(Columbia-AP) Jan. 8, 2004 - Governor Mark Sanford will release his proposed state budget for the coming year Thursday afternoon.
    
Legislators said Wednesday they will meet with the governor Thursday morning for a briefing on his first budget proposal.
     
Sanford and lawmakers face a $350 million dollar gap between expected revenues and the amount of money needed to keep existing programs running.
     
Sanford's plan is expected to include a variety of changes in state government. Those range from selling parts of the state's automobile fleet to reorganizing the way state government operates.
     
The spending plan is expected to be less than $5 billion.

Posted 9:15am by Eva Pilgrim