Terms Used In Missouri Laws 30.180

  • 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
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Whenever a warrant is presented to the state treasurer, he shall certify it for payment from a designated depositary of state funds if the warrant is properly drawn against a legal appropriation, and does not exceed the amount thereof.