SSHB 194: "An Act relating to the duties of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee; relating to the Executive Budget Act; establishing consensus estimating conferences; relating to the development of official information for use in preparing the state budget; and providing for an effective date."
00 SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 194 01 "An Act relating to the duties of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee; relating 02 to the Executive Budget Act; establishing consensus estimating conferences; relating to 03 the development of official information for use in preparing the state budget; and 04 providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 24.08.035(b) is amended to read: 07 (b) In addition to the fiscal note required by this section, the sponsor of a bill 08 or resolution may prepare a fiscal note in conformity with the requirements of this 09 section and submit it to the committee of first referral or the finance committee. A 10 committee may prepare an additional fiscal note in conformity with the requirements 11 of this section. The sponsor of a bill or resolution or a committee may also request 12 that a special impact estimating conference evaluate a fiscal note under (h) of this 13 section. 14 * Sec. 2. AS 24.08.035 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
01 (h) A special impact estimating conference appointed under AS 37.07.036 02 may evaluate a fiscal note prepared under this section. The special impact estimating 03 conference may prepare a fiscal note in conformity with the requirements of this 04 section and submit it to the committee of first referral or the finance committee. A 05 fiscal note prepared by the special impact conference replaces the fiscal note prepared 06 by a department, sponsor of a bill or resolution, or committee under this section. 07 * Sec. 3. AS 24.20.206 is amended to read: 08 Sec. 24.20.206. Duties. The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee shall 09 (1) annually review the long-range operating plans of all agencies of 10 the state that perform lending or investment functions; 11 (2) review periodic reports from all agencies of the state that perform 12 lending or investment functions; 13 (3) prepare a complete report of investment programs, plans, 14 performance, and policies of all agencies of the state that perform lending or 15 investment functions and notify the legislature on or before the first day of each 16 regular session that the report is available; 17 (4) in conjunction with the finance committee of each house, 18 recommend annually to the legislature the investment policy for the general fund 19 surplus and for the income from the permanent fund; 20 (5) provide for an annual post audit and annual operational and 21 performance evaluation of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation investments and 22 investment programs; 23 (6) provide for an annual operational and performance evaluation of 24 the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation and the Alaska Industrial Development and 25 Export Authority; the performance evaluation must include, but is not limited to, a 26 comparison of the effect on various sectors of the economy by public and private 27 lending, the effect on resident and nonresident employment, the effect on real wages, 28 and the effect on state and local operating and capital budgets of the programs of the 29 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation and the Alaska Industrial Development and 30 Export Authority; 31 (7) provide assistance to the trustees of the trust established in
01 AS 37.14.400 - 37.14.450 in carrying out their duties under AS 37.14.415; and 02 (8) adopt a method of measuring results for state agencies and 03 provide the measures to the Office of the Governor in accordance with 04 AS 37.07.014(b). 05 * Sec. 4. AS 37.07.010 is amended to read: 06 Sec. 37.07.010. Statement of policy. It is the purpose of this chapter to 07 establish a comprehensive system for state program and financial management that 08 furthers the capacity of the governor and legislature to plan and finance the services 09 that they determine the state will provide for its citizens. The system must include 10 procedures for 11 (1) the orderly establishment, continuing review, and periodic revision 12 of the program goals [AND POLICIES OF STATE AGENCIES] and financial goals 13 and policies of the state; 14 (2) the development, coordination, and review of long-range program 15 and financial plans that will measure the extent to which program and financial 16 goals have been met [IMPLEMENT ESTABLISHED STATE GOALS AND 17 POLICIES]; 18 (3) the preparation, coordination, analysis, and enactment of a budget 19 that is organized by the programs and [TO FOCUS ON THE] services provided by 20 state agencies, [AND ON] the cost of those services, and the desired results of those 21 services [THAT PROVIDES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES AND 22 PLANS, IN THE SUCCEEDING BUDGET PERIOD]; 23 (4) the evaluation of alternatives to existing policies, plans, and 24 procedures that offer potential for more efficient state services; 25 (5) annual [THE REGULAR] appraisal and reporting of program 26 performance; 27 (6) public participation in the development of the annual budget, 28 including opportunity for the public to review and comment on [UPON] the services, 29 [PLANS AND] programs, and financial goals of the Office of the Governor and all 30 state agencies in the executive branch, the legislature, the judicial system, the 31 University of Alaska, and the public corporations of the state.
