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TN Code § 5-9-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 2 - Advertising and Tourist Promotion|§ 5-9-203. Related County Powers

 To carry out the purpose and intent of this part, the counties are authorized and empowered to:   Form contracts with agencies of any type or wherever situated that will tend to promote the objectives of advertising the advantages of the various counties of this state;   Gather and compile information from branches of the state government and other sources that will promote authentic information for advertising purposes;   Enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with such individuals, partnerships, corporations, public and private associations, societies, educational institutions, chambers of commerce, tourist bureaus, automobile associations or any other organized groups as may be deemed advantageous to carry out the intent and purposes of this part;   Accept unconditional gifts of money to be expended in furtherance of the purposes set out in § 5-9-201;   Within the limits of available funds, match the money advanced for the purposes of this part, by the federal government, or by any state, county, municipal corporation, association, society or individual; and   Donate, contribute or give all or any part of the funds so appropriated to such organized associations, societies, tourist bureaus or chambers of commerce, or corporations located within the territorial limits of such county, as may be deemed advantageous and proper to effectuate the purposes and intent of this part.
TN Code § 5-9-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 3 - Procedures|§ 5-9-301. Book of Appropriation Applications

  It is the duty of the county clerk to keep a book in which applications for appropriation shall be entered when made to the county legislative body, and the same shall be open for the inspection of the citizens of the county.   The county legislative body shall not consider or make any appropriation unless the same shall have first been entered in a book as heretofore required.
TN Code § 5-9-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 3 - Procedures|§ 5-9-302. Vote on Appropriations

 In making appropriations of money, the vote of the members of the county legislative body present shall be taken by ayes and nayes, the clerk calling and recording the name of each member, together with each member's vote, aye or no, as it is given, which shall be entered on the minutes, together with the items of allowance.   Code 1858, § 4195 (deriv. Acts 1827, ch. 49, § 15); Shan., § 6015; Code 1932, § 10214; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-911.
TN Code § 5-9-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 3 - Procedures|§ 5-9-304. Revenue Docket — Entry of Claims

  In the revenue docket shall be entered all appropriations or allowances made by the county legislative body, all claims of jurors and officers for attendance, and all other claims chargeable against the county.   The entry shall set forth the character, description, purpose, date and amount of every appropriation or allowance, and the minute book and page where the allowance was made.    Code 1858, §§ 496, 498; Shan., §§ 654, 656; Code 1932, §§ 1053, 1055; modified; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-913.
TN Code § 5-9-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 3 - Procedures|§ 5-9-305. Revenue Docket — Jurors' Claims

 The evidence upon which claims of jurors shall be entered shall be a list of the same, with the number of days each has served, and the amount due to such juror, made out by the clerk of the court in which the service was rendered, under the seal of the court, delivered to the county clerk.   Code 1858, § 497; Shan., § 655; Code 1932, § 1054; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-914.
TN Code § 5-9-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 3 - Procedures|§ 5-9-306. Revenue Docket — Entry Prerequisite to Warrant Issuance

 No warrant shall be drawn for any claim against the county treasury until the claim has been registered, by order of the county mayor, in the revenue docket.   Code 1858, § 526; Shan., § 671; Code 1932, § 1067; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-915; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
TN Code § 5-9-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 3 - Procedures|§ 5-9-307. Warrant of County Mayor Required

  No money shall be drawn out of the treasury of the county except upon the warrant of the county mayor.    Upon the absence, death or incapacity of the county mayor, the chair of the county legislative body appointed pursuant to § 5-5-103(g), shall serve in the office of county mayor and may draw warrants upon the treasury of the county in the performance of the duties of office.   Before commencing service as county mayor under this subsection (b), the chair of the county legislative body shall be bonded in accordance with  § 5-6-109.   This subsection (b) shall not apply in any county that has a population according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census of:  not less than  nor more than   12,725 12,825   20,300 20,400   21,325 21,425   22,277 22,350   22,500 22,600   23,850 23,900   25,300 25,350       Code 1858, § 422 (deriv. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 253, § 8; 1857-1858, ch. 38, § 8); Shan., § 518; Code 1932, § 770; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-916; Acts 1984, ch. 780, § 1; 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
TN Code § 5-9-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 3 - Procedures|§ 5-9-308. Bills of Cost — Certification

