SECTION .0500 – FISCAL STANDARDS

 

10A NCAC 01A .0501       BUDGET STANDARDS

(a)  A local human service agency may require a contractor

or subcontractor except for individual personal service agreement to prepare

and maintain a budget in a manner consistent with the policies, regulations,

and procedures of the local human service agency, local authority or governing

board.

(b)  All proposed budgets of local human service agencies,

upon review and approval by the appropriate local governing authority, shall be

submitted in accordance with prescribed format and time schedule to the grantor

division of the department for review and approval.

(c)  Each local human service agency shall receive written

notification from the grantor division of the department relative to the

approval of the budget for the fiscal period, which shall be incorporated in

the grant agreement specified in Section .0600 of this Subchapter.

(d)  Except as otherwise provided by law, amendments to the

approved budget ordinance during the fiscal period shall be approved by the

appropriate local governing authority, and recorded in appropriate minutes. 

Budgetary changes in excess of dollar amounts specified in the grant agreement

or division rules and regulations shall also be submitted to and approved by

the grantor division of the department prior to actual implementation of the

budgetary re‑alignment.

(e)  Amendments to a contract (including a personal services

contract) to which this Subchapter applies during the fiscal year shall be

approved in advance by the local human service agency, and shall be attached to

the contract and incorporated therein.  Failure to receive prior approval by

the local human service agency shall be a basis on which the grantor division

may refuse to provide state or federal reimbursement for the line‑item

over‑expenditure.  If the grantor division refuses such payment, the

local human service agency shall be entitled to a hearing under Rule .0901(d)

of this Subchapter.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143B‑139.1;

Eff. July 1, 1980;

Amended Eff. November 1, 1989.