Alaska Statutes: AS 37.07.020. Responsibilities of the Governor.

Alaska Statutes. Title 37. Public Finance Chapter 7. Executive Budget Act Section 20. Responsibilities of the Governor.

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AS 37.07.020. Responsibilities of the Governor.

(a) The governor shall prepare a budget for the succeeding fiscal year that must cover all estimated receipts, including all grants, loans, and money received from the federal government and all proposed expenditures of the state government. The budget shall be organized so that the proposed expenditures for each agency are presented separately. The budget must be accompanied by the information required under AS 37.07.050 and by the following separate bills: (1) an appropriation bill authorizing the operating and capital expenditures of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program under AS 37.14.003(a); (2) an appropriation bill authorizing state operating expenditures other than those included in the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; (3) an appropriation bill authorizing capital expenditures other than those included in the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and (4) a bill or bills covering recommendations, if any, in the budget for new or additional revenue. The budget for the succeeding fiscal year and each of the bills shall become public information on December 15 at which time the governor shall submit copies to the legislature and make copies available to the public. The bills, identical in content to the copies released on December 15, shall be delivered to the rules committee of each house before the fourth legislative day of the next regular session for introduction.
(b) In addition to the budget and bills submitted under (a) of this section, the governor shall submit a capital improvements program and financial plan covering the succeeding six fiscal years.
(c) Proposed expenditures may not exceed estimated revenue for the succeeding fiscal year. The expenditures proposed in the six-year capital improvements program and financial plan may not exceed the estimated revenue and bond authorizations passed and proposed.
(d) [Repealed, Sec. 35 ch 126 SLA 1994].
(e) The budget prepared under (a) of this section must present the proposed operating expenditures for each agency for annual facility operations, annual maintenance and repair, and periodic renewal and replacement for components of public buildings and facilities separately from the other proposed operating expenditures by the agency. Proposed annual appropriations for an agency's facility operations, maintenance and repair, and renewal and replacement for components of public buildings and facilities contained in an appropriation bill prepared under (a) of this section must be presented separately from appropriations for other proposed operating expenditures by the agency.

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