Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 706

  • 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
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 706. Transfer of appropriations

Notwithstanding any authority granted elsewhere, all transfers of appropriations shall be made pursuant to this section upon the initiative of the Governor or upon the request of a secretary or commissioner.

(1) With the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner of Finance and Management may transfer balances of appropriations not to exceed $50,000.00 made under any appropriation act for the support of the government from one component of an agency, department, or other unit of State government to any component of the same agency, department, or unit.

(2) Except as specified in subdivisions (1) and (4) of this section, the transfer of balances of appropriations may be made only with the approval of the Emergency Board.

(3) For the specific purpose of balancing and closing out fund accounts at the end of a fiscal year, the Commissioner of Finance and Management may adjust a balance within an account of an agency or department in an amount not to exceed $100.00.

(4) [Repealed.] (Added 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 1971, No. 92, § 16, eff. June 1, 1971; 1977, No. 247 (Adj. Sess.), § 188, eff. April 17, 1978; 1979, No. 74, § 321; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 1999, No. 11, § 1; 1999, No. 66 (Adj. Sess.), § 53, eff. Feb. 8, 2000; 2003, No. 80 (Adj. Sess.), § 79, eff. March 8, 2004; 2005, No. 80, § 52; 2007, No. 65, § 395, eff. June 4, 2007; 2011, No. 3, § 90, eff. Feb. 17, 2011; 2011, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 29.)