Text: HF02277 Text: HF02279 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 8.23, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 1 2 Supplement 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. The estimates of expenditure requirements shallbe1 4based upon seventy-five percent of the funding provided for1 5the current fiscal year accounted for by program reduced by1 6the historical employee vacancy factor in form specified by1 7the director and the remainder of the estimate of expenditure1 8requirements prioritized by programutilize a zero-base 1 9 approach of providing sufficient supporting data and 1 10 explanations to justify each expenditure as though it were a 1 11 new expenditure. The estimates shall include a prioritization 1 12 of each expenditure in relation to the other expenditures 1 13 transmitted. The estimates shall be accompaniedwithby 1 14 performance measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the 1 15 program. 1 16 Sec. 2. Section 602.1301, subsection 2, paragraph a, 1 17 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as 1 18 follows: 1 19 As early as possible, but not later than December 1, the 1 20 supreme court shall submit to the legislative fiscal bureau 1 21 the annual budget request and detailed supporting information 1 22 for the judicial branch. The submission shall be designed to 1 23 assist the legislative fiscal bureau in its preparation for 1 24 legislative consideration of the budget request. The 1 25 information submitted shall contain and be arranged in a 1 26 format substantially similar to the format specified by the 1 27 director of management and used by all departments and 1 28 establishments in transmitting to the director estimates of 1 29 their expenditure requirements pursuant to section 8.23,1 30except the estimates of expenditure requirements shall be1 31based upon one hundred percent of funding for the current1 32fiscal year accounted for by program, and using the same line1 33item definitions of expenditures as used for the current1 34fiscal year's budget request, and the remainder of the1 35estimate of expenditure requirements prioritized by programby 2 1 utilizing a zero-base approach of providing sufficient 2 2 supporting data and explanations to justify each expenditure 2 3 as though it were a new expenditure. The estimates shall 2 4 include a prioritization of each expenditure in relation to 2 5 the other expenditures submitted. The supreme court shall 2 6 also make use of the department of management's automated 2 7 budget system when submitting information to the director of 2 8 management to assist the director in the transmittal of 2 9 information as required under section 8.35A. The supreme 2 10 court shall budget and track expenditures by the following 2 11 separate organization codes: 2 12 EXPLANATION 2 13 This bill requires the budget submissions of executive 2 14 branch departments and the judicial branch to utilize a zero- 2 15 base approach. 2 16 Under current law in Code section 8.23, the executive 2 17 branch departments' estimates of expenditure requirements are 2 18 based upon 75 percent of the funding provided for the current 2 19 fiscal year as adjusted by the historical employee vacancy 2 20 factor. The remaining expenditure requirements are 2 21 prioritized by program. Under the bill's zero-base approach, 2 22 the expenditure requirements must provide sufficient 2 23 supporting data and explanations to justify each expenditure 2 24 as though it were a new expenditure. The estimates shall 2 25 include a prioritization of each expenditure in relation to 2 26 the other expenditures transmitted. 2 27 Under current law in Code section 602.1301, similar to the 2 28 requirement of the executive branch, the supreme court must 2 29 submit an annual operating budget for the judicial branch that 2 30 is based upon 75 percent of the funding provided for the 2 31 previous fiscal year. As with the executive branch 2 32 departments, the bill replaces the 75 percent requirement with 2 33 a zero-base approach requiring data and explanations for each 2 34 expenditure and a prioritization of the expenditures. 2 35 LSB 6250HH 79 3 1 jp/pj/5
Text: HF02277 Text: HF02279 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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