§ 21-35-17. Budget estimates not to be exceeded; liability therefor; exemption for unfunded employee retirement or pension funds
Expenditures made, liabilities incurred, or warrants issued in excess of any of the budget detailed appropriations as originally and finally determined, or as thereafter revised by transfer as provided by this chapter, shall not be a liability of the municipality, but the official making or incurring such expenditure or issuing such warrant shall be liable […]
§ 21-35-1. Citation of chapter
This chapter may be cited as the “Municipal Budget Law.”
§ 21-35-3. Fiscal year
Each municipality of the State of Mississippi shall operate on a fiscal year basis, beginning October first and ending September thirtieth of each year.
§ 21-35-5. Preparation and publication of annual budget; public hearing
The governing authorities of each municipality of the State of Mississippi shall, not later than September 15 each year, prepare a complete budget of the municipal revenues, expenses and working cash balances estimated for the next fiscal year, and shall prepare a statement showing the aggregate revenues collected during the current year in said municipality […]
§ 21-35-7. Form of budget
Said budget of expenses and revenue shall be prepared in such form as may be necessary, upon forms to be prescribed by the state auditor, as the head of the state department of audit, or the director thereof, appointed by him, as designated and defined in Title 7, Chapter 7, of the Mississippi Code of […]
§ 21-35-9. Contents of final budget; approval thereof
The budget as finally determined, in addition to setting out separately each item for which any appropriation of expenditures is authorized to be expended and the fund out of which the same is to be paid, shall set out the total amount appropriated and authorized to be expended from each fund, the cash balance in […]
§ 21-35-11. Records of municipal funds
The clerk of the municipality shall open and keep a regular set of records, as prescribed by the State Auditor, as the head of the State Department of Audit, or the director thereof, appointed by him, as designated and defined in Title 7, Chapter 7, of the Mississippi Code of 1972, or any office or […]
§ 21-35-13. Monthly report of clerk
At the regular meeting in each month, the city clerk shall submit to the governing authorities of the municipality a report showing the expenditures and liabilities incurred against each separate budget appropriation item during the preceding calendar month, and like information for the whole of the fiscal year to the first day of the month […]