Definitions; A, B.

Sec. 2a. "Administrative officer" means an individual employed or otherwise engaged by a local unit to supervise a budgetary center. "Allotment" means a portion of an appropriation which may be expended or encumbered during a certain period of time. "Appropriation" means an authorization granted by a legislative body to incur obligations and to expend public funds for a stated purpose. "Budget" means a plan of financial operation for a given period of time, including an estimate of all proposed expenditures from the funds of a local unit and the proposed means of financing the expenditures. Budget does not include any of the following: A fund for which the local unit acts as a trustee or agent. An internal service fund. An enterprise fund. A capital project fund. A debt service fund. History: Add. 1978, Act 621, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980; Am. 2000, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001