SB368 Alabama 2018 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Del Marsh

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Anniston, council-manager, city council, transfer of appropriations, Act 404, 1953 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 45-8A-23.176 am'd.

Summary

The bill expands how Anniston's government can move unencumbered spending funds between departments, giving the city manager broad authority and the city council a late-year approval role.

What This Bill Does

Allows the city manager to transfer unencumbered appropriation balances between general expenditure classifications within any office, department, board, or agency at any time (within existing internal constraints). Allows the city council, upon the city manager's request and in the last three months of the budget year, to transfer unencumbered appropriation balances between offices, departments, boards, or agencies by resolution (within the same constraints). Prohibits transfers from appropriations that are fixed by law or required by specific subsections of law (as described in 45-8A-23.144). Effective date: the act takes effect immediately after the Governor signs it into law.

Who It Affects

• City manager of Anniston – gains expanded authority to move unencumbered funds between expenditures within city offices and departments (subject to existing legal constraints).
• Anniston City Council – can approve additional late-year transfers by resolution during the final three months of the budget year (subject to the same constraints).
• City offices, departments, and agencies – their budgets become more flexible in transfers, but they cannot transfer funds that are fixed by law or required by specific legal provisions.

Key Provisions

• The city manager may transfer unencumbered balances between general expenditure classifications within an office/department/board/agency, subject to subdivisions (a)–(j) of Section 45-8A-23.091.
• The council may, at the city manager's request and within the last three months of the budget year, transfer unencumbered balances between offices/departments/agencies by resolution, subject to the same subdivisions.
• No transfer may be made from appropriations fixed by law or required by subsections (a)–(i) of Section 45-8A-23.144.
• The act becomes effective immediately after the Governor's approval.

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Subjects

Anniston