[Amended by Bill No. 13-27]
A. Any bill introduced, which has been determined by the County Auditor as having a fiscal impact on County revenues or expenditures, shall have a fiscal impact note. A fiscal impact note shall contain the appropriate information as required in §
31-5 of this chapter. The fiscal impact note shall be made available to the County Council 1 week prior to the scheduled public hearing date.
B. Resolutions;
executive orders. Upon the introduction of any resolution or executive
order, the Council may, by a majority vote, request the County Auditor
to prepare a fiscal impact note, at which time there shall be no further
action by the Council regarding the resolution or executive order.
The County Auditor shall prepare and forward to the Council Administrator,
on or before the next scheduled legislative session day of the Council,
a fiscal impact note prepared pursuant to the provisions of this chapter
or a statement that the resolution or executive order has no fiscal
impact on County revenues or expenditures.
The fiscal impact note shall represent the impact
for the first year and a projected impact for three (3) consecutive
years if applicable.
[Amended by Bill No. 13-27]
The fiscal impact note required by §
31-1 shall be prepared by the County Auditor of Harford County on forms that shall be prepared by the County Auditor. All County departments, agencies, boards and commissions shall extend their cooperation in supplying data to the County Auditor. The County Auditor of Harford County shall send a request for fiscal information to the involved County agency, department, board or commission, requesting a return within 5 business days from date received.
The County Council office shall make available
to the public a copy of any fiscal impact note at an appropriate reproduction
cost.