Tennessee § 9-13-207 - Scope of assistance — Guidelines — Personnel — Audits — County budgets.

§ 9-13-207. Scope of assistance — Guidelines — Personnel — Audits — County budgets.

Whenever a loan is guaranteed by the state funding board, the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall, subject to the comptroller of the treasury's or the comptroller's designee's discretion, provide emergency technical assistance to such local government until such time as the local government has completely repaid any loans guaranteed by or owed to the state. The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall provide emergency technical assistance under the guidelines of the statutes or private acts applicable to the local government and shall perform the duties prescribed by such statutes or private acts; provided, that if the applicable local government purchasing law authorizes emergency purchases, such emergency purchases shall only be made with the prior approval of the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee. All authority for the implementation and administration of the laws set out in subsection (b) shall be vested in the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee. Notwithstanding any other law, the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee has total and complete authority over the budget, purchases and expenditures of such local government, including the budget, purchases and expenditures of the local government school system and enterprise funds. The commissioner of education shall appoint a qualified and responsible person to advise and assist the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee on budgeting, accounting, purchasing, and expenditures of the school system of the local government. The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall require such periodic information from a local government operating under this part and require such audits as the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee may deem necessary. The annual budget of each local government shall be submitted to the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee at least three (3) weeks prior to its adoption. The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall determine whether or not the budget will be in balance and is fiscally responsible. No budget shall be adopted by the legislative body until it shall have been approved by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee. Such governing body shall adopt a budget at the first meeting of the legislative body in July of each year or prior to such meeting as required by any public or private act, or as soon thereafter as practical, but in no event shall the budget be adopted later than the third Monday in September. Acts 1984, ch. 996, § 8; 1992, ch. 526, § 8; 1995, ch. 63, § 1; 2010, ch. 868, § 38.