§ 24-02-09 — Departmental budget estimates - Departmental budgets

Not later than the fifteenth day of May of each year, each head of a department, division,
section, or activity of the department who may be directed and designated to do so by the
director shall submit to the director an outline of the work which should be undertaken by such
department, division, section, or activity during the following fiscal year and the estimated
expense thereof, in such detail as the director may prescribe, together with such other cost data
and information as the director shall direct.
Not later than the thirtieth day of June of each year, the director shall adopt a departmental
budget wherein must be allocated, set aside, and appropriated to each department, division,
section, or activity of the department for the ensuing fiscal year a definite and fixed sum or
allowance in such amount and with such detail as the director may elect for the use and
purpose specified in such departmental budget. Nothing herein, however, prevents the director
from adding to, amending, revising, or reducing from time to time, and as circumstances may
warrant, such departmental budget.