HB 2890-S - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/10/98)

     Requires the major transportation agencies to develop and implement a performance-based budgeting process that provides a measurable link between agency objectives, service levels, and budget.

     Directs a major transportation agency to submit a strategic plan with its agency request budget.  The strategic plan must at a minimum include a six-year outlook and define and clarify the agency mission.

     Requires the major transportation agencies to establish the means of conducting program authorization reviews of all transportation programs.

     Directs the transportation agencies to each designate a program to test the effectiveness of performance-based budgeting for the 1999-2001 budget submittal period and biennium as a phase-in of full performance-based budgeting by 2001-2003.