Revised Municipal budget procedure

Title

Language

English

Year

1949

Subject

Philippines. Congress. House of Representatives.

Philippines. Congress. Senate.

Republic Act No. 238

Budget – Philippines.

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REVISED MUNICIPAL BUDGEl PROCEDURE FIRST CONGRESS OF ) THE REPUBLIC OF ) H. No. 1701 1'HE PHILl'PPINES · ) (REPUBLIC ACT No. 238) AN ACT TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE IN THE ADOPTION OF MUNICIPAL BUDGETS, AMENDING SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-FJV,E, TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, AND TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN OF' THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa.tives of the Philippine.~ in Congress assembled: SECTION l. Sections twenty-two hundred and ninety fiye, twenty-two hundred and ninety-six and twenty-two hundred and ninety-seven of the RevisP.d Administrative Code are am.ended to read: "SEC. 2295. Municipal Budget.The municipal treasurer shall preseni to the mayor, not later than sixty days before the beginning of each fiscal year. a certified and detailed statement of the actual receipts and expenditures <>f the municipality during the first three quarters of the current fiscal year and the estimated receipts for the ensuing fiscal year. "Within the same period, the heads -0f the various offices in the municipal government shall submit to the mayor .a statement of tht" proposed expenditures recommended by them for their respective offices during the ensuing fiscal year. Upon receiving the foregoing statements, the mayor shall pre.pare the municipal budget for the ensuing fiscal year. The said budget ~hall contain an estimate of receipts :as submitted by the municipal treasurer ·~md his proposed expenditures for the ·ensuing fiscal year. "The proposed expenditures for salaries and wages shall specify the number of positions, their respective designations, and the rates of salaries APRIL, 1949 or wages. In case a reduction of salaries and wages is necessary such reduction shall be general in .~harac· ter, and the percentage thereof shall be uniform for similar rates of salaries and wages. ''The mayor shall submit the said budget to the council not later than twenty days before the beginning of the fiscal year. "SEC. 2296. Appropriation Ordinance.-Upon receipt of the budget, the municipal council shall, on the bas· is thereof, enact the general ~ppro priation orainance. The council may not increase the estimate of receipts by more than twenty per centum of that appearing in the budget. If the council shall fail to enact the general appropriation ordinance before the beginning of the ensuing fiscal year, and pending approval of the said general appropriation ordinance, the correpondlng ordinance for the preceding fiscal year shall be deemed reenacted. Changes in the general appropriation ordinance may be effe~ted by supplemental budgets prepared and adopted in the same manner as the annual budget. "SEC. 2297. Appeal to the provincial board.-In case the head of any office is dissatisfied with the appropriation ordinance approved by the municipal council, he may appeal to the provincial board from the action of the council within ten days after he is advised of such action. The appeal shall specify the portion of the appropriation ordinance ob.:e~ted to and shall state the grounds for the objection. The provincial board shall decide the i,ppeal within twenty days after re· ceipt thereof, and its decision shall be final." SEC. 2. This Act shall apply to municipalirties in speciafily organiz!ed provinces. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved, June 9, 1948. Page 209

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