The Governor's Recommended Budget document summarizes those decisions. It gives data on all the state's revenues and expenditures. It also gives information on each agency's budget. The Department of Revenue puts together a Tax Expenditure Report that is published at the same time. The Governor presents the Recommended Budget to the Legislature when it meets at the start of the next year.
Legislative committees review the proposed budget.
They hold public hearings to hear from each agency and the public. Each budget bill has a Budget Report that presents the committee recommendations. The Legislature votes on each budget bill. The budget bills that are enacted into law make up the Legislatively Adopted Budget. Agencies carry out, or execute, the budget over the two-year budget period.