Texas Local Government Code 111.034 – Itemized Budget; Contents
(a) The county auditor shall itemize the budget to allow as clear a comparison as practicable between expenditures included in the proposed budget and actual expenditures for the same or similar purposes that were made for the preceding fiscal year. The budget must show with reasonable accuracy each project for which an appropriation is established in the budget and the estimated amount of money carried in the budget for each project.
(b) The budget must contain a complete financial statement of the county that shows:
(1) the outstanding obligations of the county;
(2) the cash on hand to the credit of each fund of the county government;
(3) the funds received from all sources during the preceding fiscal year;
(4) the funds and revenue estimated by the auditor to be received from all sources during the preceding fiscal year;
(5) the funds and revenue estimated by the auditor to be received from all sources during the ensuing fiscal year; and
(6) a statement of all accounts and contracts on which sums are due to or owed by the county as of the last day of the preceding fiscal year, except for taxes and court costs.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 111.034
- 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
- 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.
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005