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H996 • 2025

Further Limit General Fund Operating Budget.

Further Limit General Fund Operating Budget.

Budget
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Riddell, Schietzelt, Pickett, Brody, N. Jackson, Kidwell, Pike, Ward
Last action
2025-04-14
Official status
Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
2025-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Further Limit General Fund Operating Budget.

Further Limit General Fund Operating Budget.

What This Bill Does

  • Further Limit General Fund Operating Budget.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-14 House

    Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-04-14 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-04-10 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Further Limit General Fund Operating Budget.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 996

Short Title: Further Limit General Fund Operating Budget. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Riddell, Schietzelt, Pickett, and Brody (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 14, 2025
*H996-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REDUCE THE INCREASE IN THE STA TE GENERAL FUND OPER ATING 2
BUDGET BY REDUCING THE STATUTORY CAP ON THE OPERATING BUDGET AS 3
A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL STATE PERSONAL INCOME TO SIX PERCENT. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 143C-4-6 reads as rewritten: 6
"§ 143C-4-6. General Fund operating budget size limited. 7
(a) Size Limitation. – Except as otherwise provided in this section, the General Fund 8
operating budget each fiscal year shall not be greater than seven percent (7%) six percent (6%) 9
of the projected total State personal income for that fiscal year. 10
(a1) Extraordinary Exceedance of Budget Size Limitation. – In each fiscal year, funds in 11
excess of the size limitation set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall be available for 12
expenditure upon a two -thirds vote of the membership of the Senate and the House of 13
Representatives present and voting. 14
…." 15
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies to General Fund 16
operating budgets adopted by the General Assembly on or after that date. 17