Title 45, Chapter 12, Section 75
( 45-12-75)
The budget report shall contain and include the following
information: (1) Summary statements of the financial condition of the state,
accompanied by such detailed schedules of assets and liabilities
as the Governor deems desirable, which shall include, but not be
limited to, the following: (A) A comparative consolidated balance sheet showing all the
assets and liabilities of the state and the surplus or deficit,
as the case may be, at the close of each of the two fiscal years
last concluded; (B) Summary statements of fund balances showing in detail for
each fund the surplus or deficit at the beginning of each of the
two fiscal years last concluded, the actual income of that year,
the total appropriation of that year, and the total expenditures
of that year; and (C) Similar summary statements of the estimated fund balances
for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year; (2) Statements of income and receipts for each of the two fiscal
years last concluded, and the estimated income and receipts of the
current fiscal year and the next fiscal year, and a statement of
unappropriated surplus expected to have accrued in the state
treasury at the beginning of the next fiscal year. The statements
of income and estimated income shall be itemized by sources and by
the budget unit collecting the same. The statements of receipts
and estimated receipts shall be itemized by sources and by the
budget unit receiving the same. Existing sources of income and
receipts shall be analyzed as to their equity, productivity, and
need for revision, and any proposed new sources of income or
receipts shall be explained; (3) Summary statements of expenditures and disbursements for each
of the two fiscal years last concluded, itemized by budget units
under functional heads and showing the amounts expended for each
major function of the government; (4) A statement of the surplus account, showing the excess of all
current assets over all current liabilities as of the end of each
of the two fiscal years last concluded and all changes in surplus
account during each of such two fiscal years; (5) Detailed comparative statements of expenditures and requests
for appropriations by funds, budget units, and budget classes,
showing the expenditures for each of the two fiscal years last
concluded, the budget of the current year, and the Governor's
recommendations for appropriations for each budget unit for the
next fiscal year. Following the lists of actual and proposed
expenditures of each budget unit there shall be a brief
explanation of the functions of the unit and comments on its
policies and plans and on any considerable differences among the
amounts expended and the amounts recommended, with such
descriptive, quantitative, comparative, and other data as to work
done, unit costs, and like information as is considered necessary
or desirable. In connection with each budget class of capital
outlays involving construction projects to be completed in two or
more fiscal years, there shall be shown the total estimated cost
of each such project and the amount thereof recommended to be
appropriated and expended in each ensuing fiscal year until
completion of the project. Capital outlay needs shall be projected
for a period that is consistent with each organization's approved
strategic plan as summarized in the budget; (6) A summary statement of the cash resources estimated to be
available at the beginning of the next fiscal year and the
estimated cash receipts of the fiscal year as compared with the
total recommended amounts of appropriation for all budget classes
for the year and, if the total of the recommended expenditures
exceeds the total of the estimated resources, recommendations as
to how the deficiency is to be met and estimates of receipts from
any proposed additional revenues; (7) A draft of a proposed General Appropriations Act or Acts
embodying the Governor's budget report and recommendations for
appropriations for the next fiscal year and drafts of such revenue
and other Acts as may be recommended for putting into effect the
proposed financial plan. The recommended appropriation for each
budget unit shall be specified in a separate section of the
General Appropriations Act. The total amount of appropriations
recommended shall not exceed the cash resources available to meet
expenditures under such appropriations; and (8) Such other information as the Governor deems desirable or as
is required by law. |