Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 1105/21

  • 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
  • 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.
     After the adoption of the annual appropriation ordinance, no further appropriations may be made at any other time during that fiscal year, except the board may amend its appropriation ordinance from time to time by the same procedure required by this Act for the original adoption of the appropriation ordinance. Transfer from one appropriation of any one fund to another of the same fund, not affecting the total amount appropriated, may be made at any meeting of the board by a two-thirds vote of all the members constituting the board. By a like vote the board may make appropriations in excess of these authorized by the appropriation ordinance in order to meet an immediate emergency.