§ 5. Office of Inspector General: Budget.

(a) IG to prepare proposed budget.

The Inspector General shall formulate and prepare annually, or as frequently as required by law, a proposed budget to fund the operations of the Office and shall transmit the proposed budget to the advisory board for its review.

(b) Advisory board to approve or revise.

(1) The advisory board shall meet to review the proposed budget submitted by the Inspector General for the purpose of assessing and determining whether, in the judgement of the advisory board, the proposed budget provides sufficient funding to meet the duties of the Office.

(2) The advisory board shall, by an affirmative vote of at least 4 of its members, either:

(i) approve the proposed budget as submitted; or

(ii) revise the proposed budget if the advisory board disagrees with the substance of any item contained in the proposed budget, including estimates of need and amounts of requested funding.

(c) Submission.

(1) The budget approved by the advisory board pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be the Office budget the advisory board recommends to the Board of Estimates.

(2) The advisory board, on behalf of the Office of the Inspector General, shall submit the recommended budget to the Board of Estimates in a timely manner in order for the recommended budget to be considered for inclusion in the Ordinance of Estimates.

(d) Funding.

The Office of the Inspector General shall be funded annually in the Ordinance of Estimates.