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48.300 Adoption of branch budget bills -- Separate branch budget bill required for Transportation Cabinet -- Enactment of biennial highway construction plan -- Budget memorandum.

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48.300 Adoption of branch budget bills -- Separate branch budget bill required for Transportation Cabinet -- Enactment of biennial highway construction plan -- <br>Budget memorandum. (1) (a) The financial plan for each fiscal year as presented in the branch budget recommendation shall be adopted, with any modifications made by the <br>General Assembly, by the passage of a branch budget bill for each branch of <br>government, and any revenue and other acts as necessary. (b) With regard to the Transportation Cabinet, the General Assembly shall: 1. Enact, as a separate bill, a branch budget for the Transportation Cabinet; 2. Enact, as a separate bill, the biennial highway construction plan, as <br>amended by the General Assembly, including identification of projects <br>from the last four (4) years of the six (6) year road plan that may be <br>moved forward, and the conditions and requirements under which the <br>identified projects may be moved forward; and 3. Adopt the last four (4) years of the six (6) year road plan, as amended by <br>the General Assembly, as a joint resolution. (2) Prior to the passage of a branch budget bill and any other acts necessary, the appropriations committees of the General Assembly shall prepare a budget <br>memorandum for each branch of government. The budget memorandum shall <br>enumerate the changes made by the appropriations committees to a branch budget <br>recommendation, and shall explain such changes in detail sufficient to convey the <br>intent of the appropriations committees. (3) In administering the provisions of a branch budget bill, a branch head shall interpret provisions of the branch budget bill in conformity with the budget memorandum. Effective: June 25, 2009 <br>History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 10, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 5, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 507, sec. 13, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 410, sec. 4, <br>effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 450, sec. 21, effective July 1, <br>1983.