MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2004 Regular Session
To: County Affairs
By: Representative Straughter, Buck, Flaggs, Green, Middleton, Robinson (63rd), West
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-11-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE ANNUAL BUDGET PREPARED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF EACH COUNTY TO PROVIDE AT LEAST A MINIMUM LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR EACH OF THE VARIOUS OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 19-11-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
[With regard to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:]
19-11-7. The board of supervisors of each county of the State of Mississippi shall, at its August meeting of each year, prepare a complete budget of revenues, expenses and a working cash balance estimated for the next fiscal year, which shall be based on the aggregate funds estimated to be available for the ensuing fiscal year for each fund, from which such estimated expenses will be paid, exclusive of school maintenance funds, which shall be shown separately. Such statement of revenues shall show every source of revenue along with the amount derived from each source. The budget containing such statement of revenues and expenses shall be published at least one (1) time during August or September but not later than September 30 of the year in a newspaper published in the county, or if no newspaper is published therein, then in a newspaper having a general circulation therein.
The budget shall provide for funding of each of the various offices and departments of county government at a level sufficient to ensure that each of such offices and departments can provide at least the minimum services that they are required by law to provide.
[With regard to any county which is required to operate on a countywide system of road administration as described in Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:]
19-11-7. The county administrator of each county of the State of Mississippi shall prepare and submit to the board of supervisors at its August meeting of each year a complete budget of revenues, expenses and a working cash balance estimated for the next fiscal year, which shall be based on the aggregate funds estimated to be available for the ensuing fiscal year for each fund, from which such estimated expenses will be paid, exclusive of school maintenance funds, which shall be shown separately and exclusive of the budget of the sheriff's department which shall be prepared by the sheriff. Such statement of revenues shall show every source of revenue along with the amount derived from each source. The budget, including the sheriff's budget, containing such statement of revenues and expenses shall be published at least one (1) time during August or September but not later than September 30 of the year in a newspaper published in the county, or if no newspaper is published therein, then in a newspaper having a general circulation therein.
The budget shall provide for funding of each of the various offices and departments of county government at a level sufficient to ensure that each of such offices and departments can provide at least the minimum services that they are required by law to provide.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after October 1, 2004.