H1940B2779A05147 MSP:EJH 12/07/17 #90 A05147
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1940
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE DEAN
Printer's No. 2779
Amend Bill, page 1, line 22, by striking out the period after
"estimates" and inserting
and providing for duties of General Assembly.
The General Assembly finds and declares that it is the duty
of the General Assembly to, pursuant to section 13 of Article
VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, pass a balanced
operating budget each year.
Amend Bill, page 3, by inserting between lines 10 and 11
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 618.2. Duties of General Assembly.--(a) The General
Assembly shall pass bills raising sufficient revenue necessary
to balance the operating budget when the General Assembly passes
the general appropriation bill, other appropriation bills,
nonpreferred appropriation bills, statutory authorizations and
implementation bills. If by the first day of the fiscal year the
General Assembly has not enacted a balanced operating budget,
including bills that raise sufficient revenue as provided under
this subsection, members of the General Assembly shall not be
entitled to receive salary or reimbursement for expenses until
the balanced operating budget is enacted into law.
(b) The following shall apply:
(1) The balanced operating budget passed by the General
Assembly, consisting of the general appropriation bill, other
appropriation bills, nonpreferred appropriation bills, statutory
authorizations and implementation bills, shall be supported by
revenues which recur annually.
(2) If the balanced operating budget proposes to use
nonrecurring revenues to pay for recurring costs, the balanced
operating budget shall contain a plan to replace the
nonrecurring revenues with recurring revenues and shall outline
in detail reductions to expenditures necessary to bring future
budgets into balance.
(3) The balanced operating budget submitted to the Governor
by the General Assembly shall include sufficient appropriations
and authorizations for:
(i) The continuation of service required under current law.
(ii) Federal mandates.
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(iii) Existing contracts and multiyear commitments,
including collective bargaining agreements.
(iv) Sufficient resources to pay for increases in the cost
of services which are legally mandated.
(v) Sufficient resources to account for increased costs due
to changes in workload, caseload or enrollment in legally
mandated programs.
Amend Bill, page 3, line 11, by striking out "2" and
inserting
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Amend Bill, page 3, line 13, by striking out "3" and
inserting
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