(1) The board of trustees of each special district shall establish policies for the transfer of any unencumbered or unexpended appropriation balance or portion of the balance from one account in a fund to another account within the same fund, subject to Subsection (2).

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Terms Used In Utah Code 17B-1-620

  • 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
  • Appropriation: means an allocation of money by the board of trustees for a specific purpose. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Deficit: has the meaning given under generally accepted accounting principles as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Special Districts. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • Fund: has the meaning given under generally accepted accounting principles as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Special Districts. See Utah Code 17B-1-601
  • 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 appropriation for debt retirement and interest, reduction of deficit, or other appropriation required by law or covenant may not be reduced below the minimums required.