(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) 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.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 48.500

  • branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Budget: means the complete financial plan for each fiscal year contained in a branch budget bill provided for by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 48.010
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.

(3) 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 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 73, sec. 11, effective June 8, 2011. — 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.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
199, Pt. III, 10 at 1749.