Utah Code 17-36-19. Encumbrance system
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Terms Used In Utah Code 17-36-19
- 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
- Appropriation: means an allocation of money for a specific purpose. See Utah Code 17-36-3
- Encumbrance system: means a method of budgetary control where part of an appropriation is reserved to cover a specific expenditure by charging obligations, such as purchase orders, contracts, or salary commitments to an appropriation account. See Utah Code 17-36-3
Each county shall use an encumbrance system or other budgetary controls to ensure that no expenditure is made for any item of an appropriation unless there is a sufficient unencumbered balance in the appropriation and available funds, except in cases of an emergency as hereinafter provided in Section 17-36-27.
Amended by Chapter 73, 1983 General Session