Section 818. Lapsed Appropriations

Unless otherwise provided by law, all unexpended and unencumbered appropriations in the operating budget remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall lapse into the County treasury. No appropriation for a capital project in the capital budget shall lapse until the purpose for which the appropriation was made shall have been accomplished or abandoned; provided that any capital project shall stand abandoned if three fiscal years elapse without any expenditure from or encumbrance of the appropriation made therefor. The balances remaining to the credit of the completed or abandoned capital projects shall be available for appropriation in subsequent capital budgets.