{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143c-6-9","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143C-6-9","heading":"Use of lapsed salary savings.","body":"(a)\tLapsed salary savings may be expended only for nonrecurring purposes or line items.\n(b)\tLapsed salary savings shall not be used to pay for litigation services provided by private counsel. As used in this subsection, litigation services and private counsel are as defined in G.S. 147-17(c1) and G.S. 114-2.3(d). This subsection does not apply to legal services provided to the Judicial Branch under G.S. 7A-343.7(a).\n(c)\tUntil otherwise provided by the General Assembly, the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) in conjunction with State agencies, as defined in G.S. 143C-1-1(d)(24), shall report on the use of lapsed salary funds at the end of each fiscal year. State agencies shall report to the OSBM on the use of lapsed salary, including all of the following:\n(1)\tThe total amount of accrued lapsed salary funds by funding source.\n(2)\tThe total number of full-time equivalent positions comprising the lapsed salary funds.\n(3)\tThe total expenditure of lapsed salaries by purpose.\n(4)\tThe legal authorization to expend lapsed salary funds.\nThe OSBM shall report by October 1 of each year on the use of lapsed salary funds to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committees on Health and Human Services, Education, Justice and Public Safety, Transportation, Information Technology, General Government, and Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research Division. (2006-203, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 6.7; 2020-78, s. 20.1; 2021-180, s. 16.10(b); 2024-57, s. 3D.2(d).)","path":["Chapter 143C. State Budget Act.","Article 6. Administration of the Budget.","Part 1. Certification and Administration of the Budget."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143C/GS_143C-6-9.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:47Z","sha256":"c2da40a5345af26980c960661ab83cc326697bdef6f7c1c1e028280b0680f738","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143c-6-8","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143c-6-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}