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HF 2446 Senate Long Description

Relating to the financing of state government ARTICLE 1 � SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNTSSpecifying certain procedures for commissioner of finance +consolidation and elimination of certain funds and accounts; authorizing the +commissioner to eliminate accounts no longer needed and specifying certain criteria +for required account elimination, requiring the transfer of balances to +the general fund, exception; requiring legislative review of the elimination of +accounts established in statute; requiring state agencies managing accounts +within funds to periodically report to the legislature on the number and purpose +of and recent financial activity in the accounts, requiring the commissioner+ to establish uniform criteria and timing for the reports; requiring the commissioner of finance to review and evaluate the accounts in the +accounting special revenue fund in stages for certain categorization and history+ purposes, requiring annual reports to the legislature with account termination recommendations; requiring the commissioner of finance to report to +the legislature by a certain date on the different procedures for +accounting for and appropriating licensing fee revenue and make recommendations for +consistent treatment of fee revenue ARTICLE 2 � STATE BUDGET PROCESSMaking technical and clarifying changes in certain provisions +relating to the state budget process involving standing appropriations, the +distribution of fiscal notes, budget recommendations of the governor and legislative +oversight; requiring the tables in the detailed budget to separately show +adjustments to the base required by current law or policies of the commissioner and +the amount of appropriation changes recommended by the governor; specifying +certain renumbering instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing the +provision repealing standing appropriations(Ch. 284, 2004)