Utah Code 17-36-15. Adoption of budget — Immunity
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Terms Used In Utah Code 17-36-15
- 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
- Appropriation: means an allocation of money for a specific purpose. See Utah Code 17-36-3
- Budget: means a plan for financial operations for a fiscal period, embodying estimates for proposed expenditures for given purposes and the means of financing the expenditures. See Utah Code 17-36-3
- Department: means any functional unit within a fund which carries on a specific activity. See Utah Code 17-36-3
- Finance officer: means :(13)(a) the county auditor or the person selected to provide accounting services for the county in accordance with Section 17-19a-205; or(13)(b) notwithstanding Subsection (13)(a), for the purposes of preparing a tentative budget in a county operating under a county executive-council form of county government, the county executive. See Utah Code 17-36-3
- Fiscal period: means the annual or biennial period for recording county fiscal operations. See Utah Code 17-36-3
- Fund: means an independent fiscal and accounting entity comprised of a sum of money or other resources segregated for a specific purpose or objective. See Utah Code 17-36-3
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(1)(a) On or before the last day of each fiscal period, the governing body by resolution shall adopt the final budget.(1)(b) A final budget adopted in accordance with Subsection (1)(a) is, unless amended, in effect for the next fiscal period.(1)(c) The finance officer shall:(1)(c)(i) certify a copy of the final budget, and of any subsequent budget amendment; and(1)(c)(ii) file a copy with the state auditor not later than 30 days after the day on which the governing body adopts the budget.(1)(d) The finance officer shall file a certified copy of the budget in the office of the finance officer for inspection by the public during business hours.
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(2)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a county officer or county employee may not file a legal action in state or federal court against the county, a department, or a county officer for any matter related to the following:
(2)(a)(i) the adoption of a county budget;
(2)(a)(ii) a county appropriation;
(2)(a)(iii) a county personnel allocation; or
(2)(a)(iv) a fund related to the county budget, a county appropriation, or a county personnel allocation.
(2)(b) A county or district attorney may enforce a procedural requirement that governs the adoption or approval of a budget in accordance with this chapter.