Alabama § 45-51A-33.121 - Submission of Budgets.
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§ 45-51A-33.121. Submission of Budgets.
(a) On a day to be fixed by the council, but in no case later than the 20th day of August in each year, the mayor shall submit to the council all of the following:
(1) A separate current revenue and expense budget for the general operation of the city government, to be known as the general fund budget.
(2) A budget for each public utility owned and operated by the city.
(3) A capital budget.
(4) A budget message.
(b) When submitting the budgets to the council, the mayor shall submit his or her recommendation of new sources of revenue or manner of increasing existing sources of revenue, sufficient to balance the budgets, if such additional revenue is necessary to accomplish that purpose.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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