The Provincial Council increases credits by 502,000 euros using treasury surplus

The Provincial Council of Albacete has definitively approved credit modification number 32/9 C.E.-9 S.C. of the 2026 budget, an operation that mobilizes 502,000.00 euros financed entirely by the treasury surplus from the 2025 fiscal year settlement. The agreement was adopted by the Plenary in an extraordinary session on October 13, 2026, and is now published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Albacete number 130, dated November 9, 2026, as no allegations or claims were presented during the public exhibition period.

The publication corresponds to the Intervention Service of the Council and complies with article 169.1, by referral of 177.2, of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2004, of March 5, which approves the revised text of the Law Regulating Local Treasuries. The regulation establishes that, once the public exhibition period has elapsed without objections, the initial agreement is automatically elevated to definitive. The file had been initially approved in the same extraordinary plenary session on October 13, the summary of whose agreements appeared in the Official Gazette of the Province of Albacete number 126, dated October 28, 2026.

Along with the credit modification, the Plenary agreed to adapt the annex of investments and capital transfers of the 2026 general budget, as a result of the changes introduced in chapters VI and VII of the provincial expenditure statement, and to update the XVI Strategic Grant Plan for the fiscal year, approved in an extraordinary plenary session on December 12, 2025.

Budget breakdown by chapters

The summary published this Monday details the increases and allocations in the expenditure budget applications:

• Chapter 4, current transfers: 16,000.00 euros.
• Chapter 6, real investments: 315,000.00 euros.
• Chapter 7, capital transfers: 171,000.00 euros.
• Total modification: 502,000.00 euros.

In the income statement, the operation is covered by a positive variation in chapter 8, financial assets, for the same 502,000.00 euros, which correspond to the treasury surplus for general expenses coming from the settlement of the 2025 provincial budget. Therefore, no debt or new taxes are utilized.

Destinations: Letur, Albatana, and Villarrobledo

The breakdown by applications made public in the initial approval distributes the allocations among cooperation actions with municipalities and support for cultural activities:

• 315,000.00 euros for the execution of the Integrated Action Plan of Letur, the largest item, processed as a credit supplement.
• 153,000.00 euros for the infrastructure management agreement of Albatana.
• 18,000.00 euros for the infrastructure management agreement of Villarrobledo.
• 10,000.00 euros for the agreement for the National Congress of Music Bands.
• 6,000.00 euros for the agreement with the Federation of Music Bands.

The last four items, totaling 187,000.00 euros, were implemented as extraordinary credits, while the Letur item, amounting to 315,000.00 euros, was channeled as a credit supplement.

Financing and means of appeal

The operation does not alter the spending ceiling through new income: it is supported by the accumulated surplus of 2025, which allows for the fulfillment of already planned commitments without resorting to financial markets. The announcement also reminds that interested parties may file a contentious-administrative appeal against the agreement within two months from the day following its publication in the Official Gazette of the Province of Albacete, in accordance with Article 113.1 of Law 7/1985, regulating the Bases of the Local Regime, and Article 171.1 of the consolidated text of the Law regulating Local Treasuries. The filing of the appeal shall not, by itself, suspend the effectiveness of the agreement, according to Articles 113.3 and 171.3 of both regulations. The announcement is signed by the president of the Provincial Council, Santiago Cabañero Masip.

The decision closes the processing of the file and makes the credit available for execution during the remainder of the fiscal year, such that the 502,000 euros already condition the pace of provincial investments and contributions to the beneficiary city councils before the 2026 accounting closure.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Albacete, no. 130, of November 9, 2026, Third Section. Local Administration, pp. 9-10 (official reference: 30.928).