Fiscal Research Division
Fiscal Brief
Budget Overview
Transportation
Transportation Subcommittee
2014-15 Fiscal Year Budget Highlights
October 9, 2014
The North Carolina General Assembly House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Transportation
(Transportation Subcommittees) develop and recommend the budgets for the Department of Transportation (DOT)
and certain transportation-related programs and services administered by other State agencies. Development and
maintenance of the State’s transportation system are supported by the Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund, which
are mostly comprised of revenues from the motor fuels tax, highway use tax, Division of Motor Vehicles fees, and
federal funds.
Actual Actual Actual Certified
FY 2011-12 FY 2012-13 FY 2013-14 FY 2014-15
Expenditures 7,406,346,883 8,212,689,355 8,572,339,451 7,853,143,648
Less: Receipts 4,906,938,869 5,099,644,302 5,527,790,107 4,706,608,222
Net
Appropriations
$2,499,408,014 $3,113,045,053 $3,044,549,344 $3,146,535,426
Positions (FTE) 13,154.0 13,122.0 13,025.0 12,393.0
Actual and Enacted Expenditures and Receipts 1
1 Department or Division level budget and FTE information is provided at the end of this budget brief.
Certified FY 2014-15 Highway Fund and Highway
Trust Fund net appropriations total $3.15 billion, a 4.1
percent increase over the budget enacted by the 2013
General Assembly. Combined appropriations fund
12,663 full-time equivalent positions (FTE). The chart
below shows the budget by purpose.
S.L. 2014-100, Appropriations Act of 2014 (S.B. 744),
appropriates $1.98 billion to the Highway Fund and
$1.16 billion to the Highway Trust Fund in FY 2014-
15. Legislative adjustments to the FY 2014-15
Highway Fund budget increase spending by $68
million, in accordance with projected revenues.
Highway Trust Fund adjustments increase spending by
$57 million due to higher Highway Use Tax
projections and increased Motor Fuel Tax
consumption. The Joint Conference Committee Report
reflects the continued focus on highway maintenance
in the Highway Fund and funding the Strategic
Transportation Investments fund in the Highway Trust
Fund. This Fiscal Brief provides a summary of the
adjusted FY 2014-15 budget for Transportation.
Construction
35%
Maintenance
34%
DMV
4%
Intermodal
5%
State Aid
5%
Reserves,
Transfers,
Debt, &
Other
11%
Admin.
5%
Highway Fund & Highway Trust Fund
Net Appropriations
FY 2014-15
$3.15 Billion