The South Dakota-Minnesota Boundary Waters Commission may not incur any obligation for expenses except after an adequate legislative appropriation.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 46A-16-11

  • 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
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

Source: SL 1939, ch 294, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.5305; SDCL § 46-29-10; SL 2011, ch 165, § 540.