§73. Allotments to govern expenditures; transfers of allotments
A. The head of each budget unit shall not make any expenditures in excess of the monthly allotment. In no case shall obligations be incurred or expenditures be made in excess of the total amount allotted.
B. The expenditures of the budget units for which appropriations are made in the General Appropriation Act or other appropriation acts and the incurring of obligations to spend money shall be revised in accordance with the provisions of Subsection C of this Section for the budget of each program.
C.(1) The commissioner of administration may approve the transfer of funds between programs within a budget unit which in the aggregate do not exceed one percent of the total appropriation of the budget unit when sufficient evidence is presented to the commissioner of administration indicating that the operations of the budget unit or programs are being or will be impaired without such transfers. Such transfer shall include adjustment of any performance standards which are impacted by the transfer of funds.
(2) The commissioner of administration, with the approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, may approve the transfer of funds between programs within a budget unit, which in the aggregate do not exceed twenty-five percent of the total appropriation of the budget unit when sufficient evidence is presented to the commissioner of administration and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget indicating that the operation of the budget unit or programs are being or will be impaired without such transfers. Such transfer shall include adjustment of any performance standards which are impacted by the transfer of funds.
(3) The transfers authorized by Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not exceed twenty-five percent in the aggregate of the total appropriation of the budget unit for a fiscal year.
(4) A copy of the request for a transfer between programs shall be submitted by the budget unit to the Legislative Fiscal Office at the time of the initial request. The commissioner of administration shall supply a description of each transfer approved by the commissioner of administration pursuant to the provisions of this Section to the Legislative Fiscal Office within one week of the approval of the transfer.
Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1997, No. 1403, §2, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1465, §2, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2018, No. 544, §1, see Act.
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