01 * Sec. 5. AS 37.07.014(a) is amended to read: 02 (a) To carry out its legislative power under art. II, sec. 1, Constitution of the 03 State of Alaska, and to promote results-based government, the legislature shall review 04 the budget for the succeeding fiscal year by service or program within each 05 agency and include service and program cost and desired measurements for each 06 service and program [ISSUE A MISSION STATEMENT FOR EACH AGENCY 07 AND THE DESIRED RESULTS THE AGENCY SHOULD ACHIEVE. THE 08 LEGISLATURE MAY ISSUE A SEPARATE MISSION STATEMENT FOR A 09 SUBUNIT OF AN AGENCY. A MISSION STATEMENT AND DESIRED 10 RESULTS SHOULD PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT, MEASURED USE OF THE 11 STATE'S RESOURCES. A MISSION STATEMENT AND DESIRED RESULTS 12 CONSTITUTE POLICY UNDER WHICH AN AGENCY SHALL OPERATE, AND, 13 WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE MISSION STATEMENT MAY BE 14 IMPLEMENTED BY STATUTE]. 15 * Sec. 6. AS 37.07.014(b) is amended to read: 16 (b) The legislature shall provide for a budget review function that promotes 17 results-based government. The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee 18 [LEGISLATURE] shall adopt a method of measuring results for each agency. The 19 Legislative Budget and Audit Committee shall provide the measures to the Office 20 of the Governor not later than August 1 each year. Measurements [, AND 21 MEASUREMENTS] shall be reported semi-annually by each agency to the 22 legislature. The reports shall be used by the legislature to evaluate whether the 23 [MISSION AND] desired results for that agency or subunit of the agency are being 24 achieved. 25 * Sec. 7. AS 37.07.014(d) is amended to read: 26 (d) To foster results-based government [, TO CARRY OUT THE MISSION 27 STATEMENTS,] and to obtain desired results, the legislature shall authorize the 28 comprehensive operating and capital improvements programs and financial plans. The 29 legislature shall allocate the state's resources for effective and efficient delivery of 30 public services by 31 (1) clearly identifying service, program, and financial goals and
01 desired results; 02 (2) setting priorities; 03 (3) assigning service or program measurements and financial 04 measurements [ACCOUNTABILITY]; and 05 (4) assigning [USING] methods for measuring, reporting, and 06 evaluating results. 07 * Sec. 8. AS 37.07.014(f) is amended to read: 08 (f) To help fulfill the legislature's responsibilities under this section and 09 achieve results-based government, each agency shall 10 (1) allocate resources to achieve the service, program, and financial 11 goals [MISSION] and desired results established by the legislature; 12 (2) express desired results established by the legislature and other 13 program results in measurable terms; 14 (3) measure progress toward service, program, and financial goals, 15 [TOWARDS MISSION STATEMENTS AND] desired results established by the 16 legislature, and other results; 17 (4) promote activities consistent with service, program, and financial 18 goals [MISSION STATEMENTS] and desired results established by the legislature 19 that reduce or avoid future costs; 20 (5) plan for the short-term and the long-term using consistent 21 assumptions for major demographic and other trends; and 22 (6) require accountability at all levels for meeting service, program, 23 and financial goals [MISSION STATEMENTS] and desired results established by 24 the legislature. 25 * Sec. 9. AS 37.07.016 is amended to read: 26 Sec. 37.07.016. Governor's use of service, program, and financial goals 27 [MISSION STATEMENTS]. To carry out the executive power under art. III, sec. 1 28 and sec. 16, Constitution of the State of Alaska, the governor shall use the financial 29 goals [MISSION STATEMENTS] and desired results issued by the legislature as a 30 guide to implement and execute the law. The governor shall ensure [ASSURE] that 31 each agency complies with the service or program measurement requirements
