1. 1. Not later than February 1 of each regular session of the general assembly, the governor shall transmit to the general assembly a document to be known as a budget, setting forth the governor’s financial program for the ensuing fiscal year and having the character and scope set forth in this subchapter.
2. 2. If the governor is required to use a lesser amount in the budget process because of a later meeting of the state revenue estimating conference under section 8.22A, subsection 3, the governor shall transmit recommendations for a budget in conformance with that requirement within fourteen days of the later meeting of the state revenue estimating conference.

[SS15, §191-b; C24, 27, 31, §334; C35, §84-e14; C39, §84.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §8.21] 86 Acts, ch 1245, §2015; 92 Acts, ch 1227, §1; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 2, §4, 13; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §9

Referred to in §8.27, 8.54, 257.8