House
File
439
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
439
BY
BOSSMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
budget
submissions
of
executive
branch
1
departments
to
utilize
a
zero-base
approach
once
per
decade.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8.23,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
(1)
The
Except
as
provided
in
subparagraph
(2),
the
3
estimates
of
expenditure
requirements
shall
be
based
upon
4
seventy-five
percent
of
the
funding
provided
for
the
current
5
fiscal
year
accounted
for
by
program
reduced
by
the
historical
6
employee
vacancy
factor
in
a
form
specified
by
the
director
7
and
the
remainder
of
the
estimate
of
expenditure
requirements
8
prioritized
by
program.
The
estimates
shall
be
accompanied
9
with
by
performance
measures
for
evaluating
the
effectiveness
10
of
the
program.
11
(2)
For
estimates
of
expenditure
requirements
for
the
12
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
and
for
every
tenth
13
fiscal
year
thereafter,
the
estimates
shall
utilize
a
14
zero-base
approach
of
providing
sufficient
supporting
data
and
15
explanations
to
justify
each
expenditure
as
though
it
were
a
16
new
expenditure.
The
estimates
shall
include
a
prioritization
17
of
each
expenditure
in
relation
to
the
other
expenditures
18
transmitted.
The
estimates
shall
be
accompanied
by
performance
19
measures
for
evaluating
the
effectiveness
of
any
program.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
requires
the
budget
submissions
of
executive
24
branch
departments
to
utilize
a
zero-base
approach
once
per
25
decade.
26
Currently,
under
Code
section
8.23,
the
executive
branch
27
departments’
estimates
of
expenditure
requirements
are
based
28
upon
75
percent
of
the
funding
provided
for
the
current
29
fiscal
year
as
adjusted
by
the
historical
employee
vacancy
30
factor.
The
remaining
estimates
of
expenditure
requirements
31
are
prioritized
by
program.
The
bill
requires
estimates
of
32
expenditure
requirements
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
33
2024,
and
for
every
tenth
fiscal
year
thereafter,
to
utilize
a
34
zero-base
approach
of
providing
sufficient
supporting
data
and
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explanations
to
justify
each
expenditure
as
though
it
were
a
1
new
expenditure.
The
estimates
must
include
a
prioritization
2
of
each
expenditure
in
relation
to
the
other
expenditures
3
transmitted
and
must
be
accompanied
by
performance
measures
for
4
evaluating
the
effectiveness
of
any
program.
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