01 [MISSION STATEMENT] and achieves the desired results identified by the 02 legislature. 03 * Sec. 10. AS 37.07.020(a) is amended to read: 04 (a) The governor shall prepare a budget for the succeeding fiscal year that 05 must cover all estimated receipts, including all grants, loans, and money received from 06 the federal government and all proposed expenditures of the state government. The 07 budget shall be organized by service or program within each agency and include 08 service and program cost and desired measurements for each service and 09 program. Each service and program expenditure request must include details on 10 the unit cost and performance cost of the service or program expenditure [SO 11 THAT THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES FOR EACH AGENCY ARE 12 PRESENTED SEPARATELY]. The budget must be accompanied by the information 13 required under AS 37.07.050 and by the following separate bills: (1) an appropriation 14 bill authorizing the operating and capital expenditures of the state's integrated 15 comprehensive mental health program under AS 37.14.003(a); (2) an appropriation 16 bill authorizing state operating expenditures other than those included in the state's 17 integrated comprehensive mental health program; (3) an appropriation bill authorizing 18 capital expenditures other than those included in the state's integrated comprehensive 19 mental health program; and (4) a bill or bills covering recommendations, if any, in the 20 budget for new or additional revenue. In a year in which a new governor has not 21 been elected, the [THE] budget for the succeeding fiscal year and each of the bills 22 shall become public information on December 15. In a year in which a new 23 governor has been elected, the budget for the succeeding fiscal year and each of 24 the bills shall become public information on January 15. On the date the budget 25 and bills become public, [AT WHICH TIME] the governor shall deliver [SUBMIT] 26 copies of the budget and bills to the legislature and make copies available to the 27 public. The budget and bills, identical in content to the copies released on 28 December 15 or January 15, as applicable, shall be delivered to the rules committee 29 of each house before the fourth legislative day of the next regular session for 30 introduction. 31 * Sec. 11. AS 37.07.020(b) is amended to read:
01 (b) In addition to the budget and bills submitted under (a) of this section, the 02 governor shall submit a capital improvements program covering the succeeding six 03 fiscal years. The governor shall also submit a fiscal plan with estimates of significant 04 sources and uses of funds for the succeeding three [10] fiscal years. The fiscal plan 05 (1) must include sufficient details to identify 06 (A) significant sources of funds; 07 (B) significant uses of funds, including lump sum projections 08 of 09 (i) operating expenditures; 10 (ii) capital expenditures; 11 (iii) debt service expenditures; 12 (iv) fund capitalizations; 13 (v) appropriations of income of the Alaska permanent 14 fund (art. IX, sec. 15, Constitution of the State of Alaska), if any; 15 (2) must balance sources and uses of funds held while providing for 16 essential state services and protecting the economic stability of the state; 17 (3) must include projected balances of significant funds held in 18 separate accounts, including the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of 19 the State of Alaska), the public education fund (AS 14.17.300), and the Alaska capital 20 income fund (AS 37.05.565); 21 (4) must set out significant assumptions used in the projections with 22 sufficient detail to enable the legislature to rely on the fiscal plan in understanding, 23 evaluating, and resolving issues of state budgeting, including information that supports 24 major areas of operating increases, such as population demographics that affect the 25 need for particular government services. 26 * Sec. 12. AS 37.07.020(c) is amended to read: 27 (c) Proposed expenditures may not exceed [ESTIMATED] revenue estimates 28 for the succeeding fiscal year. The expenditures for agency and statewide 29 operations may not exceed official estimates of recurring revenue. The 30 expenditures proposed in the six-year capital improvements program may not exceed 31 the estimated revenue and bond authorizations passed and proposed.
