GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

SESSION LAW 2009-296

HOUSE BILL 1504

AN ACT authorizing the director of the budget to continue expenditures for the operation of government UNTIL JULY 31, 2009, AT 11:59 P.M.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 1 of S.L. 2009-215 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 1. The Director of the Budget may continue to allocate funds for expenditure for current operations by State departments, institutions, and agencies at a level not to exceed eighty-five percent eighty-four percent (85%) (84%) of the level at which those operations were authorized in S.L. 2008-107, as amended.

Vacant positions subject to proposed budget reductions in Senate Bill 202, 3rd edition, Senate Bill 202, 6th edition, or both, shall not be filled after June 30, 2009.

State employees employed in positions subject to elimination in Senate Bill 202, 3rd edition, Senate Bill 202, 6th edition, or both, because of a reduction, in total or in part, in the funds used to support the job or its responsibilities shall, as soon as practicable and in accordance with Reduction in Force policies, be provided written notification of termination of employment 30 days prior to the effective date of the termination.

State agencies shall not make grant awards with funds that are subject to proposed budget reductions in Senate Bill 202, 3rd edition, Senate Bill 202, 6th edition, or both.

Except as otherwise provided by this act, the limitations and directions for the 2008-2009 fiscal year in S.L. 2007-323, as amended, and in S.L. 2008-107, as amended, that applied to appropriations to particular agencies or for particular purposes apply to the funds appropriated and authorized for expenditure under this section."

SECTION 2.  Section 10 of S.L. 2009-215 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 10. Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective July 1, 2009, and expires July 15, 2009,July 31, 2009, at 11:59 P.M."

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15^th day of July, 2009.

                                                                    s/  Charlie S. Dannelly

                                                                         President Pro Tempore

                                                                    s/  Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved 6:24 p.m. this 15^th day of July, 2009