FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 28
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR GROSS.
Pre-filed December 1, 2002, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
0487S.01I
AN ACT
To repeal section 33.250, RSMo, relating to estimates of revenue for state budgeting purposes, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A.Section 33.250, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 33.250, to read as follows:
33.250.1.The budget director shall check all estimates submitted to see that all information required is included and may require any additional information from any department.He or she shall then submit all estimates to the governor, who may either himself or herself or through the budget director call in any officer of any department to consider the estimates of such department and may order any further investigation of any item.
2.The revenue estimate upon which the governor's recommended budget for each fiscal year is based shall be the lesser of:
(1) The revenue estimate as determined in subsection 1 of this section; or
(2)The amount actually spent for the most recently completed fiscal year, modified as follows:
(a)Increased by one percent; and
(b)Increased by any state spending that has been approved by voters.
3.The governor shall then prepare [his] tentative budget recommendations based on [each of the estimates] the revenue estimate as determined pursuant to subsection 2 of this section and may hold such further conferences with any officer as he or she may wish.After the preparation of such recommendations they, or a summary thereof, shall be made public and a public hearing thereon may be held by the governor at which any person may appear and make suggestions as to any item or items or concerning the budget as a whole.After such hearing, the governor shall prepare his or her final budget for submission to the general assembly.