Since 1998, state lawmakers have made requests for $ 3 billion from the state Dormitory Authority outside the normal budget process to fund various economic development initiatives. (michaelbenjamin2012.com)
They should be term limited, prohibited from allocating any money outside of the normal budget process and eternally forbidden from voting themselves any increase in benefits or salary. (nystateofpolitics.com)
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and her colleagues pushed through an «unprecedented» bill December 7 to have city government pick up yet another function of private and religious schools — security — allocating almost $ 20 million in taxpayer funds outside the normal budget process for «safety officers» in any school with more than 300 students that wants one. (danieldromm.com)