SB 777

Bill Subjects

Abstract

(1) The California Constitution requires the Governor to submit annually to the Legislature a budget itemizing state expenditures and estimating state revenues and requires the Legislature to pass the Budget Bill by midnight on June 15. This bill would require that the budget submitted by the Governor to the Legislature for the 2014–15 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter be developed pursuant to performance-based budgeting methods, as defined, for each state agency and court. (2) Under existing law, a state agency for which an appropriation is made is generally required to submit to the Department of Finance for approval a complete and detailed budget setting forth all proposed expenditures and estimated revenues for the ensuing fiscal year. The bill would require the budget of the state agency submitted to the department and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee to utilize a performance-based budgeting method, as defined. The bill also would establish a task force comprised of the Director of Finance, the Controller, a minority party member of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee to develop performance-based budgeting guidelines and procedures and a process for phasing in requirements of performance-based budgeting and to develop a training and education program for state agency personnel involved in the budget process.