(a) The commissioner of finance and administration shall give the committee as much advance notice as possible of any formal meeting, hearing, or conference concerning the formulation of the executive budget for submission to the general assembly, and shall give the committee an opportunity to be represented at such meeting, hearing, or conference. The committee may be represented, at the direction of the committee or its chair, by one (1) or more of its members or by the comptroller of the treasury or by one (1) or more members of the staff of the comptroller of the treasury, or by any consultants or other staff, or by any combination thereof.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 3-7-104
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The commissioner of finance and administration shall, upon receipt thereof, furnish to the comptroller of the treasury and staff director copies of the estimated expenditure requirements, budget requests, proposed work programs and allotment requests from the various departments and agencies, and upon completion thereof, copies of revenue estimates, the approved or revised budgets, work programs and allotments for the various departments and agencies, the budget document, the appropriation bill, and any other documents pertinent to the state budget and appropriations.
