Section 19-4-604 - State-supported institutions of higher education(a) At least thirty (30) days prior to the commencing of each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall make studies for the purpose of estimating the anticipated amounts of general revenues to be available for distributions under the provisions of the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-5-101 et seq., for the fiscal year. The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall compute the estimated amounts of general revenues to be available for allocation to the respective State Treasury accounts in accordance with their percentage distributions of general revenues under the provisions of the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-5-101 et seq.(b) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall certify to each of the respective state-supported institutions of higher education, at least thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of each fiscal year, the estimated amounts of general revenues to be available for distribution to the State Treasury account for their respective institutions. The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall include in each certification the quarterly allocations thereof that are estimated to be available for expenditures based upon these estimates.(c) Upon receipt of the estimated amounts to be available for expenditure and after reviewing the quarterly allocation thereof as submitted by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, any such institution may request revisions in the proposed quarterly allotments as certified by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.(d) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, with the advice and consent of the Division of Higher Education, shall approve requested revisions in the proposed quarterly allotments if he or she shall determine that: (1) The proposed revisions in quarterly allotments do not exceed the aggregate of the estimated funds to be available from estimates of anticipated revenues and fund balances in the institution's account in the State Treasury for the fiscal year; and(2) The revised quarterly allotments will not impose an undue hardship upon other allotments of revenues and other financial commitments to be met from the distributions of general revenues during the fiscal year.(e) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall periodically review the estimates of projected general revenue collections anticipated to be available during a fiscal year. The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may make revisions in the amounts certified to the respective institutions of higher education based upon these estimates and may revise the quarterly amounts certified to each agency based upon the revised estimates.(f) Institutions of higher education may, from time to time, request revisions in the quarterly allotments of moneys where needs of the institution require revisions thereof.(g) Any unexpended balances remaining at the end of each fiscal year shall be transferred forward and made available for the support of the institutions of higher education for the following fiscal year.(h) The budget execution provisions set forth in this section shall be applicable to all state-supported institutions of higher education, and except for the annual fiscal program requirements, the provisions of §§ 19-4-601, 19-4-602, and 19-4-607 - 19-4-609 shall not apply to these institutions; they shall be governed by the provisions of this section and by procedures established under authority of § 6-61-209.(i) The division shall coordinate with the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State for administering the provisions of this section.Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2254, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2253, eff. 7/1/2019.Acts 1973, No. 876, § 11; 1977, No. 486, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 13-337; Acts 1995, No. 1296, § 69.