§ 9-2-1014 — Report required with budget request; format and contents of report; compilation of compendium of agency reports; distribution of copies

Wyoming § 9-2-1014

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 09: Administration of the Government
• Ch. 2: AGENCIES, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND DEPARTMENTS
• Art. 10: STATE BUDGET DEPARTMENT

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(a) An agency's budget request to the department shall be
accompanied by a written, comprehensive report of the programs,
objectives, activities and condition covering the previous
fiscal period. The report shall be in a format developed by the
department and the department of administration and information,
in conjunction with the agency and the legislative service
office. Notice of the format requirements shall be forwarded to
each agency no later than July 15 of each year. The report shall
detail the fiscal affairs of the reporting agency including
receipts and expenditures and make recommendations for improving
the agency's programs. The report shall include an annual
performance report which provides a means of evaluation of the
outcomes included in an agency strategic plan required by W.S.
28-1-115 and 28-1-116.
(b) Upon the receipt of all agency reports, the department
of administration and information shall compile and index the
information into a single compendium that will facilitate its
use by the governor and the legislature. When preparing the
compendium neither the department of administration and
information nor the state budget department shall in any manner
alter or amend the information received from an agency without
that agency's written direction. The report of any agency to the
department is available pursuant to the Public Records Act.
(c) Electronic or printed copies of the compendium and the
state budget document shall be submitted to the governor and to
each legislator. Printed copies of the compendium shall be
furnished to the department and the state library division
within the department of administration and information, the
state auditor, the department of audit, the legislative service
office and to any legislator requesting a printed copy.
(d) For each submitted budget the joint appropriations
committee shall review any budget shortfall or structural budget
deficit identified by the governor or by the committee for the
periods specified in W.S. 9-2-1013(d)(v). The committee shall
report to the legislature the governor's recommendations
regarding any budget shortfall or structural budget deficit and
the committee's recommendations to the legislature to address a
shortfall or deficit. The recommendations shall include:
(i) Specific or general budget reductions;
(ii) Immediate contingent appropriations. Any
recommendation for a contingent appropriation from the
legislative stabilization reserve account shall be limited so
that the total of all such contingent appropriations, together
with any appropriation under W.S. 9-2-1014.3, in any fiscal year
does not exceed the lesser of one hundred eight million seven
hundred thousand dollars ($108,700,000.00) or five percent (5%)
of the balance of the account as of the first day of the fiscal
year in which the recommendation is made;
(iii) Recommended expenditure of funds from the
legislative stabilization reserve account and other expendable
funds; and
(iv) Temporary redistribution of revenue streams.
(e) In making its recommendations, the committee shall
consider:
(i) The forecasted length and amount of the shortfall
or deficit;
(ii) The amount of funds available within the
legislative stabilization reserve account and other expendable
funds, and limitations on recommended contingent appropriations
from the legislative stabilization reserve account under this
section and W.S. 9-2-1013(d)(v);
(iii) Services which would be affected by the budget
shortfall or deficit, including any constitutional requirement
or lack of a constitutional requirement to provide the services;
(iv) The ability to restructure programs and
available revenues to address the budget shortfall or deficit;
(v) Current and forecasted short term and long term
economic conditions of the state;
(vi) Recommended depletion rates of expendable funds
based upon:
(A) Prudent short and long term savings policies
for state government; and
(B) The state's revenue structure.