A. The governor shall prescribe the forms to be used by budget units in submitting their budget estimates and requests for appropriations in accordance with this chapter and shall prepare necessary instructions for guiding officials in preparing the budget estimates and requests.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 35-112

  • Budget estimates: means statements with accompanying explanations, as provided by this chapter, in which a budget unit states its financial requirements and requests appropriations. See Arizona Laws 35-101
  • Budget unit: means any department, commission, board, institution or other agency of this state receiving, expending or disbursing state monies or incurring obligations against this state. See Arizona Laws 35-101
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

B. On or before July 1 each year, the governor shall transmit to the administrative head of each budget unit at least three complete sets of prescribed forms on which budget estimates and requests for appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year are to be submitted.

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