§ 54-44.1-06 — Preparation of the budget data - Contents

North Dakota § 54-44.1-06

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 54: State Government
• Ch. 54-44.1: Office of the Budget

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The director of the budget, through the office of the budget, shall prepare budget data which
must contain and include the following:
1. Summary statements of the financial condition of the state, accompanied by the
detailed schedules of assets and liabilities as the director of the budget determines
desirable, which must include the following:
a. Summary statements of fund balances and assets showing in detail for each fund
the surplus or deficit at the beginning of each of the two fiscal years of the
previous biennium and the first fiscal year of the present biennium, the actual
revenue for those years, the total appropriations for the previous and present
biennium, and the total expenditures for those fiscal years; and
b. Similar summary statements of the estimated fund balances and assets for the
current fiscal year and each of the fiscal years of the next biennium.

Summary statements may include 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 the first fiscal year of the current biennium.
2. Statements of actual revenue for the previous biennium, the first year of the present
biennium, and the estimated revenue of the current fiscal year and of the next
biennium, and a statement of unappropriated surplus expected to have accrued in the
state treasury at the beginning of the next fiscal year. The statement of unappropriated
surplus for the general fund must reflect any projected deficiency appropriations
relating to expenditures from the general fund for the present biennium. The
statements of revenue and estimated revenue must be classified by sources and by
budget unit collecting them. Existing sources of revenue must be analyzed as to their
equity, productivity, and need for revision, and any proposed new sources of revenue
must be explained.
3. Summary statements of expenditures of the previous biennium and first year of the
present biennium, itemized by budget units and classified as prescribed by the director
of the budget.
4. Detailed comparative statements of expenditures and requests for appropriations by
funds, budget units and classification of expenditures, showing the expenditures for
the previous biennium, the first fiscal year of the present biennium, the budget of the
current biennium, and the governor's recommendation for appropriations for each
budget unit for the next biennium, all distributed according to the prescribed
classification of expenditures. Following the lists of actual and proposed expenditures
of each budget unit there must 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 recommended, with any descriptive, quantitative, comparative, and other
data as to work done, unit costs, and like information as may be considered necessary
or desirable. For capital outlay expenditures involving construction projects to be
completed in two or more fiscal years, there must 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 may be projected for at least two years beyond the period covered by the
budget. The detailed comparative statements of budget units under the control of the
state board of higher education must include the same information presented for other
budget units.
5. A detailed statement showing the estimate of all moneys required to be raised or
appropriated for the payment of interest upon the funded debt of the state and its other
obligations bearing interest, and the amount of money required to be contributed in the
two next ensuing fiscal years to the general sinking funds maintained for the
redemption and payment of the debts of the state.
6. A summary statement of the unappropriated fund balance estimated to be available at
the beginning of the next biennium, and the estimated revenue of the next biennium,
as compared with the total recommended amounts of appropriation for all classes of
expenditures for the next biennium, 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 any proposed additional revenue.
7. Drafts of a proposed general appropriations act and special appropriations acts
embodying the budget data and recommendations of the governor for appropriations
for the next biennium and drafts of such revenues and other acts recommended by the
governor for putting into effect the proposed financial plan. The recommended general
appropriation for each budget unit must be specified in a separate section of the
general appropriations act.
8. A list of every individual asset or service, excluding real estate, with a value of at least
fifty thousand dollars and every group of assets and services comprising a single
system with a combined value of at least fifty thousand dollars acquired through a
capital or operating lease arrangement or debt financing arrangement by a state

agency or institution. The list must include assets or services acquired in the current
biennium and anticipated assets or services to be acquired in the next biennium.
9. The number of permanent full-time employee positions and permanent part-time
employee positions authorized for each budget unit for the previous biennium and the
current biennium and proposed for the next biennium.
10. Any other information as the director of the budget determines desirable or as is
required by law.