Relating to the financing of state governmentARTICLE 1 - GENERALModifying certain practices and procedures relating to state finance;+ making optional the public employee leave of absence requirement to +participate in certain athletic competitions and transferring cost responsibility to+ the employer; modifying certain requirements for commissioner of finance preparation of the biennial budget relating to format and estimates; +changing the requirement for commissioner approval of the submission of +statewide and agency indirect costs for federal reimbursement to a review +requirement; expanding the provision regulating cash advances and clarifying +certain payroll direct deposit requirements; modifying certain state agency spending +plan requirements; authorizing the commissioner to require direct deposit +for state employees paid by the state payroll system; clarifying the provision +providing for commissioner issuance of duplicate unpaid warrants; accelerating +the biennial deadline for the commissioner report to the legislature on +capital investment; modifying certain debt collection requirements of the +commissioner of revenue relating to exemptions and the charging and computation of+ interest; removing the commissioner of finance from the membership of the +subcommittee on children's mental health of the state advisory council on mental +health; authorizing carryforward of funds resulting from state employee +layoffs; repealing the requirement for the commissioner of finance to prepare +a separate technology budget book, the authority of employing agencies to deduct+ payments for federal securities from payroll checks, the annual state debt +collection reporting requirement of the commissioner of finance and the +requirement for the commissioner of revenue to notify debtors of uncollectible debt determinations ARTICLE 2 � TRANSFER OF STATE TREASURER DUTIESTransferring the powers, responsibilities and duties of the state +treasurer to the commissioner of finance due to abolishment of the constitutional +office of treasurer and making conforming amendments to certain statutory +provisions; specifying certain term substitution instructions to the revisor of +statutes (Ch. 112, 2003)