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2021 SESSION
21101581DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 15.2-520 and 15.2-2506 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-520. Department of Finance; expenditures and accounts.
No money shall be drawn from the treasury of the county, nor
shall any obligation for the expenditure of money be incurred, except pursuant
to appropriation resolutions. Funds appropriated for multiyear
capital projects and outstanding grants, however, may be
carried over for one year from year to year
without being reappropriated. Accounts shall be kept for each item of
appropriation made by the board. Each such account shall show in detail the
appropriations made thereto, the amount drawn thereon, the unpaid obligation
charged against it, and the unencumbered balance in the appropriation account,
properly chargeable, sufficient to meet the obligation entailed by contract,
agreement, or order.
§ 15.2-2506. Publication and notice; public hearing; adjournment; moneys not to be paid out until appropriated.
A brief synopsis of the budget which that, except in the case of
the school division budget, shall be for informative and fiscal planning
purposes only, shall be published once in a newspaper having general
circulation in the locality affected, and notice given of one or more public
hearings, at least seven days prior to the date set for hearing, at which any
citizen of the locality shall have the right to attend and state his views
thereon. Any locality not having a newspaper of general circulation may in lieu
of the foregoing notice provide for notice by written or printed handbills,
posted at such places as it may direct. The hearing shall be held at least
seven days prior to the approval of the budget as prescribed in § 15.2-2503.
With respect to the school division budget, which shall include the estimated
required local match, such hearing shall be held at least seven days prior to
the approval of that budget as prescribed in § 22.1-93. With respect to the
budget of a constitutional officer, if the proposed budget reduces funding of
such officer at a rate greater than the average rate of reduced funding for
other agencies appropriated through such locality's general fund, exclusive of
the school division, the locality shall give written notice to such
constitutional officer at least 14 days prior to adoption of the budget. If a
constitutional officer determines that the proposed budget cuts would impair
the performance of his statutory duties, such constitutional officer shall make
a written objection to the local governing body within seven days after receipt
of the written notice and shall deliver a copy of such objection to the
Compensation Board. The local governing body shall consider the written
objection of such constitutional officer. The governing body may adjourn such
hearing from time to time. The fact of such notice and hearing shall be entered
of record in the minute book.
In no event, including school division budgets, shall such
preparation, publication, and
approval be deemed to be an appropriation. No money shall be paid out or become
available to be paid out for any contemplated expenditure unless and until
there has first been made an annual, semiannual, quarterly,
or monthly appropriation for such contemplated expenditure by the governing
body, except that funds appropriated in a county having adopted the county
executive form of government, for multiyear capital projects and outstanding grants may be carried over for one year from year to year
without being reappropriated.