Tennessee HB 1647: Budget Procedures - As enacted, requires all requests for amendments to county budgets by county departments and other entities to be approved by the department or entity seeking the amendment prior to being submitted to the county legislative body for consideration; applies only to counties that have adopted the Local Option Budgeting Law of 1993. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 12 and Title 9.

Bill Text

SENATE BILL 1776
By Swann

HOUSE BILL 1647
By Moon

HB1647
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5,
Chapter 12 and Title 9, relative to county
budgeting.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 5-12-213(a)(3), is amended by
designating the existing language as subdivision (a)(3)(A) and adding the following as a new
subdivision (a)(3)(B):
All requests for amendments to the county budget by a county department or
other entity after the adoption of the budget by the county legislative body or by
operation of law must be approved by a majority vote of the members appointed or
elected to serve on the governing body of the department or entity seeking the
amendment prior to being submitted to the county legislative body for consideration in
accordance with this part.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2024, the public welfare requiring it.