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 Commission Duties:    

A. The establishment of a "zero-based" budget in which the initial funding amount for each program in State Government is assumed to be zero and all proposed expenditures for the program are justified in the budget;

B. Modifying the "current services" format used by departments and agencies by including a percent reduction from the previous year's appropriation or allocation and requiring additional expenditures for the program be justified in the budget; and

C. Proposing adjustments to the current "performance-based" budgeting in which funding is tied to measures that indicate how well a program is meeting the goals established.