§ 40-40-01 Short title
§ 40-40-02 Definitions
§ 40-40-03 Fiscal year of municipality
§ 40-40-04 Municipality to prepare preliminary budget statement
§ 40-40-05 Contents of preliminary budget statement
§ 40-40-06 Notice of preliminary budget statement – Contents – How given
§ 40-40-08 Hearing of protests and objections – Changes in preliminary budget – Preparation of final budget – Contents
§ 40-40-09 Determination of amount to be levied – Adoption of levy – Limitations
§ 40-40-10 Certified copies of levy and final budget sent to county auditor
§ 40-40-11 County auditor to calculate and reduce tax rates – Extending tax levy
§ 40-40-13 County treasurer to collect municipal taxes
§ 40-40-14 Municipal taxes collected to be credited to appropriate funds
§ 40-40-15 Expenditures made or liabilities incurred beyond appropriation – Joint and several liability of members of governing body
§ 40-40-16 State’s attorney to sue for excessive expenditures
§ 40-40-18 Amounts taken from various funds and borrowings to meet emergency – Vote required – Contents of resolution
§ 40-40-20 Contracts made prior to appropriation prohibited – Contracts for water for fire protection excepted
§ 40-40-21 Balance at end of fiscal year to become part of unappropriated balance – When special appropriation to lapse
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 40-40 - Municipal Budget Law

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33