ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL NO. 0037
ENROLLED ACT NO.
6, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2001
GENERAL SESSION
AN ACT relating to the state
budget process; establishing a
base budget
comparison and reporting process for state
agencies;
defining terms; modifying the standard budget
process
accordingly; imposing reporting requirements and
other duties upon
the state budget division; and providing
for an effective
date.
Be It Enacted
by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 9-2-1002(a)(ix)
and by creating a new
paragraph (xii), 9-2-1011(a) and by creating a new
subsection (c) and 9-2-1012 by creating a new subsection
(f) are amended to read:
9-2-1002. Definitions; powers
generally; duties of
governor;
provisions construed; cooperation with
legislature
and judiciary; divisions enumerated.
(a) As used in
this act:
(ix) "Standard
budget" means a budget enabling
an entity to continue
to furnish the same level of services
during the ensuing
biennium and shall reflect the revenue
or appropriation
necessary to provide the services. The
budget shall include
all personnel approved in the
preceding biennial
budget, a supportive service category
and the amount of
revenue generated by the entity during
the preceding biennium
and estimated revenue for the
ensuing biennium
regardless of the fund to which the monies
were deposited. For state agencies and the University of
Wyoming, the standard
budget shall also include the
replacement of
equipment.
include any personnel
other than those specifically
authorized in the
preceding biennial budget. The standard
budget shall not
include requests for any equipment, any
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special projects and services nor any requests for special
or nonrecurring
funding. The limitations regarding
authorized personnel and equipment requests in this
paragraph shall not apply to the University of Wyoming;
(xii) "Base
budget" means a budget containing
all legislative
appropriations as defined by W.S.
9-2-1013(d)(iv), which
shall be prepared by the division
for each entity
containing all programs for the biennium
preceding the biennium
for which a standard budget is being
prepared pursuant to
this act. The base budget and all
information
accompanying the base budget as required by
this act shall be of
sufficient detail to parallel
components of the
standard budget prepared for each entity
under this act.
9-2-1011. Duties of budget division;
preparation of
standard
budget estimates; entities to prepare expanded and
exception
budgets; form; required information; base
budgets.
(a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the
department through the
budget division shall prepare
standard budget
estimates. Entities shall prepare expanded
and exception budgets
in a form consistent with the
standard budgets as
directed by the department.
(c) The budget
division shall for purposes of
preparing the standard
budget for entities under this
section, include the
base budget and the specific amount
the base budget
differs from the standard budget estimate.
The differences shall
be itemized and explained in writing
on a standardized form
prescribed by rule and regulation of
the division. The base
budget and accompanying forms shall
be included within the
budget estimates and related
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information for each entity as compiled under W.S.
9-2-1012(b).
9-2-1012. Duties of budget division;
transmittal of
standard
budget and manual; return of completed exception
and expanded
budgets; submission to governor; disposition
of excess
general fund appropriations; submission of
selected
budget information to joint appropriations interim
committee.
(f) In addition to
subsection (b) of this section and
not later than October
1 of each odd-numbered year, the
administrator of the
budget division shall file with the
legislative service
office a copy of the base budget,
standard budget
estimate and accompanying base budget forms
required under W.S. 9-2-1011(c)
for each entity. The
legislative service
office shall provide copies of the
information filed
under this subsection to the joint
appropriations interim
committee.
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Section 2. This
act is effective July 1, 2001.
(END)
Speaker of
the House President of
the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House.
Chief Clerk
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