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Articles: A user???s guide to the state budget process, Accountability Tour starts Saturday in Longmont, Update on Rainy Day Fund bills, JBC sets up textbook case for Ref C spending, Guest Commentary: Adjust the state???s spending limit

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The next governor and legislature should enact a strategy to increase the statutory reserve by at least one percentage point each year to create a rainy day fund of at least 10 percent of the state General Fund within six years. One source of funding could be a portion of the excess reserves left over at the end of some fiscal years.