17-7-211. Expansion to be authorized -- budget amendment. (1) An existing capital project may not be expanded beyond the scope of the project approved by the legislature unless the expansion of the project is authorized by a long-range building program budget amendment approved by the budget director. (2) A proposed long-range building program budget amendment must be submitted to the budget director through the architecture and engineering division of the department of administration. The budget director, through a long-range building program budget amendment, may authorize: (a) the transfer of excess funds appropriated to a capital project within an agency to increase the appropriation of another capital project within that agency; or (b) financing to expand a project with funds that were not available for consideration by the legislature. History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 787, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 347, L. 1997.
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§ 17-7-211
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