I. – The budget for the Mayotte fire and rescue service comprises an investment section and an operating section.
The investment section may include programme authorisations and payment appropriations. Programme authorisations relating to capital expenditure correspond to expenditure of a multi-annual nature relating to a specific fixed asset or set of fixed assets, acquired or completed by the departmental authority as part of the fire and rescue service’s remit.
The operating section may include commitment authorisations and payment appropriations relating solely to expenditure resulting from agreements, deliberations or decisions that commit the departmental authority, beyond one financial year, within the scope of the fire and rescue service’s competencies, to paying a grant, a contribution or remuneration to a third party, excluding personnel costs.
Each section is divided into chapters and articles.
II. – The revenues of the Mayotte fire and rescue service are made up in particular of:
1° The contribution from the departmental authority, the amount of which is set annually by deliberation of the General Council;
2° Subsidies, assistance funds, allocations and contributions from the European Union, the State, territorial authorities and public establishments ;
3° Proceeds from borrowings;
4° Depreciation charges on movable and immovable property;
5° Write-backs of depreciation and provisions;
6° Other transactions of a non-recurring nature;
7° Reimbursements for services rendered and miscellaneous contributions;
8° Gifts and bequests.
III. – Expenditure by the Mayotte fire and rescue service includes in particular:
1° Expenditure on the organisation and running of the service;
2° Repayment of loans and costs ancillary to these operations;
3° Expenditure on personnel and various allowances provided for by the regulations, legal assistance costs, subsidies or guarantees granted to social works committees and, where applicable, to associations whose purpose is useful to the fire and rescue services;
4° Expenditure on volunteer firefighters, including benefits and holidays;
5° The cost of purchasing, hiring and maintaining firefighting and rescue equipment and their accessories;
6° Expenditure on the acquisition or construction of premises allocated to the fire and rescue services or, failing that, the rent, rental charges and administrative management costs of these premises;
7° The cost of equipping, maintaining and operating the premises allocated to the fire and rescue services;
8° The depreciation of movable and immovable property, other than land, and intangible fixed assets;
9° Provisions for risks and charges and for depreciation;
10° Other orderly transactions.