9-4-5609 - Preparation of strategic plan. - Tennessee Statutes

9-4-5609. Preparation of strategic plan.

(a)  In the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and each year thereafter, each state agency subject to performance-based budgeting (but a year before the schedule provided by § 9-4-5607) shall prepare a strategic plan for delivering the services and achieving the objectives required of it under the laws of the state of Tennessee and any federal program in which the state of Tennessee participates. The strategic plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following matters:

     (1)  The statutory and constitutional objectives of the entity;

     (2)  Identification of the scope of services the entity is required to provide and the best means of providing such services;

     (3)  Identification of any optional services the entity may provide, resources permitting, and the best means of providing such services;

     (4)  Means of maximizing federal or other non-state sources of revenue;

     (5)  Means of avoiding unnecessary costs and expenditures;

     (6)  Means of addressing any change in objectives or services since the previous strategic plan;

     (7)  Obstacles to meeting objectives and delivering services;

     (8)  Means of overcoming such obstacles; and

     (9)  Future challenges and opportunities.

(b)  (1)  (A)  Each state agency shall submit its draft plan to the agency head, who shall prepare a single comprehensive plan for the agency and transmit the plan to the commissioner of finance and administration for review, modification, and approval. The Tennessee higher education commission shall submit to the commissioner a single strategic plan for all higher education budgetary units, with the advice of the University of Tennessee, the state university and community college system, and the Tennessee student assistance corporation.

          (B)  The comptroller of the treasury, state treasurer, secretary of state, and attorney general shall prepare their plans separately.

          (C)  The administrative office of the courts shall prepare a plan on behalf of the court system. Such plan shall include the court system, the district attorneys general conference, the district public defenders conference, and the office of post-conviction defender.

          (D)  The joint legislative services committee shall prepare a plan on behalf of the legislative department.

     (2)  Each strategic plan shall be submitted to the general assembly and the governor not later than September 1 of each year and shall cover the fiscal year in effect as of the date of the report. Plans for the executive branch agencies, including higher education, shall be consolidated and submitted by the commissioner of finance and administration.

[Acts 2002, ch. 875, § 1.]