63J-1-211 - Appropriating from restricted accounts.
63J-1-211. Appropriating from restricted accounts.
(1) As used in this section, "operating deficit" means that estimated General Fund orUniform School Fund revenues are less than budgeted for the current or next fiscal year.
(2) Notwithstanding any other statute that limits the Legislature's power to appropriatefrom a restricted account, if the Legislature determines that an operating deficit exists, unlessprohibited by federal law or court order, the Legislature may, in eliminating the deficit,appropriate money from a restricted account into the General Fund.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 183, 2009 General Session