48.300 Adoption of branch budget bills -- Separate branch budget bill required for Transportation Cabinet -- Enactment of biennial highway construction plan -- Budget memorandum. - Kentucky Statutes

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48.300 Adoption of branch budget bills -- Separate branch budget bill required for Transportation Cabinet -- Enactment of biennial highway construction plan --
Budget memorandum. (1) (a) The financial plan for each fiscal year as presented in the branch budget recommendation shall be adopted, with any modifications made by the
General Assembly, by the passage of a branch budget bill for each branch of
government, and any revenue and other acts as necessary. (b) With regard to the Transportation Cabinet, the General Assembly shall: 1. Enact, as a separate bill, a branch budget for the Transportation Cabinet; 2. Enact, as a separate bill, the biennial highway construction plan, as
amended by the General Assembly, including identification of projects
from the last four (4) years of the six (6) year road plan that may be
moved forward, and the conditions and requirements under which the
identified projects may be moved forward; and 3. Adopt the last four (4) years of the six (6) year road plan, as amended by
the General Assembly, as a joint resolution. (2) Prior to the passage of a branch budget bill and any other acts necessary, the appropriations committees of the General Assembly shall prepare a budget
memorandum for each branch of government. The budget memorandum shall
enumerate the changes made by the appropriations committees to a branch budget
recommendation, and shall explain such changes in detail sufficient to convey the
intent of the appropriations committees. (3) In administering the provisions of a branch budget bill, a branch head shall interpret provisions of the branch budget bill in conformity with the budget memorandum. Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 10, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 5, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts
ch. 507, sec. 13, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 410, sec. 4,
effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 450, sec. 21, effective July 1,
1983.