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AL Code § 11-44C-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-46 - Contents of Budget Message.

Section 11-44C-46Contents of budget message. The budget message shall contain the recommendations of the mayor concerning the fiscal policy of the city, a description of the important features of the budget plan, an explanation of all changes in each budget submitted, as to estimated receipts and recommended expenditures as compared with the current fiscal year and the preceding fiscal year, and a summary of the proposed budgets showing comparisons similar to those required herein. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §46.)
AL Code § 11-44C-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-47 - Printing and Distribution of Budget Message and General Fund, Public Utility and Capital Budgets.

Section 11-44C-47Printing and distribution of budget message and general fund, public utility and capital budgets. The mayor shall cause the budget message to be printed, mimeographed or otherwise reproduced for general distribution at the time of its submission to the council and sufficient copies of the proposed general fund, public utility and capital budgets to be made, to supply copies to each member of the council and each newspaper of general circulation published in the city and all other members of the news media in the city, and two copies to be deposited in the office of the city clerk where they shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §47.)
AL Code § 11-44C-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-48 - Public Hearing on Budget.

Section 11-44C-48Public hearing on budget. At the meeting of the council at which the budget and budget message are submitted, the council shall determine the place and time of the public hearing on the budget, and shall cause to be published a notice of the place and time, not less than seven days after the date of publication, and the council will hold a public hearing at which any citizen of the city shall be given an opportunity to be heard, for or against the estimates of any item. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §48.)
AL Code § 11-44C-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-49 - Revision of Budget After Hearing; Increase in Expenditures Over Mayor's Recommendation; Expenditures Not to Exceed Receipts and Surplus Unless Additional Revenue Measures Adopted.

Section 11-44C-49Revision of budget after hearing; increase in expenditures over mayor's recommendation; expenditures not to exceed receipts and surplus unless additional revenue measures adopted. After the conclusion of the public hearing the council may insert new items of expenditures or may increase, decrease, or strike out items of expenditure in the general fund budget, except that no item of expenditure for debt service, or any other item required to be included by this chapter or other provision of law, shall be reduced or stricken out. The council shall not alter the estimates of receipts contained in the budget except to correct omissions or mathematical errors, and it shall not cause the total of expenditures as recommended by the mayor to be increased without a public hearing on such increase, which shall be held not less than three days after notice thereof by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city. The council shall in no event adopt a general fund budget in which the total of expenditures exceeds the receipts and available surplus, estimated as herein provided by this chapter unless at the same time it adopts measures to provide for additional revenue in the ensuing fiscal year estimated to be sufficient to make up the difference. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §49.)
AL Code § 11-44C-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-50 - Summary of Budget.

Section 11-44C-50Summary of budget. At the head of the budget there shall appear a summary of the budget, which need not be itemized further than by principal sources of anticipated revenue, stating separately the amount to be provided by property tax, kinds of expenditures itemized according to departments, doing so in such manner as to present to the taxpayers a simple and clear summary of the detailed estimates of the budget. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §50.)
AL Code § 11-44C-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-51 - Adoption of General Fund Budget and Any Necessary Revenue Measure; Failure to Adopt Budget.

Section 11-44C-51Adoption of general fund budget and any necessary revenue measure; failure to adopt budget. Not later than the twentieth day of September of the current fiscal year, the council by a majority vote shall adopt the general fund budget, and such ordinance providing for additional revenue as may be necessary to put the budget in balance, including a two percent reserve. If for any reason the council fails to adopt the general fund budget on or before such day, the general fund budget of the current fiscal year shall be the general fund budget for the ensuing year, until such time as a newly revised budget shall be adopted by the council and, until such time, it shall have full force and effect to the same extent as if the same had been adopted by the council. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §51.)
AL Code § 11-44C-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-52 - Disapproval by Mayor of Expenditure Line Item; Adherence by Council to Expenditure.

Section 11-44C-52Disapproval by mayor of expenditure line item; adherence by council to expenditure. If the mayor shall disapprove of any expenditure line item contained in the budget transmitted to him by the council, he shall, within 10 days of the time of its passage by the council, return the same to the clerk with his objections in writing, and the clerk shall make report thereof to the next regular meeting of the city council, and if five of the council members shall at the meeting adhere to said expenditure line item by yeas and nays and spread upon the minutes, then said expenditure line item shall become effective. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §52.)
AL Code § 11-44C-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-53 - Budget Effective Upon Final Adoption; Certification; Printing and Distribution.

Section 11-44C-53Budget effective upon final adoption; certification; printing and distribution. Upon final adoption, the budget shall be in effect for the budget year. A copy of the budget, as finally adopted, shall be certified by the mayor and the city clerk and filed in the office of the director of finance. The budget so certified shall be printed, mimeographed, or otherwise reproduced and sufficient copies thereof shall be made available for the use of all offices, departments and agencies and for the use of the citizens of the city who request a copy. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §53.)
AL Code § 11-44C-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-54 - Budget Estimates for Public Utilities; Presentation of Budget to Council.

