HB 645 — Require the use of zero-based budgeting every ten years

As ReportedPassed by the House Finance Committee 136th General Assembly Regular Session Sub.

Representatives Bird, Hall, T., Roemer, Schmidt, Williams, WillisWillis, Abrams, Callender, Daniels, Deeter, Demetriou, Fischer, Fowler Arthur, Hiner, John, Klopfenstein, Lear, Mathews, A., Mathews, T., McClain, Newman, Peterson, Plummer, Richardson, Ritter, Robb Blasdel, Salvo, Santucci, Thomas, D., White, A., Workman, Young To amend sections 107.03, 126.02, 126.13, and 1 126.27 and to enact sections 126.025 and 126.026 2 of the Revised Code to require the use of zero- 3 based budgeting in the development of the state 4 budget.

16 (2)Sub. "Zero-based budgeting" has the same meaning as in 17 section 126.025 of the Revised Code.

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645 Page 2 As ReportedPassed by the House Finance(2) Committee"Zero-based (B)budgeting" Thehas governor shall submit a transportation budget to 19 the generalsame assemblymeaning notas laterin than17 foursection weeks126.025 afterof the generalRevised 20Code. assembly's organization.

18 (B) The governor shall submit a transportation budget to 19 the general assembly not later than four weeks after the general 20 assembly's organization.

39 (2) A detailed statement showing the amounts recommended 40 to be appropriated from each fund for each fiscal year of the 41 biennium for current expenses, including, but not limited to, 42 personal services, supplies and materials, equipment, subsidies 43 and revenue distribution, merchandise for resale, transfers, and 44 nonexpense disbursements, obligations, interest on debt, and 45 retirement of debt, and for the biennium for capital outlay, to 46 the respective departments, offices, institutions, as defined in 47 section 121.01 of the Revised Code, and all other public 48 Sub.

645 Page 3 As ReportedPassed by the House Financeretirement Committeeof debt, and for the biennium for capital outlay, to 46 the respective departments, offices, institutions, as defined in 47 section 121.01 of the Revised Code, and all other public 48 purposes;

75 (7) The most recent TANF spending plan prepared by the 76 department of job and family services under section 5101.806 of 77 Sub.

645 Page 4 As ReportedPassed by the House Finance(7) CommitteeThe most recent TANF spending plan prepared by the 76 department of job and family services under section 5101.806 of 77 the Revised Code, which shall be submitted to the general 78 assembly as an appendix to the governor's budget;

(A) The director of budget and management 105 shall prepare and submit to the governor, biennially, not later 106 than the first day of January preceding the convening of the 107 Sub.

645 Page 5 As ReportedPassed by the House Financeshall Committeeprepare and submit to the governor, biennially, not later 106 than the first day of January preceding the convening of the 107 general assembly, state budget estimates of revenues and 108 expenditures for each state fund and budget estimates for each 109 state agency, except such estimates as are required under 110 section 126.022 of the Revised Code.

121 (B) In the preparation of state revenue and expenditure 122 estimates and in accordance with section 126.025 of the Revised 123 Code, the director of budget and management shall, not later 124 than the fifteenth day of September in the year preceding the 125 first regular session of the general assembly, distribute to all 126 affected state agencies the forms necessary for the preparation 127 of budget requests, which shall be in the form prescribed by the 128 director in consultation with the legislative service commission 129 to procure information concerning the revenues and expenditures 130 for the preceding and current bienniums, an estimate of the 131 revenues and expenditures of the current fiscal year, and an 132 estimate of the revenues and proposed expenditures for the 133 respective agencies for the two succeeding fiscal years for 134 whichSub. appropriations have to be made.

Each such agency shall, 135 not later than the first day of November, file with the director 136 Sub.

645 Page 6 As ReportedPassed by the House Financewhich Committeeappropriations itshave estimateto ofbe revenuesmade. and proposed expenditures for the 137 succeeding biennium.

Each such agency shall, 135 not later than the first day of November, file with the director 136 its estimate of revenues and proposed expenditures for the 137 succeeding biennium.

163 (1) The director of budget and management shall do both of 164 the following regarding the state agencies selected under 165 Sub.

645 Page 7 As ReportedPassed by the House Finance(1) CommitteeThe director of budget and management shall do both of 164 the following regarding the state agencies selected under 165 section 126.026 of the Revised Code:

191 (2)Sub. The general assembly, including any legislative 192 agency;

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645 Page 8 As ReportedPassed by the House Finance(2) Committee (3) The supremegeneral court,assembly, including any judiciallegislative agency.192 agency;

193 (3) The supreme court, including any judicial agency.

If an 216 agency fails to submit a program performance report for a 217 designated program or activity or if, in the judgment of the 218 director, the report submitted does not contain the information 219 required, the director shall disapprove the agency's budget 220 request for the designated program or activity in the state 221 budgetSub. estimate submitted to the governor under section 126.02 222 of the Revised Code.

The governor, in his a budget submission to 223 the general assembly under section 107.03 of the Revised Code, 224 Sub.

645 Page 9 As ReportedPassed by the House Financebudget Committeeestimate shallsubmitted notto recommend any appropriation for the programgovernor orunder 225section activity126.02 and222 shallof explain the reasonRevised forCode. not recommending an 226 appropriation.

The governor, in his a budget submission to 223 the general assembly under section 107.03 of the Revised Code, 224 shall not recommend any appropriation for the program or 225 activity and shall explain the reason for not recommending an 226 appropriation.