Delaware § 6521 - Use of unexpended appropriations to meet unpaid requisitions.
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§ 6521. Use of unexpended appropriations to meet unpaid requisitions.
The Secretary of Finance during the last month of the fiscal year may set aside, from unexpended appropriations, a sum sufficient to pay all bills for which requisitions have been issued in accordance with this chapter during the fiscal year, but which remain unpaid. No such sum shall be set aside for the purpose of paying state employees’ salaries or wages which do not become due and payable until the next fiscal year. Funds so set aside shall not lapse or revert at the end of such fiscal year and shall continue to be available in the fiscal year following until reverted by the Secretary of Finance. In no instance shall such funds continue beyond June 30 of the fiscal year following.
32 Del. Laws, c. 30, § 10; Code 1935, § 433; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 6521; 53 Del. Laws, c. 105; 54 Del. Laws, c. 39, § 5; 57 Del. Laws, c. 741, § 1D; 60 Del. Laws, c. 113, § 56; 60 Del. Laws, c. 289, § 9;Source: official Delaware text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 6521 ("Use of unexpended appropriations to meet unpaid requisitions.") is part of the Delaware Code, the codified statutory law of Delaware. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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