Colorado § 22-44-104 - Failure to adopt budget or appropriation.
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§ 22-44-104. Failure to adopt budget or appropriation.
If a board of education fails or neglects to adopt a budget or an appropriation resolution prior to the beginning of the ensuing fiscal year as required by section 22-44-103, then ninety percent of the amounts budgeted and appropriated to the funds, functions, and objects by the last duly adopted budget and appropriation resolution shall be deemed to be budgeted and appropriated by operation of law for the fiscal year for which no budget or appropriation resolution was adopted prior thereto; but an amount of money sufficient to satisfy all obligations of bonded indebtedness which will be due and payable during said fiscal year shall be deemed to be budgeted and appropriated by operation of law.
Source: L. 64: p. 618, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-32-4.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 22-44-104 ("Failure to adopt budget or appropriation.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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