§ 6-56-405. Exemptions From Education Requirements
The following individuals with financial oversight responsibility employed as a finance officer by a municipality and who would otherwise be required to have the certified municipal finance officer (CMFO) designation are exempt from the educational requirements leading to the CMFO designation, but shall comply with the continuing educational requirements of § 6-56-404: An individual designated […]
§ 6-56-406. Compliance
Municipalities shall comply with the requirement that they have a certified municipal finance officer (CMFO) in their employ based on the following schedule determined by the gross revenues the municipality derived from all funds, including utilities, during the July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, fiscal year: Gross revenues Compliance date $10 million or more […]
§ 6-56-301. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Municipal Purchasing Law of 1983.”
§ 6-56-302. Application of Part
This part shall apply to all purchases by authorized officials in all municipalities using or encumbering municipal funds, except as follows: This part shall not apply to purchases by authorized officials in municipalities that have a charter provision or private act that either establishes within the charter or act itself dollar limits over which competitive […]
§ 6-56-303. Limits on Purchases
All purchases made from funds subject to the authority of this part shall be made within the limits of the approved budget, when required, and the appropriations, when required, for the department, office or agency for which the purchase is made.
§ 6-56-206. Notice and Hearing on Proposed Budget
A public hearing shall be held on the proposed budget ordinance before its final adoption by the governing body, at such time and place as the governing body shall direct. The governing body of each municipality shall cause to be published the proposed annual operating budget and budgetary comparisons of the proposed budget with the […]
§ 6-56-207. Limitation on Tax Levies and Appropriations
Except in cases of emergency as set out in § 6-56-205, no levy of property taxes shall be made by any municipality unless and until a budget ordinance has been adopted and no appropriation of moneys or revenues shall be made for any purpose contrary to the estimates in the budget ordinance.
§ 6-56-208. Amendment of Budget Ordinance
Except as otherwise restricted by law, the governing body may amend the budget ordinance in the same manner as any other ordinance may be amended.
§ 6-56-209. Transfer of Money
The governing body by appropriate resolution or ordinance may authorize the budget officer to transfer moneys from one appropriation to another within the same fund, subject to such limitations and procedures as it may prescribe. Any such transfers shall be reported to the governing body at its next regular meeting and shall be entered in […]
§ 6-56-210. Carry Over of Appropriations
If for any reason a budget ordinance is not adopted prior to the beginning of the next fiscal year, the appropriations for the last fiscal year shall become the appropriations for the next fiscal year, until the adoption of the new budget ordinance.