Amendment AA47-SB62

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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 47, TO 2009 SENATE BILL 62

February 18, 2009 - Offered by Representatives Davis and Vukmir.

SB62-AA47,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

SB62-AA47,1,2 1. Page 14, line 1: before that line insert:

SB62-AA47,1,3 " Section 1c. 13.39 of the statutes is created to read:

SB62-AA47,1,7 13.39 State budget deficit. The legislature may not pass any biennial budget bill or bills for the 2015-17 and succeeding fiscal biennia that would produce a state budget deficit according to generally accepted accounting principles, as adopted by the governmental accounting standards board or its successor bodies.".

SB62-AA47,1,8 2. Page 14, line 1: delete " Section 1" and substitute "Section 1m".

SB62-AA47,1,9 3. Page 16, line 19: after that line insert:

SB62-AA47,1,10 " Section 5c. 16.42 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62-AA47,2,2 16.42 (1) (intro.) All agencies, other than the legislature and the courts, no later than September 15 of each even-numbered year, in the form and content prescribed by the department, but subject to the requirements of sub. (3), shall prepare and forward to the department and to the legislative fiscal bureau the following program and financial information:

SB62-AA47, s. 5d Section 5d. 16.42 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

SB62-AA47,2,7 16.42 (3) (a) In this subsection, "zero-based budgeting" means the compilation of a budget in which each component is justified on the basis of cost, need, and relation to the statutory responsibilities of the state agency for which the budget is made.

SB62-AA47,2,13 (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., beginning with the 2011-13 fiscal biennium, the department shall require 20 percent of agencies under sub. (1) to submit their biennial budget requests prepared using the principles of zero-based budgeting for each of its activities, units, and programs. In each fiscal biennium thereafter, the department shall require a different 20 percent of the agencies to submit their biennial budget requests in this form.

SB62-AA47,2,16 2. The department shall require each agency to submit its biennial budget request prepared using the principles of zero-based budgeting for each of its activities, units, and programs at least once during any 5 consecutive fiscal biennia.

SB62-AA47, s. 5h Section 5h. 16.467 of the statutes is created to read:

SB62-AA47,2,22 16.467 Preparation of executive budget bill or bills according to generally accepted accounting principles. Beginning on January 1, 2011, the executive budget bill or bills shall be prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles, as adopted by the governmental accounting standards board or its successor bodies.

SB62-AA47, s. 5p Section 5p. 16.47 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62-AA47,3,9 16.47 (1) Except as provided in s. 16.529 (2), the executive budget bill or bills shall incorporate the governor's recommendations for appropriations for the succeeding biennium. The appropriation method shown in the bill or bills shall in no way affect the amount of detail or manner of presentation which may be requested by the joint committee on finance. Appropriation requests may be divided into 3 allotments: personal services, other operating expenses and capital outlay or such other meaningful classifications as may be approved by the joint committee on finance. Beginning on January 1, 2011, no executive budget bill or bills may contain recommendations for the succeeding biennium that create a state budget deficit, according to generally accepted accounting principles, as adopted by the governmental accounting standards board or its successor bodies.".

SB62-AA47,3,10 (End)