated in the proposed budget shall be reported by objects of expenditure by purpose and shall be identified by each federal grant. For the purpose of this section, federal funds are any financial assistance made to a State agency by the United States government, whether a loan, grant, subsidy, augmentation, reimbursement, or any other form."; and
Whereas, this additional language has not been complied with by the Office of State Budget and Management; and
Whereas, the State budget continues to appropriate all receipts and federal funds received, avoiding the proper legislative budget scrutiny that is the constitutional duty of the General Assembly to consider before appropriating the funds; Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
SECTION 1.  The House of Representatives directs the Office of State Budget and Management to promptly comply with the 1998 amendments to G.S. 143‑16.1(a), and directs the Appropriations Committee to report legislation to repeal the automatic appropriation of receipts and federal funds, so these expenditures can receive proper legislative scrutiny.
SECTION 2.  This resolution is effective upon adoption.