PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 4043
No. 2956 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY SAURMAN, NICKOL, LANGTRY, TRELLO, HERSHEY, HANNA,
D. W. SNYDER, TULLI, BLACK, LEH, MAYERNIK, CARONE, GERLACH,
FLICK, CARLSON, KREBS, S. H. SMITH, FARGO, HARLEY, ARMSTRONG
AND MERRY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 29, 1992
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, further providing for the Governor's budgets
3 and financial plan appropriations and surplus of operating
4 funds.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby resolves as follows:
7 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
8 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
9 That sections 12, 13 and 14 of Article VIII be amended to
10 read:
11 § 12. Governor's budgets and financial plan.
12 Annually, at the times set by law, the Governor shall submit
13 to the General Assembly:
14 (a) A balanced operating budget for the ensuing [fiscal
15 year] biennium setting forth in detail (i) proposed expenditures
16 classified by department or agency and by program and (ii)
17 estimated revenues from all sources. If estimated revenues and
1 available surplus are less than proposed expenditures, the
2 Governor shall recommend specific additional sources of revenue
3 sufficient to pay the deficiency and the estimated revenue to be
4 derived from each source;
5 (b) A capital budget for the ensuing [fiscal year] biennium
6 setting forth in detail proposed expenditures to be financed
7 from the proceeds of obligations of the Commonwealth or of its
8 agencies or authorities or from operating funds; and
9 (c) A financial plan for not less than the next succeeding
10 [five fiscal years] three biennia, which plan shall include for
11 each such [fiscal year] biennium:
12 (i) Projected operating expenditures classified by
13 department or agency and by program, in reasonable detail, and
14 estimated revenues, by major categories, from existing and
15 additional sources, and
16 (ii) Projected expenditures for capital projects
17 specifically itemized by purpose, and the proposed sources of
18 financing each.
19 § 13. Appropriations.
20 (a) Operating budget appropriations made by the General
21 Assembly shall not exceed the actual and estimated revenues and
22 surplus available in the same [fiscal year] biennium.
23 (b) The General Assembly shall adopt a capital budget for
24 the ensuing [fiscal year] biennium.
25 § 14. Surplus.
26 All surplus of operating funds at the end of the [fiscal
27 year] biennium shall be appropriated during the ensuing [fiscal
28 year] biennium by the General Assembly.
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