RALEIGH, N.C. AP – Another appeals court weighed in Tuesday on what North Carolina’s governors can do to balance the state’s budget, this time ruling then-Gov. Mike Easley was wrong to transfer $80 million from a road-building fund to pay for other government operations in 2002.
In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals ruled the state constitution doesn’t allow a governor to transfer money appropriated by the General Assembly for one purpose and use it for another purpose without legislative approval.
