A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT providing that local governments and public authorities shall not appropriate funds from a utility or enterprise fund to any other fund other than the appropriate debt service fund.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 159‑13 reads as rewritten:
"§ 159‑13.  The budget ordinance; form, adoption, limitations, tax levy, filing.
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(b)	The following directions and limitations shall bind the governing board in adopting the budget ordinance:
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(14)	No appropriation may be made from a utility or public service enterprise fund to any other fund than the appropriate debt service fund.
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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2017.