Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
Filed: 5/4/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2215
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2215 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Balanced Budget Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. | ||||||
7 | "Spending Increase Proposal" means any legislation that | ||||||
8 | (i) is introduced or amended (including any changes to | ||||||
9 | legislation by means of a conference committee report) during a | ||||||
10 | regular or special session of the General Assembly and (ii) | ||||||
11 | proposes or results in (as introduced or amended, as the case | ||||||
12 | may be) an increase in any item of appropriation or a creation | ||||||
13 | or expansion of any program or initiative so that an | ||||||
14 | expenditure of State general funds greater than the | ||||||
15 | expenditures set forth in the State budget prepared and | ||||||
16 | submitted by the Governor to the General Assembly for the State | ||||||
17 | fiscal year is authorized or necessary.
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18 | "Revenue Decrease Proposal" means any legislation that (i) | ||||||
19 | is introduced or amended (including any changes to legislation | ||||||
20 | by means of a conference committee report) during a regular or | ||||||
21 | special session of the General Assembly and (ii) proposes or | ||||||
22 | results in (as introduced or amended, as the case may be) a | ||||||
23 | reduction or elimination of any source of State general funds | ||||||
24 | revenues so that State general funds revenues are less than the |
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1 | revenues set forth in the State budget prepared and submitted | ||||||
2 | by the Governor to the General Assembly for the State fiscal | ||||||
3 | year.
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4 | "Contributes to the deficit" means any Spending Increase | ||||||
5 | Proposal or Revenue Decrease Proposal that does not include or | ||||||
6 | identify corresponding legislation to (i) reduce one or more | ||||||
7 | items of other State general funds appropriations, (ii) modify | ||||||
8 | substantive legislation to reduce the costs to State general | ||||||
9 | funds for one or more programs or initiatives, or (iii) enact | ||||||
10 | new sources of State general funds revenues, in each case in at | ||||||
11 | least the same amount of the expenditure authorized or | ||||||
12 | necessary under the Spending Increase Proposal or the reduction | ||||||
13 | or elimination of revenue under the Revenue Decrease Proposal.
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14 | Section 10. Notice of deficiency. In the event that a | ||||||
15 | Spending Increase Proposal or Revenue Decrease Proposal | ||||||
16 | contributes to the deficit, the Governor, acting by and through | ||||||
17 | the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, may submit a | ||||||
18 | notice of deficiency to the General Assembly by delivering the | ||||||
19 | notice to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
20 | Representatives and the President and Minority Leader of the | ||||||
21 | Senate.
A notice of deficiency shall include, but need not be | ||||||
22 | limited to:
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23 | (1) identification of the Spending Increase Proposal | ||||||
24 | or Revenue Decrease Proposal that contributes to the | ||||||
25 | deficit; and | ||||||
26 | (2) a fiscal analysis to demonstrate the nature of and | ||||||
27 | amount that the Spending Increase Proposal or Revenue | ||||||
28 | Decrease Proposal contributes to the deficit. | ||||||
29 | Section 15. Advancement of legislation. No Spending | ||||||
30 | Increase Proposal or Revenue Decrease Proposal for which the | ||||||
31 | Governor has issued a notice of deficiency may be advanced | ||||||
32 | towards final passage in either the House of Representatives or |
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1 | the Senate until legislation to eliminate the extent to which | ||||||
2 | the Spending Increase Proposal or Revenue Decrease Proposal | ||||||
3 | contributes to the deficit is introduced or amended and | ||||||
4 | advanced towards final passage.
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5 | Section 20. Adoption of rules. The House of Representatives | ||||||
6 | and the Senate shall adopt or amend such rules as may be | ||||||
7 | necessary or advisable to ensure compliance with the provisions | ||||||
8 | of this Act.".
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