Archive:Rules of Budget Proposal

**The Rules of Budget Proposal were repealed by resolution of the Executive Branch and Administrative Branch on August 28, 2013**

**THE UNIVERSAL TRIUMVIRATE RULES OF BUDGET PROPOSAL**
**5.25.12 | 7.11.13**
Stavrok, Head of Commerce and Industry, Sophomore Executive

**A Law** to set rules for how a trimester budget should be prepared and passed

#### Section 1: Proposal

Within the first week of each trimester the Head of the Treasury must propose a suggested budget for the government, departments, agencies, and other institutions under the government for the trimester to the Executive Branch.
**Section 1.1: Principle Components**
This proposal must address how each government entity should allocate the funds granted to them over the course of the trimester.
#### Section 2: Approval

Once the proposal is submitted to the Executive Branch the Executives may propose and suggest their own additions to the budget plan and when a general consensus has been reached a vote shall take place to approve the trimester budget. If the proposed budget fails the budget shall proceed back to discussion until a version of the budget has passed.
Once passed by the Executive Branch, it shall be taken to the Administrative Branch, where it must be tabled, at their discretion, by the Speaker or Deputy Speaker. It must achieve the a majority of the votes in the Administrative Branch to pass. If it fails to pass the Administrative Branch, it shall go back to the Executive Branch and the process must start over again.
**Section 2.1: Upon Complete Approval**
Once a budget has been approved, the Head of the Treasury shall direct the approved amount of tri to each institution. From there the Head, director, or otherwise chief of the institution shall keep, maintain, and manage the funds. The Major Executive shall also publish the budget for the public eye.
**Section 2.2: Failure to Approve**
If within two weeks from the original date the Head of the Treasury submitted their proposal, no budget has been approved, no budget shall exist for the trimester and all spending must be approved by the Executive Branch as is standard.
#### Section 3: While Budget Is Active

While the budget is active during the trimester the Executive Branch may direct more funds to a government institution or order the release of funds possessed by the government institution back to the government held funds in the Department of the Treasury vault. The head, director, or otherwise chief of the government institution may use them as they see fit providing there is not corruption involved but must spend the tri indicated for use on any of the measures, uses, or projects established in the budget in that way. The Executive Branch may command that funds may or may not be spent on various subjects.
#### Section 4: Additional Spending

The government may always approve other spending measures during a trimester or via law, the trimester budget shall be used solely as a tool to provide government entities with necessary resources.
#### Section 5: Initial Adjustment Budget Proposal

To adjust the Triumvirate to this system of budget proposal there shall be the first budget proposal held as usual in the first week of the next trimester. During the trimester in which this law has been passed there shall be no budget proposal.