1. (a) Each year the municipal legislative body shall include in the municipal legislative body's annual budget and tax levy the necessary expense of any of the following that will enable the municipal fiscal officer to perform the duties prescribed by this chapter:

   1. (1) Employing additional clerks.
   2. (2) Furnishing suitable quarters.
   3. (3) Obtaining necessary records, books, forms, and other supplies.

2. (b) If money for the purposes described in subsection (a) is needed before the collection of the tax levy, the money shall be:

   1. (1) supplied by appropriation from the general fund of the municipality; or
   2. (2) obtained from temporary loans in anticipation of the taxes levied.

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.