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Administration Budget Committee , which shall be composed of one ( 1 ) representative and an alternate from each of the four ( 4 ) counties as appointed by each Board of County Commissioners , respectively . The members of the Committee shall review the proposed budget and may schedule meetings with the Chief Judge to discuss the proposed budget . All meetings of the Committee are subject to the provisions of Section 286 . 011 , Florida Statutes . The Committee may make recommendations to the four ( 4 ) Boards of County Commissioners as to whether to adopt , not adopt , or amend the proposed budget . The Committee shall complete its deliberations by June 1St of each year . B . The proposed budget shall then be presented to each of the four (4 ) Boards of County Commissioners for consideration during the Boards ' normal budgetary process . The proposed budget shall be subject to the approval of each of the four (4 ) Boards of County Commissioners . The Counties agree that the proposed budget may not be increased without the consent of all four (4 ) counties . In the event any of the four ( 4 ) Boards of County Commissioners determines to reduce the total unified budget as proposed , the Board ( s ) reducing the proposed budget shall amend the proposed total budget , adopt the amended total budget and notify the other counties of the action taken on the budget within seven ( 7 ) days . The amended total budget , if reduced by one ( 1 ) or more of the counties , shall be deemed to be the approved budget by all four (4 ) counties . The Counties acknowledge that the effect of this section will be that any of the four ( 4 ) Board of County Commissioners may reduce the total budget without the consent of the other counties and that the lowest approved total budget shall be deemed to be the total budget approved by the Counties . Budgets approved by each County should reflect the amount they are willing to fund regardless of revenues received , Each County shall notify the St . Lucie County Management and Budget Department of its final adopted budget for the fiscal year no later than October 1 of each fiscal year , commencing October 1 , 2009 . Section 2 . DIVISION OF OPERATING EXPENSE . Calculation . Each County ' s share shall be established by dividing the population of each County by the population of all the Counties . The calculation shall be effective on the following October 1 , commencing October 1 , 2009 . In the event of county - specific projects , they will be funded at 100 % by that County and remain in St . Lucie County ' s possession until expended by Court Administration . After completion of such county - specific projects , any unexpended funds at the completion of the project shall be returned to that County on an annual basis with the reconciliation report . S : \ ATTY \AGREEMNT\INTERLOC\ Chief Judge -Court Funding FinaImpid _ 2