2018 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 342
BY SENATOR DONAHUE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 39:29(B)(4) and (D)(2), relative to the nondiscretionary standstill
3 budget; to provide for the nondiscretionary standstill budget to include means of
4 financing substitutions adjustments necessary to finance a budget unit's existing
5 operating budget in the ensuing fiscal year; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 39:29(B)(4) and (D)(2) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
8 as follows:
9 ยง29. Budget guidelines
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11 B. (1)
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13 (4) Upon receipt of the budget unit's nondiscretionary adjusted standstill
14 budget estimates, the division of administration shall review the estimates for
15 reasonableness and shall combine the agency estimates with the mandatory statewide
16 standard adjustments provided for in the continuation budget, and any means of
17 financing substitutions that do not result in a net increase or decrease in the
18 budget unit's total budget and are necessary to finance a budget unit's current-
19 year existing operating budget as of December first in the ensuing fiscal year
20 prior to the application of any other adjustments, which shall constitute the
21 nondiscretionary adjusted standstill budget for the ensuing fiscal year.
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23 D. The nondiscretionary adjusted standstill budget and the continuation
24 budget shall be contained in one document and shall be in a format which compares
25 the budgets by budget unit, on the same page. For purposes of this Section, there
26 shall be no less than four columns in this document:
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2 (2) The second column shall represent the nondiscretionary adjusted standstill
3 budget which shall be the budget unit's current-year existing operating budget as of
4 December first, including the cost to provide the mandatory expenditures in the
5 ensuing fiscal year, any means of financing substitutions that do not result in a
6 net increase or decrease in the budget unit's total budget and are necessary to
7 finance a budget unit's current-year existing operating budget as of December
8 first in the ensuing fiscal year prior to the application of any other adjustments,
9 and the growth in the mandatory statewide adjustments.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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