1. Budgetary Process (8 points)

Answer the questions below to identify key elements of your state's budget process. These do not need to be complete sentence responses.

Use the 2021 Budget Processes in the States report from National Association of State Budget Officers (www.nasbo.orgLinks to an external site.). See the report at:

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1. When does the fiscal year begin? (Table 1)
2. Is the Governor's budget introduced as bill(s) in legislature?
3. Amount of legislature votes required to pass the budget?
4. Annual or biennial budget cycle? If biennial, is the budget enacted in odd or even years?
5. What are the functions of the state budget agency? (Table 2)
6. What is the state budget director official position title? Who appoints the state budget director? Is the appointment subject to approval? (Table 3)
7. How many total positions are in the budget agency and budget function? What is the breakdown by type of position? (Table 4)
8. Where is the location of the executive budget agency in the governmentreport directly to or within the governor's office or a budget agency within department? (Table 5)
9. What type of veto power does the governor have? How many votes does it take to override the governor's veto? (Table 8)
10. What are the balanced operating budget requirements? Does the budget submitted and signed by the governor have to be balanced? Is the legislature required to pass a balanced budget? Does the executed budget at year-end need to be balanced? (Table 9)
11. Does the state appropriate federal funds, all non-federal funds, and/or tuition/fees to public universities? (Table 12)
12. What is(are) the name(s) of the state's rainy day and/or budget stabilization fund(s)? What is(are) their funding source(s) and procedure for expenditures? (Table 13)
13. What is(are) the name(s) of the state's unexpected natural or manmade disaster fund(s)? What was the dollar amount in FY19? Who is authorized to allocate those funds? What is the purpose for fund use? (Table 14)
14. What is the decision-making framework used to prepare executive budget? (Table 19)
15. Does the state have a multi-year CIP? Agency in charge? (Table 21)
16. How many bills are in the enacted budget? Where are Capital appropriations? (Table 22)
17. What is the structure of line item appropriations? (Table 23)
18. What level and types of performance measures are collected? What is the method for reporting performance measures and actual performance data? What are the performance measure requirements? Who manages collection and reporting of performance measures? Who determines which performance measures are reported? Is it a statutory requirement? If so, as of what year? (Table 27)
19. When are performance measures used? (Table 28)
20. Do they have a performance measure website? (Table 29)
21. Which tasks are performed on a regular basis as part of the management analysis function within the budget office? (Tabl