01 * Sec. 13. AS 37.07.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 02 (g) In addition to the budget, bills, and fiscal plan submitted under (a), (b), and 03 (f) of this section, the governor shall submit 04 (1) an alternative budget plan for the succeeding fiscal year based on 05 the average price per barrel for Alaska North Slope crude oil for sale on the United 06 States West Coast over the preceding 10 fiscal years; 07 (2) an alternative budget plan for the succeeding fiscal year based on 08 an average price of $70 per barrel for Alaska North Slope crude oil for sale on the 09 United States West Coast; 10 (3) a three-year forecast based on the average price per barrel over the 11 10 preceding fiscal years for Alaska North Slope crude oil for sale on the United 12 States West Coast over the preceding 10 fiscal years; and 13 (4) a three-year forecast based on an average price of $70 per barrel for 14 Alaska North Slope crude oil for sale on the United States West Coast; 15 * Sec. 14. AS 37.07 is amended by adding new sections to read: 16 Sec. 37.07.034. Formation, powers, and duties of consensus estimating 17 conferences. (a) The following consensus estimating conferences are created in the 18 legislative branch of the state for the following purposes: 19 (1) economic estimating conference, for the purpose of developing 20 official information relating to the national and state economies; the official 21 information of the economic estimating conference 22 (A) must include basic, long-term trend forecasts; 23 (B) may include cycle forecasts if the forecast is developed in a 24 special impact estimating conference under AS 37.07.036; 25 (2) demographic estimating conference, for the purpose of developing 26 official information relating to national and state population demographics, organized 27 by age, race, and sex as the conference considers necessary for state planning and the 28 state budget; 29 (3) revenue estimating conference, for the purpose of developing 30 official information relating to anticipated state and local government revenue and 31 estimated income of a trust fund;
01 (4) education estimating conference, for the purpose of developing 02 official information relating to the state public and private educational systems, 03 including information relating to public school funding, correspondence study 04 programs, and state boarding schools; 05 (5) criminal justice estimating conference, for the purpose of 06 developing official information relating to 07 (A) the criminal justice system in the state, including forecasts 08 of prison admissions and population; and 09 (B) the number of sex offenders who are required by law to 10 register under AS 12.63.010, who are required by law to be placed on 11 probation or parole, and who are subject to electronic monitoring; 12 (6) social services estimating conference, for the purpose of 13 developing official information relating to the social services system of the state, 14 including forecasts of social services caseloads, utilization, and expenditures and 15 information relating to cash assistance and medical assistance caseloads; and 16 (7) retirement systems actuarial assumption conference, for the 17 purpose of developing official information relating to the public employees' retirement 18 system (AS 39.35) and the teachers' retirement system (AS 14.25). 19 (b) The membership of each conference consists of a principal and 20 participants. The principal of each conference is the director of the legislative finance 21 division or the director's designee. The president of the senate, speaker of the house of 22 representatives, and governor shall appoint persons to serve as participants of each 23 conference. 24 (c) Each conference shall develop official information within its area of 25 responsibility that the conference determines, by consensus, is needed for the purpose 26 of preparing the state budget. Unless the members of a conference unanimously agree 27 otherwise, all official information developed by the conference must 28 (1) be based on the assumption that current law and current 29 administrative practices will remain in effect throughout the period for which the 30 official information is to be used; and 31 (2) include forecasts for a period of at least three years.
