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David Blatt
Oklahoma Policy Institute
dblatt@okpolicy.org - (918) 794-3944
Oklahoma’s Path to Prosperity
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$800.0 $651.1
$561.8
$600.0
$400.0 $333.3
$200.0 $144.8
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Budget Trends: FY ‘02 – FY ‘09
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Total New Revenue (Combined Lottery, Gaming, Tobacco) Total Lost Revenue (Major Tax Cuts)
New revenues do not include tribal tobacco tax proceeds. Revenue losses are Oklahoma Tax Commission projections. See
“Facts Sheets: Lottery, Gaming & Tobacco” at http://okpolicy.org/fact-sheets-lottery-gaming-and-tobacco-2010
Budget Trends: FY ‘10 – FY ‘11
Budget Trends: FY ‘10 – FY ‘11
Things Are Tough All Over
All but four states are facing shortfalls in FY „11.
Combined state budget gaps for FY ‟09 – FY „12 estimated to
exceed $600 billion.
20.0%
10.0%
2.3%
0.0%
-10.0%
-12.1%
-20.0%
-30.0% -29.5%
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Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3
FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY
'02 '02 '03 '03 '04 '04 '05 '05 '06 '06 '07 '07 '08 '08 '09 '09 '10 '10
Budget Trends: FY ‘10 – FY ‘11
It‟s a Revenue Problem
FY „10 General Revenue 23 percent below pre-downturn (FY
„08) levels;
FY „10 GR collections less than FY ‟01 – without adjusting for
inflation or population growth.
$4,966
$5,000
$4,717
$4,616 $4,600
$4,500 $4,408
$4,174
$4,000
FY '01 FY '02 FY '03 FY '04 FY '05 FY '06 FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10
Budget Trends: FY ‘10 – FY ‘11
FY „10 Initial Budget
$7,231.2 million total, including $641 million ARRA (stimulus);
Increase in total appropriations of $106 million (1.5 percent);
State dollars only: $500 million less than in FY ‟09;
Stimulus funds made it possible to minimize cuts or provide
small increases to ten largest state agencies and some smaller
ones.
State Appropriations History, FY '00 - FY '10 in $millions)
(includes supplementals, excludes one-times from Rainy Day Spillover funds)
$0 $200
$17 $6
-$11
-$72 $0
-$200
-$180 -$200 -$200 -$125
-$400 -$238
-$401 -$400
-$600 -$600 -$476
-$800
-$800
-$816
-$1,000
-$864
-$1,000 Net Gross Sales Tax Motor Other Total Gen.
Net Income Gross Sales Tax Motor Other Total Gen. Income Production Vehicle Sources Revenue
Tax Production Vehicle Sources Revenue Tax
Budget Trends: FY ‘10 – FY ‘11
FY „10 Shortfalls: What Response?
OSF cut agencies‟ GR allocations by 5 percent beginning in
August and by 10 percent beginning in December;
Borrowing from cash reserves of various funds;
Agreements announced by Governor, Speaker and
President Pro Tem in January and February:
Continued 10 percent monthly cuts to GR for rest of year;
Averaged out to 7.5 percent of GR for full year.
Supplemental funding to various agencies to offset part of GR
and HB 1017 shortfalls;
Additional revenues needed to balance from Rainy Day Fund,
stimulus funds, other sources.
Budget Trends: FY ‘10 – FY ‘11
FY „10 Mid-Year Budget Agreement
Total revised budget was $272 million (3.8%) less than
initial; $165 million (2.4%) less than FY ‟09;
Almost $1.5 billion (21%) of revised FY „10 budget made
up of non-recurring money.
State Appropriations, FY '09 - FY '10,
Total and by Funding Source (in $millions)
$7,500 Total= $7,124 million Total= $7,231 million
Total= $6,959 million
$7,000 $30
$301 $641 $224
$6,500
$371 $838
$6,000
$435
$5,500
$6,793
$5,000 $6,220
$5,462
$4,500
$4,000
FY '09 FY '10 - Initial FY '10 - Revised
State Recurring Cash Stimulus (ARRA) Rainy Day Fund
Budget Trends: FY ‘10 – FY ‘11
FY ‟11 Budget: The Challenge Escalates
Final FY „11 certification provided $1.8 billion less
revenue for next year than FY „10 initial budget , $1.5
billion less than final FY „10 budget
State Appropriations, FY'08-FY '11
(includes all revenues and supplementals;
$8,000 in $ millions)
$7,124 $7,231
$7,043 $6,959
$7,000 $6,797
$6,452
$6,000
$5,294 $5,415
$5,000
$4,000
FY'08 FY'09 FY'10 - FY '10 - FY '10 - FY '11 - FY '11 - FY '11 -
initial projected Revised Certified Certified Gov
budget revenues State $ State $ Budget
(Feb) (Dec) (Feb)
Budget Trends: FY ‘10 – FY ‘11
FY ‟11 Budget: The Challenge Escalates
2010 Session focused on which, if any, revenue measures would
be adopted to bridge the budget gap.
FY „11 budget gap exceeded $800 million - assuming
maintenance of FY „10 budget cuts, the use of all remaining
stimulus funds, and 3/8ths of Rainy Day Fund.
Equivalent to an additional 12 percent cuts to all agencies of
state government beyond the cuts already enacted.
Agency scenarios of how to absorb cuts of an additional 7.5
percent to 15 percent in FY „11 left no doubt of the grave threats
that would be posed to the state economy and to the health and
security of Oklahomans.
Many cuts would be multiplied by loss of federal matching
funds.
See OK Policy, “Bridging the Budget Gap,” :
http://okpolicy.org/files/bridgingthegap_1pg.pdf
Budget Trends: FY ‘10 – FY ‘11
FY ‟11 Budget Agreement
Total appropriations for FY ‟11 = $6.714 billion.
