§ 405 Availability of Appropriations 

A. Funds appropriated pursuant to the annual budget may be expended only during the fiscal year for which they are appropriated, unless they are encumbered at the end of that fiscal year. 

B. Funds appropriated outside the annual budget process, which are appropriated for a specific purpose, shall remain available for expenditure only for that specific purpose until expended, or until that purpose is completed. When the purpose has been completed, the authority to expend any funds so appropriated shall lapse. 

C. Funds appropriated for transfer to other funds shall be transferred, effective the beginning of the Fiscal Year, unless otherwise directed by the Tribal Council; provided that funds not transferred effective at the beginning of the Fiscal Year shall remain available until transferred, and shall be automatically carried forward unless otherwise directed by the Tribal Council. 

D. Approval by the Tribal Council of specific contracts or grants shall constitute appropriation and the President shall modify the budget accordingly, when such award is available for expenditure. 

E. To the extent that funds are available from Tribal and non-Tribal sources for the same programs or purposes, the non-Tribal sources funds shall be expended first before Tribal funds are expended.

[Legislative History: Enacted by Resolution No. 2018-76, 10/19/2018]