1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; specifying the development of budget 
1.3 	recommendations and requiring state agencies to provide information;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.885, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.885, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 10.Budget development. The commission or appropriate committee of 
1.9 	the house of representatives or senate may develop budget recommendations to present 
1.10 	to the legislature. If the commission or committees proceed with the development of 
1.11 	budget recommendations, state agencies must provide information to the commission or 
1.12 	committees as requested by the commission to develop those recommendations. That 
1.13 	information includes the base budget, information on how the base budget is determined 
1.14 	and how it is allocated, recommendations from agency staff for changes in the base level 
1.15 	appropriations to improve agency operations and efficiency or to improve or increase 
1.16 	efficiency of programs operated by the agency, and responses to proposals for reductions 
1.17 	in agency budgets.