Utah Code 17-36-21. Expenditure limitation
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Terms Used In Utah Code 17-36-21
- 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
- Department: means any functional unit within a fund which carries on a specific activity. See Utah Code 17-36-3
- 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.
No officer or employee of a county shall make any expenditure or encumbrance in excess of the total appropriation for any department. Any obligation that is contracted by any such officer or employee in excess of the total departmental appropriation is the personal obligation of the officer or employee and is unenforceable against the county.
Enacted by Chapter 22, 1975 General Session