Mississippi § 27-103-123 - Part 1 of budget; contents.

§ 27-103-123. Part 1 of budget; contents.

Part 1 of the overall budget shall include therein the requested budget and the recommended budget for each general fund agency and the proposed revenue by means of which the recommended appropriations can be met. The overall budget shall show, for each general fund agency, in addition to such other information as may be prescribed by the Legislative Budget Office, the following: The amount appropriated from the General Fund for the current fiscal year, all special funds receipts already collected and available in the current fiscal year, and an estimate of all special funds which will be collected, or otherwise will become available, by the end of the then current fiscal year; The estimated amount of all expenditures to be made or obligations to be incurred payable from general or special funds during the then current fiscal year; The estimated aggregate amount of funds which will be needed by the agency for the succeeding fiscal year; beginning with the 1995 fiscal year and in the event that any services proposed to be provided by the agency in the succeeding fiscal year are Medicaid reimbursable, any state general matching funds necessary for such reimbursements shall be included in the agency’s proposed budget, and the appropriation to the Division of Medicaid in the 1995 fiscal year shall be adjusted accordingly; The estimated aggregate amount of special funds, if any, which will be available during the succeeding fiscal year, including any balances which will be on hand at the close of the then current fiscal year; The estimated amount which will be needed and which will require change in existing law or laws; If any new item of expense is included in the proposed budget of any general fund agency, the reason therefor shall be given; and in any case where the Legislative Budget Office shall eliminate or reduce any item or items in the budget request of any general fund agency, it shall note briefly the reasons therefor, together with the reasons advanced by the agency in support of the item or items eliminated or reduced.