Consistent with our recommendations, the 2006 Legislature required agencies to begin reporting fiscal and self-sufficiency data for their regulatory programs. In addition, the Legislature created a workgroup to study the feasibility of developing a uniform cost allocation methodology for calculating and reporting direct and indirect unit costs.
Our review of legislative budget requests for a sample of regulatory programs revealed that most agencies generally provided complete documentation. However, some agencies inconsistently reported fiscal data and information related to self-sufficiency. To avoid these inconsistencies, the legislative budget requests could be modified in several ways.

Legislature Should Consider Uniform Process to Determine Appropriate Regulatory Program Funding Levels
Report 05-57 December 2005
More Uniform Methodology Is Needed for State Agencies' Unit Cost Information
Report 05-35 May 2005

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