Requirements for local government about discretionary funds
201B Requirements for local government about discretionary funds
A local government may, for a financial year, budget an amount of discretionary funds for use by councillors for either or both of the following purposes—
capital works of the local government that are for a community purpose;
other community purposes.
However, the amount a local government budgets as discretionary funds for a financial year under subsection (1)(b) must not be more than the prescribed amount for the local government for the financial year.
The amount of discretionary funds a local government budgets for allocation by each councillor in a financial year must be the same for all councillors.
A local government must, within 20 business days after adopting its budget for a financial year, make publicly available a notice (the availability notice) stating—
the total amount budgeted for the financial year as the local government’s discretionary funds; and
the prescribed amount for the local government for the financial year; and
the total amount of discretionary funds budgeted for the financial year for councillors to allocate for each of the following purposes—
capital works of the local government that are for a community purpose;
other community purposes; and
the amount of discretionary funds budgeted for use by each councillor for the financial year for each of the following purposes—
capital works of the local government that are for a community purpose;
other community purposes; and
how community organisations may apply for allocation of the funds.
In this section—
prescribed amount, for a local government for a financial year, means 0.1% of the local government’s revenue from general rates for the previous financial year.
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