§ 602. Comprehensive scope of budget; public hearing.

(a)

The County budget shall consist of the current expense budget and operating expense program, the capital budget and capital program, and the budget message. It shall represent a complete financial plan for the County reflecting receipts and disbursements from all sources, including all revenues, all expenditures and the surplus or deficit in the general fund and all special funds of the County government, and it shall also include the budgets as submitted by the County Council and the Board of Appeals.

(b)

During preparation of the budget the County Executive shall hold at least two public hearings to receive public comment. One hearing shall be held in December to receive proposals for inclusion in the budget. The other shall be held in March to receive comments on budget requests. Notice of the time and place of the hearings shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the County.

Editor's note

An amendment to § 602 proposed by Res. No. 125, 1982 was approved at an election held Nov. 2, 1982, and took effect Dec. 2, 1982. An amendment proposed by Res. No. 121, 1988 was approved at an election held Nov. 8, 1988, and became effective Dec. 8, 1988.