Budget Cycle

Legislative Budget Procedures: Budget Framework

Legislative Budget Procedures Executive Summary

Budget Cycle

State or other Jurisdiction	Annual Budget	Biennial Enactment of Two Annual Budgets	Biennial Enactment of a True Biennial Budget	Current Biennium Start and End Dates	Legal Authority for Budgeting Period	Fiscal Year Begins
Alabama	x	---	---		C,S*	October
Alaska	x	---	---		S	July
Arizona	x *	---	---	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	S	July
Arkansas	---	x	---	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	C,S	July
California	x	---	---		C	July
Colorado	x	---	---		S	July
Connecticut	---	x	---	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	S	July
Delaware	x	---	---		C	July
Florida	x	---	---		C	July
Georgia	x	---	---		S	July
Hawaii	---	x	---	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	C	July
Idaho	x	---	---		S	July
Illinois	x	---	---		C	July
Indiana	---	---	x	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	C	July
Iowa	x	---	---		S	July
Kansas	x *	---	---		S	July
Kentucky	---	x	---	July 1, 2006- June 30, 2008	C	July
Louisiana	x	---	---		C	July
Maine	---	x	---	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	S	July
Maryland	x	---	---		C	July
Massachusetts	x	---	---		C	July
Michigan	x	---	---		S	October
Minnesota	---	---	x	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	C,S	July
Mississippi	x	---	---		C	July
Missouri	x *	---	---		C	July
Montana	---	x	---	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	S	July
Nebraska	---	x	---	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	S	July
Nevada	---	x	---	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	C	July
New Hampshire	---	---	x	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	S	July
New Jersey	x	---	---		C	July
New Mexico	x	---	---		S	July
New York	x	---	---		C,S	April
North Carolina	---	---	x	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	S	July
North Dakota	---		x	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	S	July
Ohio	---	x	---	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	S	July
Oklahoma	x	---	---		S	July
Oregon	---	---	x	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	S	July
Pennsylvania	x	---	---		C	July
Rhode Island	x	---	---		C	July
South Carolina	x	---	---		C,S	July
South Dakota	x	---	---		S	July
Tennessee	x	---	---		S	July
Texas	---	---	x	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	C	September
Utah	x	---	---		C,S	July
Vermont	x	---	---		S	July
Virginia	---	x *	---	July 1, 2006- June 30, 2008	S	July
Washington	---	---	x	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	C,S	July
West Virginia	x	---	---		S	July
Wisconsin	---	x	---	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009	S	July
Wyoming	---	---	x	July 1, 2006- June 30, 2008	S	July
American Samoa (N/R)	---	---	---		-	-
District of Columbia (N/R)	---	---	---		-	-
Guam	x	---	---		S	July
Northern Mariana Islands	x	---	---		S	July
Puerto Rico	x	---	---		C	July
Total: States	30	11	9		---	---
Total: States and Territories	33	11	9		---	---

Key:

C = Constitutional
S = Statutory
--- = Not applicable
N/R = No Response

*Notes:

Alabama--Amendment 339 of the constitution provides for annual sessions of the Legislature. Statute provides that the governor submit a proposed budget at each regular session of the Legislature. Thus, Alabama operates on an annual budget.

Arizona--Beginning in FY 2000, the state will move to the biennial enactment of two annual budgets. Currently, the state uses an annual budget for the major budget units and a true biennial budget for the remainder.

Kansas--The Legislature enacts an annual budget; however, 20 small fee boards (regulatory agencies) are budgeted biennially through two annual budgets.

Missouri--The operating budget is annual, and the capital budget is biennial.

Virginia--The budget is adopted for a biennium, but is routinely amended during the session when the budget is being executed. For example, the biennial budget enacted in the 1998 session for 1998-2000 will be amended during the 1999 session, and might be amended again during the 2000 session to affect the remaining few months of the biennium.

Posted March 1999, current biennium dates added July 2007.
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