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GB 95, Appropriations Request Restructure Act

Appropriations Request Restructure Act
GB 95, 82nd Session
Version Info:
3-25-2003, as initially introduced: HTML
5-4-2003, engrossed for signature: HTML
Version Downloads (Senators only).
Basic Information:
Primary Sponsor(s):
Mital Patel and Pendergrass
Current Status:
Engrossed
Report(s):
GO-40
Summary of Purpose:
Restructures the appropriations requests to an itemize list of categories instead of a questionnaire.
Consideration History:
3-26-2003 Senate:
Referred to the Government Operations Committee by the Student Senate President

Online Text

(as of 5-4-2003, engrossed for signature)

GOVERNMENT BILL 95

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

An act REstructure the Appropriations request

BE IT ENACTED,     by the North Carolina State University Student Senate that:

 

Section 1.       Student Body Statutes ¤5-2.9 shall be struck and amended so that it reads:

 

¤5-2.9. Appropriations Request Content.

Appropriations Requests shall be in the form of a finance questionnaire and an itemized budget. The itemized budget shall contain expense categories including, as appropriate, but not limited to,

(a)    Publicity

(b)    Speaker Fees

(c)    Travel Expenses

(d)    Conference Registration

(e)    Programming

(f)     Equipment

(g)    Uniforms

(h)    Start-Up Funds

Appropriations Requests must contain answers to the finance questionnaire and a copy of the itemized budget. Subcategories are allowed under the expense categories on the itemized budget. The Appropriations Request must include full disclosure of requested sources of funding and their amounts.

 

Section 2.       Student Body Statutes ¤5-2.10 shall be amended by adding ÒThe appropriations bill shall be introduced with a report including concise statements explaining the committee's decisions regarding the allocation of funds to each appropriations requestÓ.

 

Section 3.       Student Body Statutes ¤5-2.18(b) shall be amended by inserting Òper ¤5-2.9Ó after Òsample Appropriations RequestÓ, so that it reads:

 

(b) The Student Body Treasurer shall be authorized to release the Appropriations Packet after the first Senate meeting of each semester. The Treasurer shall be authorized to append additional informative, non-binding, documents to the Finance Packet. This includes, but is not limited too, a cover letter, appropriations time table, sample Appropriations Request per ¤5-2.9, and sample answers to Appropriations Packet questions.

 

Section 4.       Student Body Statutes ¤5-2.18(d) shall be amended by striking Òproposed budgetÓ and inserting Òproposed itemized budget adhering to ¤5-2.9Ó so that it reads:

 

                        (d) The Finance Committee shall be authorized to include and set the lists of questions for the Appropriations Packet, provided that the questions include at a minimum a Statement of Fact, a Statement of Principle, and a proposed itemized budget adhering to ¤5-2.9.

 

Section 5.       This act shall be effective upon its enrollment.

 

I hereby certify that this bill was read adopted by consent in the North Carolina State University Student Senate, on the 9th day of April 2003.

 

 

__________________________________________

Erich M. Fabricius

Student Senate President Pro Tempore

 

 

I hereby signify my approval of this bill as adopted by the North Carolina State University Student Senate, this _______ day of ____________, 2003.

 

 

__________________________________________

Michael D. Anthony

Student Body President

 

 

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