Tennessee § 6-56-203 - Annual budget ordinance.

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§ 6-56-203. Annual budget ordinance.

The governing body of each municipality shall adopt and operate under an annual budget ordinance. The budget ordinance shall present a financial plan for the ensuing fiscal year, including at least the following information: Estimates of proposed expenditures for each department, board, office or other agency of the municipality, showing in addition, the expenditures for corresponding items for the last preceding fiscal year, projected expenditures for the current fiscal year, and reasons for recommended departures from the current appropriation pattern in such detail as may be prescribed by the governing body. It is the intent of this subdivision (1) that, except for moneys expended pursuant to a project ordinance or accounted for in a proprietary type fund or a fiduciary type fund that are excluded from the budget ordinance, all moneys received and expended by a municipality shall be included in a budget ordinance. Therefore, notwithstanding any other law, no municipality may expend any moneys regardless of their source, including moneys derived from bond and long-term note proceeds, federal, state or private grants or loans, or special assessments, except in accordance with a budget ordinance adopted under this section or through a proprietary type fund or a fiduciary type fund properly excluded from the budget ordinance; Statements of the bonded and other indebtedness of the municipality, including the debt redemption and interest requirements, the debt authorized and unissued, and the condition of the sinking fund; Estimates of anticipated revenues of the municipality from all sources including current and delinquent taxes, nontax revenues, and proceeds from the sale of any bonds or long-term notes with a comparative statement of the amounts received by the municipality from each of such sources for the last preceding fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and the coming fiscal year in such detail as may be prescribed by the governing body; A statement of the estimated balance or deficit, as of the end of the current fiscal year; A statement of pending capital projects and proposed new capital projects, relating to respective amounts proposed to be raised therefor by appropriations in the budget and the respective amounts, if any, proposed to be raised therefor by the issuance of bonds during the fiscal year; and Such other supporting schedules as the governing body deems necessary, or otherwise required by law. Acts 1982, ch. 626, § 1. Attorney General Opinions. Council or board approval of bills after payment made, OAG 99-075, 1999 Tenn. AG LEXIS 75 (4/5/99).

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