Texas Local Government Code 379A.025 – Adoption and Approval of Budget; Review of Corporate Finances
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(a) The board shall prepare an annual budget for the corporation. To be effective, the budget must be approved by the board and presented to and approved by the governing body of the municipality that created the corporation. The corporation may not make any expenditure authorized by this chapter until the budget has been approved as provided by this section. An amendment of the budget must be approved in the same manner as the budget.
(b) The governing body of the municipality that created the corporation may amend the corporation’s budget with the approval of at least two-thirds of the members of the governing body.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 379A.025
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The budget presented to the governing body of the municipality that created the corporation must provide a detailed description of the proposed expenditures for the corporation’s fiscal year, including expenditures for each program authorized by Subchapter D.
(d) The board shall annually prepare and present financial statements from the preceding fiscal year to the governing body of the municipality that created the corporation.
(e) The governing body of the municipality that created the corporation is entitled, at all times, to access to the books and records of the corporation.