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DELEGATE MANDEL: I would.
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THE CHAIRMAN: But to fifteen days?
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DELEGATE MANDEL: Yes.
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MR. ENEY: Is there any reason why you
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couldn1 t say the budget has to be passed in 30 days or
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45 days or some relative short time?
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DELEGATE MANDEL: You haven't got time to
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look at it. We're dealing with an executive budget,
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the Governor's budget. The first look the legislature
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gets at that budget is the day it is presented to it.
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That is the only time the legislature gets a look at
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the Governor's budget. This is the Governor's budget,
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not the legislature's. So, we have no part in the
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makeup of the budget. The first look we get at it is
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from the Governor when the legislature goes into session.
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So, I think you have to have a sufficient
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period of time for the legislature to take a look at
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the budget.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Let's get some comments from
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the other members of the State Legislature. Mr. Kircher?
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DELEGATE KIRCHER: Dr. Bard, I wonder why it
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