01 (d) Whenever a conference is convened, official information does not exist 02 until the conference reaches an initial or new consensus. 03 (e) The official information developed by the economic conference and the 04 official information developed by the demographic conference shall be used by the 05 other conferences in developing official information. The division of retirement and 06 benefits shall provide all information requested by the retirement systems actuarial 07 assumption conference. 08 (f) The principal of a conference may preside over conference sessions, 09 convene conference sessions, request information needed by the conference, identify 10 topics to be included on the conference agenda, agree or withhold agreement on 11 whether information is to be official information of the conference, release official 12 information of the conference, interpret official information of the conference, and 13 monitor errors in official information of the conference. The principal shall provide 14 the schedule for conference sessions. 15 (g) The principal of a conference may invite a person to participate in a 16 session of the conference. At the request of the principal, a person invited to 17 participate under this subsection shall, before or during a session of the conference, 18 develop alternative forecasts, collect and supply data, perform analyses, or provide 19 other information needed by the conference. Participants appointed by the governor 20 under (b) of this section shall provide information requested by the principal within a 21 reasonable amount of time. Each conference shall consider the information provided 22 by participants under this subsection when developing its official information. 23 (h) All sessions and meetings of a conference must be open to the public under 24 AS 24.60.037. Unless exempt under the procedures adopted under AS 40.25.123(b), 25 information used to develop the official information of a conference must be made 26 available to the public. 27 (i) A conference may be convened 28 (1) by the governor to develop official information on behalf of the 29 governor for use in the governor's legislative budget recommendations; 30 (2) by a member of a conference to 31 (A) develop official information on behalf of the legislature for
01 the legislature's use in its budget deliberations; 02 (B) review and reconsider official information of the 03 conference that the member believes is no longer valid; or 04 (C) develop official information that reflects specific changes 05 or proposed changes relating to the area of responsibility of the conference. 06 (j) A participant of a conference may notify the principal in writing if the 07 participant believes that an item of official information of the conference is no longer 08 valid. The principal shall review a request made under this subsection and, if the 09 principal determines that a session of the conference is warranted, convene the 10 conference for the purpose of reviewing and reconsidering the official information in 11 question. 12 (k) Following each regular session of the legislature, each conference shall 13 convene in a final session to revise the official information of the conference to reflect 14 changes made in the law. The conference shall publish the official information 15 developed at the final session. The published information constitutes the official 16 information of the conference until the adjournment of the next conference. The 17 principal of the conference shall, within two working days after adjournment of the 18 final session of the conference, prepare a final report on the official information of the 19 conference. The principal shall deliver the final report to the co-chairs of the finance 20 committee of each house of the legislature. The principal shall continue to monitor the 21 official information developed at the final session of the conference to ensure the 22 official information remains valid. 23 (l) The principal of a conference, or the principal's designee, is responsible for 24 preparing and distributing to the participants the necessary documents for the meetings 25 of the conference. The principal may cancel a meeting of the conference if the 26 necessary documents have not been distributed before the meeting. Upon request, the 27 documents must include comparisons with alternative information. 28 (m) In this section, "official information" means the data, forecasts, estimates, 29 analyses, studies, and other information adopted by a consensus estimating 30 conference. 31 Sec. 37.07.036. Special impact estimating conferences. (a) The president of
01 the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives may request a special impact 02 estimating conference to evaluate a legislative proposal using tools and models not 03 generally employed by the conferences under AS 37.07.034, including cost-benefit, 04 return-on-investment, or dynamic scoring techniques, when suitable and appropriate 05 for the legislative proposal being evaluated. A separate special impact estimating 06 conference may be appointed for each legislative proposal. A sponsor of a bill or 07 resolution or a committee may also request a special impact estimating conference to 08 evaluate a fiscal note under AS 24.08.035. 09 (b) A special impact estimating conference consists of four principals, each 10 having appropriate fiscal expertise in the subject matter of the legislative proposal, 11 appointed as follows: 12 (1) one person from the executive branch, appointed by the governor; 13 (2) the director of the legislative finance division, or the director's 14 designee; 15 (3) one person from the staff of the senate, appointed by the president 16 of the senate; and 17 (4) one person from the staff of the house of representatives, appointed 18 by the speaker of the house of representatives. 19 (c) After the appointment of the principals, a special impact estimating 20 conference shall convene to adopt official information relating to the legislative 21 proposal. 22 (d) A principal of a special impact estimating conference may invite a person 23 to participate in the conference, and that person shall be designated as a participant. A 24 participant shall, at the request of a principal, before or during a meeting of the special 25 impact estimating conference, collect and supply data, perform analyses, or provide 26 other information needed by the conference. 27 (e) The director of the legislative finance division may convene whichever 28 type of conference under AS 37.07.034 is needed to reach a consensus on 29 supplemental information required for the analysis of the proposed legislation. 30 (f) The principals of a special impact estimating conference shall adopt by 31 consensus all official information of the conference.
