1997 Minnesota Statutes

     16A.10 Budget preparation. 

    Subdivision 1.    Budget format.  In each even-numbered 
 calendar year the commissioner shall prepare budget forms and 
 instructions for all agencies, subject to the approval of the 
 governor.  The commissioner shall request and receive advisory 
 recommendations from the chairs of the senate finance committee 
 and house of representatives ways and means committee before 
 adopting a format for the biennial budget document.  By June 15, 
 the commissioner shall send the proposed budget forms to the 
 appropriations and finance committees.  The committees have 
 until July 15 to give the commissioner their advisory 
 recommendations on possible improvements.  To facilitate this 
 consultation, the commissioner shall establish a working group 
 consisting of executive branch staff and designees of the chairs 
 of the senate finance and house of representatives ways and 
 means committees.  The commissioner must involve this group in 
 all stages of development of budget forms and instructions.  The 
 budget format must show actual expenditures and receipts for the 
 two most recent fiscal years, estimated expenditures and 
 receipts for the current fiscal year, and estimates for each 
 fiscal year of the next biennium.  Estimated expenditures must 
 be classified by funds and character of expenditures and may be 
 subclassified by programs and activities.  Agency revenue 
 estimates must show how the estimates were made and what factors 
 were used.  Receipts must be classified by funds, programs, and 
 activities.  Expenditure and revenue estimates must be based on 
 the law in existence at the time the estimates are prepared.  

    Subd. 2.    By October 15 and November 30.  By October 
 15 of each even-numbered year, an agency must file the following 
 with the commissioner:  

    (1) budget estimates for the most recent and current fiscal 
 years; 

    (2) its upcoming biennial budget estimates; 

    (3) a comprehensive and integrated statement of agency 
 missions and outcome and performance measures; and 

    (4) a concise explanation of any planned changes in the 
 level of services or new activities. 

    The commissioner shall prepare and file the budget 
 estimates for an agency failing to file them.  By November 30, 
 the commissioner shall send the final budget format, agency 
 budget plans or requests for the next biennium, and copies of 
 the filed material to the ways and means and finance committees, 
 except that the commissioner shall not be required to transmit 
 information that identifies executive branch budget decision 
 items.  At this time, a list of each employee's name, title, and 
 salary must be available to the legislature, either on paper or 
 through electronic retrieval. 

    Subd. 3.    Duties to governor-elect.  Immediately after 
 the election of a new governor, the commissioner shall report 
 the budget estimates and make available to the governor-elect 
 all department information, staff, and facilities relating to 
 the budget. 

    HIST: (53-18m) 1939 c 431 art 3 s 14; 1977 c 455 s 72,73; 1984 
 c 628 art 2 s 1; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 59; 1993 c 192 s 50,51; 1997 
 c 202 art 2 s 12