Bill Title: To require performance budgeting by most state agencies and to require performance audits of those agencies.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-10 - To Ways & Means
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As Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Representatives Snitchler, Stautberg
Cosponsors:
Representatives Blair, Morgan, Adams, J., Bubp, Jordan, Grossman, Stebelton, McClain, Sears, Huffman, Adams, R., Mecklenborg, Balderson, Boose, Luckie
A BILL
| To amend sections 126.02 and 126.022 and to enact | 1 |
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sections 117.46 and 126.18 of the Revised Code to | 2 |
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require performance budgeting by most state | 3 |
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agencies and to require performance audits of | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 126.02 and 126.022 be amended and | 6 |
sections 117.46 and 126.18 of the Revised Code be enacted to read | 7 |
as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 117.46. Each biennium, beginning with the biennium | 9 |
ending June 30, 2013, the auditor of state shall conduct a | 10 |
performance audit of four state agencies selected by the auditor | 11 |
of state that have been required to file performance data with the | 12 |
director of budget and management under section 126.18 of the | 13 |
Revised Code for at least one biennium. Two of the audits shall be | 14 |
of administrative departments listed in section 121.02 of the | 15 |
Revised Code or the department of education and two of the audits | 16 |
shall be of other state agencies. The performance audits under | 17 |
this section shall be conducted pursuant to sections 117.01 and | 18 |
117.13 of the Revised Code. | 19 |
Sec. 126.02. The director of budget and management shall | 20 |
prepare and submit to the governor, biennially, not later than
the | 21 |
first day of January preceding the convening of the general | 22 |
assembly, state budget estimates of revenues and expenditures for | 23 |
each state fund and budget estimates for each state agency, except | 24 |
such estimates as are required under section
126.022 of the | 25 |
Revised Code. The
budget estimates for each state agency for
which | 26 |
direct
appropriations are proposed shall include the
following | 27 |
details: | 28 |
(A) Estimates of the operating budget; | 29 |
(B) Estimates of the subsidy appropriations necessary, | 30 |
delineated by a distinct subsidy program; | 31 |
(C) Estimates for special purposes, delineated by a
distinct | 32 |
special purpose program; | 33 |
(D) Estimates of appropriations necessary from each fund
in | 34 |
reasonable detail to allow for adequate planning and oversight
of | 35 |
programs and activities. | 36 |
In the preparation of state revenue and expenditure | 37 |
estimates, the director of budget and management shall, not later | 38 |
than the fifteenth day of September in the year preceding the | 39 |
first regular session of the general assembly, distribute to all | 40 |
affected state agencies the forms necessary for the preparation
of | 41 |
budget requests, which shall be in the form prescribed by the | 42 |
director in consultation with
the
legislative service commission | 43 |
to procure information
concerning
the revenues and expenditures | 44 |
for the preceding and
current
bienniums, an estimate of the | 45 |
revenues and expenditures
of the
current fiscal year, and an | 46 |
estimate of the revenues and
proposed
expenditures for the | 47 |
respective agencies for the two
succeeding
fiscal years for which | 48 |
appropriations have to be made, and, as applicable, the | 49 |
performance
data required by division (A) of section 126.18 of | 50 |
the Revised
Code.
Each such
agency shall, not later
than the | 51 |
first day of
November,
file with
the director its
estimate of | 52 |
revenues and
proposed
expenditures
for the succeeding
biennium | 53 |
and, where
required by section 126.18 of the Revised Code, a | 54 |
comprehensive
and integrated statement of agency missions and | 55 |
outcome and
performance measures. | 56 |
Each such agency shall, not later than the first day of | 57 |
December, file with the chairperson of the finance
committees of | 58 |
the
senate and house of representatives and the legislative
| 59 |
service commission a duplicate copy of such budget request. | 60 |
The budget request shall be accompanied by a statement in | 61 |
writing giving facts and explanation of reasons for the items | 62 |
requested. The director and the legislative
service
commission
may | 63 |
make further inquiry and investigation as to any
item desired.
