Not later than February 15 of the year of each biennial legislative session, the governor shall transmit to the legislature a document to be known as a budget setting forth the governor's financial program for each of the fiscal years of the ensuing biennium and having the character and scope hereinafter set forth.
RSA 9:2
RL 23:2. RSA 9:2. 1998, 313:1, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.