Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 39, § 30. Continuous financial planning

A. The governor shall have in continuous process of preparation and revision a tentative budget for the next year in the light of direct studies of the operation, plans, and needs of budget units and of the yields of existing and prospective sources of revenue. Upon receipt of the budget requests from the budget units the governor shall cause to be made such further inquiries and investigations, and such revisions of his tentative budget, as he may warrant.

B. The governor may provide for public hearings on the budget requests submitted by the budget units and may require the attendance at such hearings of the heads or representatives of each budget unit.

C. The governor-elect may advise and confer with the governor in the preparation and revision of budget recommendations, and for this purpose he shall have access to all estimates and requests submitted by the budget units in compliance with the instructions of the governor.