The | 64 |
director may approve, disapprove, or alter the
requests,
excepting | 65 |
those for the legislative and judicial
branches of the
state. The | 66 |
requests as revised by the director
constitute
the
state budget | 67 |
estimates of revenues and, expenditures, and performance measures | 68 |
which the
director is required to submit to the governor. | 69 |
The director shall determine a method to incorporate the | 70 |
principles of zero-based budgeting into the forms prescribed in | 71 |
this section. | 72 |
Sec. 126.022. Not later than four weeks after the
general | 73 |
assembly convenes in each even-numbered year,
the director of | 74 |
budget and management shall prepare and recommend
to the general | 75 |
assembly, subject to the concurrence of the
governor, estimates of | 76 |
revenues from, or derived from, payments to
the state under the | 77 |
tobacco master settlement agreement and,
expenditures of such | 78 |
revenues for the biennium beginning on the
following first day of | 79 |
July, and, as applicable, the performance data required by | 80 |
division (A) of section 126.18 of the Revised Code. Each state | 81 |
agency affected by such
revenues or expenditures shall submit to | 82 |
the director of budget and management
any related
information the | 83 |
director requires, in such form and at such times as the
director | 84 |
prescribes, and, where required by section 126.18 of the Revised | 85 |
Code, a comprehensive and integrated statement of agency missions | 86 |
and outcome and performance measures. | 87 |
Sec. 126.18. (A) Except for the offices of the attorney | 88 |
general, auditor of state, governor, secretary of state, and | 89 |
treasurer of state and agencies of the legislative and judicial | 90 |
branches, each state agency filing budget requests under section | 91 |
126.02 of the Revised Code shall, in accordance with the schedule | 92 |
set forth in division (B) of this section, include with its | 93 |
requests data that measure the performance of the programs and | 94 |
activities of the agency in meeting program goals and objectives. | 95 |
Data reported shall include indicators of output, efficiency, | 96 |
outcomes, and other measures relevant to each program and | 97 |
activity. The agency shall also include historical data needed for | 98 |
an understanding of major trends and shall set targets for future | 99 |
performance where feasible and appropriate. All such data shall be | 100 |
presented in a manner that serves to assist legislative review of | 101 |
and decision making concerning the programs and activities of the | 102 |
agency. | 103 |
(B)(1) Division (A) of this section shall apply to the budget | 104 |
requests of the department of education, department of job and | 105 |
family services, and two other state agencies selected by the | 106 |
director of budget and management beginning with their budget | 107 |
requests for the biennium ending June 30, 2013. | 108 |
(2) The director of budget and management shall divide all | 109 |
other state agencies subject to division (A) of this section into | 110 |
the following three categories: | 111 |
(a) Agencies to which division (A) shall apply beginning with | 112 |
their budget requests for the biennium ending June 30, 2015; | 113 |
(b) Agencies to which division (A) shall apply beginning with | 114 |
their budget requests for the biennium ending June 30, 2017; | 115 |
(c) Agencies to which division (A) shall apply beginning with | 116 |
their budget requests for the biennium ending June 30, 2019. | 117 |
(C) The director shall provide all agencies subject to | 118 |
division (A) of this section with substantial technical assistance | 119 |
in carrying out the requirements of that division and shall review | 120 |
the appropriateness, validity, and reliability of agency | 121 |
performance measures and data. | 122 |
(D) Beginning with the biennium after the biennium in which | 123 |
the budget requests of the Ohio board of regents first become | 124 |
subject to division (A) of this section, the board shall offer | 125 |
assistance to each state university or college as defined in | 126 |
section 3345.12 of the Revised Code in developing relevant | 127 |
performance measures for the university's or college's programs | 128 |
and activities and in setting targets for future performance where | 129 |
feasible and appropriate. | 130 |
Section 2. That existing sections 126.02 and 126.022 of the | 131 |
Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 132 |
Section 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in | 133 |
section 117.16 of the Revised Code, the Auditor of State, pursuant | 134 |
to section 117.46 of the Revised Code, shall
conduct performance | 135 |
audits of the Department of Education and the
Department of Job | 136 |
and Family Services during the biennium ending
June 30, 2013. | 137 |