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§ A605 BROOME COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE § A608
the same, as determined by the County Executive, except that more than 100 copies of the
same may be ordered printed or otherwise reproduced by resolution of the County Legislature.
The copies shall be made available for distribution not less than five days prior to the holding
of said public hearing. The notice of said public hearing shall state the time, place and
purpose of such hearing and shall state that said copies are available at the office of the Clerk
of the County Legislature and may be inspected or procured thereat by any interested person
during business hours. Said notice shall be published at least once in the official newspapers
and such other newspapers as may be designated by the County Legislature. The hearing shall
be held on the date so specified, at which time any person may be heard for or against the
recommendations and estimates submitted by the County Executive or any item thereof and
the report submitted by the County Legislature or a Committee Designated by the County
Legislature or any item thereof.
§ A606. Adoption of budget.
The budget shall be adopted by the County Legislature as provided by § C607 of Article VI
of the Charter. In addition to any other requirements, the budget, as adopted, shall be printed
by the Clerk of the County Legislature in the Annual Journal of Proceedings of the County
Legislature.
§ A607. Levy of taxes; inclusion of reserve for uncollected taxes.
The net County tax requirement, determined by subtracting the total estimated revenues from
the total proposed expenditures as set forth in the adopted budget, shall be levied in advance
by the County Legislature on the taxable real property of the several tax districts of the
County. The taxes so levied shall include an amount to be known as "reserve for uncollected
taxes," which shall be a County charge. The County Legislature shall fix the amount of such a
sum as it may deem sufficient to produce, in cash, from the collection of taxes and other
revenues during the year moneys required to meet the estimated expenditures of such year;
provided, however, that such reserve for uncollected taxes shall be not less than the face
amount of unpaid taxes for the preceding completed fiscal year.
The amount of all taxes, special ad valorem levies and special assessments levied upon any
parcel of real property by the County Legislature shall, except as otherwise expressly provided
by law, be and become a lien thereon as of the first day of January of the fiscal year for
which levied and shall remain a lien until paid.
§ A608. Budget controls.
(A) No County officer, employee, administrative unit or other authorized agency as defined
in § A603(A) of this Code shall, during a fiscal year, expend or contract to expend any
money or incur any liability or enter into any contract which, by its terms, involves the
expenditure of money for any of the purposes for which provision is made in the budget
in excess of the amounts appropriated for such fiscal year or for any other purpose,
except as otherwise provided in this Code, the Charter or the Local Finance Law. The
unexpended balance of each appropriation, less the commitments outstanding at the close
of the fiscal year for which it was made, shall lapse at the close of such fiscal year and
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