7.2 percent decrease (-$517.5 million) from the initial FY „10
budget and 3.5 percent decrease (-$245.4 million) from the
final FY „10 budget after mid-year cuts
FIG. 1: State Appropriations History, FY '00 - FY 11
(in $millions; FY '00-FY'10 includes supplementals, excludes one-times from Rainy Day Spillover Funds )
$7,500
$30
$7,000 $641 $224
$273
$6,500
$838
$539
$6,000
$7,095
$5,500 $79 $7,043
$219 $6,760
$6,590
$269 $72 $6,217
$5,000 $75 $5,897
$5,902
$5,412
$5,389
$5,240
$4,500 $5,073
$4,906 $4,922
$4,000
FY'00 FY'01 FY'02 FY'03 FY'04 FY'05 FY'06 FY'07 FY'08 FY'09 FY'10 - FY '10 - FY '11
Initial Final
State Revenues Federal Relief Rainy Day Fund
Budget Trends: FY ‘10 – FY ‘11
FY ‟11 Budget Agreement
Appropriated almost $1.4 billion in additional revenues on top
of those certified in February. These included:
Remaining $539 million from the 2009 stimulus bill;
Additional $273 from the Rainy Day Fund;
$580 million from assorted revenue enhancements:
Suspending and deferring payment of tax credits;
Issuing and refinancing bonds;
Fee and permit increases;
Transfers of cash balances;
Enhanced tax collections.
Budget Trends: FY ‘10 – FY ‘11
FY ‟11 Budget Agreement
Agency Appropriations – 10 Largest, Others, Total
Total Corrections, $462.1 ,
Appropriations: 7%
$6,713.7 million DHS, $543.1 , 8% Transportation,
Includes stimulus, $114.8 , 2%
OHCA (Medicaid),
Rainy Day Fund
$993.0 , 15% Mental Health,
$187.7 , 3%
Common Ed.,
Notes: Transportation also $2,375.6 , 35%
received $65 from bond issue;
OHCA includes $30m transfer
from Insure Oklahoma Fund;
excludes Health Carrier Access
Payment revenue
Budget Trends: FY ‘10 – FY ‘11
FY ‟11 Budget Agreement
Funding cuts limited to under 10 percent for most of the largest
state agencies;
However, over half of all appropriated agencies will absorb cuts
of at least 15 percent for FY „11 compared to FY ‟09.
In some cases, appropriations cuts have been partly offset by
fee increases. In addition, the Legislature has approved measures
to promote savings and efficiencies and give agencies and school
districts greater spending flexibility;
For most agencies and school districts, no additional funding to
cover increased employee health care costs, general inflation or
rising caseloads for 2 or 3 consecutive years;
1,000
500
0
FY '01 FY '02 FY '03 FY '04 FY '05 FY '06 FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11
Looking Ahead
Budget Outlook: Hard Times Continue
FY „12 General Revenue projected to be:
1.1 percent higher than FY „11
10.9 percent higher than FY „10
14.3 percent lower than FY „08
Lower than six years ago
General Revenue Collections,
FY '01 - FY '12 (in $millions
$5,935 $5,953
$6,000 $5,701
$5,545
$5,500
$5,103
$4,966 $4,950
$5,000 $4,717 $4,616 $4,600
$4,408
$4,500 $4,174
$4,000
FY '01 FY '02 FY '03 FY '04 FY '05 FY '06 FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11 FY '12
(proj.) (est.)
Source: FY'01 - FY '10 - Office of State Finance Monthly Revenue Collections; FY '11 -
FY '12: Board of Equalization Revenue Certification, Dec 2010
Looking Ahead
Budget Outlook: Hard Times Continue
Weak revenue growth in FY „12 a result of:
Forecasts of a slow economic recovery, and
Policy decisions made in prior years, including:
Time-released tax cuts that will lower the top income
tax rate from 5.5 to 5.25 percent in 2012;
Revenue impact of $61.5M FY „12, ~$150M FY „13
Allocation of additional $37.5M to ROADS Fund for
transportation and $6.2 million additional to OHLAP
scholarship program;
Federal tax cut decisions will also impact state
revenue collections.
Looking Ahead
Budget Outlook: Hard Times Continue
BUDGET PROJECTIONS
Preliminary Appropriations Authority for FY „12 is for $6.104
billion
About $600 million less than the FY „11 budget;
Treasurer Meacham projects $226 million less to spend in
FY „12 after use of remaining stimulus dollars and cash
balances;
Others question availability of cash balances and identify
other ongoing spending funded with one-time revenues.
Several state agencies will require significant funding increases
just to maintain basic operations.
Many agencies need additional funding to restore cuts to core
services and to address the cumulative impact of several years
of rising costs.
Looking Ahead
Budget Outlook: No End in Sight
Revenues unlikely to recover to pre-downturn nominal
levels prior to FY ‟14 under current policies
Fiscal Year
Looking Ahead
Budget Outlook: No End in Sight
The prospect of continued slow revenue growth and budget
shortfalls creates a “new fiscal reality” that calls for new
perspectives and strategies.
Create a revenue structure that supports public services:
Defer or repeal additional tax cuts;
Review and reduce tax exemptions, credits and rebates;
New revenue streams for Medicaid and treatment of
substance abuse;
Broaden the tax base.
Make smarter expenditure decisions:
Consolidate duplicative agencies and streamline services;
Prioritize prevention and surveillance;
Ensure adequate funding of public pensions.
Looking Ahead
Long-Term Recommendations
See, “A New Fiscal Reality for Oklahoma: The State Budget Outlook, 2011-
2014”, at: http://okpolicy.org/new-fiscal-reality
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