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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="7-104" title_number="7" title_name="Appropriations" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Operating Budget">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary shall prepare for the Governor a draft of the proposed budget.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The draft shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be comprehensive;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>eliminate duplication and conflict; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>include each item that the Governor is required by law to include in a proposed budget.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Secretary shall include in the draft items for capital improvements.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary may specify:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the form to be used by a unit of the Executive Branch of the State government or a private entity to request an appropriation from the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>information that must be submitted with the form; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the time for submission of the form.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
