SEC. 19-11-7. Preparation and publication of annual budget.
[Text of section applicable to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3]
The board of supervisors of each county of the State of Mississippi shall, at its August meeting of each year, prepare a complete budget of revenues, expenses and a working cash balance estimated for the next fiscal year, which shall be based on the aggregate funds estimated to be available for the ensuing fiscal year for each fund, from which such estimated expenses will be paid, exclusive of school maintenance funds, which shall be shown separately. Such statement of revenues shall show every source of revenue along with the amount derived from each source. The budget containing such statement of revenues and expenses shall be published at least one (1) time during August or September but not later than September 30 of the year in a newspaper published in the county, or if no newspaper is published therein, then in a newspaper having a general circulation therein.
[For text of section applicable to any county which is required to operate on a countywide system of road administration as described in Section 19-2-3, see 19-11-7, post]
The county administrator of each county of the State of Mississippi shall prepare and submit to the board of supervisors at its August meeting of each year a complete budget of revenues, expenses and a working cash balance estimated for the next fiscal year, which shall be based on the aggregate funds estimated to be available for the ensuing fiscal year for each fund, from which such estimated expenses will be paid, exclusive of school maintenance funds, which shall be shown separately and exclusive of the budget of the sheriff's department which shall be prepared by the sheriff. Such statement of revenues shall show every source of revenue along with the amount derived from each source. The budget, including the sheriff's budget, containing such statement of revenues and expenses shall be published at least one (1) time during August or September but not later than September 30 of the year in a newspaper published in the county, or if no newspaper is published therein, then in a newspaper having a general circulation therein.
SOURCES: Codes, 1930, Sec. 3970; 1942, Sec. 9118-04; Laws, 1926, ch. 217; 1940, ch. 282; 1950, ch. 247, Sec. 4; 1954, ch. 319, Sec. 1; 1958, ch. 549, Sec. 3; 1970, ch. 539, Sec. 1; 1985, ch. 514, Sec. 4; 1986, ch. 350, Sec. 1; 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14, Sec. 12, eff from and after October 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 605, Sec. 1, SB2621, eff. July 1, 2000.
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