Presenting the budget in these volumes allows users to select the level of information that meets their needs. Volume I, the Adopted Budget Summary, provides summary level information. Volume II, the Adopted Budget Operating Detail, provides detailed information on staffing and city services. Volume III, the Approved Five-Year Capital Improvement Program, provides detailed information on capital projects.

This appropriations limit calculation includes a brief history of the appropriations limit, a step-by-step narration of the process used in computing the limit, and the detailed calculation of the appropriations limit. Pursuant to the law, both the Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee staff are required to provide reports. However the ratio of actual appropriations or estimated appropriations to state personal income is likely to differ due to varying methodologies used by the two budget offices with respect to statutory appropriations. Statutory appropriations are grants of authority enacted by the Legislature and approved by the Governor that are continuous in nature and codified in the statutes. No authority is needed (e.g., in the annual appropriations bill) beyond the original enactment for monies to be expended.