§ 36.40.010 Estimates to be filed by county officials
§ 36.40.020 Commissioners to file road and bridge estimate and estimate of future bond expenditures
§ 36.40.030 Forms of estimates — Penalty for delay
§ 36.40.040 Preliminary budget
§ 36.40.050 Revision by county commissioners
§ 36.40.060 Notice of hearing on budget
§ 36.40.070 Budget hearing
§ 36.40.071 Budget hearing — Alternate date for budget hearing
§ 36.40.080 Final budget to be fixed
§ 36.40.090 Taxes to be levied
§ 36.40.100 Budget constitutes appropriations — Transfers — Supplemental appropriations
§ 36.40.120 Limitation on use of borrowed money
§ 36.40.130 Excess of expenditures, liability
§ 36.40.140 Emergencies subject to hearing
§ 36.40.150 Emergencies subject to hearing — Right of taxpayer to review order
§ 36.40.160 Emergencies subject to hearing — Petition for review suspends order
§ 36.40.170 Emergencies subject to hearing — Court’s power on review
§ 36.40.180 Emergencies subject to hearing — Nondebatable emergencies
§ 36.40.190 Payment of emergency warrants
§ 36.40.195 Supplemental appropriations of unanticipated funds from local sources
§ 36.40.200 Lapse of budget appropriations
§ 36.40.205 Salary adjustment for county legislative authority office — Ratification and validation of preelection action
§ 36.40.210 Monthly report
§ 36.40.220 Rules, classifications, and forms
§ 36.40.230 No new funds created
§ 36.40.240 Penalty
§ 36.40.250 Biennial budgets — Supplemental and emergency budgets
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 36.40 - Budget

  • 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
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • county commissioners: when used in this title or any other provision of law shall include the governmental authority empowered to so act under the provisions of a charter adopted by any county of the state. See Washington Code 36.32.005
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • 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.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.