(a) Reproduction of Budget. The budget as adopted shall be reproduced in sufficient copies for distribution, free of charge, to the press and the head of each office, department or agency of the County government. Copies of the budget shall likewise be given to any interested person on request, provided, however, that in order to discourage waste the County Council may prescribe a charge for each copy of the adopted budget not to exceed the actual cost of its reproduction.
(b) Effective Date. The adopted budget shall take effect on the first day of the fiscal year to which it applies.
(c) Tax Levy and Balanced Budget.
(1) When the County budget shall have been finally adopted in the Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance, the County Council shall thereupon levy and cause to be raised the amount of taxes required by the budget in the manner provided by law so that the budget shall be balanced as to proposed income and expenditures.
(2) Any ordinance adopted under this subsection to levy taxes to balance the budget is exempt from the executive veto.
(3) The effective date of a tax levy bill shall be the first day of the fiscal year to which it applies.
(d) Property Tax. From and after July 1, 1993, revenues derived from taxes on properties existing on the County property tax rolls at the commencement of the County fiscal year shall not increase, compared with the previous year, more than the Consumer Price Index percentage of change, or by 4.5 percent, whichever is the lesser.
The Consumer Price Index shall be determined by the preceding January computation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
(Bill No. 72-82; Res. No. 56-92)