The legislative fiscal bureau shall:
1. By continuous review of state expenditures, revenues and analysis of budget through an audit, performance audit, and preaudit, if necessary, or such other means deemed necessary, ascertain the facts, compare cost, workload and other data, and make recommendations to the general assembly concerning the state's budget and revenue of the departments, boards, commissions, and agencies of the state.
2. Report to the legislative fiscal committee as required by the legislative fiscal committee and the legislative council and to the general assembly after the convening of each legislative session of a general assembly and make such other reports as may be required by either the legislative council or the general assembly.
3. Furnish information and act in an advisory capacity to the committees on budget and committees on ways and means of the general assembly and their several subcommittees when so requested.
4. Assist standing committees and members of the general assembly in attaching fiscal notes to legislative bills and resolutions as provided by the rules of the general assembly.
5. Submit to each member of the general assembly quarterly a report of the current status of major state funds, a comparison of income with estimates used by the general assembly and other revenue and expenditure information which the legislative fiscal committee determines will be informative for members of the general assembly. The department of revenue and finance and the department of management shall co-operate with the legislative fiscal bureau in the development of the report. The legislative fiscal committee shall approve the style and format of the report.
6. Perform such other duties as shall be assigned to the bureau by the legislative fiscal committee or by the general assembly.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, § 2.47; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 2.49]
88 Acts, ch 1134, § 1
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