The total amount of state monies that may be spent in any fiscal year by the department of health services for all aspects of the sexually violent persons program shall not exceed the amount appropriated, or authorized by section 35-173, for that purpose. This section shall not be construed to impose a duty on an officer, agent or employee of this state to discharge a responsibility or to create any right in a person or group if the discharge or right would require an expenditure of state monies in excess of the expenditure authorized by legislative appropriation for that specific purpose.
A.R.S. § 36-3715
Expenditure limitation
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