Sec. 8. (a) The board of a watershed development commission shall do the following:

(1) Prepare and adopt by majority vote an annual budget for the commission.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-30.5-5-8

(2) Submit the budget to each county, municipality, or agency appropriating money for the use of the commission.

     (b) After the board of a watershed development commission approves an annual budget, the commission may expend money only as budgeted unless a majority vote of the board of the commission authorizes the expenditure other than according to the budget.

     (c) Any appropriated amounts remaining unexpended or unencumbered at the end of a year become part of a nonreverting cumulative fund to be held in the name of the watershed development commission. The board of a commission may authorize unbudgeted expenditures from this fund by a majority vote of the board.

     (d) A watershed development commission is responsible for the safekeeping and deposit of money it receives under this chapter. The state board of accounts shall:

(1) prescribe the methods and forms for keeping; and

(2) periodically audit;

the accounts, records, and books of each watershed development commission.

     (e) The secretary-treasurer of the board of a watershed development commission may receive, disburse, and handle money belonging to the commission, subject to the following:

(1) Applicable statutes.

(2) Procedures established by the board of the commission.

As added by P.L.251-2023, SEC.13.