§ 35A.33.010 Definitions
§ 35A.33.020 Applicability of chapter
§ 35A.33.030 Budget estimates
§ 35A.33.040 Classification and segregation of budget estimates
§ 35A.33.050 Proposed preliminary budget
§ 35A.33.052 Preliminary budget
§ 35A.33.055 Budget message — Preliminary hearings
§ 35A.33.060 Budget — Notice of hearing on final
§ 35A.33.070 Budget — Hearing
§ 35A.33.075 Budget adoption
§ 35A.33.080 Emergency expenditures — Nondebatable emergencies
§ 35A.33.090 Emergency expenditures — Other emergencies — Hearing
§ 35A.33.100 Emergency expenditures — Warrants — Payments
§ 35A.33.102 Registered warrants — Appropriations
§ 35A.33.105 Adjustment of wages, etc., of employees permissible budget notwithstanding
§ 35A.33.110 Forms — Accounting — Supervision by state
§ 35A.33.120 Funds — Limitations on expenditures — Transfers and adjustments
§ 35A.33.122 Administration, oversight, or supervision of utility — Reimbursement from utility budget authorized
§ 35A.33.125 Limitation on expenditures — Void
§ 35A.33.130 Funds received from sales of bonds and warrants — Expenditures program — Federal tax law
§ 35A.33.135 Levy for ad valorem tax
§ 35A.33.140 Funds — Quarterly report of status
§ 35A.33.145 Contingency fund — Creation
§ 35A.33.146 Contingency fund — Withdrawals
§ 35A.33.150 Unexpended appropriations
§ 35A.33.160 Violations and penalties

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 35A.33 - Budgets in code cities

  • 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
  • Chief administrative officer: as used in this chapter includes the mayor of cities having a mayor-council form of government, the commissioners in cities having a commission form of government, the city manager, or any other city official designated by the charter or ordinances of such city under the plan of government governing the same, or the budget or finance officer designated by the mayor, manager or commissioners, to perform the functions, or portions thereof, contemplated by this chapter. See Washington Code 35A.33.010
  • Classification: means either that portion of the general law under which a city or a town operates under Title 35 RCW as a first or second-class city, unclassified city, or town, or otherwise as a code city. See Washington Code 35A.01.070
  • Clerk: as used in this chapter includes the officer performing the functions of a finance or budget director, comptroller, auditor, or by whatever title he or she may be known in any code city. See Washington Code 35A.33.010
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Council: as used in this chapter includes the commissioners in cities having a commission form of government and any other group of city officials serving as the legislative body of a code city. See Washington Code 35A.33.010
  • Department: as used in this chapter includes each office, division, service, system or institution of the city for which no other statutory or charter provision is made for budgeting and accounting procedures or controls. See Washington Code 35A.33.010
  • Fiscal year: as used in this chapter means that fiscal period set by the code city pursuant to authority given under RCW 1. See Washington Code 35A.33.010
  • 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.
  • Fund: as used in this chapter and "funds" where clearly used to indicate the plural of "fund" shall mean the budgeting or accounting entity authorized to provide a sum of money for specified activities or purposes. See Washington Code 35A.33.010
  • Funds: as used in this chapter where not used to indicate the plural of "fund" shall mean money in hand or available for expenditure or payment of a debt or obligation. See Washington Code 35A.33.010
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • 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
  • Plan of government: means a mayor-council form of government under chapter 35A. See Washington Code 35A.01.070
  • 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.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.