01 (g) In this section, "official information" has the meaning given in 02 AS 37.07.034. 03 * Sec. 15. AS 37.07.040 is amended to read: 04 Sec. 37.07.040. Office of management and budget. The Alaska office of 05 management and budget shall 06 (1) assist the governor in meeting the requirements of AS 37.07.020, 07 including the coordination and analysis of state agency goals and objectives, plans, 08 and budget requests; 09 (2) prepare for submission to the legislature by December 15 each 10 year a five-year capital improvements program; the five-year capital 11 improvements program must include the estimated cost of construction and 12 maintenance, the estimated project timeline, potential funding sources, and 13 justification for each project; the Alaska office of management and budget shall 14 update the five-year capital improvements program annually [GOVERNOR AN 15 ANNUALLY UPDATED SIX-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM 16 AND THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET FOR THE 17 COMING FISCAL YEAR, THE LATTER TO INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT 18 JUSTIFICATION WITH DOCUMENTATION OF ESTIMATED PROJECT COST]; 19 (3) develop procedures to produce the information needed for effective 20 policy decision making, including procedures to provide for the dissemination of 21 information about plans, programs, and budget requests to be included in the annual 22 budget and opportunity for public review and comment during the period of budget 23 preparation; 24 (4) assist state agencies in their statement of goals and objectives to 25 achieve, among other things, the legislature's service, program, and financial goals 26 [MISSION] and desired results, preparation of plans, assessments of the extent to 27 which goals [MISSIONS] and desired results have been achieved, budget requests, 28 and reporting of program performance; all documents forwarded by the office to a 29 state agency containing instructions for the preparation of program plans and budget 30 requests and the reporting of program performance are public information after the 31 date they are forwarded;
01 (5) administer its responsibilities under the program execution 02 provisions of this chapter so that the policy decisions and budget determinations of the 03 governor and the legislature are implemented; 04 (6) provide the legislative finance division with the budget information 05 it may request; 06 (7) provide the legislative finance division with an advance copy of the 07 governor's electronic data for the current fiscal year management plan [BUDGET 08 WORKBOOKS] at least seven days before the legislature convenes in a regular 09 session; 10 (8) prepare the proposed capital improvements budget for the coming 11 fiscal year evaluating both state and local requests from the standpoint of need, equity, 12 and priorities of the jurisdiction; other factors, including [SUCH AS] project amounts, 13 population, local financial match, federal funds being used for local match, 14 municipality or unincorporated community acceptance of the facility, and all 15 associated costs of the facility, may be considered; 16 (9) for each department in the executive branch, report to the 17 legislature by the 45th day of each regular session the amount of money appropriated 18 to the department that is expected to lapse into the general fund at the end of the 19 current fiscal year; 20 (10) establish and administer a state agency program performance 21 management system involving planning, performance budgeting, performance 22 measurement, and program evaluation; the office shall ensure that information 23 generated under this system is useful for managing and improving the efficiency and 24 effectiveness of agency operations; 25 (11) by January 15, list each lease-purchase agreement entered into by 26 an agency during the immediately preceding fiscal year for the acquisition of 27 equipment or other personal property, together with a description of the property 28 acquired and financial details, including the purchase price, the term for payments, the 29 amount of each payment, and the amount of interest or financing charges paid; 30 (12) work with state agencies to develop a standardized methodology 31 to collect and store energy consumption and expense data.
