Sec 35-114. Continuous financial planning; submission of tentative budget report; appropriations estimate report

A. The governor shall have in continuous process of preparation and revision a tentative budget report for the next two ensuing years for biennial budget units and for the next fiscal year for annual budget units for which a budget report is required to be prepared. Upon receipt of the estimates of the several budget units the governor shall check the estimates with information available to the governor and shall make further inquiries and investigations and recommend changes in the tentative budget report the governor deems warranted.

B. The governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting in consultation with the joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and report to the governor and the legislature an estimate of appropriations subject to the limit imposed by article IX, section 17, Constitution of Arizona. The report shall be published by February 15 of each year for the preceding fiscal year, for the current fiscal year and for the ensuing fiscal year to reflect the budget recommendations of the governor.