No officer, department, or agency shall, during the budget year expend or contract to expend any money or voluntarily incur any liability, or enter into any contract which by its terms involves the expenditure of money, for any purpose, in excess of the amounts appropriated for that general classification of expenditures pursuant to this Charter. Nothing in this section contained, however, shall prevent the making of contracts or the spending of money for capital improvements to be financed in whole or in part by the issuance of bonds, nor the making of contracts of lease or for services for a period exceeding the budget year in which such contract is made when such contract is permitted by law.
(Adopted by electorate, 3-13-84; Amendment adopted by electorate, 11-7-06; Amendment adopted by electorate, 11-6-12)