CSSB 76(RLS): "An Act relating to results-based government and the state budget; relating to state agency program and financial plans; relating to the withholding or reduction of appropriations to a state agency; and relating to state agency performance and other reports."
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 76(RLS) 01 "An Act relating to results-based government and the state budget; relating to 02 state agency program and financial plans; relating to the withholding or reduction 03 of appropriations to a state agency; and relating to state agency performance and 04 other reports." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 37.07 is amended by adding new sections to read: 07 Sec. 37.07.014. Responsibilities of the legislature. (a) To carry out its 08 legislative power under art. II, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, and to 09 promote results-based government, the legislature shall issue a mission statement for 10 each agency and the desired results the agency should achieve. The legislature may 11 issue a separate mission statement for a subunit of an agency. A mission statement 12 and desired results should represent the priorities of the majority of state residents and 13 should promote the efficient, measured use of the state's resources. A mission 14 statement and desired results constitute policy under which an agency shall operate,
01 and, where appropriate, the mission statement may be implemented by statute. 02 (b) The legislature shall provide for a budget review function that promotes 03 results-based government. The legislature shall adopt a method of measuring results 04 for each agency, and measurements shall be reported quarterly by each agency to the 05 legislature. The reports shall be used by the legislature to evaluate whether the 06 mission and desired results for that agency or subunit of the agency are being 07 achieved. 08 (c) The legislature shall analyze the comprehensive operating and capital 09 improvements programs and financial plans recommended by the governor. 10 (d) To foster results-based government, to carry out the mission statements, 11 and to obtain desired results, the legislature shall authorize the comprehensive 12 operating and capital improvements programs and financial plans. The legislature shall 13 allocate the state's resources for effective and efficient delivery of public services by 14 (1) clearly identifying desired results; 15 (2) setting priorities; 16 (3) assigning accountability; and 17 (4) using methods for measuring, reporting, and evaluating results. 18 (e) The legislature shall 19 (1) provide for a post-audit function to cover financial transactions, 20 program accomplishment, and compliance with legislative intent; 21 (2) adopt or revise the estimate of receipts required to balance the 22 succeeding fiscal year's budget in order that proposed expenditures do not exceed 23 estimated receipts for that fiscal year; 24 (3) adopt, revise, or initiate revenue measures in order to balance the 25 succeeding fiscal year's budget and the capital improvements section of the budget for 26 the succeeding six years. 27 (f) To help fulfill the legislature's responsibilities under this section and 28 achieve results-based government, each agency shall 29 (1) allocate resources to achieve the mission and desired results 30 established by the legislature; 31 (2) express desired results established by the legislature and other
01 program results in measurable terms; 02 (3) measure progress towards mission statements and desired results 03 established by the legislature and other results; 04 (4) promote activities consistent with mission statements and desired 05 results established by the legislature that reduce or avoid future costs; 06 (5) plan for the short-term and the long-term using consistent 07 assumptions for major demographic and other trends; and 08 (6) require accountability at all levels for meeting program mission 09 statements and desired results established by the legislature. 10 Sec. 37.07.016. Governor's primary duty. To carry out the executive power 11 under art. III, sec. 1 and sec. 16, Constitution of the State of Alaska, the governor shall 12 use the mission statements and desired results issued by the legislature as the guide to 13 implement and execute the law. The governor shall assure that each agency complies 14 with the mission statement and achieves the desired results identified by the legislature. 15 * Sec. 2. AS 37.07.020(a) is amended to read: 16 (a) The governor shall prepare a budget for the succeeding fiscal year that 17 must cover all estimated receipts, including all grants, loans, and money received from 18 the federal government and all proposed expenditures of the state government. The 19 budget shall be organized so that the proposed expenditures for each agency are 20 presented separately. The budget must be accompanied by the information required 21 under AS 37.07.050 and by the following separate bills: (1) an appropriation bill 22 authorizing the operating and capital expenditures of the state's integrated 23 comprehensive mental health program under AS 37.14.003(a); (2) an appropriation bill 24 authorizing state operating expenditures other than those included in the state's 25 integrated comprehensive mental health program; (3) an appropriation bill authorizing 26 capital expenditures other than those included in the state's integrated comprehensive 27 mental health program; and (4) a bill or bills covering recommendations, if any, in the 28 budget for new or additional revenue. The budget for the succeeding fiscal year and 29 each of the bills shall become public information on December 15 at which time the 30 governor shall submit copies to the legislature and make copies available to the public. 31 The bills, identical in content to the copies released on December 15, shall be
