N.D. Cent. Code § 54-27-11

Current through the 2023 Legislative Sessions

Section 54-27-11 - Appropriation - Record kept by office of management and budget - Duties and limitations

The office of management and budget shall keep a record showing:

1. The total amount appropriated for maintenance for each state officer or agency, and of each separate item thereof.

2. The amount equal to seventy-five and twenty-five percent of the total appropriated and each separate item thereof.

3. The amount expended and the balance on hand. The term expended includes amounts which are payable for which funds have not yet been disbursed.

The office of management and budget may not allow any expenditure or issue any warrant during the first eighteen months of each biennium in excess of seventy-five percent of any item appropriated for salaries and wages and operating expenses for any state official or state agency in the executive branch of government. The duties and limitations imposed upon the office of management and budget apply only to the total amount appropriated for salaries and wages and operating expenses for the biennium but not to separate amounts appropriated for those line items, for all penal and charitable institutions of this state and all institutions under the jurisdiction and supervision of the state board of higher education. The administrative department, office, or board shall keep a record showing the amount, equal to seventy-five and twenty-five percent, respectively, of the total amount and of each separate item appropriated for salaries and wages and operating expenses for all such institutions under its control and is responsible for the enforcement of the restrictions upon the expenditure of all moneys appropriated to such institutions for such purposes.

N.D.C.C. § 54-27-11