  No warrant shall be drawn for costs against a county, unless the same has been regularly taxed by the clerk, examined by the presiding judge of the court in which the costs accrued, and by them certified, under the seal of the court, to be correctly taxed and lawfully chargeable upon the county.   In making the certificate, the judge shall certify the aggregate amount of each bill of cost, writing the aggregate amount in both words and figures, and no bill of cost shall be paid unless so certified.    Code 1858, § 527; Acts 1897, ch. 29, § 1; Shan., § 672; Code 1932, § 1068; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-917; Acts 1998, ch. 1080, §§ 1, 2.
TN Code § 5-9-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 3 - Procedures|§ 5-9-309. Bills of Cost — Correction

 If the county mayor, when a bill of costs authenticated as provided for in § 5-9-308 is presented to the county mayor, and the county mayor's warrant for the payment of the same demanded, conceives that the bill of costs, or any part of it, is not lawfully chargeable to the county, the county mayor may defer the issuance of the county mayor's warrant until the county mayor has moved the court for a correction of the taxation.   Code 1858, § 528; Shan., § 673; Code 1932, § 1069; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-918; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
TN Code § 5-9-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 3 - Procedures|§ 5-9-310. Bills of Cost — Disallowance

  The county mayor, after the bills referred to in § 5-9-308 have been examined and approved by the judge and district attorney general, is granted full power, and it is made the county mayor's duty, to examine into, inspect and audit all bills of cost accruing against the county, and disallow any part of the bills of cost that may be illegally or wrongfully taxed against the county.   The county mayor may disallow any and all costs taxed against the county on account of malicious, frivolous, or unnecessary prosecution, in the event the judge and district attorney general should, by mistake or otherwise, approve any of such bills.
TN Code § 5-9-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 3 - Procedures|§ 5-9-311. Pauper's Burial — Affidavit

 No warrant shall be drawn to pay for the funeral or cremation expenses of a pauper, unless the claim is accompanied by an affidavit showing the cost of the same, that the expenses were incurred for the interment of a pauper in the county, and that the claimant has no other means of obtaining payment.   Code 1858, § 529; Shan., § 675; Code 1932, § 1071; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-920; Acts 2003, ch. 51, § 2.
TN Code § 5-9-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 3 - Procedures|§ 5-9-312. Judgment Against County — Tax Levy

 Where judgment is obtained against a county, the county legislative body shall impose a tax to pay it, at the next regular imposition of taxes after the judgment; and the taxes, when levied and collected, shall be immediately applied to the payment of such judgment.   Code 1858, § 534 (deriv. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 90, § 1; 1857-1858, ch. 15, §§ 3, 4); Shan., § 681; Code 1932, § 1077; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-921.
TN Code § 5-9-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 3 - Procedures|§ 5-9-313. Judgment Against County — Mandamus

  If, upon application of the person owning the judgment, the county legislative body refuses to impose the tax, a mandamus may be issued from either of the courts of law or equity in the county, ordering and compelling the imposition of a tax sufficient to discharge the amount of the judgment; or the party owning the judgment may appeal from the refusal of the county legislative body to impose the tax to the next term of the circuit court for the county.   On trial of the appeal, the circuit court may make an order on the county legislative body, in the nature of a peremptory mandamus, to impose, levy and collect the tax, which order or peremptory mandamus shall be served on a majority of the members of the county legislative body. Service of the mandamus nisi on the county mayor shall be sufficient.    Code 1858, §§ 535, 536 (deriv. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 90, § 2; 1857-1858, ch. 15, §§ 5, 7); Shan., §§ 682, 683; Code 1932, §§ 1078, 1079; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-922; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
TN Code § 5-9-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 4 - Agency Expenditures|§ 5-9-401. County Legislative Body Appropriates Agency Funds

 All funds from whatever source derived, including, but not limited to, taxes, county aid funds, federal funds, and fines, that are to be used in the operation and respective programs of the various departments, commissions, institutions, boards, offices and agencies of county governments shall be appropriated to such use by the county legislative bodies.
TN Code § 5-9-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 4 - Agency Expenditures|§ 5-9-403. Agency Budgets — Form

