Maryland Code, STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT 7-201
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Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT 7-201
- 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
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Appropriation act” means:
(1) the State budget; or
(2) a supplementary appropriation act.
(c) “Program” means a brief statement in an appropriation act of the purpose for which an appropriation shall be used.
(d) “Warrant” means a warrant that the Comptroller, the Chief Deputy Comptroller, or a deputy comptroller issues for the disbursement of money from the State Treasury.