48.500 Interpretation of branch budget bills -- Legislative review. - Kentucky Statutes

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48.500 Interpretation of branch budget bills -- Legislative review. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, when the General Assembly is not in session, all questions that arise as to the meaning of items in a branch budget bill
shall be decided by the Finance and Administration Cabinet for the executive
branch budget bill and the Transportation Cabinet budget bill, and by the Chief
Justice and the Legislative Research Commission for their respective branches of
government. (2) A decision made under subsection (1) of this section shall conform to the appropriate budget memorandum provided for by KRS 48.300. (3) The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Chief Justice, and the Legislative Research Commission shall transmit decisions made under subsection
(1) of this section to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue of
the Legislative Research Commission and shall include, in detail, the reasons for
such decisions. (4) If the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue disapproves a decision made under this section, the decision shall not be implemented unless it is:
(a) Revised to comply with the objections of the committee; or
(b) The committee is informed, in writing, in detail, within thirty (30) days of the committee's disapproval, that a determination has been made not to comply
with the objections of the committee. Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 13, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 507, sec. 15, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts
ch. 450, sec. 24, effective July 1, 1983.