AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.

The State/Executive Branch Budget: Details Part I, Operating Budget; details Part II, Capital Projects Budget; details Part III, General Provisions; details Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; details Part V, Funds Transfer; details Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; details Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; details Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; details Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; details Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and details Part XI, Executive Branch Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION.

Effective date: set by the act

Appropriations acts follow the schedule written into the act itself rather than the standard 90-day rule (Ky. Constitution § 55).

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This bill is Kentucky's main state budget for the executive branch, covering how state tax dollars are spent across government agencies, programs, and services. It sets funding levels for operations, construction projects, employee pay, and road-related spending, and includes plans for handling budget shortfalls or surplus funds. Because it controls spending across nearly every area of state government, it affects the daily functioning of public services Kentuckians rely on. Who it may affect: all Kentuckians who use state services, as well as state employees, farmers, and drivers who depend on state-funded roads and transportation programs.

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