Michigan Laws 18.1363 – Transmittal of budget to members of legislature and fiscal agencies; line-item appropriation detail; computer software application; 2-year budget report; required contents; strategic plan; 5 years; co
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- 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
- 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.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) Within 30 days after the legislature convenes in regular session, except in a year in which a newly elected governor is inaugurated into office when 60 days shall be allowed, the governor shall transmit to each member of the legislature and the fiscal agencies the budget in detail as provided in this act, accompanied by such explanations and recommendations relative to the budget as the governor considers necessary. At the time the budget is transmitted to the legislature, the state budget director shall transmit line-item appropriation detail to the fiscal agencies using a computer software application that is compatible with the budget tracking computer systems used by the respective fiscal agencies.
(2) The budget transmitted by the governor to the legislature shall be for the upcoming fiscal year and the following fiscal year. At a minimum, the budgets shall consist of all of the following:
(a) Estimates of anticipated revenues by state funds.
(b) Line-item details of proposed expenditures unrolled to show specific programs.
(c) Estimates of the year-end unrestricted fund balances for state funds.
(d) Any additional budget detail required by this act.
(3) Beginning for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, by the deadline established in subsection (1) for the governor to submit a budget to the legislature, the governor shall also present a strategic plan for this state.
(4) The strategic plan shall be published on the state’s website.
(5) The strategic plan shall start with the upcoming fiscal year and shall cover the next 5 fiscal years. The strategic plan can be a revised version of a previous strategic plan or a new strategic plan.
(6) The strategic plan shall include the mission, vision, goals, strategies, and performance measures for each state department, including measures of the department’s inputs, outputs, and output measures. The department’s balanced scorecard can serve as the department’s output measures.
(7) At the governor’s discretion, the strategic plan may include inputs, outputs, and output measures for state agencies, bureaus, and divisions within a state department.