Bill Text: GA SB33 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Waste Reduction Act of 2011; Zero-Base Budgeting Act; application to the budget process; analysis of departmental/program objectives
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-02 - Effective Date [SB33 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB33-Introduced.html
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Senate
Bill 33
By:
Senators Shafer of the 48th, Chance of the 16th, Davis of the 22nd, Hill of the
32nd, Staton of the 18th and others
AS
PASSED
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 45 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, known as the "Budget Act," so as to provide for the
application of zero-base budgeting to the budget process; to provide for
analysis of departmental and program objectives; to provide for consideration of
alternative funding levels; to provide for departmental priority lists; to
provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for an
effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
1 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, known as the "Budget Act," is amended by adding a new Code section to
read as follows:
"45-12-75.1.
(a)
The Governor in preparing his or her budget report under Code Section 45-12-75,
and budget units in preparing their budget estimates under Code Section
45-12-78, shall make use of zero-base budgeting as provided in this Code
section. The requirements of this Code section shall apply to the budget report
presented to the General Assembly in January of 2013 and each year
thereafter.
(b)
It is the intent of this Code section that in any given year the Governor's
budget report shall include zero-base budgeting for the agencies and programs as
identified by the House Budget Office and Senate Budget Office in consultation
with The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget. The House Budget Office and
Senate Budget Office in consultation with The Governor's Office of Planning and
Budget shall require each agency to use zero-base budgeting at least once every
ten years and shall not require any agency or program to use zero-base budgeting
more often than once every eight years. The House Budget Office and Senate
Budget Office in consultation with The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget
shall balance the number of agencies and programs submitting zero-base budgets
with staff available for preparing a budget and staff available for conducting
review and analysis of the budget submission. The Governor and the Office of
Planning and Budget shall prescribe the forms and format for zero-base budgets
and serve as the entity designated for coordinating the preparation of zero-base
budgets by the executive branch.
(c)
In the years in which zero-base budgeting applies, each budget unit shall
include in its budget estimate an analysis summarizing the prior two fiscal
years and proposed spending plans by program, object class, and revenue source.
Information presented shall include the following:
(1)
A statement of the budget unit's departmental and program purposes;
effectiveness, efficiency, and equity measures; and program size indicators;
and
(2)
A priority listing encompassing all alternative funding levels for all
programs.
(d)
In the years in which an agency or program submits a zero-base budget, the
Governor shall include in the budget report relevant materials related to each
budget unit's submission under subsection (c) of this Code section and such
other relevant material as deemed appropriate by the Governor.
(e)
Without in any way limiting the generality of the other provisions of this Code
section, it is specifically provided that the Board of Regents of the University
System of Georgia shall be a budget unit subject to this Code section and the
programs of the board of regents shall be periodically subject to zero-base
budgeting as provided for in this Code section and in keeping with the
Constitution.
(f)
Without in any way limiting the generality of the other provisions of this Code
section, it is specifically provided that in the budget report presented to the
General Assembly in January of 2013 the Department of Education's budget shall
be submitted as a zero-base budget according to the guidelines contained in this
Code section.
(g)
The judicial branch is encouraged to participate in the zero-base budgeting
process.
(h)
The Joint Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee, as authorized under Code Section 28-5-23,
may review all information and materials related to any zero-base budget request
to include hearings as necessary.
(i)
The Office of Planning and Budget and the Joint Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee
shall maintain effectiveness, efficiency, and equity measures related to
zero-base budgeting.
(j)
This Code section shall be automatically repealed on June 30, 2020, unless
reauthorized by the General
Assembly."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.