KRS 48.020

Each branch of government shall have in continuous process of preparation and revision, in the light of its direct studies of the operations, plans and needs of its budget units and of the existing and prospective sources of income, a branch budget recommendation for the next two (2) fiscal years for which a budget recommendation is required to be prepared. Upon receipt of the estimates from its budget units, each branch of government shall check these estimates in the light of its own information, and shall make such further inquiries and investigations and revise its branch budget recommendation as it deems warranted.