Section 11-44C-54Budget estimates for public utilities; presentation of budget to council. Separate budget estimates for any public utility owned and operated by the city shall be submitted to the director of finance at the same time as the budget estimates of other departments, and in the form prescribed by the director of finance. The mayor shall present to the council the budget for the utility operation, itemizing the receipts and expenditures in manner and form as is generally provided for in the general fund budget. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §54.)
AL Code § 11-44C-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-55 - Submission of Work Program Which Shows Requested Appropriations for Department, etc.; Revision.

Section 11-44C-55Submission of work program which shows requested appropriations for department, etc.; revision. After the current expense budgets have been adopted and before the beginning of the fiscal year, the head of each department, office, and agency, shall submit to the mayor in such form as the mayor shall prescribe a work program which shall show the requested appropriations for such department, office or agency for the entire fiscal year by monthly or quarterly periods as the mayor may direct. If at any time during the fiscal year the mayor shall ascertain that the revenue cash receipts of the general fund or any public utility for the year plus any cash surplus available from the preceding year, will be less than the total appropriations to be met from such receipts and the surplus, he or she shall reconsider appropriations of the departments, offices and agencies, and, subject to the laws of the State of Alabama and any municipal ordinances of the city relating to obligatory expenditures for any purpose, revise the appropriations so as to forestall the incurring of a deficit; provided, however, that there shall be no reduction in salaries except by order of the council, or as authorized by law. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §55; Acts 1993, No. 93-301, p. 435, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44C-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-56 - Transfer of Unencumbered Balance From One Department, etc., to Another.

Section 11-44C-56Transfer of unencumbered balance from one department, etc., to another. At the request of the mayor, the council may by resolution transfer any unencumbered balance or portion thereof in any general fund appropriation from one department, office, or agency to another department, office, or agency. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §56; Acts 1993, No. 93-301, p. 435, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44C-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-57 - Additional Appropriations.

Section 11-44C-57Additional appropriations. Appropriations in addition to those contained in the original general fund budget ordinance, may be made by the council by not less than five affirmative votes, but only on the recommendation of the mayor and only if the director of finance certifies in writing that there is available in the general fund an unappropriated sum sufficient to meet such appropriation. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §57.)
AL Code § 11-44C-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-58 - Emergency Appropriations.

Section 11-44C-58Emergency appropriations. At any time in any budget year, the council may make emergency appropriations to meet a pressing need for public expenditures, for other than a regular or recurring requirement, to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. Such appropriation may be made by the council by not less than five affirmative votes, but only on the recommendation of the mayor. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §58.)
AL Code § 11-44C-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-59 - Lapse of Unexpended and Unencumbered Appropriation.

Section 11-44C-59Lapse of unexpended and unencumbered appropriation. Any portion of an appropriation remaining unexpended and unencumbered in the general fund at the close of the fiscal year shall lapse. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §59; Acts 1993, No. 93-301, p. 435, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44C-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-60 - Capital Improvement Program.

Section 11-44C-60Capital improvement program. At the same time that he submits the general fund budget, the mayor shall submit to the council a capital improvement program covering all recommended capital improvement projects for the ensuing fiscal year and for the four fiscal years thereafter, with his recommendation as to the means of financing the improvements proposed for the ensuing fiscal year. The council shall have the power to accept with or without amendments or reject the proposed program and proposed means of financing for the ensuing fiscal year; and may from time to time during the fiscal year amend by ordinance adopted by at least five affirmative votes, the program previously adopted by it, or the means of financing the whole or any part thereof, or both, provided that the amendment shall have been recommended by the mayor and further provided such additional funds are available in the general fund or in any other fund of the city. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §60.)
AL Code § 11-44C-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-61 - Capital Budget; Lapse of Appropriations for Capital Improvement Projects; Reserve Fund for Permanent Public Improvements.

Section 11-44C-61Capital budget; lapse of appropriations for capital improvement projects; reserve fund for permanent public improvements. The council shall adopt a capital budget prior to the beginning of the fiscal year in which the budget is to take effect. No appropriations for a capital improvement project contained in the capital budget shall lapse until the purpose for which the appropriation was made shall have been accomplished or abandoned, provided that any project shall be deemed to have been abandoned if three fiscal years lapse without any expenditure therefor. Any such lapsed appropriation shall be applied to the payment of any indebtedness incurred in financing the project or if there is no such indebtedness, shall be available for other appropriation. The council may by ordinance establish a reserve fund for permanent public improvements and may appropriate thereto any portion of the general fund cash surplus not otherwise appropriated. Appropriations from said fund shall be made only to finance improvements included in the capital budget. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §61.)
AL Code § 11-44C-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-62 - Payments and Obligations Must Be in Accord With Appropriations; Certification by Director of Finance; Void Payments and Obligations; Penalty for Knowing Violations.

