Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

When the State representative refers a matter to the regional audit chamber, in accordance with article L. 1612-5, it shall attach to this referral, in addition to the voted budget, all the information and documents used to draw it up.

The State representative informs the local authority or public body concerned of the referral to the regional audit chamber.

The proposals of the regional audit chamber, formulated in accordance with article L. 1612-5, and aimed at restoring a balanced budget, relate to measures the implementation of which is the sole responsibility of the local authority or public establishment concerned. If the Chamber finds that the budget has been voted in real balance and that there are no grounds for making proposals, it notifies its reasoned decision to the State…

The new decision of the municipal council, the departmental council, the regional council or the board of directors of the public institution, taken in accordance with the second paragraph of Article L. 1612-5, is sent within eight days to the State representative and to the regional audit chamber.

Within fifteen days of receipt of the new deliberation, the regional audit chamber, if it considers the remedial measures adopted to be sufficient, notifies the representative of the State, the local authority or the public establishment concerned of an opinion in which it takes note. Within the same timeframe and if it deems the corrective measures adopted to be insufficient, the Chamber notifies the representative of the State, the local…

If a budgetary decision that is the subject of the transmission provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 1612-9 is not adopted in real balance, the State representative shall refer the matter to the regional audit chamber, in accordance with Article R. 1612-19. The procedure provided for in articles R. 1612-21 à R. 1612-23.

If the initial budget, sent to the regional audit chamber, in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 1612-9 has not been adopted in real balance, the representative of the State shall refer the matter to the Chamber, in accordance with article R. 1612-19. The procedure provided for in articles R. 1612-21 à R. 1612-23.