Warrants to be drawn within appropriation or budget.

Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-39
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The State Fiscal Officer shall not draw warrants without, or in excess of, appropriations of money for the purpose, except in those cases specifically provided for by law; nor shall the State Fiscal Officer draw warrants against budgeted funds until notified by certification that the budget for the current allotment period of the fiscal year for the department, institution, or agency concerned is in compliance with the appropriation, and the amount of the approved budget has been set up in the State Fiscal Officer’s records; nor shall the State Fiscal Officer draw warrants in excess of the amount so budgeted and approved, nor shall the State Fiscal Officer draw any warrant in excess of the cash balance then available in the particular fund against which the warrant is chargeable unless the warrant is to be drawn against federal programs in which federal funds are receipted based upon policies and procedures as established by the State Fiscal Officer or in other situations as deemed necessary by the State Fiscal Officer.

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