01 * Sec. 16. AS 37.07.050(a) is amended to read: 02 (a) The agencies shall ensure [ASSURE] the development of a statewide 03 system of results-based government designed to increase efficiency and effectiveness 04 of state programs and services. Toward that end, each state agency shall, on a semi- 05 annual basis, report the [IDENTIFY RESULTS-BASED MEASURES THAT HAVE 06 BEEN USED TO WORK TOWARD] achievement of the service, program, and 07 financial goals [MISSION STATEMENT] and desired results issued by the 08 legislature and of other goals of the agency [, AND SET OUT THE RESULTS AS 09 MEASURED]. Each state agency shall also prepare information that shall be compiled 10 and submitted on December 15 each year to the office, the legislature, and the 11 legislative finance division; this information must 12 (1) identify the agency service, program, and financial goals 13 [MISSION] and desired results established by the legislature; 14 (2) identify the goals and objectives the agency will use to achieve the 15 legislature's service, program, and financial goals [MISSION] and desired results; 16 (3) set out the results of [ANY] user group surveys and, if the results 17 do not agree with the service, program, and financial goals [MISSION] and desired 18 results [, GOALS,] and objectives, explain why; 19 (4) include written, defined methods of measuring results that apply to 20 the responsibilities, products, and services of the agency; 21 (5) identify results-based measures that have been used to work toward 22 achievement of the service, program, and financial goals [MISSION 23 STATEMENT] and desired results issued by the legislature and other goals of the 24 agency and set out the results as measured; 25 (6) identify surveys or other methods of gathering user group opinions 26 that have been used by the agency to identify ways to improve its programs; 27 (7) identify methods of measuring performance when the service, 28 program, and financial goals [MISSION STATEMENT] and desired results issued 29 by the legislature involve more than one agency and make recommendations to 30 eliminate duplication of government functions and waste; 31 (8) identify ways in which the agency has involved its employees in
01 the development of methods of measuring results, including opportunities for 02 employee representatives to participate in committees established to develop methods 03 of measuring results; 04 (9) include the budget requested to carry out the agency's proposed 05 plans in the succeeding fiscal year, including information reflecting the expenditures 06 during the last fiscal year, the expenditures authorized for the current fiscal year, the 07 expenditures proposed for the succeeding fiscal year, an explanation of the services to 08 be provided, the number of total positions for all persons employed or under contract 09 by the agency for personal services, including those rendered for capital improvement 10 projects, the need for the services, the cost of the services, and other information 11 requested by the office; 12 (10) include a report of agency receipts during the last fiscal year, an 13 estimate of receipts during the current fiscal year, and an estimate of receipts for the 14 succeeding fiscal year; 15 (11) identify legislation required to implement the proposed programs 16 and financial plans; 17 (12) include an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of 18 specific alternatives to existing or proposed agency activities or administrative 19 methods; 20 (13) prioritize the activities of the agency from the most important to 21 the least important. 22 * Sec. 17. AS 37.07.060(a) is amended to read: 23 (a) The governor shall formulate the operating and capital budget, capital 24 improvements program, and fiscal plan required to be recommended to the legislature 25 by AS 37.07.020 after considering the state agency proposed program and financial 26 plans prepared in accordance with AS 37.07.050, and other programs and alternatives 27 that the governor considers appropriate. The plans must include the governor's 28 recommended service, program, and financial goals [MISSIONS] and results, 29 recommended strategies to implement the service, program, and financial goals 30 [MISSIONS] and results, recommended measures for determining whether the 31 service, program, and financial goals [MISSIONS] and desired results are achieved,
01 including an assessment of whether prior year service, program, and financial goals 02 [MISSIONS] and desired results have been achieved, recommended operating 03 program for the succeeding fiscal year, recommended capital improvements program 04 for the succeeding six fiscal years, recommended programs for the upgrading of public 05 buildings and facilities prepared in accordance with AS 35.10.015, and recommended 06 revenue measures to support the programs. 07 * Sec. 18. AS 37.07.080(a) is amended to read: 08 (a) Except as limited by executive decisions of the governor, the service, 09 program, and financial goals [MISSION STATEMENTS] and desired results issued 10 by the legislature, appropriations by the legislature, and other provisions of law, the 11 several state agencies have full authority for administering their program service 12 assignments and are responsible for their proper management. 13 * Sec. 19. AS 37.07.080(c) is amended to read: 14 (c) The office shall 15 (1) review each operations plan to determine that plan [IT] is 16 consistent with the executive decisions of the governor, the service, program, and 17 financial goals [MISSION STATEMENT] and desired results issued by the 18 legislature, appropriations by the legislature, and other provisions of law, that the plan 19 [IT] reflects proper planning and efficient management methods, and that 20 appropriations have been made for the legislatively established purpose and will not 21 be exhausted before the end of the fiscal year; 22 (2) approve the operations plan if satisfied that the plan [IT] meets the 23 requirements under (1) of this subsection; otherwise, the office shall require revision 24 of the operations plan in whole or in part. 25 * Sec. 20. Section 6 of this Act takes effect July 1, 2025. 26 * Sec. 21. Except as provided in sec. 20 of this Act, this Act takes effect July 1, 2024.