The Casebook of Bill Cost Estimates 2012 published by the National Assembly Budget Office presents an overview of the cost estimates of bills made for the 17th to the 19th National Assembly and case studies of cost estimates made in 2012.
In 2012, the Casebook of Cost Estimates of Bills was published for the 9th time since the National Assembly Budget Office was established in 2003. In Part I, statistics of cost estimates for the 17th, 18th, and 19th National Assembly are analyzed from various angles and classified in such a way that they can easily be identified; Part II presents 18 case studies of cost estimates of bills made by the office and submitted to members of the National Assembly in four major categories (security, compensation, organization, and program).
Cost estimation of bills began in July 2005 following the revision of the National Assembly Act. It is designed to estimate ex ante the effects that the enactment or revision of spending bills have on national finance.
In accordance with the National Assembly Act, the National Assembly Budget Office provides cost estimation service in response to requests from members and committees of the National Assembly. In the 17th and 18th National Assembly, the office responded to 500 and 1,717 requests, respectively. From May through December 2012, during the 19th National Assembly, the office responded to 636 requests. Particularly in 2012 (January-December), 659 bills were proposed with cost estimates provided by the office attached. This represents a 59.2% increase from the 414 bills in 2011.
The average response time in 2012 was 24.5 days, which was 2.0 days shorter than the average of 26.5 days in 2011. Of 914 spending bills proposed by a member of the National Assembly in 2012, 278, or 30.4%, had a cost estimate provided by the National Assembly Budget Office attached.
Bill Cost Estimates Division I
In 2012, the Casebook of Cost Estimates of Bills was published for the 9th time since the National Assembly Budget Office was established in 2003. In Part I, statistics of cost estimates for the 17th, 18th, and 19th National Assembly are analyzed from various angles and classified in such a way that they can easily be identified; Part II presents 18 case studies of cost estimates of bills made by the office and submitted to members of the National Assembly in four major categories (security, compensation, organization, and program).
Cost estimation of bills began in July 2005 following the revision of the National Assembly Act. It is designed to estimate ex ante the effects that the enactment or revision of spending bills have on national finance.
In accordance with the National Assembly Act, the National Assembly Budget Office provides cost estimation service in response to requests from members and committees of the National Assembly. In the 17th and 18th National Assembly, the office responded to 500 and 1,717 requests, respectively. From May through December 2012, during the 19th National Assembly, the office responded to 636 requests. Particularly in 2012 (January-December), 659 bills were proposed with cost estimates provided by the office attached. This represents a 59.2% increase from the 414 bills in 2011.
The average response time in 2012 was 24.5 days, which was 2.0 days shorter than the average of 26.5 days in 2011. Of 914 spending bills proposed by a member of the National Assembly in 2012, 278, or 30.4%, had a cost estimate provided by the National Assembly Budget Office attached.
Bill Cost Estimates Division I