Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 6-3A-8 - Performance-based program budgetsA. For each agency, the governor's proposed budget submitted pursuant to Section 6-3-21 NMSA 1978 and the committee's budget recommendation pursuant to Section 2-5-4 NMSA 1978 shall contain:(1) a budget recommendation for each approved program;(2) a summary, including the outputs and outcomes, of each approved program;(3) performance measures and performance targets for each approved program;(4) an evaluation of the performance of each approved program;(5) the amount of the budget recommendation that is intended for evidence-based, research-based and promising sub-programs; and(6) any other criteria deemed relevant by the governor or the committee.B. For each agency, the governor's proposed budget submitted pursuant to Section 6-3-21 NMSA 1978 and the committee's budget recommendation pursuant to Section 2-5-4 NMSA 1978 may contain recommendations regarding incentives or disincentives for agency performance and implementation of evidence-based, research-based or promising sub-programs. Incentives or disincentives may apply to all or part of an agency and may apply to any or all of an agency's approved programs.C. Pursuant to Section 6-3-7 NMSA 1978, the division shall prescribe forms and approve operating budgets for agencies funded by performance-based program budgets; however, the division shall not take any action that hinders an agency from operating under a performance-based appropriation or that is otherwise inconsistent with the purposes of the Accountability in Government Act. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6-3-23 through 6-3-25 NMSA 1978, and absent specific authorization in the general appropriation act or other act of the legislature, no funds may be transferred either into or out of a performance-based program budget.D. Each agency shall develop, in consultation with the division, a plan for monitoring and reviewing the agency's programs to ensure that performance data are maintained and supported by agency records. Laws 1999, ch. 5, § 8; 1999, ch. 15, § 8; 2004, ch. 39, § 8.Amended by 2019, c. 23,s. 4, eff. 6/14/2019.