Existing law prescribes the contents of the proposed budget of the Executive Department of State Government. (NRS 353.205) Existing law requires each proposed budget to include: (1) an identification of each long-term performance goal of the Executive Department for core governmental functions and other governmental services; (2) an identification of each intermediate objective for the next 2 fiscal years toward achieving those goals; and (3) an explanation of the means by which the proposed budget will provide adequate funding for those functions and services so that those intermediate objectives will be met and progress will be made towards achieving those goals. (NRS 353.205) The proposed budget must also include a mission statement articulating the intermediate objectives and long-term performance goals each department, institution or other agency of the Executive Department is tasked with achieving and the measurement indicators that will be used to determine whether the department, institution or other agency is successful in achieving those objectives and goals. (NRS 353.205) Section 1 of this bill eliminates the requirement for each proposed budget to include: (1) an explanation of the means by which the proposed budget will provide adequate funding for core government functions and other governmental services such that the intermediate objectives will be met and progress will be made toward achieving the long-term performance goals for such functions and services; and (2) the mission statement articulating the intermediate objectives and long-term performance goals of each department, institution or other agency and the measurement indicators for measuring the success of each department, institution or other agency in achieving those objectives and goals. Section 1 eliminates the requirement for the Budget Division of the Office of Finance in the Office of the Governor to post on its Internet website, as soon as practicable after the Governor transmits the proposed budget to the Legislature: (1) the information required to be included in the proposed budget regarding the identification of the long-term performance goals of the Executive Department for core governmental functions and other governmental services and the intermediate objectives toward achieving those goals for the next 2 fiscal years; and (2) certain additional information which section 1 eliminates from inclusion in the proposed budget. Existing law requires the Chief of the Division to require the Office of Economic Development and the Office of Energy to each periodically conduct an analysis of the costs and benefits of each incentive for economic development previously approved by the respective office and in effect during the immediately preceding 2 fiscal years and to report the result of the analysis to the Chief. (NRS 353.207) Existing law requires the result of each such analysis to be included in the proposed budget for the Executive Department. (NRS 353.205) Section 2 of this bill maintains the requirement to conduct and report this analysis but eliminates the requirement for the Chief to establish a schedule for performing and reporting the results of the analyses to ensure that the results of the analyses are included in the proposed budget. On or before September 1 of each even-numbered year, existing law requires the departments, institutions and other agencies of the Executive Department to submit to the Chief estimates of the expenditure requirements of the department, institution or agency for the next 2 fiscal years, together with all anticipated income from fees and other sources. (NRS 353.210) Section 3 of this bill makes a conforming change by removing the requirement for these estimates to include a mission statement and measurement indicators in adequate detail to comply with certain provisions regarding the contents of the proposed budget removed by section 1.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 353.205, 353.207, 353.210
BDR: 353.205, 353.207, 353.210