The responsibility for preparing the state’s annual budget falls to a) the secretary of state. b) the state legislature. c) the state’s governor. d) the state treasurer.

The responsibility for preparing the state’s annual budget falls to the state’s governor, so option C) is the correct one. In the Unites States, governors have the responsibility of preparing the annual budget and then the document is sent to the Legislature for its approval. Governors usually seek help in the state’s different agencies and departments in order to create an effective annual budget. Then, the budget proposal is presented to the Legislature. The legislature approves the annual budget, makes suggestions or changes to it as well and finally the annual budget law is passed.