SEC. 9.105. MODIFICATIONS.
§ 9.105
The Board of Supervisors can allow the Controller to move money between accounts within the same fund without full board approval, and amendments to the city budget can be proposed by the Mayor or any Supervisor but require the Controller to verify funds are available.
The city's budget rules allow some flexibility: the Controller can shift money from one account to another within the same budget fund if authorized to do so, without needing the full Board of Supervisors to vote again. If the Mayor or any Supervisor wants to change the adopted budget, they can propose an amendment the same way other laws are made, but the Controller must first confirm that the money actually exists. Emergency budget laws count as automatic changes to the final budget.
- Complex:The section mixes three distinct rules (internal transfers, budget amendments, and emergency ordinances) that operate under different approval processes and conditions, requiring careful parsing of which rule applies when.
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Official text
The Board of Supervisors may authorize the Controller, upon the request of the Mayor, other officials, boards or commissions of the City and County to transfer previously appropriated amounts within the same fund within the same governmental unit without approval of the Board of Supervisors.
Amendments to the appropriations ordinance, as finally adopted, may be initiated by the Mayor or a member of the Board of Supervisors and adopted in the same manner as other ordinances. No amendment to the appropriations ordinance may be adopted unless the Controller certifies availability of funds.
Any appropriation contained in an emergency ordinance shall be deemed to be an amendment to the final appropriations ordinance.