Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 6 Authority to Make Expenditures and Contracts

Each office and department provided for in the general city budget, and the Departments of Library and Recreation and Parks to the extent that they are assisted by appropriations from the general fund, shall have the authority to expend, in the manner provided by law, the funds appropriated for its support during the ensuing fiscal year, but only in accordance with a program of planned expenditures which shall be prepared, filed, and modified from time to time, as provided by law.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Charter, Sec. 351. Amended by: Ord. No. 154,252, Eff. 9-11-80.

Each office and department provided for in the General City Budget in cooperation with the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services shall prepare and keep current in accordance with conditions as they may exist a program of planned expenditures for each such respective office and department of the City for the ensuing fiscal year. Such expenditure programs shall cover the entire fiscal year. The Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services shall file said annual expenditure programs with the City Council and the City Controller in accordance with the adopted Budget. Such expenditure programs may be amended from time to time by the several offices and departments in cooperation with the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services, as changed conditions warrant, within the limits of appropriated funds for each item and shall become effective when filed by the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services with the Budget and Finance Committee of the Council and the Controller.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 127,511. Amended by: Ord. No. 150,582, Eff. 3-24-78, Oper. 4-1-78; Ord. No. 165,159, Eff. 10-9-89; Ord. No. 173,305, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

Each appropriated item of the General City Budget shall be conditioned upon the program of expenditures on file as provided for in Section 5.27 hereof and be controlled thereby. In the absence of such a program of expenditures for any such appropriated item the appropriated item for which no program of expenditures is on file shall be expended in accordance with Section 320 of the Charter, unless otherwise specially authorized by the Council. The time for making expenditures in accordance with applicable programs of expenditures is to be governed by the initial date for expenditure, if any, specified in the program. Any balances remaining in an appropriated item after expiration of an allotment period specified in the program may be expended at any subsequent time during the fiscal year for the purpose for which the same was appropriated in the General City Budget.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 127,511. Amended by: Ord. No. 173,305, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

It is the policy of the Council that for the Library Department and the Department of Recreation and Parks there be established a program for those respective departments as provided for herein for the several offices and departments of the City provided for in the General City budget and the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services is authorized and directed to assist such departments in establishing such programs.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 127,511. Amended by: Ord. No. 173,305, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

The provisions of this article shall not apply to any appropriations made in the General City Budget for payment of principal or interest on any general obligation bonds of the City of Los Angeles or payments on special assessments to be made by the City.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 127,511.

The provisions of this article, as it relates to appropriations made by virtue of the adoption of the General City Budget, shall be incorporated, by reference, in the resolution of the Council adopting each annual General City Budget.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 127,511.