Texas Local Government Code 109.003 – Defunding Determination
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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 109.003
- 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
- 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
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
Except as provided by § 109.004, a defunding municipality is a municipality:
(1) that adopts a budget for a fiscal year that, in comparison to the municipality’s preceding fiscal year, reduces the appropriation to the municipality’s police department; and
(2) for which the division issues a written determination finding that the municipality has made the reduction described by Subdivision (1).