{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-8.21","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 8.21","heading":"Budget transmitted.","body":"1. Not later than February 1 of each regular session of the general assembly, the governor shall transmit to the general assembly a document to be known as a budget, setting forth the governor’s financial program for the ensuing fiscal year and having the character and scope set forth in this subchapter.\n2. If the governor is required to use a lesser amount in the budget process because of a later meeting of the state revenue estimating conference under section 8.22A, subsection 3, the governor shall transmit recommendations for a budget in conformance with that requirement within fourteen days of the later meeting of the state revenue estimating conference.","path":["Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT (Ch. 1 - 38D)","Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT — BUDGET AND FINANCIAL CONTROL ACT","Subchapter III - THE BUDGET"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/8.21.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:39:59Z","sha256":"30d2f65f6ad460b3e38560809df808c744fb19b4d043c2cc164dacc7fee2a3ec","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-8.20","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-8.22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}