Louisiana 2010 Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill HB1009 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version

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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1009
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHRODER
BUDGETARY PROCEDURES: Provides for reporting of positions in higher education for
the budget request and executive budget
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 39:36(A)(3)(a) and (B)(5) and to enact R.S. 39:32.1(G), relative2
to the state budget and budget process; to provide for budget planning requirements3
for higher education agencies; to provide relative to the content of certain budget4
documents; to provide with respect to the contents and format of the executive5
budget; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 39:36(A)(3)(a) and (B)(5) are hereby amended and reenacted and8
R.S. 39:32.1(G) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
§32.1. Budget request forms, content, and submission; higher education formula10
funded agencies11
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G. The budget request submitted by the Board of Regents shall include for13
each higher education agency, a personnel table including the following for full-time14
equivalent employees:15
(1) The number of full-time equivalent employees for the prior fiscal year.16
(2) The number of full-time equivalent employees in the initial operating17
budget and in the existing operating budget for the current fiscal year.18
(3) The number of full-time equivalent employees estimated for the19
continuation budget for the next fiscal year.20 HLS 10RS-1763	ORIGINAL
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(4) The number of full-time equivalent employees requested for the next1
fiscal year.2
(5) The actual amount expended for salaries continuing for the prior fiscal3
year.4
(6) The total amount budgeted for salaries continuing for the initial operating5
budget and in the existing operating budget for the current fiscal year.6
(7) The estimated amount for salaries continuing for the full-time equivalent7
employees estimated for the continuation budget for the next fiscal year.8
(8) The total amount requested for salaries continuing for requested full-9
time equivalent employees for the next fiscal year.10
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§36.  Contents and format of executive budget; supporting document12
A. The executive budget shall present a complete financial and programmatic13
plan for the ensuing year, and it shall be configured in a format so as to clearly14
present and highlight the functions and operations of state government and the15
financial requirements associated with those functions and operations.  The executive16
budget shall be a performance-based budget. It shall include at a minimum the17
following:18
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(3) Comparative statements for each department and budget unit by the20
means of financing of the existing operating budget for a date certain to be21
established by the budget office for the current fiscal year and recommended22
expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year.  All such comparative statements shall23
include the following:24
(a) Personnel tables for each department, including each higher education25
agency, in such detail as the governor deems appropriate, for the last fiscal year26
concluded, the existing operating budget, and for the ensuing fiscal year.27
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B. The budget office shall prepare a document known as the supporting1
document which shall be in conformity with the executive budget and shall include,2
at a minimum, the following:3
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(5) Personnel tables for each program or budget unit, including each higher5
education agency, in such detail as the governor deems appropriate, but which at a6
minimum shall include the information required by R.S. 39:32(E) and (F), and7
39:32.1(G), the number of recommended positions or full time equivalent employees8
for the next fiscal year, and the total amount recommended for salaries continuing9
for each budget unit, by program.10
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.  [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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Abstract: Provides for the reporting of full-time equivalent employees in higher education
agencies in budget request documents and the executive budget.
Present law provides for certain content that must be included in budget request documents
for each higher education agency.
Proposed law retains present law and further adds that higher education agencies must report
information on their full-time equivalent employees as follows:
(1)The number of full-time equivalent employees for the prior fiscal year.
(2)The number of full-time equivalent employees in the initial operating budget and in
the existing operating budget for the current fiscal year.
(3)The number of full-time equivalent employees estimated for the continuation budget
for the next fiscal year.
(4)The number of full-time equivalent employees requested for the next fiscal year.
(5)The actual amount expended for salaries continuing for the prior fiscal year.
(6)The total amount budgeted for salaries continuing for the initial operating budget and
in the existing operating budget for the current fiscal year.
(7)The estimated amount for salaries continuing for the full time equivalent employees
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(8)The total amount requested for salaries continuing for requested full time equivalent
employees for the next fiscal year.
Present law requires the executive budget include personnel tables for each department, in
such detail as the governor deems appropriate, for the last fiscal year concluded, the existing
operating budget, and for the ensuing fiscal year.
Proposed law retains present law and specifies that the information must also be included
for each higher education agency.
Present law requires the budget office to prepare a supporting document that includes
personnel tables for each program or budget unit.
Proposed law retains present law and specifies that the information must also be included
for each higher education agency.
(Amends R.S. 39:36(A)(3)(a) and (B)(5); Adds R.S. 39:32.1(G))