6548     PROGRAM, CATEGORY AND FUNCTION, TRANSFERS, SECTION 26.00 OF THE BUDGET ACT 
(Revised 2/98)

Section 26.00 provides that DOF is authorized to augment any program, project, or function of an appropriation by transfer from any other program, project, or function scheduled within the same appropriation.  However, augmentations by such transfer are limited to the percentage increases for appropriations of contained in the Budget Act.  Departmental fiscal staff should be familiar with all the provisions of this section.

To comply with Section 26.00, each department requesting a transfer will proceed as follows:

A separate STD. 26 must be submitted for each proposed transfer.  The revision should contain no other transaction and clearly state the need and purpose for the transfer.

The following certification will be typed on the face of the BR.

"The provisions of Section 26, Budget Act of 19__, have been satisfied."