143C-8-7. When a State agency may begin a capital improvement project.
(a) No State agency may expend funds for the construction or renovation of any capital improvement project except as needed to comply with this Article or otherwise authorized by the General Assembly. Funds that become available by gifts, excess patient receipts above those budgeted at the University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill, federal or private grants, receipts becoming a part of special funds by act of the General Assembly, or any other funds available to a State agency or institution may be utilized for advanced planning through the working drawing phase of capital improvement projects, upon approval of the Director of the Budget.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is authorized to utilize the types of funds described in subsection (a) of this section to build equipment structures that meet the description contained in G.S. 143-138(b4)(1)c. on an as-needed basis, provided that the total project cost does not exceed one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000). (2006-203, s. 3; 2020-81, s. 4(b).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 143C - State Budget Act
Article 8 - Budgeting Capital Improvement Projects.
§ 143C-8-1 - Legislative intent; purpose.
§ 143C-8-3 - Capital improvement needs criteria.
§ 143C-8-4 - Agency capital improvement needs estimates.
§ 143C-8-5 - Six-year capital improvements plan.
§ 143C-8-6 - Recommendations for capital improvements set forth in the Recommended State Budget.
§ 143C-8-7 - When a State agency may begin a capital improvement project.
§ 143C-8-7.1 - Procedures for disbursement of capital funds.
§ 143C-8-8 - When a State agency may increase the cost of a capital improvement project.
§ 143C-8-9 - When a State agency may change the scope of a capital improvement project.
§ 143C-8-10 - Project Reserve Account.
§ 143C-8-12 - Capital improvement projects from sources other than the General Fund.