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AL Code § 45-37A-52.129 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.129 - Adoption of General Fund Budget.

Section 45-37A-52.129Adoption of general fund budget. (a) Not later than the 20th day of June of the current fiscal year, the council by a majority vote shall adopt the general fund budget, and such ordinances providing for additional revenue as may be necessary to put the budget in balance. 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, shall have full force and effect to the same extent as if the same had been adopted by the council, notwithstanding any thing to the contrary in this part. (b) If the council enacts the ordinance authorized by Section 45-37A-52.120, the council shall adopt the general fund budget by September 20th of any period in which the city’s fiscal year is October 1 to September 30, or the September 20th immediately preceding the expiration of the transitional financial reporting period selected by the council pursuant to Section 45-37A-52.120.  (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.10; Acts 1973, No. 792, p. 1206, §3; Act 2013-376, p. 1378, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.130 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.130 - Effective Date of Budget; Certification; Copies Made Available.

Section 45-37A-52.130Effective date of budget; certification; copies made available. 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 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 citizens of the city who request a copy. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.11.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.131 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.131 - Utility Budgets.

Section 45-37A-52.131Utility budgets. Separate budget estimates for any public utilities 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 prepare and present to the council a budget for the utility operation, itemizing the receipts and expenditures in manner and form as is generally provided for in Section 45-37A-52.123 as being applicable to the general fund budget. The action of the council on any utility budget thus submitted shall be governed by the same provision as provided in this part with reference to the consideration and adoption of the general fund budget. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.12.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.132 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.132 - Work Plan and Allotment.

Section 45-37A-52.132Work plan and allotment. 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 he or she shall prescribe a work program which shall show the requested allotments of the appropriations for such department, office, or agency for the entire fiscal year by monthly or quarterly periods as the mayor may direct. Before the beginning of the fiscal year the mayor shall approve, with such amendments as he or she shall determine, the allotments for each department, office, or agency, and shall file the same with the director of finance who shall not authorize any expenditure to be made from any appropriation except on the basis of approved allotments, provided that such allotments shall be in conformity with the salaries established by ordinance, the provisions of any merit or civil service system applicable to such city, the laws of the State of Alabama, and any municipal ordinances of such city, relating to obligatory expenditures for any purpose. The aggregate of such allotments shall not exceed the total appropriation available to each such department, office, or agency for the fiscal year. An approved allotment may be revised during the fiscal year in the same manner as the original allotment was made. 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, shall be less than the total appropriations to be met from such receipts and cash surplus, he or she shall reconsider the work programs and allotments 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 allotments so as to forestall the incurring of a deficit. There shall be no reduction in salaries except by order of the council, or as authorized by law. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.13.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.134 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.134 - Additional Appropriations.

Section 45-37A-52.134Additional 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 in writing, copies of which he or she shall provide to the director of finance, and only if the director of finance certifies in writing that there is available in the general fund a sum unencumbered and unappropriated sufficient to meet such appropriation. Additional appropriations may be made by the council, by not less than five affirmative votes, from the funds of any utility for the operation of that utility, but only if the director of finance certifies in writing that there is available in the funds of the utility, a sum unencumbered and unappropriated sufficient to meet such appropriation. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.15; Act 2016-277, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.135 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.135 - Emergency Appropriations.

Section 45-37A-52.135Emergency appropriations. At any time in any budget year, the council may, pursuant to this section, 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. The total amount of all emergency appropriations made in any budget year shall not exceed five percent of the total general fund operating appropriations made in the budget for that year. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.16.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.136 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.136 - Lapsing of Appropriations.

Section 45-37A-52.136Lapsing of appropriations. Any portion of an appropriation remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the close of the fiscal year, shall lapse. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.17.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.137 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.137 - Capital Budget.

Section 45-37A-52.137Capital budget. At the same time that he or she 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 or her recommendations as to the means of financing the improvements proposed for the ensuing fiscal year. The council shall have 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 available therefor. 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 from or encumbrance of the appropriation therefor. Any such lapsed appropriation shall be applied to the payment of any indebtedness incurred in financing the project concerned and if there be no such indebtedness shall be available for appropriation. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.18.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.138 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.138 - Certification of Funds; Penalties for Violation.

Section 45-37A-52.138Certification of funds; penalties for violation. 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 allotment or appropriation unless the director of finance shall first certify that there is a sufficient unexpended and unencumbered balance in such allotment or appropriation to meet the same. Nothing herein shall be taken to prevent the advance authorization of expenditures for small purchases as provided in subdivision (5) of Section 45–37A–52.163. Every expenditure or obligation authorized or incurred in violation of this part shall be void. Every payment made in violation of this part 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 such 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 a board, or employee of the city, shall knowingly incur any obligation or shall authorize or make any expenditure in violation of this part 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 shall reasonably require the making of such contracts. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.19.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.139 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.139 - Reserve for Permanent Public Improvements.

Section 45-37A-52.139Reserve for permanent public improvements. 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 at the close of any fiscal year. Appropriations from the fund shall be made only to finance improvements included in the capital budget. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.20.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.140 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.140 - Budget Continuation.

