Section 143C-6-5 - No expenditures for purposes for which the General Assembly has considered but not enacted an appropriation; no fee increases that the General Assembly has rejected(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds from any source, except for gifts, grants, or funds allocated from the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund in accordance with G.S.143C-4-3.1, funds allocated from the Contingency and Emergency Fund in accordance with G.S.143C-4-4, and funds exempted from Chapter 143C in accordance with G.S.143C-1-3(c) may be expended for any new or expanded purpose, position, or other expenditure for which the General Assembly has considered but not enacted an appropriation of funds for the current fiscal period. For the purpose of this subsection, the General Assembly has considered a purpose, position, or other expenditure when that purpose is included in a bill which fails a reading, or if the purpose is included in the version of a bill that passes one house, but the bill is enacted without the purpose.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fee shall be increased if the General Assembly has rejected an increase of that fee for the current fiscal period. For the purpose of this subsection, the General Assembly has rejected a fee increase when that fee increase is included in a bill which fails a reading, or if the fee increase is included in the version of a bill that passes one house, but the bill is enacted without the fee increase.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143C-6-5
Amended by 2017 N.C. Sess. Laws 57,s. 36.12-i, eff. 7/1/2019.Added by 2006 N.C. Sess. Laws 203,s. 3, eff. 7/1/2007.