(1) The office of state planning and budgeting shall assist the governor in his or her responsibilities pertaining to the executive budget. Specifically, it shall:

(a) Design and prepare, in coordination with the joint budget committee of the general assembly, the forms and instructions to be used in preparation of all budget requests except those pertaining to higher education. Such budget requests shall include, but shall not be limited to, an analysis of costs, revenues, fund balances, and performance indicators for all programs notwithstanding the source of funds.

(a.5) Design and prepare, in coordination with the staff of the joint technology committee of the general assembly, the forms and instructions to be used in preparation of all budget requests and supplemental budget requests submitted to the joint technology committee pursuant to section 24-37-304 (1)(c.5). The staff of the joint technology committee shall make recommendations to the joint technology committee regarding such forms and instructions for the committee's approval. The forms and instructions shall require that budget requests submitted to the joint technology committee include:

(I) Information from a request for information issued pursuant to section 24-103-201.5, or other formal market research regarding the information technology budget request;

(II) A defined scope of work and information regarding whether a vendor or consultant assisted in preparing the specifications or statement of work included in the information technology budget request;

(III) A range of options for completing the project, including the estimated costs for such options; and

(IV) Any other available and relevant information obtained from the market research related to the information technology budget request.

(b) Review and approve the forms and instructions for higher education budget requests which are prescribed by the Colorado commissionon higher education;

(c) Develop an annual executive planning, programming, and budgeting cycle;

(d) Develop, in coordination with the Colorado commission on higher education, for state-supported institutions of higher education, the annual executive budget timetable;

(e) Make recommendations to the governor on appointees to the governor's revenue-estimating advisory group; preside over meetings of and provide the staff for that group; and, with the advice of the group, assist in developing the general fund revenue estimates required by section 24-75-201.3;

(f) Conduct annual executive budget hearings on the plans, programs, policies, and budget requests of all state agencies in the executive department;

(g) Develop recommendations for the governor in his formulation of budget proposals to the general assembly and prepare for the governor the annual executive budget proposals to the general assembly, together with the proposed legislative bills embodying such proposals;

(h) Design, develop, and present briefings to the joint budget committee and the members of the general assembly, the general public, and other interested parties on the annual executive budget proposals;

(i) Make available to the governor-elect, if there is a governor-elect who is not the governor, complete details about the budget and the information upon which it is based;

(j) and (k) Repealed.

(k.1) Review for the governor all work programs recommended by the controller;

(k.2) Repealed.

(l) Develop procedures governing the submission of state agency requests to nonstate agencies for funds to be used for state purposes and problems; review for the governor all such requests requiring the commitment or expenditure of state funds; and advise the joint budget committee of the general assembly, prior to submission for approval, of any such requests committing the state to a program which has not theretofore had the approval of the general assembly;

(m) Continually review and recommend revisions of the plans, policies, and programs of the state agencies; propose alternative methods for accomplishing the objectives of state programs and policies; and develop and implement, in coordination with the controller, a system for evaluating the results of and measuring the effectiveness of governmental expenditures;

(n) Develop long-range fiscal plans for both operating and capital construction budgets and for the state revenue structure, such plans to be consistent with the policies and objectives of state planning.

(2) The director shall have such authority, with the approval of the governor, as is necessary to discharge the responsibilities set forth in subsection (1) of this section, including but not limited to the publication of administrative regulations and the acceptance of gifts and grants.

(3) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the director of the office of state planning and budgeting shall require that all state agency budget submissions be distributed in an electronic format either by delivery of a compact disc or by the sending of an electronic notification that includes an attached budget submission or a hyperlink to the website where the budget submission is posted.

(b) The department of state, the department of the treasury, the department of law, the judicial department, the office of state public defender, the office of alternate defense counsel, the independent ethics commission, the office of the child's representative, and the office of the child protection ombudsman shall use the state agency budget submissions described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) as a guideline for the submission of their budgets to the joint budget committee.