Section 45-37A-52.140Budget continuation. 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 the fiscal year. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.21.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.141 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.141 - Budget Summary.

Section 45-37A-52.141Budget summary. 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 raised by property tax, kinds of expenditures itemized according to departments, doing so in such a manner as to present to the taxpayers a simple and clear summary of the detailed estimates of the budget. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.22.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.160 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-37A-52.160 - Director of Finance - Appointment.

Section 45-37A-52.160Director of finance - Appointment. There shall be a department of finance, the head of which shall be the director of finance, who shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to any merit or civil service system which is applicable to such city. He or she shall be the chief financial officer of the city. The chief financial officer of any city which adopts the mayor-council form of government who holds office under any civil service or merit system applicable to such city shall be the first director of finance under the mayor-council form of government. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §6.01.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.161 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-37A-52.161 - Director of Finance - Qualifications.

Section 45-37A-52.161Director of finance - Qualifications. The director of finance shall be a person skilled in municipal accounting, taxation, and financial control. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §6.01.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.162 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-37A-52.162 - Director of Finance - Surety Bond.

Section 45-37A-52.162Director of finance - Surety bond. The director of finance shall provide a bond with such surety and in such amount as the council may require by resolution or ordinance. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the city. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §6.02.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.164 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-37A-52.164 - When Contracts and Expenditures Prohibited.

Section 45-37A-52.164When contracts and expenditures prohibited. No officer, department, or agency, during any budget year, shall expend or contract to expend any money or incur any liability, or enter into any contract which by its terms involves the expenditure of money, for any purpose, in excess of the amounts appropriated for that general classification of expenditure pursuant to this part. Any contract, verbal or written, made in violation of this part shall be null and void. Any officer or employee of the city who shall violate this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction and shall also cease to hold his or her office or employment. 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 contracts of lease or for services for a period exceeding the budget year in which such contract is made, when such contract is permitted by law. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §6.05.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.165 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-37A-52.165 - Fees to Be Paid to City Government.

Section 45-37A-52.165Fees to be paid to city government. 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 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §6.06.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.166 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-37A-52.166 - Division of Purchases.

Section 45-37A-52.166Division of purchases. There shall be established in the department of finance a division of purchases, the head of which shall be the city purchasing agent. The purchasing agent, 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 of the city government. The 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 upon him or her by resolution or ordinance. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §6.07.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.167 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-37A-52.167 - Competitive Bidding.

Section 45-37A-52.167Competitive bidding. Before the purchasing agent makes any purchase of or contract for supplies, materials, or equipment, he or she shall give ample opportunity for competitive bidding, under such rules and regulations, and with such exceptions, as the council may prescribe by resolution or ordinance. The council shall not except individual contracts, purchases, or sales from the requirement of competitive bidding. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §6.08.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.168 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-37A-52.168 - Contracts for City Improvements.

Section 45-37A-52.168Contracts for city improvements. Any city improvement costing more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) shall be executed by contract except where such improvement is authorized by the council to be executed directly by a city department in conformity with detailed plans, specifications, and estimates. All such contracts for more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after such public notice and competition as may be prescribed by resolution or ordinance, provided the mayor shall have the power to reject all bids and advertise again. Alterations in any contract may be made when authorized by the council upon the written recommendation of the mayor. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §6.09.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.169 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-37A-52.169 - Accounting Control of Purchases.

Section 45-37A-52.169Accounting control of purchases. All purchases made and contracts executed by the purchasing agent shall be pursuant to a written requisition from the head of the office, department, or agency whose appropriation shall be charged, and no contract or order shall be issued to any vendor unless and until the director of finance certifies that there is to the credit of such office, department, or agency, a sufficient unencumbered appropriation balance to pay for the supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual service for which the contract or order is to be issued. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §6.10.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.170 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-37A-52.170 - Borrowing in Anticipation of Revenues.

Section 45-37A-52.170Borrowing in anticipation of revenues. In any budget year, in anticipation of the collection or receipt of revenues of the budget year, the council may by resolution authorize the borrowing of money by the issuance of negotiable notes of the city, each of which shall be designated revenue note for the year 2__ (stating the budget year). Such notes may be renewed from time to time; but all such notes, together with the renewals thereof, shall mature and be paid not later than the end of the fiscal year after the budget year in which the original notes have been issued. Such borrowing shall be subject to any limitation on amount provided by statute. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §6.11.)
AL Code § 45-37A-53.172 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-37A-53.172 - Notes Redeemable Prior to Maturity.

Section 45-37A-53.172Notes redeemable prior to maturity. No notes shall be made payable on demand, but any note may be made subject to redemption prior to maturity on such notice and at such time as may be stated in the note. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §6.13.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.173 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-37A-52.173 - Sale of Notes; Report of Sale.

Section 45-37A-52.173Sale of notes; report of sale. All notes issued pursuant to this part may be sold at not less than par and accrued interest at private sale without previous advertisement. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §6.14.)