7B.070 Coordination by center of long-term planning -- Relationships with state
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agencies -- Use of center's findings and recommendations.
(1)The center shall serve as a mechanism for coordinating resources and groups to
focus on long-term planning;
(2)The center shall solicit input from the Legislative Research Commission, the
Governor's Office for Policy and Management, universities, the private sector and
the public, including local governments and area development districts;
(3)The Governor's Office for Policy and Management and the Legislative Research
Commission shall biennially submit to the center a list of issues solicited from the
program cabinets of the executive branch and co-chairs of interim legislative
committees, respectively. The center shall include these issues in its broad-based
efforts to determine priority study areas;
(4)A representative from the Governor's Office for Policy and Management and a
legislator appointed by the Legislative Research Commission shall be invited to
serve on each advisory committee;
(5)The board may enter into agreements with state agencies and institutions of higher
education to provide staff on a time-limited basis for specific research projects;
(6)The center shall:
(a)Ensure that if departments or agencies of state government have
responsibilities in an area of policy under study, they are encouraged to
comment on the potential effects of government policies on critical trends and
alternative futures;
(b)Consider the comments of the departments and agencies in performing its
duties under this chapter; and
(c)Include the official comments of the departments and agencies in any report
provided to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission.
(7)Findings and recommendations in the studies of the center shall be delivered to the
Governor and the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the appropriate
agency and interim committee. The head of the state agency or program to which
the report pertains and the co-chairs of the interim legislative committees with
jurisdiction shall give affirmative consideration to the report by a written response
to the center within sixty
(60)days, stating the action that shall be taken in response
to the report.
(a)As the branches propose drafts of uniform forms to be used by all budget units
pursuant to KRS 48.040(1), they shall provide for the affirmative
consideration of the trends set forth by the biennial trends report of the center;
(b)As the Legislative Research Commission prescribes the uniform forms,
records, and instructions to be used by branch budget units, it shall
incorporate a requirement that agencies explain how their budget priorities
address the trends and long-term policy implications set forth in the biennial
trends report of the center.