Submission of annual financial plan by manager; notice and hearings thereon; adoption of budget

Each year at least two weeks before the board must prepare its proposed annual budget, the county manager shall prepare and submit to the board a budget presenting a financial plan for conducting the county's affairs for the ensuing year. Such budget shall be set up in the manner prescribed by general law. Hearings shall be held, notice given and the budget adopted in accordance with general law. Code 1950, § 15-332; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-655; 1997, c. 587.