As automobile traffic increased, he saw to it that road conditions were maintained within the revenues available.

After two decades of operation, the system collected about one third of the revenue available to the government in Beijing.

In the documents filed with the state, Hale House said it spent $1 million on fund-raising, or 12 percent of available revenue.

"School boards cannot print money, and they are constrained by law in the revenues available to them."

With more national venues and increased available revenue, the bowls saw an explosive growth throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

"But the revenues available at the local level have not kept pace with both crime and the public frustration about it," he said.

The costs of the tax cuts, the new initiatives and the government's ongoing activities are likely to strain available revenues.

Next year, he said, there will be $200 million more available revenue.

Both the tax cut and the change of power could complicate passage of spending bills this summer, because there is now less revenue available.

In the past, budget negotiations have been delayed as state leaders argued over available revenues.