No deliveries of supplies, materials or equipment shall be made to any office, department, board, institution, commission or agency of the County government in excess of the available appropriation therefor, and except for small purchases in an amount less than the amount specified in or authorized under Section 715 of this Charter for uncertified purchases, no payment shall be made out of County funds for the purchase of supplies, materials or equipment, unless the Controller shall first certify that the funds for the designated purpose are available. Any purchase or contract not so certified-by the Controller shall be invalid and the County shall not be bound thereby.
(Bill No. 73-82; Res. No. 19-06)
Editor's note – The 2006 amendment deleted the reference to budgetary allotments. Although former Sec. 714 pertaining to work programs and allotments was eliminated from the Charter in 1988, references to allotments remained throughout various articles and sections of the Charter.