Subdivision 1.Budget adoption.

Adoption of the budget, pursuant to section 383B.111, by the board shall constitute appropriations of the amounts specified therein to the funds and departments indicated and shall constitute for each fund a levy of the tax therein as required.

Subd. 2.Lapse of appropriations.

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 383B.114

  • 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.
  • Tax: means any fee, charge, exaction, or assessment imposed by a governmental entity on an individual, person, entity, transaction, good, service, or other thing. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

Each appropriation, except an appropriation for a capital expenditure and those restricted or varied forward pursuant to section 383B.112, subdivision 1, lapses at the close of the fiscal year to the extent that it has not been expended or encumbered. An appropriation for a capital expenditure continues in force until the purpose for which it was made has been accomplished or abandoned. The purpose of a capital expenditure appropriation shall be deemed abandoned if three years pass from the date of the appropriation without a disbursement from or encumbrance of the appropriation.