(1) A special district may not make or incur expenditures or encumbrances in excess of total appropriations in the budget as adopted or as subsequently amended.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 17B-1-619

  • Budget: means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal year which embodies estimates of proposed expenditures for given purposes and the proposed means of financing them, and may refer to the budget of a particular fund for which a budget is required by law or it may refer collectively to the budgets for all such funds. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • 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.
  • Special district: means a limited purpose local government entity, as described in Section 17B-1-103, that operates under, is subject to, and has the powers described in:
         (31)(a) this chapter; or
         (31)(b)
              (31)(b)(i) this chapter; and
              (31)(b)(ii)
                   (31)(b)(ii)(A) Chapter 2a, Part 1, Cemetery Maintenance District Act;
                   (31)(b)(ii)(B) Chapter 2a, Part 2, Drainage District Act;
                   (31)(b)(ii)(C) Chapter 2a, Part 3, Fire Protection District Act;
                   (31)(b)(ii)(D) Chapter 2a, Part 4, Improvement District Act;
                   (31)(b)(ii)(E) Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act;
                   (31)(b)(ii)(F) Chapter 2a, Part 6, Metropolitan Water District Act;
                   (31)(b)(ii)(G) Chapter 2a, Part 7, Mosquito Abatement District Act;
                   (31)(b)(ii)(H) Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act;
                   (31)(b)(ii)(I) Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service Area Act;
                   (31)(b)(ii)(J) Chapter 2a, Part 10, Water Conservancy District Act;
                   (31)(b)(ii)(K) Chapter 2a, Part 11, Municipal Services District Act; or
                   (31)(b)(ii)(L) Chapter 2a, Part 13, Infrastructure Financing Districts. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
(2) An obligation contracted by any officer in excess of total appropriations in the budget is not enforceable against the district.
(3) No check or warrant to cover a claim against an appropriation may be drawn until the claim has been processed as provided by this part.