STATE BUDGET – Adds to existing law to provide for the Legislative Services Office to provide the joint-finance appropriations committee with a calculated reduction from the governor’s budget document.

This bill requires the Legislative Services Office to calculate and provide a reduction to the governor's budget document for certain state entities. The reduction applies to organizations with 50 or more full-time equivalent positions and covers employee benefits, health insurance, and compensation costs. The calculation uses a five-year average of actual personnel expenditures divided by originally appropriated personnel costs, or all available years if the entity is newer. The joint finance-appropriations committee must include these calculated reductions in each entity's appropriation bill, and the changes apply to all fund types.