§5A-3-14 Copies of purchase orders sent to finance division; certificates required before contracts awarded.
§5A-3-14. Copies of purchase orders sent to finance division; certificates required before contracts awarded.
A copy of all purchase orders shall be transmitted to the director of the finance division so that the proper account may be encumbered before they are sent to the vendors. Except in an emergency, an order or contract shall not be awarded until it has been certified to the director by the secretary as director of the budget that the unencumbered balance in the appropriation concerned, in excess of all unpaid obligations, is sufficient to defray the cost of such order or contract.