 In all cases in which the form of the budget is not otherwise provided for by law, the comptroller of the treasury is authorized to prescribe the form, including certain standard accounts and classifications for the various operating departments of the several counties, and when so prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury, the budget shall be presented as required in § 5-9-402 in the form prescribed, including the accounts and classifications prescribed for a given county.
TN Code § 5-9-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 4 - Agency Expenditures|§ 5-9-405. Provisions Constitute Minimum Requirements

 The requirements set forth in §§ 5-9-401 — 5-9-404 shall constitute the minimum requirements of any department, commission, institution, board, office or agency of county government.
TN Code § 5-9-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 9 - Appropriation and Disbursement of Funds|Part 4 - Agency Expenditures|§ 5-9-406. Exemptions From Application

 This part shall not apply with respect to offices that operate on fees collected by such offices.
TN Code § 5-12-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 12 - County Budgeting Laws|Part 1 - County Budgeting Law of 1957|§ 5-12-101. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “County Budgeting Law of 1957.”
TN Code § 5-12-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 12 - County Budgeting Laws|Part 1 - County Budgeting Law of 1957|§ 5-12-102. Local Approval — Form

  This part shall be local in effect and shall become effective in a particular county upon the contingency of a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body or other governing body of the county approving this law, or upon the contingency of the majority of the voters casting votes in any election held for this purpose approving this law.    The procedure for elections held for the purpose of approving this law shall be that the county election commission shall call and conduct an election within thirty (30) days after receiving a petition signed by ten percent (10%) of the qualified voters of the county, stating that they favor this law and requesting that an election be held in the county on the subject.   The number of qualified voters in the county is deemed to be the total number of votes cast for all candidates for governor in the last general election, or upon a resolution of the county legislative body or other governing body, duly certified to the election commission, requesting such an election.   In such an election, the propositions to be voted upon shall be stated on the ballot on separate lines in the following manner: “For the County Budgeting Law of 1957” and “Against the County Budgeting Law of 1957.”
TN Code § 5-12-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 12 - County Budgeting Laws|Part 1 - County Budgeting Law of 1957|§ 5-12-103. Local Approval — Effect

 Any county that adopts this law, or the budgeting system provided for in this part, in accordance with § 5-12-102, shall follow the general procedures set forth in this part in the preparation, adoption and execution of all budgets respecting all funds, activities and agencies of county government.
TN Code § 5-12-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 12 - County Budgeting Laws|Part 1 - County Budgeting Law of 1957|§ 5-12-104. Budget Committee

  A county budget committee is hereby created.    Except as provided in subsection (e), the committee shall consist of five (5) members, one (1) of whom shall be the county mayor, and the other four (4) shall be appointed by the county mayor with the approval of the county governing body at its regular January session of each year or at any subsequent session.   The members of the committee need not be members of the county governing body.   The county mayor shall be the ex officio chair of the budget committee, and the director of accounts and budgets shall be the ex officio secretary of the budget committee.      The county governing body may in its discretion allow members of the budget committee such compensation for their service as the commission may deem proper.   Any provision for compensation, as well as provision for printing, publicity, supplies and other necessary expenses of the budget committee, shall be payable from the county general fund and shall be included in the annual appropriations.     The budget committee shall perform all the duties respecting county budgets and appropriations now performed, or required to be performed, by the finance committee, tax levy committee or other committees of the county, and shall perform such other duties as provided in this part.   In any county having a population of not less than one hundred fifty-six thousand eight hundred (156,800) nor more than one hundred fifty-six thousand nine hundred (156,900), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the committee shall consist of not more than nine (9) nor less than five (5) members, one (1) of whom shall be the county mayor. The other members shall be appointed by the county mayor with the approval of the county governing body at its regular January session of each year or at any subsequent session. The number of members shall be determined annually by the legislative body of the county.
TN Code § 5-12-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 12 - County Budgeting Laws|Part 1 - County Budgeting Law of 1957|§ 5-12-106. Budget Estimates

