Washington Code 41.08.200 – Appropriation for expenses
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For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, such city, town or municipality is hereby authorized to appropriate from the general fund not to exceed four-tenths of one percent of the total payroll of those included under the jurisdiction and scope of the chapter: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That if the city council or other proper legislative body shall make an appropriation for the support of said commission equal to or more than the said continuing appropriation in any year, this section shall not be operative for said year but otherwise shall be in full force and effect.
[ 1935 c 31 § 22; RRS § 9558-22.]
Terms Used In Washington Code 41.08.200
- 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
- city: includes all cities, towns and municipalities having a full paid fire department. See Washington Code 41.08.220
- commission: means the civil service commission herein created, and the term "commissioner" means any one of the three commissioners of that commission. See Washington Code 41.08.220
- 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.