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  1  1    Section 1.  PROGRAM PERFORMANCE-BASED BUDGETING.
  1  2    1.  DEFINITIONS.  For the purposes of this section, unless
  1  3 the context otherwise requires:
  1  4    a.  "Agency" means a constitutional or statutory office,
  1  5 administrative department, or independent agency which is part
  1  6 of the executive branch of state government.
  1  7    b.  "New program" means an agency program, function, or
  1  8 service, whether the program is created by statute,
  1  9 administrative rule, or internal procedure, which is first
  1 10 implemented during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995.
  1 11    c.  "State funds" means the same as provided in section
  1 12 8.2, and includes block grants, categorical grants, private
  1 13 trust funds, repayment receipts, special funds as defined in
  1 14 section 8.2, and education research grants.
  1 15    2.  An agency which uses state funds available to the
  1 16 agency in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, for a new
  1 17 program shall implement the program in accordance with the
  1 18 program performance-based budget provisions required by this
  1 19 section.
  1 20    3.  In addition to the annual departmental estimate
  1 21 information required to be submitted to the director of the
  1 22 department of management pursuant to section 8.23, an agency
  1 23 shall provide all of the following program performance-based
  1 24 budget information to the director and to the legislative
  1 25 fiscal bureau for each new program implemented during the
  1 26 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, which is included in the
  1 27 agency's budget estimates for the fiscal year beginning July
  1 28 1, 1996:
  1 29    a.  A description of the public need the new program is
  1 30 intended to address.
  1 31    b.  The new program's anticipated results, including
  1 32 specific program objectives for both the first and succeeding
  1 33 fiscal year of operation.
  1 34    c.  Plans for the new program's output, efficiency, and
  1 35 effectiveness during both the first and succeeding fiscal year
  2  1 of operation.
  2  2    d.  The financial, staffing, and infrastructure resources
  2  3 committed to the new program in the first fiscal year and the
  2  4 resources requested for the succeeding fiscal year.
  2  5    e.  Other information concerning the new program requested
  2  6 by the department of management or the legislative fiscal
  2  7 bureau.
  2  8    4.  An agency shall consult with the department of
  2  9 management and the legislative fiscal bureau in developing the
  2 10 program performance-based budget information for a new program
  2 11 required by this section.  
  2 12                           EXPLANATION
  2 13    This bill requires the use of program performance-based
  2 14 budgeting by executive branch agencies for programs newly
  2 15 implemented in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995.
  2 16    The bill defines the term "agency" to include any office,
  2 17 department, or independent agency which is part of the
  2 18 executive branch of state government.  The term "new program"
  2 19 is defined to include any program, function, or service first
  2 20 implemented in the 1995-1996 fiscal year.  The term "state
  2 21 funds" is defined to include all moneys appropriated by the
  2 22 general assembly and all moneys collected under state law by
  2 23 and for the state or a state agency including federal moneys,
  2 24 education research grants, and private contributions.
  2 25    If an agency uses state funds available to the agency
  2 26 during the 1995-1996 fiscal year for a new program, the agency
  2 27 is required to utilize the program performance-based budget
  2 28 provisions of the bill.  The information is to be submitted
  2 29 with the annual departmental estimates required to be
  2 30 submitted to the department of management by September 1,
  2 31 1995, for fiscal year 1996-1997.  The following information is
  2 32 to be included:  a description of the public need the new
  2 33 program is intended to address; the new program's anticipated
  2 34 results for both the first and succeeding fiscal year; plans
  2 35 for the new program's output, efficiency, and effectiveness
  3  1 for both the first and the succeeding fiscal year; the
  3  2 financial, staffing, and infrastructure resources committed to
  3  3 the new program for the first fiscal year and requested for
  3  4 the succeeding fiscal year; and any other information
  3  5 requested by the department of management or the legislative
  3  6 fiscal bureau.
  3  7    An agency must consult with the department of management
  3  8 and the legislative fiscal bureau in developing the program
  3  9 performance-based budget information required by the bill.  
  3 10 LSB 2112YH 76
  3 11 jp/sc/14
     

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