General Assembly approves by the affirmative vote of three-
fourths of the members elected to each House of the General
Assembly. The excess spending authorized by exceeding the limit
in this manner shall not be included in the computation base of
the spending limit for any subsequent fiscal year.
(d) (c) Total spending by the Commonwealth means all
appropriations and authorizations from the General Fund , the
Public Transportation Assistance Fund and the Motor License Fund
and funds created after the effective date of this subsection,
and shall exclude refunds and the spending of Federal funds,
gifts or receipts restricted by laws in effect as of January 1 ,
2014 2017 of the year when this section is ratified and approved
by the quali fied electors of this Commonwealth . This section
shall not be circumvented by creating additional spending
programs in the General Fund or Motor License Fund or
transferring spending from the General Fund or Motor License
Fund to existing special funds or restricted receipt accounts.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
(b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
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