Section 11-44C-62Payments and obligations must be in accord with appropriations; certification by director of finance; void payments and obligations; penalty for knowing violations. No payment shall be made and no obligation incurred by or on behalf of the city except in accordance with an appropriation duly made, and no payment shall be made from or obligation incurred against any appropriation unless the director of finance shall first certify that there is a sufficient unexpended and unencumbered balance in such appropriation to meet the same; provided that nothing herein shall be taken to prevent the advance authorization of expenditures for small purchases as provided for by this chapter. Every expenditure or obligation authorized or incurred in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be void. Every payment made in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed illegal, and every official who shall knowingly authorize or make such payment or knowingly take part therein and every person who shall knowingly receive the payment or any part thereof shall be jointly and severally liable to the city for the full amount so paid or received. If any officer, member of any board, or employee of the city, shall knowingly incur any obligation or shall knowingly authorize or make any expenditure in violation of the provisions of this chapter or knowingly take part therein, such action shall be cause for his or her removal. Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent the making of contracts of lease or for services providing for the payment of funds at a time beyond the fiscal year in which such contracts are made, provided the nature of such transactions will reasonably require the making of such contracts. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §62; Acts 1993, No. 93-301, p. 435, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44C-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-63 - Existing Budget Continued in Force.

Section 11-44C-63Existing budget continued in force. Any officially adopted budget in existence at the time that the council is first organized shall continue in force and effect during the balance of the city's then fiscal year, or until such time as the mayor may submit to the council and the council adopts an amended, altered, or revised budget for the balance of said fiscal year. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §63.)
AL Code § 11-44C-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-64 - Department of Finance; Director.

Section 11-44C-64Department of finance; director. There shall be a department of finance, the head of which shall be the financial officer of the city. The director shall be appointed by the mayor and shall not be subject to the provisions of the merit system. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §64.)
AL Code § 11-44C-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-65 - Director of Finance - Qualifications; Bond.

Section 11-44C-65Director of finance - Qualifications; bond. The director of finance shall be a person skilled in municipal accounting, taxation, and financial control. He shall provide a bond with such surety and in such amount as the council may require by resolution or ordinance. The premium on said bond shall be paid by the city. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §65.)
AL Code § 11-44C-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-67 - Expenditures Not to Exceed Appropriation for That General Classification of Expenditure; Expenditures Financed by Bonds; Leases or Contracts for Period Exceeding Budget Year.

Section 11-44C-67Expenditures not to exceed appropriation for that general classification of expenditure; expenditures financed by bonds; leases or contracts for period exceeding budget year. No officer, department, or agency shall, during any budget year, expend or contract to expend any money or incur any liability, for any purpose in excess of the amounts appropriated for that general classification of expenditure pursuant to this chapter. Any contract, verbal or written, made in violation of this chapter shall be null and void. Nothing in this section, however shall prevent the making of contracts or the spending of money for capital improvements to be financed in whole or in part by the issuance of bonds, nor the making of leases or contracts for services for a period exceeding the budget year in which such lease or contract is made, when such contract is permitted by law. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §67.)
AL Code § 11-44C-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-68 - Disposition of Fees Received by Officers and Employees.

Section 11-44C-68Disposition of fees received by officers and employees. All fees received by any officer or employee of the city shall belong to the city government and shall be paid daily to the department of finance. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §68.)
AL Code § 11-44C-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-69 - Division of Department of Finance to Be Responsible for Purchases; Powers and Duties of Division Head.

Section 11-44C-69Division of department of finance to be responsible for purchases; powers and duties of division head. There shall be established in the department of finance a division responsible for purchases, the head of which shall be the city purchasing agent. Such division head, pursuant to rules and regulations established by resolution or ordinance, shall contract for, purchase, store, and distribute all supplies, materials and equipment required by any office, department or agency. The city purchasing agent shall also have power and shall be required to: (1) Establish and enforce specifications with respect to supplies, materials, and equipment required by the city government; (2) Inspect or supervise the inspection of all deliveries of supplies, materials and equipment, and determine their quality, quantity, and conformance with specifications; (3) Have charge of such general storerooms and warehouses as the council may provide by resolution or ordinance; (4) Transfer to or between offices, departments, or agencies, or sell surplus, obsolete, or unused supplies, material and equipment; (5) Perform such other duties as may be imposed by resolution or ordinance. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §69.)
AL Code § 11-44C-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-70 - Competitive Bidding on Contracts for Supplies, Materials, or Equipment.

Section 11-44C-70Competitive bidding on contracts for supplies, materials, or equipment. Before the purchasing agent makes any purchase of or contract for supplies, materials, or equipment he shall give ample opportunity for competitive bidding, under such rules and regulations as the council may prescribe by resolution or ordinance; provided, however, the council shall not exempt individual contracts, purchases, or sales from the requirement of competitive bidding. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §70.)