Indiana § 4-12-1-9 - Budget report; budget bill; governor's duties; distribution of copies of bill; general assembly committee hearings

§ 4-12-1-9. Budget report; budget bill; governor's duties; distribution of copies of bill; general assembly committee hearings

Sec. 9. (a) The budget agency shall assist the budget committee in the preparation of the budget report and the budget bill, using the recommendations and estimates prepared by the budget agency and the information obtained through investigation and presented at hearings. The budget committee shall consider the data, information, recommendations and estimates before it and, to the extent that there is agreement on items, matters, and amounts between the budget agency and a majority of the members of the budget committee, the committee shall organize and assemble a budget report and a budget bill or budget bills. In the event the budget agency and a majority of the members of the budget committee shall differ upon any item, matter, or amount to be included in such report and bills, the recommendation of the budget agency shall be included in the budget bill or bills, and the particular item, matter, or amount, and the extent of and reasons for the differences between the budget agency and the budget committee shall be stated fully in the budget report. The budget committee shall submit the budget report and the budget bill or bills to the governor on or before:

(1) the second Monday of January in the year immediately following the calendar year in which the budget report and budget bill or bills are prepared, if the budget report and budget bill or bills are prepared in a calendar year other than a calendar year in which a gubernatorial election is held; or

(2) the third Monday of January, if the budget report and budget bill or bills are prepared in the same calendar year in which a gubernatorial election is held.

The governor shall deliver to the house members of the budget committee such bill or bills for introduction into the house of representatives.

(b) Whenever during the period beginning thirty (30) days prior to a regular session of the general assembly the budget report and budget bill or bills have been completed and printed and are available for distribution, upon the request of a member of the general assembly an informal distribution of one (1) copy of each such document shall be made by the budget committee to such members. During business hours, and as may be otherwise required during sessions of the general assembly, the budget agency shall make available to the members of the general assembly so much as they shall require of its accumulated staff information, analyses and reports concerning the fiscal affairs of the state and the current budget report and budget bill or bills.

(c) The budget report shall include at least the following parts:

(1) A statement of budget policy, including but not limited to recommendations with reference to the fiscal policy of the state for the coming budget period, and describing the important features of the budget.

(2) A general budget summary setting forth the aggregate figures of the budget to show the total proposed expenditures and the total anticipated income, and the surplus or deficit.

(3) The detailed data on actual receipts and expenditures for the previous fiscal year or two (2) fiscal years depending upon the length of the budget period for which the budget bill or bills is proposed, the estimated receipts and expenditures for the current year, and for the ensuing budget period, and the anticipated balances at the end of the current fiscal year and the ensuing budget period. Such data shall be supplemented with necessary explanatory schedules and statements, including a statement of any differences between the recommendations of the budget agency and of the budget committee.

(4) A description of the capital improvement program for the state and an explanation of its relation to the budget.

(5) The budget bills.

(6) The tax expenditure report prepared by the legislative services agency under IC 2-5-3.2-2.

(7) For each appropriation in the governor's recommended budget bill that is made to a state provider, as defined in IC 22-4.1-1-5.5, for a workforce related program, as defined in IC 22-4.1-1-7(a), a summary and justification for the workforce related program.

(d) The budget report shall cover and include all special and dedicated revenue funds as well as the general revenue fund and shall include the estimated amounts of federal aids, for whatever purpose provided, together with estimated expenditures therefrom.

(e) The budget agency shall furnish the governor with any further information required concerning the budget, and upon request shall attend hearings of committees of the general assembly on the budget bills.

Formerly: Acts 1961, c.123, s.9; Acts 1967, c.96, s.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.28, SEC.9; P.L.205-2013, SEC.62; P.L.213-2015, SEC.41; P.L.174-2018, SEC.2; P.L.108-2019, SEC.57; P.L.201-2023, SEC.67; P.L.106-2024, SEC.4.