§11B-2-13. Examination and approval of expenditure schedules;
amendments; copies to legislative auditor.
(a) The secretary shall examine the expenditure schedule of
each spending unit and if it conforms to the appropriations made by
the Legislature, the requirements of this article and is in
accordance with sound fiscal policy, the secretary shall approve
the schedule. In addition, the secretary shall give special
consideration in the approval of expenditure schedules to accounts
in which the appropriations consist predominantly of personal
services funds so that the quarterly allotments of funds to the
various spending units are sufficient to pay personnel costs in the
quarter in which they are due.
(b) The expenditure of the appropriations made to a spending
unit shall be only in accordance with the approved expenditure
schedule unless the schedule is amended with the consent of the
secretary, or unless appropriations are reduced in accordance with
the provisions of sections twenty to twenty-two, inclusive, of this
article. The spending officer of a spending unit shall transmit to
the legislative auditor a copy of each and every requested
amendment to the schedule at the same time that the requested
amendment is submitted to the secretary. The secretary shall send
to the legislative auditor copies of any schedule amended with the
secretary's approval.