Terms Used In Utah Code 10-5-115

  • 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.
  • Town: means a municipality classified by population as a town under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104
     Town officers may not make or incur expenditures or encumbrances in excess of total appropriations for any department in the budget as adopted or as subsequently amended. Any obligation contracted by any such officer may not be or become valid or enforceable against the town. No check or warrant to cover any claim against any appropriation shall be drawn until the claim has been processed as provided by this chapter.

Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session

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