Budget review process.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0078

ENROLLED ACT NO. 34, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2013 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to administration of government; providing that the department of transportation
and
the game and fish department shall submit proposed budgets to the budget division
of the department of administration and information
as specified;
amending conflicting statutes;
providing an appropriation;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 9
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2
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1010(a)
(iii),
9
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2
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1011 by creating a new subsection (d)
and

23
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1
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502(a)
are amended to read:

9
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2
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1010.

Duties of budget division; biennial budgets and appropriations.

(a)

The department through the budget division shall:

(iii)

Consult with each entity which will require a legislative appropriation either directly or indirectly
, excluding the Wyoming highway department and the game and fish department except as provided in W.S. 23
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1
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502(d)

and 9
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2
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1011(d)
,

in submitting budget estimates or requests for funds, or for instituting, recording and reporting all financial and budget transactions of the state.

9
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2
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1011.

Duties of budget division; preparation of standard budget estimates; entities to prepare expanded and exception budgets; form; required information; base budgets.

(d)

Except as otherwise provided by law, budgets for the game and fish department and department of
transportation shall be submitted to the governor and the budget division as provided in this subsection. The budget shall be submitted in a manner and format approved by the budget division and shall be submitted by the game and fish commission by August 1 of each year and by the transportation commission by October 1 of each year. The manner and format approved by the budget division shall provide for legislative
review
. Any modification to the manner and format shall be reported to the joint appropriations committee immediately upon approval.

23
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1
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502.

Financial policy; budget; fiscal year; debts.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the commission shall govern its financial policies, subject to
the written approval of its budgets by the governor
and legislative review of its budgets as provided in W.S. 9
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2
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1011(d)
. The commission shall fix the budgets for the operation and maintenance of the department and its divisions for each fiscal year at its first stated meeting of each fiscal year, and shall submit its budget estimates for the following fiscal year as provided by W.S. 9
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2
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1012.

Section
2
.

There is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative service office twenty-thr
ee thousand dollars ($23,000.00
). This
appropriation shall be expended
as necessary
to provide salary, travel and per diem for members of
the

joint appropriation
s

interim
committee
for an additiona
l five (5) days of meetings
during the 2013 interim of the legislature to review the budget proposals submitted as required by this act.

Section 3
.
The department of administration and information budget division shall consult with the game and
fish department, the department of transportation and the legislative service office in developing the manner and format for budget submissions under W.S. 9
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2
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1011(d) as created by this act. The manner and format approved by the budget division shall accommodate the existing practices of each department.

Section
4
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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