MEPC 2016 Budget Toolkit
January 9th, 2015
The 2015 Legislature will create the 2016 budget over the next few months. Throughout the fall of 2014, policymakers gave us a glimpse of what their budget plans are for 2016.
The Joint Legislative Budget Committee Recommendation will become the starting point for debate on appropriations bills in the legislature.
MEPC’s analysis on the JLBC budget
2016 Budget Recommendations Shortchange Schools and Medicaid
Original Budget Document
Link to the Legislative Budget Office copy of the JLBC Budget Recommendation
The Governor’s Budget Recommendation is released before the JLBC Budget. It gives us a look at some of the Governor’s legislative goals for the upcoming session.
MEPC’s analysis on the Governor’s Budget
Governor Proposes Tax Credit for Mississippi Working Families
Original Budget Document
Link to the Governor’s Office copy of the Executive Budget Recommendation
Throughout the session, the budget will be created through the passage of a series of Appropriations Bills. They can be monitored by looking at the Mississippi State Legislature’s website measures by committee
Measures for House Appropriations Committee
Measures for Senate Appropriations Committee
See the timeline of legislative deadlines for a look at when appropriations bills will be decided.
Appropriations must fall within the state’s Revenue Estimate for 2016. It was released in advance of the Governor’s Budget Recommendation.
Original Budget Document
See page 4 of this document for the FY 2016 Revenue Estimate
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For a more comprehensive look at our state’s budget process visit our budget primer: The Nuts and Bolts of The Mississippi Budget: A Taxpayer’s Guide to the Mississippi Budget
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