Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 110 ILCS 805/7-16

  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
     The appropriation resolution or budget, including the amounts for the payment of contract liabilities or to defray the expense of any project or purpose, does not constitute an approval by the board of any liability or of any project or purpose mentioned, but shall be regarded only as the provisions for a fund or funds for the payment of legal obligations of the board, which amounts have been properly vouchered, audited and approved by or under authority of the board, or of any project or purpose that has been approved and authorized by the board, as the case may be.