SC S658

Legislative Description

Create A Division Within The Legislative Audit Council To Conduct Evaluations Of Programs Of Certain State Agencies And Departments To Determine If These Programs Have Outlived Their Usefulness Or Must Be Changed To Address The Priorities And Needs Of The Citizens They Affect, Provide For A Procedure For The Initiation Of A Review And For Disposition Of Its Findings After A Review Has Been Completed, Require The Governor In The Preparation Of The Annual Recommended State Budget To Apply "zero-base" Budgeting Principles, And Require The House Ways And Means Committee And The Senate Finance Committee In The Consideration Of The Annual General Appropriations Bill And Bills Or Joint Resolutions Making Supplemental Appropriations To Apply "zero-base" Budgeting Principles.

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