Connecticut 2016 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00009 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	General Assembly Governor's Bill No. 9
2	2	February Session, 2016 LCO No. 555
3	3	00555__________
4	4	Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
5	5	Introduced by:
6	6	SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist. REP. SHARKEY, 88th Dist. REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30th Dist.
7	7
8	8	General Assembly
9	9
10	10	Governor's Bill No. 9
11	11
12	12	February Session, 2016
13	13
14	14	LCO No. 555
15	15
16	16	00555__________
17	17
18	18	Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
19	19
20	20	Introduced by:
21	21
22	22	SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
23	23
24	24	SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
25	25
26	26	REP. SHARKEY, 88th Dist.
27	27
28	28	REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30th Dist.
29	29
30	30	AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC SPENDING.
31	31
32	32	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
33	33
34	34	Section 1. Section 4-67m of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
35	35
36	36	[(a)] The Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with each budgeted state agency, shall [develop, for state budgeting purposes, specific biennial goals and objectives and quantifiable outcome measures, which shall not be limited to measures of activities, for each program, service and state grant] establish and maintain standards for agency data on expenditures and program performance, including the public availability of such data. Such standards may include the types of data elements, frequency of publication, the means of making the data available to the public, priority areas for the agency, programs funded to implement agency priorities and outcome measures for each program administered or provided by such agency. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall [submit an annual report concerning such goals, objectives and measures to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the agency. For the biennium beginning July 1, 1995, and for each biennium thereafter, the annual report shall include an evaluation of the impact of each program, service and state contract on the family] identify one or more publicly accessible Internet web sites that provide regularly updated and maintained data regarding each agency's performance measures and any source data used for the performance measures.
37	37
38	38	[(b) The goals, objectives and measures developed for each such agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be implemented for the biennium beginning July 1, 1993. The Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with each such agency, shall review and revise such goals, objectives and measures for each biennium thereafter.]
39	39
40	40	Sec. 2. Section 2-36b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
41	41
42	42	(a) No later than November thirtieth each year, the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding shall meet with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the director of the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, and such other persons as they deem appropriate, to consider the items submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
43	43
44	44	(b) On or before November fifteenth, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the director of the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis shall each submit the following to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding: (1) [A] For the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years, a consensus estimate of state revenues developed in accordance with subsection (a) of section 2-36c, an estimate of [expenditures and ending balance for each fund, for the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years, and the assumptions on which such estimates are based] the level of expenditure change from current year expenditures allowable by consensus revenue estimates in each fund, any changes to current year expenditures necessitated by fixed cost drivers, and the changes to current year expenditures required to accommodate fixed cost drivers without exceeding current revenue estimates; (2) the projected tax credits to be used in the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years, and the assumptions on which such projections are based; (3) a summary of any estimated deficiencies in the current fiscal year, the reasons for such deficiencies, and the assumptions upon which such estimates are based; (4) the projected balance in the Budget Reserve Fund at the end of each uncompleted fiscal year of the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years; (5) the projected bond authorizations, allocations and issuances in each of the next ensuing five fiscal years and their impact on the debt service of the major funds of the state; (6) an analysis of revenue and expenditure trends and of the major cost drivers affecting state spending, including identification of any areas of concern and efforts undertaken to address such areas, including, but not limited to, efforts to obtain federal funds; and (7) an analysis of possible uses of surplus funds, including, but not limited to, the Budget Reserve Fund, debt retirement and funding of pension liabilities.
45	45
46	46	(c) On or before November 15, 2010, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding for the biennium commencing July 1, 2011, and each biennium thereafter, a summary in electronic database format of all nonappropriated moneys held by each budgeted agency, which shall be an accounting of moneys received or held by the agency that are authorized or received by any manner other than as an appropriation, at the end of the last-completed fiscal year in a form consistent with accepted accounting practice.
47	47
48	48	Sec. 3. Section 4-71 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
49	49
50	50	Not later than the first session day following the third day of February in each odd-numbered year, the Governor shall transmit to the General Assembly a budget document setting forth his financial program for the ensuing biennium with a separate budget for each of the two fiscal years and having the character and scope hereinafter set forth, and a report which sets forth estimated revenues and expenditures for the three fiscal years next ensuing the biennium to which the budget document relates. If the Governor has been elected or succeeded to the office of Governor since the submission of the last-preceding budget document, he shall transmit such document and report to the General Assembly not later than the first session day following the fourteenth day of February. In the even-numbered years, on the day on which the General Assembly first convenes, the Governor shall transmit a report on the status of the budget enacted in the previous year with any recommendations for adjustments and revisions, and a report, with revisions, if any, which sets forth estimated revenues and expenditures for the three fiscal years next ensuing the biennium in progress. The budget document shall consist of four parts, the nature and contents of which are set forth in sections 4-72, 4-73, as amended by this act, 4-74 and 4-74a and shall be accompanied by the statement of grants to towns compiled pursuant to the provisions of section 4-71a and by the computation of the cost of an indexed increase in assistance payments made pursuant to section 4-71c. The report which sets forth estimated revenues and expenditures for the three fiscal years next ensuing the biennium shall contain, for each such year, estimated revenues, itemized by major source, and estimated expenditures for each budgeted agency. [for personal services, other expenses, other current expenses, equipment, payments to local governments, and other than payments to local governments.] Such report transmitted in the even-numbered years shall contain the assumptions on which the estimated revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year next ensuing are based. [and shall set forth estimated revenues and expenditures in the same detail contained in the budget document.]
