HB199 Summary

• Amends the Budget Management Act of 1976 to establish biennial budgeting for Alabama, replacing annual budgets with two-year budget cycles beginning in 2017.

• Requires the Governor to submit a four-year strategic plan and two-year executive budget to the Legislature seven days before each fiscal legislative session, with the Legislature holding separate fiscal sessions in even and odd calendar years to address executive/judicial and education appropriations alternately.

• Establishes annual fiscal accounting and performance review requirements for state agencies, departments, boards, bureaus, the Legislature, and institutions, with agencies submitting annual operating plans and performance reports to the Department of Finance.

• Increases criminal penalties for presenting false budget or fiscal information to the Legislature from $1,000 to $10,000 in fines and maintains imprisonment of up to one year; second convictions result in permanent ineligibility for state employment.

• Effectiveness is contingent upon passage and voter approval of a companion constitutional amendment authorizing biennial budgeting sessions.