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81-125. State budget; submission to Legislature by Governor; when; contents.The Governor shall on or before January 15 of each odd-numbered year present to the Legislature a complete budget for all the activities of the state receiving appropriations or requesting appropriations, except that the Governor during his or her first year in office shall present such budget to the Legislature on or before February 1. Such budget shall be a tentative work program for the coming biennium, shall contain a full and itemized report of the expenditures from appropriations made by the previous Legislature and the items which the Governor deems worthy of consideration for the coming biennium, for the respective departments, offices, and institutions, and for all other purposes, and shall contain the estimated revenue from taxation, the estimated revenue from sources other than taxation, an estimate of the amount required to be raised by taxation and the sales and income tax rates necessary to raise such amount, and recommendations as to deficiency funding requirements pursuant to section 81-126. The summary of the tax expenditure report prepared pursuant to the Tax Expenditure Reporting Act shall be included with or appended to the budget presented to the Legislature. The budget as transmitted to the Legislature shall show the estimated requirements for each activity of the state as prepared by the Department of Administrative Services and the final recommendation of the Governor. The budget shall comprise the complete report to the Legislature of all appropriations made for the current biennium and expenditures therefrom by all agencies receiving appropriations, and the report of expenditures contained in the budget shall be in lieu of all other biennial or other financial reports required by statute to the Legislature by expending agencies of appropriations and expenditures for their own activities except the biennial report of the State Treasurer and Director of Administrative Services. SourceLaws 1921, c. 210, § 1, p. 745; C.S.1922, § 7268; C.S.1929, § 81-301; R.S.1943, § 81-125; Laws 1967, c. 577, § 1, p. 1907; Laws 1978, LB 526, § 2; Laws 1983, LB 169, § 3; Laws 1986, LB 258, § 24; Laws 1991, LB 82, § 4. Cross ReferencesConstitutional provision:Budget bill, see Article IV, section 7, Constitution of Nebraska.Tax Expenditure Reporting Act, see section 77-379.