KRS 45.244: Obligations not authorized by appropriation or budget allotment.

Except as expressly authorized in this chapter, no person shall incur, or order or vote to

incur, any obligation against the Commonwealth in excess of, or any expenditure not

authorized by, an appropriation of the General Assembly and an allotment of funds

provided by KRS Chapter 48. Any such obligation so incurred shall not be binding

against the Commonwealth, and shall be void and incapable of ratification by any

administrative authority of the Commonwealth.