§33. Agency budget request; time of submission; standing committees

A.(1) The head of each budget unit or the Board of Regents as provided by law, on a date specified by the commissioner of administration which date shall not be later than the fifteenth day of November in each year, shall submit its budget request to the governor on the forms and in the manner prescribed and accompanied by such other data as may be required, together with such additional information as the governor may request.

NOTE: Paragraph (2) eff. until one or more of the 20 depts. of the executive branch is abolished or if a const. amend. is adopted authorizing the creation of an additional dept. See Acts 2013, No. 384, §§4 and 9(B).

(2) Except as limited, restricted, or otherwise prohibited by the Constitution of Louisiana, simultaneously with budget units submitting their budget requests to the governor, the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the Louisiana Department of Health, the Department of Education, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Board of Regents, and in the office of the governor, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Offices of Lifelong Learning, Workforce Development, Elderly Affairs, and Women's Services shall submit a copy of their workforce budget requests to the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council, as created in R.S. 23:2042, for the commission's review, modification, and approval of funding to be incorporated into the executive budget.

NOTE: Paragraph (2) as amended by Acts 2013, No. 384, §§4, 9(B), eff. if one or more of the 20 depts. of the executive branch is abolished or if a const. amend. is adopted authorizing the creation of an additional dept.

(2) Except as limited, restricted, or otherwise prohibited by the Constitution of Louisiana, simultaneously with budget units submitting their budget requests to the governor, the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Elderly Affairs, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the Louisiana Department of Health, the Department of Education, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Board of Regents, and in the office of the governor, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Offices of Lifelong Learning, Workforce Development, and Women's Services shall submit a copy of their workforce budget requests to the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council, as created in R.S. 23:2042, for the commission's review, modification, and approval of funding to be incorporated into the executive budget.

(3) If any entity specified in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection refuses to submit its budget request to the commission based on a constitutional limitation, restriction, or prohibition, notice of that exception shall be submitted to the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council, together with an explanation of the specific constitutional provision.

(4) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, if any entity specified in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection fails to submit its budget request to the commission, it shall be considered delinquent as provided in Subsection B of this Section.

B. If any budget unit fails to submit its budget request as provided in Subsection A of this Section, the commissioner of administration shall prepare a budget statement for the delinquent budget unit and in no instance shall the budget recommended in such a budget statement prepared by the commissioner of administration and included in the executive budget exceed the amount of the appropriation of that budget unit for the current year.

Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1993, No. 533, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1997, No. 1, §4, eff. April 30, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1403, §2, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 49, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 1102, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 3, §1, eff. Nov. 18, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2013, No. 384, §§4, 9(B), eff. if one of the 20 depts. is abolished or an additional dept. is authorized by the electorate.