§37-71 The budget. (a) Not fewer than thirty days before the legislature convenes in every odd-numbered year, the governor shall submit to the legislature and to each member thereof a budget that shall contain the program and budget recommendations of the governor for the succeeding two fiscal years. The budget, in general, shall contain:
(b) The information contained in the budget shall be presented generally in the following manner:
(c) The display of financial requirements for the ensuing two fiscal years shall more specifically include:
(d) The summaries of the state receipts and revenues shall more specifically include:
(e) The proposed budget shall include:
As used in this subsection, "education programs" include instructional, personnel, transportation, facilities, facilities repair and maintenance, and other programs deemed appropriate by the department of education.
(f) The proposed budget shall contain an item to be known as the "contingent fund", which sum, upon approval by the legislature, shall be available for allocation by the governor during the ensuing fiscal biennium to meet contingencies as they arise.
(g) If it is deemed more practical, the six-year program and financial plan and the budget may be combined into a single document containing all the information required for each separate document. [L 1970, c 185, §10; ren and am L 1972, c 72, pt of §§3, 6; am L 1974, c 219, §5; am L 1980, c 64, §1; am L Sp 1981 1st, c 3, §4; am L 1991, c 125, §3; am L 1993, c 364, §5; am L 1996, c 119, §5; am L 2015, c 146, §4 and c 160, §6]