Section 5-103 - Budget amount [Amendment applicable to fiscal years beginning July 1, 1997]. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-103. Budget amount [Amendment applicable to fiscal years beginning July 1, 1997].
 

(a)  Amount to be not less than required by § 5-202.- The amount requested in the annual budget of each county board for current expenses for the next school year and that is to be raised by revenue from local sources may not be less than the minimum amount required to be levied under § 5-202 of this title. 

(b)  County commissioners or county council may provide for additional funds.- The county commissioners or county council may provide funds that are more than the amount required by § 5-202 of this title to support improved and additional programs. 

(c)  Categories and reasons for reduction of additional funds.- If a county council or board of county commissioners does not approve the amount requested in the budget that is more than the amount required by § 5-202 of this title: 

(1) The county council or board of county commissioners shall indicate in writing, within 15 days after the adoption of the budget, which major categories of the annual budget have been reduced and the reason for the reduction; and 

(2) The county board shall submit to the county governing body, within 30 days after the adoption of the budget, a report indicating how the alterations to the budget will be implemented, accompanied by reasonable supporting detail and analysis. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 77, § 117; 1978, ch. 22, § 2; 1979, ch. 154; 1996, ch. 175, §§ 1, 2; 1997, ch. 105, § 1.]