Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 46-155

  • 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.

Except as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-3405 and Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4704b, no item of appropriation, or combination of items of appropriation for the same purpose, shall be for a period greater than one (1) ensuing fiscal year in addition to the current fiscal year, except that in the case of capital improvements an item of appropriation, or combination of items of appropriation for the purpose of completing construction of a project may be for any period not exceeding the three (3) ensuing fiscal years in addition to the current fiscal year.