Tennessee § 3-14-202 - Staffing and assistance.

§ 3-14-202. Staffing and assistance.

To aid the office of legislative budget analysis, the staff of the comptroller of the treasury and the fiscal review committee shall furnish such assistance as may be required. The office may also call on the staff of the other legislative staff offices for advice and assistance as required. In carrying out the responsibilities of the office, the office shall call upon the executive, legislative, and judicial departments and agencies of state government for such information as the office requires, and it is the duty of such agencies and departments to furnish promptly the desired information. The commissioner of revenue shall provide the director with the monthly revenue collections report published by the department of revenue. The commissioner of finance and administration shall provide the office of legislative budget analysis with access to the state accounting system for the purpose of monitoring allotments, expenditures, and revenue collections of state agencies. The commissioner of personnel shall provide the office of legislative budget analysis a monthly listing of personnel positions that have been overlapped for ninety (90) days or more. The commissioner of finance and administration shall provide to the office of legislative budget analysis summaries which revise the funding recommendations and personnel summaries contained in the budget document to conform with the general appropriations act, other general acts of the general assembly, and any other actions which affect the level of departmental or other such revenue. The commissioner of education shall provide to the office of legislative budget analysis the revised BEP funding formula for the ensuing fiscal year no later than January 1 of each year. The governing boards of the University of Tennessee system and the state university and community college system shall provide to the office of legislative budget analysis both the original proposed operating budget submitted to the Tennessee higher education commission and the revised operating budget no later than March 1 of each year. The Tennessee higher education commission shall provide to the office of legislative budget analysis the revised higher education funding formula for the ensuing fiscal year no later than December 1 of each year. The commissioner of finance and administration shall give the office of legislative budget analysis as much advance notice as possible of any meeting, hearing or conference to inform staff of the general assembly of the substance of the executive budget prior to submission of such budget to the general assembly, and shall give the office an opportunity to be represented at such meeting, hearing or conference. The commissioner of finance and administration shall furnish to the office of legislative budget analysis contemporaneous copies of all information provided to the fiscal review committee in accordance with the provisions of § 3-7-104. In addition, the commissioner shall furnish to the office of legislative budget analysis changes to the work program including, but not limited to, expansions and revisions. Such revisions and expansions may be provided in written or electronic format. Acts 1999, ch. 497, § 3.