Budget transmitted.

1. Not later than February 1 of each regular session of the general assembly, the governor shall transmit to the general assembly a document to be known as a budget, setting forth the governor’s financial program for the ensuing fiscal year and having the character and scope set forth in this subchapter . 2. If the governor is required to use a lesser amount in the budget process because of a later meeting of the state revenue estimating conference under section 8.22A, subsection 3 , the governor shall transmit recommendations for a budget in conformance with that requirement within fourteen days of the later meeting of the state revenue estimating conference. [SS15, §191-b; C24, 27, 31, §334; C35, §84-e14; C39, § 84.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §8.21 ] 86 Acts, ch 1245, §2015 ; 92 Acts, ch 1227, §1 ; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 2, §4, 13 ; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104 ; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §9 Referred to in §8.27 , 8.54 , 257.8