Terms Used In Florida Statutes 216.179

  • 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
After the Governor has vetoed a specific appropriation for an agency or the judicial branch, neither the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, nor a state agency, in their various statutory and constitutional roles, may authorize expenditures for or implementation in any manner of the programs that were authorized by the vetoed appropriation.