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AJC.com > Legislature > Blog > Archives > 2009 > January > 29 > Entry
DEL.ICIO.USSenate passes its first bill
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Senate voted unanimously Thursday for legislation that will force state agencies to periodically go through much more stringent review of their budgets to justify what they are spending.
The so-called “zero-based budgeting” measure, sponsored by Sen. David Shafer (R-Duluth), has passed the Senate in the past but never made it through both chambers to become law.
It essentially requires one-quarter to one-third of all state programs to go through more thorough review and, among other things, it makes agency officials come up with alternative levels of funding for those programs. It would also make agencies prioritize what they do.
Many state agencies are already being forced to prioritize their services as a way to determine what they can cut from their budgets. Gov. Sonny Perdue’s proposed budget calls for more than $2 billion in spending cuts.
The zero-based” bill was the first bill the Senate passed this year.
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By Jessica
January 29, 2009 4:35 PM | Link to this
You know the Governor wants to cut budgets, but has he thought about cutting the “Go Fish” project or the Horse Barn he wants to build in his home county.