Responsibilities

The Division of Budget and Planning assists the Commissioner of Administration and the Governor in management of the executive branch. The division analyzes budget policy issues and provides fiscal information to the commissioner, the governor's office, the General Assembly, Missouri's congressional delegation, and state, local, and federal agencies.

The staff reviews state agency fiscal operations, prepares annual budget instructions, analyzes budget requests, and prepares the annual Executive Budget and appropriation bills. The division manages the automated state budget system. Division staff analyze the state economy and tax issues, estimate revenue collections, track agency performance measures, review legislation with budget implications, and draft fiscal notes. The division coordinates legislative reviews for the executive branch. The division reviews federal issues and their impact on Missouri. The division also is the designated state demographic agency and has statutory duties for technical aid to the decennial reapportionment of election districts.