Terms Used In N.Y. County Law 368

  • 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.

Each appropriation, to the extent that it shall not have been expended or encumbered, shall lapse at the close of the fiscal year for which made, except that an appropriation for a capital project shall continue in force until the purposes for which it was made shall have been accomplished or abandoned.