BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

3009

No. 61*

(House Joint Resolution 107)

A House Joint Resolution concerning

Alternative Level Budget Submissions

FOR the purpose of requesting the Acting Governor to submit
with the FY 1980 budget bill a detailed list from each
agency of the programs, positions, and costs which it
would elect to cut or increase if its budget were
reduced by 5 percent or increased by 5 percent;
requesting that this list be accompanied by a plan for
retention of any State employees affected by proposed
program eliminations; and placing certain conditions on
transfers and retentions under any proposed
eliminations; requesting that the Acting Governor
submit with the budget bill a statistical summary of
certain programs; and requesting that this information
be coordinated with the Executive Plans of the
agencies.

WHEREAS, All state agencies participated in the
alternative-level budgeting in 1977 pursuant to House Joint
Resolution 119,

WHEREAS, Many agencies responded to the requirement for
proposing budget reductions by simply listing the items in
their budgets which represented increases over the previous
year's budget, or agency—wide reductions which were potently
infeasible, or made other proposals which did not indicate a
serious effort to identify lowest and highest priorities
from a managerial and policy-making perspective, but

WHEREAS, Some agencies made thoughtful, well-structured
recommendations which were in fact implemented during the
budget process; and

WHEREAS, The need for critical examination by the
Executive and the General Assembly of existing state
programs continues, and indeed is growing,

RESOLVED, That the Acting Governor is requested to
submit to the General Assembly as part of each Executive
Plan, but not later than July 1, 1978, a detailed list, with
detailed justification and impact analysis, from each
agency, of the programs and positions which it would elect
to eliminate, reduce, increase, or add if its budget were:

(1) Reduced in operating administrative and
formula-funded components by approximately 5 percent of the