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Wash. Rev. Code § 43.88.130 (2026)

When contracts and expenditures prohibited

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No agency shall expend or contract to expend any money or incur any liability in excess of the amounts appropriated for that purpose: PROVIDED, That nothing in this section shall prevent the making of contracts or the spending of money for capital improvements, nor the making of contracts of lease or for service for a period exceeding the fiscal period in which such contract is made, when such contract is permitted by law. Any contract made in violation of this section shall be null and void.
[ 1965 c 8 s 43.88.130. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 13.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1969–2010 · leading case: Hillis v. Dep't of Ecology, 131 Wash. 2d 373 (Wash. 1997).
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Hillis v. Dep't of Ecology, 131 Wash. 2d 373 (Wash. 1997). · cites it 5× “Whether Ecology acted in an arbitrary or capricious manner or acted outside its statutory authority in failing to investigate the Hillis applications has to be decided in the context of its legislatively mandated budget restraints.”
Hillis v. State, Dept. of Ecology, 932 P.2d 139 (Wash. 1997). · cites it 5× “Whether Ecology acted in an arbitrary or capricious manner or acted outside its statutory authority in failing to investigate the Hillis applications has to be decided in the context of its legislatively mandated budget restraints.”
Our Lady of Lourdes Hosp. v. Franklin Cnty., 842 P.2d 956 (Wash. 1993). · cites it 2× “11); RCW 43.88.130. However, DSHS does not simply argue inadequacy of funding for jail inmates; DSHS argues inadequacy of funding for all persons eligible for the LCP-MI.”
SEIU Healthcare 775NW v. Gregoire, 168 Wash. 2d 593 (Wash. 2010). · cites it 2× “” Likewise, the State says, RCW 43.88.130 provides that it is unlawful for a state agency to expend or contract to expend or incur liability in excess of appropriated amounts.”
Seiu Healthcare 775nw v. Gregoire, 229 P.3d 774 (Wash. 2010). · cites it 2× “" Likewise, the State says, RCW 43.88.130 provides that it is unlawful for a state agency to expend or contract to expend or incur liability in excess of appropriated amounts.”
City of Ellensburg v. State, 826 P.2d 1081 (Wash. 1992). “Consequently the court erred in (1) granting a monetary judgment for past fire protection services, and (2) ordering future fall funding according to the formula devised by the court.”
Savage v. State, 453 P.2d 613 (Wash. 1969). · cites it 2× “Our holding herein is not a carte blanche approval of unlimited extension provisions, but as pointed out above, the action of the department is not challenged as constituting an abuse of administrative discretion.”
Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs. v. S.H., 880 P.2d 1030 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994). “Appropriations for the Department in the 1991-1993 biennial budget contain no specific grants for housing assistance as part of the Department’s child welfare services. The budget specifies that the Department is to use its appropriations solely for programs expressly authorized…”
Props. Four, Inc. v. State, 105 P.3d 416 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “010 to require legislative approval or appropriation as conditions of state property purchase.”
Props. Four, Inc. v. State, 105 P.3d 416 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 5× “010 to require legislative approval or appropriation as conditions of state property purchase. Finally, Properties contends that the trial court erred in ruling that the Purchase and Sale Agreement was ultra vires and void because it did not contain contingencies as to…”
Greenwood v. State Bd. for Cmty. Coll. Educ., 513 P.2d 57 (Wash. 1973). “Likewise, RCW 43.88.130 provides that it is unlawful for a state agency to expend or contract to expend or incur any liability in excess of the amounts appropriated for that purpose.”
Greenwood v. State Bd. for Com. Col., 513 P.2d 57 (Wash. 1973). “Likewise, RCW 43.88.130 provides that it is unlawful for a state agency to expend or contract to expend or incur any liability in excess of the amounts appropriated for that purpose.”
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