The Text

On or before the fifteenth day of October in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and in each year thereafter the head of each department of the state government, except the legislature and judiciary, shall submit to the governor itemized estimates of appropriations to meet the financial needs of such department, including a statement in detail of all moneys for which any general or special appropriation is desired at the ensuing session of the legislature, classified according to relative importance and in such form and with such explanation as the governor may require. Copies of such estimates shall be simultaneously furnished to the designated representatives of the appropriate committees of the legislature for their information.
The governor, after hearings thereon, at which he may require the attendance of heads of departments and their subordinates, shall revise such estimates according to his judgment. The representatives aforesaid of the committees of the legislature shall be invited to attend such hearings, and under regulations to be provided by law shall be entitled to make inquiry in respect to the estimates and the revision thereof.
Itemized estimates of the financial needs of the legislature certified by the presiding officer of each house and of the judiciary certified by the comptroller shall be transmitted to the governor on or before said fifteenth day of October for inclusion in the budget without revision but with such recommendation as he may think proper.