§ 5-12-213. Who May Make Amendments to the Budget — Compliance With Court Orders
Amendments to line items within a major category of the budget may be made by the official or department head of the office or department whose budget is to be amended, including those county officials named in § 5-12-211, and by the assessor of property, upon written notice to the county mayor and the county […]
§ 5-12-214. Approval of Appropriation for Capital Expenditures to Be Financed by Long-Term Debt
Any appropriation for capital expenditures to be financed by long-term debt shall not be expended or obligated until the issuance of the long-term debt has been approved by the county legislative body and the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller’s designee as required by law.
§ 5-12-215. Impoundment Power to Prevent Deficit Operation — Override — Applicability
If at any time the county mayor determines that the revenues or other resources are, with respect to any fund, less than was anticipated in the adopted budget, or if unanticipated expenditures arise that will likely create a budget deficit, the county mayor, upon certification to each member of the county legislative body, may impound […]
§ 5-12-216. Modification of Dates
If good cause is shown, such as, but not limited to, a reappraisal of property within the county, the comptroller of the treasury may, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, modify any dates required under this part in a particular county.
§ 5-12-217. Creation of a Revenue Fluctuation Major Category
The county legislative body may, in its discretion and with the approval of the county mayor, county board of education, or chief administrative officer of the county highway department whose budget is affected, create a reservation of fund balance for such revenue fluctuations for any fund or funds. Such reservation of revenue fluctuations shall be […]
§ 5-12-211. Right to Petition for Additional Deputies and Assistants Not Precluded
The budget shall have attached to it any court order or letter of agreement setting forth the number of authorized deputies and assistants pursuant to title 8, chapter 20, for the trustee, clerks of courts, register of deeds, county clerk and sheriff. Nothing in this part precludes the trustee, clerks of courts, register of deeds […]
§ 5-12-212. Requests for Budget Amendment — Approval
When the budget has been adopted, whether by action of the county legislative body or by operation of law, any budget amendment requested by any department to appropriate local, state or federal revenues, received in excess of the estimates used to adopt the budget, may be approved by a majority vote of the county legislative […]
§ 5-12-201. Short Title — Applicability
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Local Option Budgeting Law of 1993” and applies only to any county having adopted its provisions by approval by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body.
§ 5-12-202. Part Definitions
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Budget committee” refers only to a budget committee created by law, such as being created according to the County Financial Management System of 1981, compiled in chapter 21 of this title, the County Budgeting Law of 1957, compiled in part 1 of this chapter, or […]
§ 5-12-203. Applicability
This part applies to each department, office or agency funded, in whole or in part, from county appropriations. Nevertheless, with regard to entities receiving county funds pursuant to § 5-9-109, only the requested county appropriation and expenditures of county funds shall be included within this part.