Missouri Laws 23.271 – Program reports, content — portions of report to be submitted to state auditor
1. In its report on a program, the committee shall:
(1) Make recommendations on the sunset, continuation, or reorganization of each affected program and on the need for the performance of the functions of the program;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 23.271
- agency: includes each department and office within the executive branch of government and each identifiable unit thereof, including institutions of higher learning, and each identifiable unit of the legislative and judicial branches of government. See Missouri Laws 23.160
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) Make recommendations on the consolidation, transfer, or reorganization of programs within state agencies not under review when the programs duplicate functions performed in programs under review;
(3) Recommend appropriation levels for each program for which sunset or reorganization is recommended pursuant to subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection; and
(4) Include drafts of legislation necessary to carry out the committee’s recommendations pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection.
2. On the date the committee presents its report to the general assembly pursuant to section 23.265, the committee shall present to the state auditor the committee’s recommendations that do not require a statutory change to be put into effect. The state auditor shall examine the recommendations and shall prepare, as part of the next scheduled audit of the program, a report on the manner in which the agency has implemented the recommendations.