BILL REQ. #:  S-0531.1 

Read first time 01/18/13.   Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations .

     AN ACT Relating to county budgets; and amending RCW 36.40.200.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 36.40.200 and 1997 c 204 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     All appropriations shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year: PROVIDED, That the appropriation accounts may remain open for a period of thirty days, and may, at the auditor's discretion, remain open for a period not to exceed sixty days thereafter for the payment of claims incurred against such appropriations prior to the close of the fiscal year. During the period the accounts remain open, the county legislative authority may make transfers, revisions, supplemental appropriations as provided in RCW 36.40.100 and 36.40.195, and appropriations to meet public emergencies occurring prior to the close of the fiscal year as provided in RCW 36.40.140.
     After such period has expired all appropriations shall become null and void and any claim presented thereafter against any such appropriation shall be provided for in the next ensuing budget: PROVIDED, That this shall not prevent payments upon uncompleted improvements in progress at the close of the fiscal year.