Not later than August 31 of each year the chair shall cause to be prepared a tentative budget. The aggregate sums tentatively budgeted for expenditure during the ensuing fiscal year shall not exceed the estimated revenues for the ensuing year plus the amounts in county funds remaining in the treasury at the close of the year in progress. The tentative budget shall present in detail proposed expenditures to meet the needs of the county government. (Act 79-466, p. 848, § 4.)
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