Question to be answered by Cashendra J, Kulie Kate K, Warren K, and Randy L. What did the legislature do to limit the governor’s powers over the budget between roughly 1915 and 1950? Note that the institution that was created is unique to
Thursday, June 7, 2007
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The legislature created the State Budget and Control Board to limit the governor’s powers. The governor was then only one of the five board members, and two executive colleagues were essentially autonomous from gubernatorial control. These members began to gain authority in areas outside their traditional area.
Julie Kate Keeney
Well this is going to be short and to the point. New organization was created by the legislature which is called the state budget and control board. With this change didn’t help the governor to gain power. It spread out the power to five board members and two executive colleagues autonomous from gubernatorial control.
Randy Lucas
The state budget and control board are relatively new organizations that the legislature crated. This change that was thought to be a power mover to one branch was a power move that spread the control to five board members and to executive members. This was established to reduce power form the governor. The governor was one of the five board members and the two executive colleagues were essentially autonomous from the gubernatorial control. The traditional area of control was waking and other areas began to gain authority.
What all of you left out was the transition to the Budget and Control Board (BCB). From 1919 till 1950 the budget process was under the Budget Commission, which was composed of only three members, two of whom were legislators representing the House and Senate. So the governor was in effect always outvoted 2 to 1!
In 1950 the other two constitutional officer were added (the Comptroller and the State Treasurer), but that did little to add to the governor's powers. All of you got this part.
One of the most fundamental things any government can do is pass a budget, collect money and then spend it on things the state wants and or needs. The governor had little say in any of this because of how his power was diluted in the BCB!
The legislature implemented the State Budget and Control Board to limit the governor's powers over the budget. It happened in phases beginning in 1910. The need for the budget to be more centralized sparked this move. It began with a panel of three members that included the governor, but gave most power to the legislature. By 1950, it had grown to a five member panel that includes post-appropriation controls and budgetary recommendations.
COSHendra Jackson
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