California Government Code 29124 – (a) If at the beginning of any fiscal year, the budget has not …
(a) If at the beginning of any fiscal year, the budget has not been adopted, the auditor shall approve payments for the support of the various budget units in accordance with the following authorizations:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the amounts in the recommended budget, except capital assets, transfer-out, and new permanent employee positions, are deemed appropriated until the adoption of the budget.
Terms Used In California Government Code 29124
- Adopted budget: means the budget document formally approved by the board of supervisors after the required public hearings and deliberations on the recommended budget. See California Government Code 29001
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Auditor: means the county auditor or that officer whose responsibilities include those designated in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 26900) of Division 2. See California Government Code 29001
- Board: means the board of supervisors of the county, or the same body acting as the governing board of a special district whose affairs and finances are under its supervision and control. See California Government Code 29001
- Final budget: means the adopted budget adjusted by all revisions throughout the fiscal year as of June 30. See California Government Code 29001
- Recommended budget: means the budget document recommended to the board of supervisors by the designated county official. See California Government Code 29001
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
(2) Capital assets, transfers-out, and new permanent employee positions are deemed appropriated until the adoption of the budget if specifically approved by the board. For the purposes of this subdivision, the words “new permanent employee positions” do not include any employee positions created in lieu of an employee position that is abolished.
(3) If the recommended budget has not been approved by the board because of an emergency as described in subdivision (a) of Section 29127, the amounts deemed appropriated shall be based on the final budget of the preceding year, excluding assets and transfers-out unless specifically approved by the board.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, prior to the adoption of the adopted budget, the board of supervisors may impose expenditure limitations that are more restrictive than those contained in this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 54. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)