Code Section

13308.  

(a) (1) At the time of the submission of the Governor’s Budget pursuant to Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution, within the first 10 days of each calendar year, or as soon thereafter as feasible, the Director of Finance shall submit to the Legislature total recommended state General Fund expenditures and estimated, including any proposed, state General Fund revenues that shall include the following:

(A) The five-year capital infrastructure plan required by Section 13102.

(B) An estimate of the total General Fund resources, including any proposed resources, available for the state General Fund expenditures recommended for the budget year and the three fiscal years following the budget year.

(C) A projection of anticipated state General Fund expenditures recommended for the budget year and, for the three fiscal years following the budget year, the changes in those expenditure amounts that would likely result from changes in population, caseload, and similar factors.

(2) To the extent possible, the total resources and expenditures provided pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by the projections applicable to the budget year from the previous four enacted Budget Act projections.

(3) The information provided pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1) shall be updated as soon as feasible after both the submission pursuant to subdivision (e) of this section and upon enactment of the Budget Act.

(b) The Director of Finance shall provide to the Legislature, on or before February 1 of each year, all proposed statutory changes, as prepared by the Legislative Counsel, that are necessary to implement the Governor’s Budget, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 13337.

(c) The Director of Finance shall provide to the Legislature, on or before April 1 of each year, all proposed adjustments to the Governor’s Budget except as specified by subdivisions (d) and (e).

(d) The Director of Finance shall provide to the Legislature, on or before May 1 of each year, all proposed adjustments to the Governor’s Budget in appropriations for capital outlay.

(e) The Director of Finance shall provide to the Legislature, on or before May 14 of each year, all of the following:

(1) An estimate of General Fund revenues for the current fiscal year and for the ensuing fiscal year.

(2) Any proposals to reduce expenditures to reflect updated revenue estimates.

(3) All proposed adjustments to the Governor’s Budget that are necessary to reflect updated estimates of state funding required pursuant to Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, or to reflect caseload enrollment or population changes.

(f) The Director of Finance may authorize suspension for the current fiscal year of any provision of this section not sooner than 30 days after notification in writing of the necessity therefor to the chairperson of the committee in each house that considers the State Budget and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.