Chapter 04: Recommendation Summary

The RecSum report has a required format. It displays the requested DPs by:

• Average annual FTEs
• General Fund–State
• Other funds
• Total funds

The RecSum report displays the current biennium and CFL total followed by each change item in ML and PL listed as a separate line item with its own DP code and descriptive title. The RecSum step table is followed by the individual DP descriptive text.

The Agency Budget System (ABS) will generate the RecSum. The agency can generate the RecSum directly from ABS once you have entered all required DP information.

Most agencies submit the RecSum at the agency level. Agencies must submit a RecSum at the agency level unless they are required to submit budgets at a lower level.

Use approved codes to designate change items. With few exceptions (see following note), agencies are free to use any combination of two-digit DP codes (e.g., alpha/alpha, alpha/numeric, numeric/numeric and numeric/alpha).

Note: OFM designates codes that must be used for certain types of ML and PL changes (see Chapter 5). DP codes containing the letters O or I are restricted to prevent confusion with zero and one.