01 delivered to the rules committee of each house before the fourth legislative day of the 02 next regular session for introduction. 03 * Sec. 3. AS 37.07.040(4) is amended to read: 04 (4) assist state agencies in their statement of goals and objectives to 05 achieve, among other things, the legislature's mission and desired results , 06 preparation of plans, assessments of the extent to which missions and desired 07 results have been achieved, budget requests, and reporting of program performance; 08 all documents forwarded by the office to a state agency containing instructions for the 09 preparation of program plans and budget requests and the reporting of program 10 performance are public information after the date they are forwarded; 11 * Sec. 4. AS 37.07.050(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 12 (a) The agencies shall assure the development of a statewide system of results- 13 based government designed to increase efficiency and effectiveness of state programs and 14 services. Toward that end, each state agency shall, on a quarterly basis, identify results-based 15 measures that have been used to work toward achievement of the mission statement and 16 desired results issued by the legislature and of other goals of the agency, and set out the 17 results as measured. Each state agency shall also prepare information that shall be compiled 18 and submitted on December 15 each year to the office, the legislature, and the legislative 19 finance division. The information must 20 (1) identify the agency mission and desired results established by the 21 legislature; 22 (2) identify the goals and objectives the agency will use to achieve the 23 legislature's mission and desired results; 24 (3) set out the results of any user group surveys and, if the results do 25 not agree with the mission and desired results, goals, and objectives, explain why; 26 (4) include written, defined methods of measuring results that apply to 27 the responsibilities, products, and services of the agency; 28 (5) identify results-based measures that have been used to work toward 29 achievement of the mission statement and desired results issued by the legislature and 30 other goals of the agency, and set out the results as measured; 31 (6) identify surveys or other methods of gathering user group opinions
01 that have been used by the agency to identify ways to improve its programs; 02 (7) identify methods of measuring performance when the mission 03 statement and desired results issued by the legislature involves more than one agency 04 and make recommendations to eliminate duplication of government functions and 05 waste; 06 (8) identify ways in which the agency has involved its employees in 07 the development of methods of measuring results, including opportunities for employee 08 representatives to participate in committees established to develop methods of 09 measuring results; 10 (9) include the budget requested to carry out the agency's proposed 11 plans in the succeeding fiscal year, including information reflecting the expenditures 12 during the last fiscal year, the expenditures authorized for the current fiscal year, the 13 expenditures proposed for the succeeding fiscal year, an explanation of the services to 14 be provided, the number of total positions for all persons employed or under contract 15 by the agency for personal services including those rendered for capital improvement 16 projects, the need for the services, the cost of the services, and other information 17 requested by the office; 18 (10) include a report of agency receipts during the last fiscal year, an 19 estimate of receipts during the current fiscal year, and an estimate of receipts for the 20 succeeding fiscal year; 21 (11) identify legislation required to implement the proposed programs 22 and financial plans; 23 (12) include an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of 24 specific alternatives to existing or proposed agency activities or administrative 25 methods. 26 * Sec. 5. AS 37.07.050 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 27 (h) Each agency shall, with participation of its employees, develop methods 28 for measuring agency results. A group or committee established by an agency to 29 develop methods of measuring results shall include a representative of each of the 30 bargaining units that represents employees of the agency. 31 * Sec. 6. AS 37.07.060(a) is amended to read:
01 (a) The governor shall formulate the operating and capital improvements 02 programs and financial plans required to be recommended to the legislature by 03 AS 37.07.020 after considering the state agency proposed program and financial plans, 04 and other programs and alternatives that the governor considers appropriate. The plans 05 must include the governor's recommended missions [GOALS] and results 06 [POLICIES], recommended strategies [PLANS] to implement the missions [GOALS] 07 and results, recommended measures for determining whether the missions and 08 desired results are achieved, including an assessment of whether prior year 09 missions and desired results have been achieved [POLICIES], recommended 10 operating program for the succeeding fiscal year, recommended capital improvements 11 program for the succeeding six fiscal years, recommended programs for the upgrading 12 of public buildings and facilities prepared in accordance with AS 35.10.015, and 13 recommended revenue measures to support the programs. 14 * Sec. 7. AS 37.07.080(a) is amended to read: 15 (a) Except as limited by executive [POLICY] decisions of the governor, the 16 mission statements and desired results issued by the legislature, appropriations by 17 the legislature, and other provisions of law, the several state agencies have full 18 authority for administering their program service assignments and are responsible for 19 their proper management. 20 * Sec. 8. AS 37.07.080(c) is amended to read: 21 (c) The office shall 22 (1) review each operations plan to determine that it is consistent with 23 the executive [POLICY] decisions of the governor , the mission statement and 24 desired results issued by the legislature, [AND] appropriations by the legislature, 25 and other provisions of law, that it reflects proper planning and efficient management 26 methods, and that appropriations have been made for the legislatively established 27 [PLANNED] purpose and will not be exhausted before the end of the fiscal year; 28 (2) approve the operations plan if satisfied that it meets the 29 requirements under (1) of this subsection; otherwise, the office shall require revision 30 of the operations plan in whole or in part. 31 * Sec. 9. AS 37.07.030, 37.07.080(g)(2), and 37.07.090 are repealed.