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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="7-219" title_number="7" title_name="Appropriations" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Disbursements and Expenditures">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Comptroller, the Chief Deputy Comptroller, or a deputy comptroller may not sign a blank warrant.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A warrant for payment of a bill is not valid unless the following information appears on the face of the warrant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the amount of the warrant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the date of issue;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a reference to the document that identifies:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the payee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the officer or unit of the State government that submitted the bill; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the certification of the Comptroller, the Chief Deputy Comptroller, or a deputy comptroller that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the amount of the warrant is correct; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the officer or unit submitted the bill for which the warrant is issued.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A warrant for an advance of money to an officer or unit of the State government is not valid unless the following information appears on the face of the warrant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the amount of the warrant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the date of issue;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the identity of the officer or unit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the certification of the Comptroller, the Chief Deputy Comptroller, or a deputy comptroller that the amount of the warrant is correct.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
