Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 36 Counties - Chapter 36.40 Budget

36.40.010 Estimates to be filed by county officials
On or before the second Monday in July of each year the county auditor shall notify in writing each county official, elective or appointive, in ...

36.40.020 Commissioners to file road and bridge estimate and estimate of future bond expenditures
The county commissioners shall submit to the auditor a detailed statement showing all new road and bridge construction to be financed from the county road ...

36.40.030 Forms of estimates -- Penalty for delay
The estimates required in RCW 36.40.010 and 36.40.020 shall be submitted on forms provided by the county auditor or chief financial officer and classified according ...

36.40.040 Preliminary budget prepared by county auditor or chief financial officer
Upon receipt of the estimates the county auditor or chief financial officer shall prepare the county budget which shall set forth the complete financial program ...

36.40.050 Revision by county commissioners
The budget shall be submitted by the auditor to the board of county commissioners on or before the first Tuesday in September of each year. ...

36.40.060 Notice of hearing on budget
The county legislative authority shall then publish a notice stating that it has completed and placed on file its preliminary budget for the county for ...

36.40.070 Budget hearing
On the first Monday in October in each year the board of county commissioners shall meet at the time and place designated in the notice, ...

36.40.071 Budget hearing -- Alternate date for budget hearing
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the board of county commissioners may meet for the purpose of holding a budget hearing, provided for ...

36.40.080 Final budget to be fixed
Upon the conclusion of the budget hearing the county legislative authority shall fix and determine each item of the budget separately and shall by resolution ...

36.40.090 Taxes to be levied
The board of county commissioners shall then fix the amount of the levies necessary to raise the amount of the estimated expenditures as finally determined, ...

36.40.100 Budget constitutes appropriations -- Transfers -- Supplemental appropriations
The estimates of expenditures itemized and classified as required in RCW 36.40.040 and as finally fixed and adopted in detail by the board of county ...

36.40.120 Limitation on use of borrowed money
Moneys received from borrowing shall be used for no other purpose than that for which borrowed except that if any surplus shall remain after the ...

36.40.130 County not liable on overexpenditure -- Penalty against officials
Expenditures made, liabilities incurred, or warrants issued in excess of any of the detailed budget appropriations or as revised by transfer as in RCW 36.40.100, ...

36.40.140 Emergencies subject to hearing
When a public emergency, other than such as are specifically described in RCW 36.40.180, and which could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time ...

36.40.150 Emergencies subject to hearing -- Right of taxpayer to review order
No expenditure shall be made or liability incurred pursuant to the order until a period of five days, exclusive of the day of entry of ...

36.40.160 Emergencies subject to hearing -- Petition for review suspends order
The service and filing of the petition shall operate to suspend the emergency order and the authority to make any expenditure or incur any liability ...

36.40.170 Emergencies subject to hearing -- Court's power on review
Upon the filing of a petition the court shall immediately fix a time for hearing it which shall be at the earliest convenient date. At ...

36.40.180 Emergencies subject to hearing -- Nondebatable emergencies
Upon the happening of any emergency caused by fire, flood, explosion, storm, earthquake, epidemic, riot, or insurrection, or for the immediate preservation of order or ...

36.40.190 Payment of emergency warrants
All emergency expenditures shall be paid for by the issuance of emergency warrants which shall be paid from any moneys on hand in the county ...

36.40.195 Supplemental appropriations of unanticipated funds from local sources
In addition to the supplemental appropriations provided in RCW 36.40.100 and 36.40.140, the county legislative authority may provide by resolution a policy for supplemental appropriations ...

36.40.200 Lapse of budget appropriations
All appropriations shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year: PROVIDED, That the appropriation accounts may remain open for a period of thirty days, ...

36.40.205 Salary adjustment for county legislative authority office -- Ratification and validation of preelection action
If prior to the election for any county legislative authority office, a salary adjustment for such position to become effective upon the commencement of the ...

36.40.210 Monthly report by auditor
On or before the twenty-fifth day of each month the auditor shall submit to the board of county commissioners a report showing the expenditures and ...

36.40.220 Rules, classifications, and forms
The state auditor may make such rules, classifications, and forms as may be necessary to carry out the provisions in respect to county budgets, define ...

36.40.230 No new funds created
This chapter shall not be construed to create any new fund.[1963 c 4 § 36.40.230. Prior: 1923 c 164 § 9; RRS § 3997-9.] ...

36.40.240 Penalty
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less ...

36.40.250 Biennial budgets -- Supplemental and emergency budgets
In lieu of adopting an annual budget, the county legislative authority of any county may adopt an ordinance or a resolution providing for biennial budgets ...