(a) General rule.--The committee shall have the following
powers and duties:
(1) To request, receive, review, examine, study,
ascertain and compare fiscal information concerning the
budget, the revenues and expenditures of the Commonwealth and
to make recommendations to the General Assembly, when found
advisable, directed to the elimination of unnecessary
expenditures and to the promotion of economy in the
government of the Commonwealth.
(2) To make current examination and, when pertinent,
reports concerning the current condition of all State money,
appropriations and other money, whether or not appropriations
are being currently expended for the purposes and within the
statutory restrictions provided by the General Assembly, and
concerning the current availability of revenue to meet
expenditures under appropriations.
(b) Reports of certain appropriations.--The committee shall
report to the General Assembly when they are in session, the
Governor and the Auditor General, when it appears that any
appropriation is being expended for purposes other than the
purposes for which the appropriation was intended, or if it
appears that any statutory restrictions or provisions are being
violated.
(c) Reports of fiscal nature.--The committee shall make
reports to the members of the General Assembly and, upon
request, to the standing committees of the Senate and House of
Representatives with respect to any of the committee's findings
or recommendations of a fiscal nature. The committee shall keep
complete minutes of committee meetings. The committee shall make
and distribute the final report to the members of the ensuing
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