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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 5-12-213 v2

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Chief administrative officer of the county highway department: means the officer or entity having the general control and authority over the county highway department in accordance with §. See Tennessee Code 5-12-202
  • County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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.
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Amendments to line items within a major category of the budget may be made by the official or department head of the office or department whose budget is to be amended, including those county officials named in § 5-12-211, and by the assessor of property, upon written notice to the county mayor and the county legislative body. Any line item amendment that in any way affects amounts budgeted for personnel costs, however, shall require approval of the county mayor to be effective, or if the county mayor disapproves or fails to take action on the amendment within seven (7) calendar days after written submission of the amendment, the county legislative body may approve the amendment by a two-thirds (2/3) vote.
(2) Amendments to line items within major categories of the budget for departments other than the school department, highway department, the officials named in § 5-12-211 or the assessor may be made with approval of the county mayor and a committee of the county legislative body specifically authorized by law or authorized by the county legislative body to approve such amendments. If no committee is created or the committee disapproves or fails to approve the requested line item amendment within twenty-one (21) days after written submission of the request to the chair of the committee, the amendment may be approved by the county legislative body. However, if amendments to the line items within major appropriation categories of the budget are not approved by the county mayor, or the county mayor fails to take action within seven (7) calendar days after written submission of the amendment to the county mayor, such amendment may be subsequently approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body.
(3) When the budget has been adopted, whether by action of the county legislative body or by operation of law, amendments to major categories of the budget may be made with the approval of the county mayor, or a committee appointed by the county mayor, and passage of the amendment by a majority vote of the county legislative body. If the county mayor, or the committee appointed by the mayor, does not approve the amendments to the major appropriation categories of the budget, or if the county mayor, or the committee appointed by the mayor, fails to take action on the amendment within seven (7) calendar days after written submission of the amendment to the county mayor, such amendment may be subsequently approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body. The amendments to major categories of the budget must be submitted in writing to the county mayor and the county legislative body and shall specify the following:

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(i) A description of the amendment, including the purpose of the amendment and why it is needed during the current fiscal year;
(ii) A statement showing the cost of the amendment by budget line item with subclassifications showing specific cost elements (personnel, salaries, equipment, etc., included in the line item); and
(iii) Funding sources for the expenditure itemized by federal sources, state sources, local sources or fund balance.
(B)All requests for amendments to the county budget by a county department or other entity after the adoption of the budget by the county legislative body or by operation of law must be approved by a majority vote of the members appointed or elected to serve on the governing body of the department or entity seeking the amendment prior to being submitted to the county legislative body for consideration in accordance with this part.
(b) All amendments to the budget of the school department shall first be approved by the county board of education, and all amendments to the budget of the county highway department shall first be approved by the chief administrative officer of the county highway department.
(c) Notwithstanding, amendments shall be made to comply with any court order entered pursuant to title 8, chapter 20.
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