On or before the first day of November, annually, the department shall transmit to the Governor, on official blanks to be furnished by him, an estimate, in itemized form, showing the amount of expenditure requirements for the ensuing fiscal year. The estimates submitted shall state, in addition to the requirements of existing law, the following information:

1. (1) The number and acreage of districts in existence or in process of organization, together with an estimate of the number and probable acreages of the districts which may be organized during the ensuing fiscal year;
2. (2) A statement of the balance of funds, if any, available to the department and to the districts; and

3. (3) The estimates of the department as to the sums needed for its administrative and other expenses and for allocation among the several districts during the ensuing fiscal year.

   The department may require the commissioners of the respective soil and water conservation districts to submit to it such statements, estimates, budgets and other information as it may deem necessary for the purposes of this section.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-69; 1952 Code Section 63-69; 1945 (44) 379; 1965 (54) 106; 1970 (56) 2331; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1186.