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Terms Used In Utah Code 10-5-116

  • 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
  • Fund: is a s defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for All Local Governments prepared by the Office of the Utah State Auditor. See Utah Code 10-5-102.5

     The council may reduce or transfer any unencumbered or unexpended appropriation balance or portion thereof from one department in a fund to another within the same fund, but no appropriation for debt retirement and interest, reduction of deficit, or other appropriation required by law or ordinance shall be reduced below the minimums required.