C.R.S. § 24-37-301: Executive budget responsibility.

The governor, as chief executive, shall annually evaluate the plans, policies, and programs of all departments of the state government. He shall direct the formulation of his decisions into a financial plan encompassing all sources of revenue and expenditure. He shall propose this plan for the consideration of the general assembly in the form of an annual executive budget consisting of operating expenditures, capital construction expenditures, estimated revenues, and special surveys. Proposed expenditures in the budget shall not exceed estimated moneys available. After legislative review and modification, if any, of the budget and appropriation of the moneys therefor, the governor shall administer the budget.