  The county highway commissioners or superintendent shall, in accordance with a timeline provided for in § 5-12-105, file with the director of accounts and budgets an itemized statement of the funds estimated to be required for the county road program for the ensuing fiscal year and for the construction, operation, repair and maintenance of the county road system and for the general administration of the highway department, together with an estimate of the highway and road funds expected to be received during such fiscal year.   The county board of education, after preparing its annual budget as now provided by law, shall file such budget with the director of accounts and budgets for inclusion in the complete budget document to be presented to the budget committee.   The county mayor, in accordance with a timeline provided for in § 5-12-105, shall file with the director of accounts and budgets an itemized statement of the amounts that the county mayor estimates are necessary to be expended from the county general fund, the debt service funds and from all other funds, excluding highway funds, school funds, and funds derived from the sale of bonds, together with an estimate of the revenue to be received during the next fiscal year.   Each of the other operating departments, institutions, offices and agencies shall file with the director of accounts and budgets in accordance with a timeline provided for in § 5-12-105 a detailed estimate of its requirements for expenditures from the county's funds for the ensuing fiscal year, together with an estimate of any county revenues to be received by such agency, office or department.   The director of accounts and budgets shall file a consolidated budget document with the budget committee showing an itemized statement of the amounts estimated by the various departments and officials to be required for the efficient operation of the county government from the county general fund, the debt service funds, highway funds, school funds and all other funds, together with an estimate of the revenues estimated to be received by each of the funds during the next fiscal year and an estimate of the unencumbered cash balance of each of the funds at the beginning of the fiscal year.   It is the duty of each official, office, department, institution, agent or employee of the county government to furnish in writing such information, in such form and at such time, as may be requested by the budget committee.
TN Code § 5-12-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 12 - County Budgeting Laws|Part 1 - County Budgeting Law of 1957|§ 5-12-107. Committee Action on Budget

   In accordance with a timeline provided for in § 5-12-105, the budget committee shall review and adopt the annual budget.   The budget shall contain an itemized and classified plan of all proposed expenditures and estimated receipts for the ensuing fiscal year, and shall conform to the uniform classification of accounts established by the director of accounts and budgets.   The classification of accounts must be first approved by the comptroller of the treasury.   It is expressly provided that the classification of expenditures and receipts of any and all county school funds for any purpose, administered by the county board of education and the county director of schools shall conform in all respects to the classification of accounts as prescribed by the commissioner of education.     Opposite each item of estimated revenue, the budget document shall show in opposite parallel columns the amount actually collected for the last completed fiscal year, a revised estimated amount for the current fiscal year, and the estimate for the ensuing fiscal year.   Likewise, opposite each item of proposed expenditure, the budget document shall show the amount actually expended for such item during the last completed year, the probable amount that will be spent during the current fiscal year and the proposed appropriations or expenditure estimate for the ensuing fiscal year.   In preparing the budget, the budget committee may revise, as it deems necessary, the estimates or requests made by the various departments, officials, offices, institutions and agencies of the county, but any county official or employee shall be entitled to a hearing before the budget committee with reference to any contemplated changes in the county official's or employee's budget requests or estimates.   The budget committee shall certainly and fully provide in the budget for all requirements for debt service, interest and bond maturities and for any cash deficit in any fund at the beginning of the fiscal year, and shall propose a tentative tax rate for the current calendar year.
TN Code § 5-12-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 12 - County Budgeting Laws|Part 1 - County Budgeting Law of 1957|§ 5-12-108. Budget Proposal — Public Comment — Committee Revisions

    At least ten (10) days before the budget committee conducts a public hearing as provided in subdivision (a)(3), the budget committee shall cause the proposed annual operating budget to be published in a newspaper of general circulation.   This budget shall contain a budgetary comparison for the following governmental funds:   General;   Highway/public works;   General purpose school fund; and   Debt service    that shall include comparisons of the proposed budget with the current year and the prior year.    The budgetary comparisons shall be by individual fund and shall summarize revenues by local taxes, state of Tennessee, federal government and other sources. Expenditures shall be summarized by salaries and other costs. The budgetary comparison shall also present beginning and ending fund balances and the number of employee positions.     The publication shall also contain a notice of a public hearing to be conducted by the budget committee at which any citizen of the county shall have the right to appear and state such citizen's views on the budget.   Such public hearing shall be held by the budget committee not later than ten (10) days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year.     Following such public hearing, the budget committee shall make the final revision of the budget document and prepare copies for presentation to the county governing body.