2006 Ohio Revised Code - 126.07. Effective until 12-1-06.

§ 126.07. Certification of balance required before contract; payment procedure.
 

No contract, agreement, or obligation involving the expenditure of money chargeable to an appropriation, nor any resolution or order for the expenditure of money chargeable to an appropriation, shall be valid and enforceable unless the director of budget and management first certifies that there is a balance in the appropriation not already obligated to pay existing obligations, in an amount at least equal to the portion of the contract, agreement, obligation, resolution, or order to be performed in the current fiscal year. Any written contract or agreement entered into by the state shall contain a clause stating that the obligations of the state are subject to this section. 
 

In order to make a payment from the state treasury, a state agency shall first submit to the director all invoices, claims, vouchers, and other evidentiary matter related to the payment. If the director approves payment to be made, the director shall submit the approval to the auditor of state for the drawing of a warrant as provided in section 117.45 of the Revised Code. The director shall not approve payment to be made if the director finds that there is not an unobligated balance in the appropriation for the payment, that the payment is not for a valid claim against the state that is legally due, or that insufficient evidentiary matter has been submitted. If the director does not approve payment, the director shall notify the agency of the reasons the director has not given approval. 
 

In approving payments to be made under this section, the director, upon receipt of certification from the director of job and family services pursuant to section 4141.231 [4141.23.1] of the Revised Code, shall withhold from amounts otherwise payable to a person who is the subject of the director of jobs and family services' certification, the amount certified to be due and unpaid to the director of job and family services, and shall approve for payment to the director of job and family services, the amount withheld. 
 

HISTORY: GC § 2288-2; 107 v 453; 109 v 105(130, 133); Bureau of Code Revision, RC § 131.17, 10-1-53; 135 v S 174 (Eff 12-4-73); 135 v H 1180 (Eff 9-30-74); 139 v H 694 (Eff 11-15-81); RC § 126.07, 141 v H 201 (Eff 7-1-85); 145 v S 154 (Eff 10-29-93); 147 v H 215 (Eff 9-29-97); 148 v H 471. Eff 7-1-2000.