51	51
52	52	Sec. 4. Section 4-73 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
53	53
54	54	(a) The budget document shall present in detail for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium the Governor's recommendation for appropriations to meet the expenditure needs of the state from the General Fund and from all special and agency funds classified by budgeted agencies and showing for each budgeted agency and its subdivisions: (1) A narrative summary describing the agency, the Governor's recommendations for appropriations for the agency, [and a list of agency programs,] the actual expenditure for the last-completed fiscal year, the estimated expenditure for the current fiscal year, the amount requested by the agency and the Governor's recommendations for appropriations for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium; (2) a summary of permanent full-time positions by fund, setting forth the number filled and the number vacant as of the end of the last-completed fiscal year, the total number intended to be funded by appropriations without reduction for turnover for the fiscal year in progress, the total number requested and the total number recommended for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates.
55	55
56	56	[(b) In addition, programs shall be supported by: (1) The statutory authorization for the program; (2) a statement of program objectives; (3) a description of the program, including a statement of need, eligibility requirements and any intergovernmental participation in the program; (4) a statement of performance measures by which the accomplishments toward the program objectives can be assessed, which shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the workload, quality or level of service and effectiveness of the program; (5) program budget data broken down by major object of expenditure, showing additional federal and private funds; (6) a summary of permanent full-time positions by fund, setting forth the number filled and the number vacant as of the end of the last-completed fiscal year, the total number intended to be funded by appropriations without reduction for turnover for the fiscal year in progress, the total number requested and the total number recommended for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates; (7) a statement of expenditures for the last-completed and current fiscal years, the agency request and the Governor's recommendation for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium and, for any new or expanded program, estimated expenditure requirements for the fiscal year next succeeding the biennium to which the budget relates; and (8) an explanation of any significant program changes requested by the agency or recommended by the Governor.
57	57
58	58	(c) There shall be a supporting schedule of total agency expenditures including a line-item, minor object breakdown of personal services, energy costs, contractual services and commodities and a total of state aid grants and equipment, showing the actual expenditures for the last-completed fiscal year, estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year and requested and recommended appropriations for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium, classified by objects according to a standard plan of classification.]
59	59
60	60	[(d)] (b) All federal funds expended or anticipated for any purpose shall be accounted for in the budget. The document shall set forth a listing of federal programs, showing the actual expenditures for the last-completed fiscal year, estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year and anticipated funds available for expenditure for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium. Such federal funds shall be classified by each budgeted agency but shall not include research grants made to educational institutions.
61	61
62	62	[(e)] (c) The budget document shall also set forth the budget recommendations for the capital program, to be supported by statements listing the agency's requests and the Governor's recommendations with the statements required by section 4-78.
63	63
64	64	[(f)] (d) The appropriations recommended for the legislative branch of the state government shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management pursuant to section 4-77 and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said committee pursuant to said section 4-77.
65	65
66	66	[(g)] (e) (1) The appropriations recommended for the Judicial Department shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the Chief Court Administrator pursuant to section 4-77 plus the estimates of expenditure requirements for the biennium transmitted by said administrator pursuant to section 51-47c, and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said administrator pursuant to section 4-77.
67	67
68	68	(2) The appropriations recommended for the Division of Public Defender Services shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the Chief Public Defender pursuant to section 4-77 and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said administrator pursuant to section 4-77.
69	69
70	70
71	71
72	72
73	73	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
74	74	Section 1 July 1, 2016 4-67m
75	75	Sec. 2 July 1, 2016 2-36b
76	76	Sec. 3 July 1, 2016 4-71
77	77	Sec. 4 July 1, 2016 4-73
78	78
79	79	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
80	80
81	81	Section 1
82	82
83	83	July 1, 2016
84	84
85	85	4-67m
86	86
87	87	Sec. 2
88	88
89	89	July 1, 2016
90	90
91	91	2-36b
92	92
93	93	Sec. 3
94	94
95	95	July 1, 2016
96	96
97	97	4-71
98	98
99	99	Sec. 4
100	100
101	101	July 1, 2016
102	102
103	103	4-73
104	104
105	105	Statement of Purpose:
106	106
107	107	To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
108	108
109	109	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]