Oklahoma § 62-34.38 - Form of budget - Budget message - Budget estimates
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§ 62-34.38. Form of budget - Budget message - Budget estimates
The budget shall be submitted to the Legislature and shall be in
two parts:
1. A budget message:
a.
outlining the fiscal policy of the state for the
fiscal year and describing the important features of
the budget,
b.
giving a summary of the budget setting forth aggregate
figures of proposed revenues and expenditures and the
balanced relations between the proposed revenues and
expenditures and the total expected income and other
means of financing the budget compared with the
corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year,
c.
including explanatory schedules classifying proposed
expenditures by organization units, objects and funds,
d.
giving estimated statements of assets and liabilities
as of the close of the preceding fiscal year and of
the budget year, and
e.
explaining any proposed major increases in revenue
from any existing source or any new source of revenue
proposed, and
f.
giving any further information or making any
suggestions; and
2. The detailed budget estimates of revenues and expenditures
for each fund as provided for in the Oklahoma State Finance Act
showing the recommendations of the Governor on each, compared with
the figures for the preceding fiscal year and giving an explanation
of each major change in the recommendations from the revenues and
expenditures in the previous fiscal year.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 381, § 33, emerg. eff. Feb. 25, 1947.
Amended by Laws 2008, c. 311, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2009, c.
441, § 18, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 41.33 of this title
by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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