Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 8001 – Budget of estimated expenditures
(a) The governing body of Kent County shall, after due inquiry and investigation, prepare and adopt a budget or estimate of the amount of money which will be required by the County during the next fiscal year to discharge demands upon the County, both those which have accrued and those for which it is deemed expedient to make provision.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 8001
- 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.
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The government of New Castle County shall prepare and adopt the budget as provided in Chapter 11 of this title.
(c) The government of Sussex County shall prepare and adopt the budget as provided for in Chapter 70 of this title.
(d) In New Castle County, the budget shall be adopted not later than June 1 in each year, in Kent County, not later than June 30 in each year, and in Sussex County, not later than July 1 in each year.
Code 1852, § ?83; Code 1915, §§ ?1071, 1071A; 28 Del. Laws, c. 76, § ?14; 31 Del. Laws, c. 13, § ?22; Code 1935, §§ ?1155, 1236; 47 Del. Laws, c. 89, § ?1; 48 Del. Laws, c. 124, § ?1; 9 Del. C. 1953, § ?8001; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, § ?20A; 57 Del. Laws, c. 762, § ?13A; 66 Del. Laws, c. 69, § ?2; 67 Del. Laws, c. 169, § ?1;