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Committee approves bill to align municipal budget-adoption deadlines with county law
Summary
SB1592 would align municipal budget adoption standards with county standards by limiting municipalities' continuation budget authority to the end of August, with a possible one-month comptroller extension in extraordinary circumstances; the committee passed the bill.
Chairman Hatcher presented SB1592, a comptroller bill intended to bring municipal budget adoption practices in line with previously updated county standards. The sponsor said municipalities now often operate on continuations that discourage responsible budgeting and that municipalities should be held to the same timeline as counties.
Under the bill, continuation budget authority for municipalities would be limited to the end of August, with the comptroller authorized to approve a one‑month extension in extraordinary cases. Committee members voiced support and the bill passed and will move to the calendar.
