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Legislative Budget Assistant briefs Senate Finance Committee on timeline, workload and fiscal-note process
Summary
Michael Keane, legislative budget assistant, outlined the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant's staffing, responsibilities and the budget and fiscal-note timelines, including statutory deadlines and current workload estimates.
For the record, my name is Michael Keane. I'm the legislative budget assistant, for the office of legislative budget assistant, Michael Keane told the Senate Finance Committee at the start of the meeting.
Keane outlined what the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant (LBA) does, why the office produces the 92‑page briefing document given to the Legislature and what to expect this budget season. The briefing matters because it sets deadlines the governor and the two chambers must meet, explains the volume of fiscal work LBA performs and flags audit and reporting delays that could affect committee schedules.
The LBA provides two divisions: a seven‑person budget division and an audit division that generally has 22–24 employees, Keane…
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