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Section 10 -9. Appropriations: Reduction and Transfer. <br />If at any time during the fiscal year it appears probable to the mayor that the revenues <br />available will be insufficient to meet the amount appropriated, the mayor shall report to the <br />county council without delay, indicating the estimated amount of the deficit. For that purpose <br />the council may by ordinance reduce one or more appropriations; but no appropriation required <br />for debt service may be reduced and no appropriation may be reduced by more than the amount <br />of the encumbered balance thereof or below any amount required by law to be appropriated. <br />The mayor may at any time during the fiscal year transfer part or all of any <br />unencumbered appropriation balance between classifications of expenditures or programs within <br />an agency or executive agency; and if at any time the mayor so requests in writing, the council, <br />by resolution effective immediately upon adoption, may transfer, part or all of any <br />unencumbered appropriation balance from one agency or executive agency to another. But no <br />transfer shall be made from appropriations for debt service or for estimated cash deficit; and no <br />appropriation may be reduced below any amount required by law to be appropriated. The mayor <br />shall notify the county council of any transfer of funds within an agency or an executive agency <br />no later than thirty days after authorizing such a transfer. <br />(1990, Prop. 4, sec. 1; 1990, Prop. 14, sec. 1.) <br />Section 10 -10. Lapse of Appropriations. <br />General appropriations, except an appropriation for a capital expenditure, shall lapse at <br />the close of the fiscal year to the extent that the same has not been expended or encumbered. An <br />appropriation for a capital expenditure that is not encumbered shall lapse at the end of two fiscal <br />years following the fiscal year that the appropriation was made. <br />(1979, Prop. 13.) <br />Section 10 -11. Payments and Obligations Prohibited: Verifications; Penalties. <br />No payment shall be authorized or made and no obligation incurred against the county <br />except in accordance with appropriations duly made. No payment shall be made against any <br />allotment or appropriation unless the director of finance first verifies that there is sufficient <br />unencumbered balance in the allotment or appropriation and that sufficient funds therefrom are <br />available to cover the claim concerned; nor shall any obligation be incurred against any allotment <br />or appropriation unless the agency head first verifies that there is sufficient unencumbered <br />balance in the allotment or appropriation and that sufficient funds therefrom will be available to <br />meet the obligation concerned when it becomes due and payable. Every obligation incurred and <br />every authorization of payment in violation of the provisions of this charter shall be void. Every <br />payment made in violation of the provisions of this charter shall be illegal; and all county <br />officers who knowingly authorize or make such payment or any part thereof shall be jointly and <br />severally liable to the county for the full amount so paid or received. If any county officer or <br />employee knowingly authorizes or makes any payment or incurs any obligation in violation of <br />the provisions of this charter or takes part therein, that action shall be cause for their removal. <br />36 <br />