Expenditure of funds; transfers within appropriations.

Sec. 19. A member of the legislative body, the chief administrative officer, an administrative officer, or an employee of a local unit shall not authorize or participate in the expenditure of funds except as authorized by a general appropriations act. An expenditure shall not be incurred except in pursuance of the authority and appropriations of the legislative body of the local unit. The legislative body in a general appropriations act may permit the chief administrative officer to execute transfers within limits stated in the act between appropriations without the prior approval of the legislative body. History: Add. 1978, Act 621, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980; Am. 2000, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001