Pennsylvania Statutes Title 73 Pa.C.S.A. Townships § 3106. Amount of contracts to be charged against appropriations

(a) Contracts.--Before an item of appropriation takes effect in a contract, the contract shall designate the item on which the appropriation is founded and the estimated amount of the expenditure which shall be charged against the item as certified by the township controller on the contract.  The payment required by the contract shall be made from the fund for which the contract is appropriated.

(b) Liability.--If the township controller certifies a contract in excess of the appropriation made, the township shall not be liable for the excess amount.  The township controller and the township controller's surety shall be liable for the excess amount of the appropriation, which may be recovered in a civil action by the aggrieved contracting party.

(c) Certification.--The controller shall certify contracts for the payment of which a sufficient appropriation has been made.