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;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. April 23, 2017.