.244   Obligations not authorized by appropriation or budget allotment.


45.244 Obligations not authorized by appropriation or budget allotment.
Except as expressly authorized in this chapter, no person shall incur, or order or vote to
incur, any obligation against the Commonwealth in excess of, or any expenditure not
authorized by, an appropriation of the General Assembly and an allotment of funds
provided by KRS Chapter 48. Any such obligation so incurred shall not be binding
against the Commonwealth, and shall be void and incapable of ratification by any
administrative authority of the Commonwealth.
Effective: July 1, 1983
History: Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 450, sec. 39, effective July 1, 1983.
2006-2008 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2006 Ky. Acts ch.
252, Pt. I, L.4.(15), at 1212; and State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum, 2006
Ky. Acts ch. 257, at 3126 (Final Budget Memorandum, at 1425).
2004-2006 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2005 Ky. Acts
ch. 173, pt. I, L.4.(14), at 3095; and State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum,
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 170, at 2743 (Final Budget Memorandum, at 1062).