US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  1111.  Authorization  to  incur liabilities; expenses not to exceed
  appropriation. The head of each agency shall establish the procedure  by
  which  charges  and liabilities may be incurred on behalf of the agency.
  Such procedures shall ensure that no officer or employee, on  behalf  of
  or  in the name of the agency, shall incur a liability or an expense for
  any purpose in excess of the amount appropriated or otherwise authorized
  therefor; and no charge, claim or liability shall exist or arise against
  the city, or any  of  the  counties  contained  within  its  territorial
  limits,  for  any  sum in excess of the amount appropriated or otherwise
  authorized for the particular purpose.