claim: "i ended up my time as governor with a general fund budget that was smaller than the one i started with."
author: tim kaine
evidence_1: the following terms are used frequently throughout the governor's budget, ...  amounts reported in departments' budget documents and year-end financial  reports. ... a distribution of funds or costs from one account or appropriation to  one or ..... for the general fund budgetary purposes, the department of finance  makes a.
evidence_2: dec 5, 2017 ... $12 million lower as revenue was less than projected for fiscal year ... still more,  resulting in a $7.9 million budget surplus at fiscal year end. ... have used the extra  for one-time expenses, such as debt reduction. ... my recommendation for .... now  when we look at general fund revenues, we must remember ...
evidence_3: 2 days ago ... then, the governor allocates $5.1 billion to one-time programmatic spending, ...  largely as a result of lower‑than‑expected spending in health and human ... we  begin with an overview of the big picture budget condition under the ..... ends  general fund offset of medi‑cal spending using proposition 56. —.
evidence_4: dec 17, 2014 ... portions of this speech were taken from the mackinac center's ... smaller than the  one lansing's elves are building in their spending ... once those requests are  collected the state's budget officers meet with the governor. ... the majority of that  money comes from michigan's $10 billion general fund budget, ...
evidence_5: jan 12, 2018 ... in addition to building reserves, the governor's proposed budget allocates ...  provides $1.8 billion in one‑time per pupil discretionary grants. ... of general  fund expenditures in 2016‑17 are lower by $2.3 billion. .... be smaller than usual  because many high‑income people sent their payments in december.