JEFFERSON CITY—This week (Dec. 7 and 8) the Senate Appropriations Committee held two public hearings in the Capitol to take budget requests for the upcoming fiscal year.
The committee holds these annual hearings to gather public testimony regarding the financial situation and budget needs of the various organizations, departments and agencies that receive state funds. The testimony will help inform committee members as they create a budget for FY 2011, which begins July 1, 2010, and runs through June 30, 2011.
The Senate Appropriations Committee is responsible for initially drafting the state’s annual budget before it reaches the Senate floor for debate. The committee will also consider the governor’s budget recommendations when he submits them to the General Assembly in January. Lawmakers are constitutionally required to create a state budget each year.
To view video or listen to audio clips from the Senate Appropriations Committee’s budget hearings, click here. The Senate Newsroom periodically posts audio and video clips from Senate committee hearings, floor debate, press conferences and other legislative events on the Senate Newsroom website under Daily Audio/Video Clips.
The Second Regular Session of the 95th Missouri General Assembly begins at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. For more information about the Missouri Senate, visit www.senate.mo.gov. To contact the Senate Newsroom, call (573) 751-3824 or e-mail newsroom@senate.mo.gov.
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