(1) No later than thirty days following the beginning of the fiscal year of the budget adopted pursuant to section 29-1-108, the governing body shall cause a certified copy of such budget, including the budget message, to be filed in the office of the division. The budget of a special district shall include any resolutions adopting the budget, appropriating moneys, and fixing the rate of any mill levy. Copies of the budget of a local government and of ordinances or resolutions authorizing expenditures or the transfer of funds shall be filed with the officer or employee of the local government whose duty it is to disburse moneys or issue orders for the payment of money.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29-1-102 (13), budgets shall be filed withthe division by home rule cities, cities and counties, and towns and cities operating under a territorial charter for the purpose of information and research.
If the governing body of a local government fails to file a certified copy of the budget with the division as required by this section, the division, after notice to the affected local government, may notify any county treasurer holding moneys of the local government generated pursuant to the taxing authority of such local government and authorize the county treasurer to prohibit release of any such moneys until the local government complies with the provisions of this section.
Source: L. 90: Entire part R&RE, p. 1434, § 1, effective January 1, 1991. L. 2015: (1) amended, (HB 15-1092), ch. 87, p. 250, § 1, effective August 5.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 29-1-116 as it existed prior to 1990.