When the budget of a territorial authority is not voted in real balance, the regional audit chamber, seized by the State representative within thirty days of the transmission provided for in articles L. 2131-1, L. 3131-1 and L. 4141-1, establishes this and proposes to the local authority, within thirty days of the referral, the measures necessary to re-establish a balanced budget and asks the deliberating body for a new deliberation.
The new deliberation, rectifying the initial budget, must take place within one month of the communication of the Regional Audit Chamber’s proposals.
If the deliberating body has not reached a decision within the prescribed timeframe, or if the decision taken does not include corrective measures deemed sufficient by the regional audit chamber, which shall reach a decision on this point within fifteen days of the transmission of the new decision, the budget shall be settled and made enforceable by the representative of the State in the department. If the latter departs from the proposals formulated by the regional audit chamber, he shall give explicit reasons for his decision.