UNIFORM BUDGETING AND ACCOUNTING ACT
Act 2 of 1968
141.434 Budget; preparation, presentation, and control of expenditures; information; transmitting recommended budget to legislative body; suggested general appropriations act; consideration of recommended budget; furnishing information to legislative body; public hearing.
Sec. 14.
(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, charter, resolution, or ordinance, the chief administrative officer shall have final responsibility for budget preparation, presentation of the budget to the legislative body, and the control of expenditures under the budget and the general appropriations act.
(2) Unless another person is designated by charter, the chief administrative officer in each local unit shall prepare the recommended annual budget for the ensuing fiscal year in the manner provided in sections 15 to 20a. The budgetary centers of the local unit shall provide to the chief administrative officer information which the chief administrative officer considers necessary and essential to the preparation of a budget for the ensuing fiscal period for presentation to the local unit's legislative body. Each administrative officer or employee of a budgetary center shall comply promptly with a request for information which the chief administrative officer makes.
(3) The chief administrative officer shall transmit the recommended budget to the legislative body according to an appropriate time schedule developed by the local unit. The schedule shall allow adequate time for review and adoption by the legislative body before commencement of the budget year. The recommended budget, when transmitted by the chief administrative officer, shall be accompanied by a suggested general appropriations act to implement the budget. The suggested general appropriations act shall fulfill the requirements of section 16.
(4) The recommended budget transmitted by the chief administrative officer shall be considered by the legislative body.
(5) The chief administrative officer shall furnish to the legislative body information the legislative body requires for proper consideration of the recommended budget. Before final passage of a general appropriations act by the legislative body, a public hearing shall be held as required by 1963 (2nd Ex Sess) PA 43, MCL 141.411 to 141.415, and the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
History: Add. 1978, Act 621, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
Notes of Decisions
Hackel v. Macomb Cnty. Comm'n, 826 N.W.2d 753 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 5× “4(d) expressly provides “otherwise” by granting that authority to the Commission. But even if this UBAA provision somehow superseded the charter, the Executive’s authority to control expenditures does not authorize him to enter into contracts without the Commission’s approval.”
Adair v. State of Michigan, 785 N.W.2d 119 (Mich. 2010).
· cites it 2× “422d(4); MCL 141.434. MCL 141.435(1) provides: The recommended budget shall include at least the following: *142 (a) Expenditure data for the most recently completed fiscal year and estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year.”
Detroit Fire Fighters Ass'n v. City of Detroit, 501 N.W.2d 202 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993).
· cites it 2× “Note also that under § 14(1) of the UBAA, MCL 141.434(1); MSA 5.3228(34)(1), the mayor is required to control expenditures under the budget and the general appropriations act.”
Detroit City Council v. Detroit Mayor, 509 N.W.2d 797 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993).
“Section 14(5) of the ubaa, MCL 141.434(5); MSA 5.3228(34)(5), provides, in pertinent part, that "[t]he chief administrative officer shall furnish to the legislative body information the legislative body requires for proper consideration of the recommended budget.”
Mark a Hackel v. MacOmb Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners (Mich. 2025).
· cites it 3× “1 entitled the Commission to receive the information it requires for budgeting purposes and required the County Executive to transmit it rather than providing the Commission the ability to gather the information itself.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.434(1) — 2 cases
Hackel v. Macomb Cnty. Comm'n, 826 N.W.2d 753 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012).
“4(d) expressly provides “otherwise” by granting that authority to the Commission. But even if this UBAA provision somehow superseded the charter, the Executive’s authority to control expenditures does not authorize him to enter into contracts without the Commission’s approval.”
Detroit Fire Fighters Ass'n v. City of Detroit, 501 N.W.2d 202 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993).
“Note also that under § 14(1) of the UBAA, MCL 141.434(1); MSA 5.3228(34)(1), the mayor is required to control expenditures under the budget and the general appropriations act.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.434(5) — 3 cases
Detroit City Council v. Detroit Mayor, 509 N.W.2d 797 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993).
“Section 14(5) of the ubaa, MCL 141.434(5); MSA 5.3228(34)(5), provides, in pertinent part, that "[t]he chief administrative officer shall furnish to the legislative body information the legislative body requires for proper consideration of the recommended budget.”
Mark a Hackel v. MacOmb Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners (Mich. 2025).
“1 entitled the Commission to receive the information it requires for budgeting purposes and required the County Executive to transmit it rather than providing the Commission the ability to gather the information itself.”
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