§ 35.32A.010 Budget to be enacted — Exempted functions or programs
§ 35.32A.020 Budget director
§ 35.32A.030 Estimates of revenues and expenditures — Preparation of proposed budget — Submission to city council — Copies — Publication
§ 35.32A.040 Consideration by city council — Hearings — Revision by council
§ 35.32A.050 Adoption of budget — Expenditure allowances constitute appropriations — Reappropriations — Transfers of allowances
§ 35.32A.060 Emergency fund
§ 35.32A.070 Utilities — Exemption from budgetary control
§ 35.32A.080 Unexpended appropriations — Annual — Operating and maintenance — Capital and betterment outlays
§ 35.32A.090 Budget mandatory — Other expenditures void — Liability of public officials — Penalty
§ 35.32A.900 Short title
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 35.32A - Budgets in cities over three hundred thousand

  • 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
  • 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.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.