5-12-302. Fiscal analyst's duties. The legislative fiscal analyst shall:
     (1) provide for fiscal analysis of state government and accumulate, compile, analyze, and furnish information bearing upon the financial matters of the state that is relevant to issues of policy and questions of statewide importance, including but not limited to investigation and study of the possibilities of effecting economy and efficiency in state government;
     (2) estimate revenue from existing and proposed taxes;
     (3) analyze the executive budget and budget requests of selected state agencies and institutions, including proposals for the construction of capital improvements;
     (4) for the legislative session convening in January 1997, following receipt of the information required in 17-7-122 from the governor and in 17-7-123 from the budget director in a mutually prescribed format, publish the governor's budget and incorporate the information required by 17-7-123 in a combined governor's budget and legislative fiscal analyst's budget analysis presentation. The combined budget and budget analysis presentation must be made available to the legislature prior to the convening date set for a regular session of the legislature. The cost of printing the combined budget and budget analysis presentation must be shared proportionally by the office of budget and program planning and the legislative finance division. This section does not prohibit the legislative fiscal analyst from including any analysis and comments on any portion of the executive budget in the combined budget and budget analysis presentation.
     (5) make the reports and recommendations that the legislative fiscal analyst considers desirable to the legislature and make reports and recommendations as requested by the legislative finance committee and the legislature;
     (6) assist committees of the legislature and individual legislators in compiling and analyzing financial information; and
     (7) assist the revenue oversight committee in performing its revenue estimating duties under 5-18-107(5).

     History: En. 43-1114 by Sec. 6, Ch. 448, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 43-1114; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 608, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 545, L. 1995.