Alabama Code 41-4-286. Department authorized to contract on behalf of agency; appropriation dependency clause
Terms Used In Alabama Code 41-4-286
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
The department may, on behalf of any state agency, enter into an equipment support contract with a vendor of telecommunications equipment for the purchase, lease or lease/purchase of such equipment subject to the competitive bid law. Such contracts shall be valid for not more than five fiscal years and must include the following annual appropriation dependency clause: “The continuation of the contract is contingent upon the appropriation by the Legislature of funds to fulfill the requirements of the contract. If the Legislature fails to appropriate sufficient moneys to provide for the continuance of the contract, or if funds from other sources are not available, the contract shall terminate on the date of the beginning of the fiscal year for which funds are not appropriated or available.”