Tennessee § 5-12-106 - Budget estimates.

§ 5-12-106. Budget estimates.

The county highway commissioners or superintendent shall, in accordance with a timeline provided for in § 5-12-105, file with the director of accounts and budgets an itemized statement of the funds estimated to be required for the county road program for the ensuing fiscal year and for the construction, operation, repair and maintenance of the county road system and for the general administration of the highway department, together with an estimate of the highway and road funds expected to be received during such fiscal year. The county board of education, after preparing its annual budget as now provided by law, shall file such budget with the director of accounts and budgets for inclusion in the complete budget document to be presented to the budget committee. The county mayor, in accordance with a timeline provided for in § 5-12-105, shall file with the director of accounts and budgets an itemized statement of the amounts that the county mayor estimates are necessary to be expended from the county general fund, the debt service funds and from all other funds, excluding highway funds, school funds, and funds derived from the sale of bonds, together with an estimate of the revenue to be received during the next fiscal year. Each of the other operating departments, institutions, offices and agencies shall file with the director of accounts and budgets in accordance with a timeline provided for in § 5-12-105 a detailed estimate of its requirements for expenditures from the county's funds for the ensuing fiscal year, together with an estimate of any county revenues to be received by such agency, office or department. The director of accounts and budgets shall file a consolidated budget document with the budget committee showing an itemized statement of the amounts estimated by the various departments and officials to be required for the efficient operation of the county government from the county general fund, the debt service funds, highway funds, school funds and all other funds, together with an estimate of the revenues estimated to be received by each of the funds during the next fiscal year and an estimate of the unencumbered cash balance of each of the funds at the beginning of the fiscal year. It is the duty of each official, office, department, institution, agent or employee of the county government to furnish in writing such information, in such form and at such time, as may be requested by the budget committee. Acts 1957, ch. 291, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A., § 5-1206; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2; Acts 2016, ch. 1080, §§ 5, 6. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2, directed the code commission to change all references from “county executive” to “county mayor” and to include all such changes in supplements and replacement volumes for the Tennessee Code Annotated. Amendments. The 2016 amendment, effective January 1, 2017, substituted “in accordance with a timeline provided for in § 5-12-105 ” for “on or before April 1 of each year” in (a), (c) and (d); and deleted “, on or before May 1 of each year,” preceding “shall file” near the beginning of (e). Effective Dates. Acts 2016, ch. 1080, § 18. January 1, 2017. Cross-References. Application to school funds, superintendents and boards of education, § 5-12-113 . Option to redesignate county mayor as county executive by private act, § 5-6-101 .