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6. Compensated Absences <br />The paid time off (PTO) policy of the Bureau provides for the accumulation of up to <br />240 hours earned leave with such leave being fully vested when earned. For the <br />Bureau's government -wide fund, an expense and a liability for compensated absences <br />and the salary -related payments are recorded as the leave is earned. The Bureau has <br />assumed a last -in, first -out method of using accumulated compensation time. The <br />portion of that time that is estimated to be used in the next fiscal year has been <br />designated as a current liability in the government -wide financial statements. <br />7. Net Position/Fund Balances <br />Net Position <br />Net position in the government -wide financial statements is classified as net <br />investments in capital assets, restricted and unrestricted. Restricted net position <br />represent constraints on resources that are either externally imposed by creditors, <br />grantors, contributors, or the laws or regulations of other governments or imposed by <br />law through state statute. <br />Fund Balances <br />In the governmental fund financial statements, fund balance is composed of five <br />classifications designed to disclose the hierarchy of constraints placed on how fund <br />balance can be spent. <br />The governmental fund type classifies fiend balances as follows: <br />Non -spendable Fund Balance — This classification includes amounts that cannot be <br />spent because they are either (a) not in spendable form or (b) legally or contractually <br />required to be maintained intact. <br />Restricted Fund Balance — This classification includes amounts that are restricted to <br />specific purposes externally imposed by creditors or imposed by law. <br />Committed Fund Balance — Portion of fiend balance that can only be used for specific <br />purposes imposed by majority vote by quorum of the Bureau's governing body <br />(highest level of decision-making authority). Any changes or removal of specific <br />purpose requires majority action by the governing body. <br />Assigned Fund Balance — Portion of fund balance that the Bureau intends to use for <br />specific purposes. <br />-Continued- <br />20 Aaechmenl number 1 In <br />1-2 Page 205 <br />