No county court or agent of any county shall make any contract on behalf of the county unless an appropriation has been previously made therefor and is wholly or in part unexpended. In no event shall any county court or agent of any county make any contract in excess of any appropriation made, and the amount of the contract shall be limited to the amount of the appropriation made by the county quorum court.
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-20-106
Limitations on contracts
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Sanders v. Bradley County Human Services Public Facilities Board (1997)
Most recently applied in 362 F. Supp. 2d 1035 - American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employess, Local 380 v. Hot Spring County (October 2004)
Acts 1917, No. 217, § 3, p. 1184; C. & M
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.