FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

Representative Maxine T. Bell, Idaho
Chair

 

Mark Your Calendar!

CSG-WEST 62nd Annual Meeting

October 5-8, 2009

Santa Fe, New Mexico



Representative Kyle Yamashita, Hawaii
Vice Chair

   
The fiscal affairs committee provides a forum for chairs and members of the West’s finance and appropriation committees to exchange ideas and experiences on issues affecting state budgets as well as the region. Fiscal issues associated with the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, revenue forecasting, performance-based budgeting, state fiscal trends, e-commerce and taxation are among the issues before this committee.    
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2008 Annual Meeting PowerPoint Presentation:

Recessions and State-Local Finances
(Click Here for Power Point Presentation- 58 pages )

Donald J. Boyd, Senior Fellow
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government

2006 Highlights: Lawmakers with expertise in budgets and appropriations met with experts on key economic and fiscal trends in the West.  Participants also looked at how states can build more effective tax structures. 2006 Annual Meeting presentations click here.

2005 Highlights: Legislative fiscal leaders explored the successes and challenges of dynamic revenue analysis with experienced fiscal staff directors from California, New Mexico and Oregon.  Fiscal consultant Bill Conerly discussed national and global forces driving western state economies, especially factors important to state revenues.

For More Information on the FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, please contact CSG-WEST staff:
Cheryl Lee Duvauchelle