§ 39:73 — Allotments to govern expenditures; transfers of allotments

§73. Allotments to govern expenditures; transfers of allotments
A. The head of each budget unit shall not make any expenditures in excess of the
monthly allotment. In no case shall obligations be incurred or expenditures be made in
excess of the total amount allotted.
B. The expenditures of the budget units for which appropriations are made in the
General Appropriation Act or other appropriation acts and the incurring of obligations to
spend money shall be revised in accordance with the provisions of Subsection C of this
Section for the budget of each program.
C.(1) The commissioner of administration may approve the transfer of funds between
programs within a budget unit which in the aggregate do not exceed one percent of the total
appropriation of the budget unit when sufficient evidence is presented to the commissioner
of administration indicating that the operations of the budget unit or programs are being or
will be impaired without such transfers. Such transfer shall include adjustment of any
performance standards which are impacted by the transfer of funds.
(2) The commissioner of administration, with the approval of the Joint Legislative
Committee on the Budget, may approve the transfer of funds between programs within a
budget unit, which in the aggregate do not exceed twenty-five percent of the total
appropriation of the budget unit when sufficient evidence is presented to the commissioner
of administration and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget indicating that the
operation of the budget unit or programs are being or will be impaired without such transfers.
Such transfer shall include adjustment of any performance standards which are impacted by
the transfer of funds.
(3) The transfers authorized by Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not exceed twenty-five
percent in the aggregate of the total appropriation of the budget unit for a fiscal year.
(4) A copy of the request for a transfer between programs shall be submitted by the
budget unit to the Legislative Fiscal Office at the time of the initial request. The
commissioner of administration shall supply a description of each transfer approved by the
commissioner of administration pursuant to the provisions of this Section to the Legislative
Fiscal Office within one week of the approval of the transfer.
D. If the Revenue Estimating Conference incorporates an amount of the Budget
Stabilization Fund into the official forecast because of a federally declared disaster pursuant
to R.S. 39:94(C)(3), the increase in revenues shall be available for allotment and expenditure
by an agency on approval of an increase in the appropriation to the agency by the
commissioner of administration and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. The
amount available to the agency shall be equal to the amount specified in the resolution or
ballot used for the required consent of the elected members of each house pursuant to R.S.
39:94(C)(3) and shall not exceed the amount of costs incurred by the agency associated with
the disaster.

Legislative History

Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1997, No. 1403, §2, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1465, §2, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2018, No. 544, §1, see Act; Acts 2020, No. 182, §1, see Act.