| | Sec. A-16. Unified state budget. The Governor, when submitting the | budget to the Legislature, shall submit the budget document and | the General Fund and Highway Fund bills in a manner that will | identify the gross amount of resources for each program. The | gross unified budget bills and budget document encompass | resources from all funds, including, but not limited to: General | Fund, Highway Fund, Federal Expenditures Fund, Federal Block | Grant Fund and Other Special Revenue funds. Separate gross | unified budget bills must be submitted for the General Fund and | the Highway Fund. |
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| | Sec. A-17. Line category amounts of General Fund and Highway Fund. The | amounts included in the unified state budget by line category are | the amounts included immediately under the appropriations and | allocations sections of the individual pages in the budget | document for the General Fund and the Highway Fund. These | amounts, as adjusted by the Legislature, must be used when | preparing work programs by fund for each fiscal year of the | biennium. |
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| | Sec. A-18. Multiple accounts certification. If any amounts identified to a | fund in the source of funds section are distributed to more than | one account within that fund, the state department or agency head | responsible for those funds shall certify to the State Budget | Officer the amounts included in each account by line category and | certify that the sum of the accounts by fund, by line category, | equals the approved totals of the program within the Act. |
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| | Sec. A-19. Year-end closing. The State Controller may close the books | as soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal years ending | June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005. Any bills or invoices | presented after those dates may be paid from appropriations or | allocations for the ensuing year on recommendation of the State | Controller if within the amounts of approved allotments. |
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| | Sec. A-20. Appropriation and allocation balances at year-end. At the end of | each fiscal year, all unencumbered appropriation and allocation | balances lapse into the respective fund or the account balance | and are not available unless authorized by law. At the end of | each fiscal year, all encumbered balances may only be carried | forward once. |
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| | Sec. A-21. Reorganization of departments. A state department or agency | may not transfer Positions or Personal Services, All Other or | Capital Expenditures funding between accounts when the | expenditures will allow an action to take place that will cause | an increased appropriation or allocation request in the Part I | current services budget for any program. Any such |
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