A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, appropriations made for a specific fiscal year may not be used for paying obligations of any prior fiscal year except upon approval of the department. As a condition to the approval, the department shall certify that there existed in the affected state agency's budget at the end of the fiscal year sufficient funds, including uncollected earned revenue, to pay the obligation had the bill been presented prior to the end of that fiscal year. The department shall make quarterly reports to the legislative finance committee concerning all authorizations of payment.
B. Appropriations to the human services department for medicaid payments may be expended by that department for medicaid obligations for prior fiscal years.
History: 1953 Comp., § 11-2-3.2, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 35, § 1; 1971, ch. 5, § 1; 2003, ch. 273, § 14.
The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "year appropriations" for "general fund" in the section heading; added the Subsection A designation; in Subsection A, substituted "Except as provided in Subsection B of this section" for "General fund" at the beginning, deleted "of finance and administration" following "the department" three times, inserted "including uncollected earned revenue" following "year sufficient funds"; and added Subsection B.
Expenditures should be charged to current fiscal year budget. — School districts should charge expenditures to the current fiscal year budget, and not to the fiscal year in which the obligation was incurred. 1965 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-239.
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