KRS 45.301: General administrative functions of Finance and Administration Cabinet.

(1) The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall have and exercise all administrative

functions of the Commonwealth, except as otherwise provided by law, in relation

to:

(a) Developing financial policies and plans for consideration by the Governor as

the basis for his budget recommendations to the General Assembly, and

preparing the detailed documents in accordance with the financial plans of the

Governor for presentation to the General Assembly.

(b) Coordinating and supervising the fiscal affairs and fiscal pr ocedures of the

Commonwealth to insure the carrying out of the definite financial policies and

plans approved by the General Assembly.

(c) Accounting, including budgetary accounting and accounting control.

(d) Fiscal reporting.

(e) Supervision of preauditi ng of expenditures and current auditing of receipts

and receivables.

(f) Supervision of purchasing and storekeeping and control of property and

stores.

(g) Supervision of all receivables of the Commonwealth.

(h) Maintaining and operating public buildings, except those provided for the

exclusive use of any one (1) agency.

(i) Auditing the accounts of the Treasurer and the Auditor of Public Accounts, as

contemplated by Section 53 of the Constitution.

(j) Coordination and supervision of data processing, comput ers, and government

information systems.

(2) The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall be primarily responsible for

maintaining management control over the activities of the several budget units of

the executive branch. To perform this function, the Fin ance and Administration

Cabinet shall:

(a) Keep in continuous touch with the operations, plans and needs of the budget

units, and with the sources and amounts of revenue and other receipts of the

Commonwealth.

(b) Appraise the quantity and quality of servi ces rendered by each budget unit of

the executive branch and the needs for such services and for any new services.

(c) Examine and recommend work programs a nd periodic allotments to the

several budget units of the executive branch, and changes therein as provided

by KRS 48.620.

(d) Develop plans for improvements and economies in organization and operation

of the budget units of the executive branch, and insta ll such plans as are

approved or directed by the Governor or the General Assembly.

(e) Devise and prescribe the forms of operations reports to be required

periodically from each budget unit of the executive branch and require such

budget units to make such reports.

(f) Examine and comment on all statements and reports on the financial

condition, estimated future financial condition and operation of state

government and its budget units.

(g) Receive and deal with all requests for information as to financial conditions

and operations of the Commonwealth.

(h) Prepare such unit costs and cost statistics as are required from time to time.

(i) Advise and assist the Governor, the Chief Justice, the General Assembly, the

appropriations committees of the General Asse mbly and the Legislative

Research Commission, upon request, in any matters relating to the functions

of the Finance and Administration Cabinet.

(j) Keep a summary of the financial transactions of all budget units.