19-4-203. Authority of General Assembly.

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19-4-203. Authority of General Assembly.

19-4-203. Authority of General Assembly. The General Assembly and the Joint Budget Committee shall: (1) Consider the current programs and financial plan included in the budget requests and the proposed resources for financing recommended by the Governor or Governor-elect including proposed goals and policies, recommended budgets, revenue proposals, and long-range programs; (2) Adopt or recommend programs and alternatives to the financial plan recommended by the Governor or Governor-elect as it deems appropriate; (3) Adopt or recommend legislation to authorize implementation of a comprehensive program and financial plan; (4) Provide for a postaudit of financial transactions, program performance, and execution of legislative policy decisions; (5) Provide for hearings, if required, with the administrative head or any other persons having knowledge thereof of any state agency submitting a budget request, in order to make determinations and formulate recommendations; (6) If found necessary, visit and inspect any agency; and (7) Propose the form of appropriation bills and write or direct the writing thereof.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 19-4-203

Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.