Vermont § 705 - Allotment of appropriations

§ 705. Allotment of appropriations

• (a) With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary of Administration, through the Commissioner
  of Finance and Management or such divisions of the Agency of Administration as the
  Commissioner may designate, shall have the following powers, duties, and functions: (1) The authority to allot from time to time to each department, institution, and State
  agency the appropriation made by the General Assembly for the department, institution,
  or State agency. The allotment may be made on a monthly basis or as the work of the
  department, institution, and agency may progress. (2) The keeping of such controlling accounts as may be necessary in order to determine
  the accuracy and limit of the expenditures made under the allotments. (b) The departments, institutions, and agencies shall be governed by the allotments made
  as provided in this section and shall not at any time exceed the sums thus allotted. (c) The authority conferred by this section is granted solely for the ministerial purpose
  of managing the State’s financial accounts. Nothing contained in this section shall
  authorize any decrease in any such appropriation. If allotments have been made, the
  Secretary shall report to the Joint Fiscal Committee on or before the 15th day of
  each quarter, identifying and describing the allotments made pursuant to the authority
  granted by this section during the preceding quarter. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the report to be made under this
  subsection. (Added 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 62, eff. June 13, 1988; 1995, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 283; 2011, No. 3, § 89, eff. Feb. 17, 2011; 2013, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 64.)