§4104. Duties of office.

(a) Mandatory.--The office shall:

(1) Prepare revenue estimates to include Federal funds, State revenues and funds from other resources, including any projected revenue surplus or deficit for a given fiscal year, as provided under section 4105 (relating to revenue estimates).

(2) By November 15 of each year, provide an assessment of the State's current fiscal condition and a projection of what the fiscal condition will be during the next five years. The assessment shall take into account the state of the economy, demographics, revenues and expenditures.

(3) Develop performance measures for executive-level programs and departments and evaluate performance measures and results as promulgated and reported by executive-level departments. Performance measurements shall be outcome based and include, but not be limited to, activity cost analysis, measures of status improvement of recipient populations, economic outcomes and performance benchmarks against similar State programs.

(4) Provide an analysis, including economic impact, of all tax and revenue proposals submitted by the Governor or the Office of the Budget.

(5) Study and analyze the existing sales and use tax law and propose recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly for amending the tax to:

(i) eliminate obsolete and unnecessary provisions;

(ii) expand the tax base as necessary;

(iii) ensure a competitive economic market in this Commonwealth; and

(iv) protect the stability of the Commonwealth's budget.

(6) Establish an Internet website.

(7) Study and analyze the impact of shared-risk contributions under 24 Pa.C.S. § 8321(b) (relating to regular member contributions for current service) and section 5501.1 (relating to shared-risk member contributions for Class A-3 and Class A-4 service).

(b) Discretionary.--The office may:

(1) Develop and use econometric models to annually forecast State revenues and update the models. The office shall make the equations of a model and any historic databases related thereto available to the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

(2) Provide an analysis of the executive budget, including budgetary projections, economic outlook and economic impact. The budget analysis may include performance recommendations to secure greater efficiency and economy.

(3) Provide an assessment of the Pennsylvania economy and the national economy and the impact of the existing or emerging State or national economic trends on revenue performance for the current year and the forecasted or projected revenue collections for the budget year and the succeeding year.