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PRINTER'S NO. 2046
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
400
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, OCTOBER 1, 2020
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, OCTOBER 1, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Adopting a temporary rule of the Senate relating solely to
amendments to the Supplement to the General Appropriation
Bill and other appropriation bills for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020, including any amendments offered to
or for supplemental appropriations for prior fiscal years.
RESOLVED, That the Senate adopt a temporary rule to read:
TEMPORARY RULE
I. Budget Amendments on Senate Floor
1. Floor amendments to the Supplement to the General
Appropriation Bill or other General Fund or special fund
appropriation bills for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2020,
or for any prior fiscal year shall be in order on second or
third consideration only.
2. Any amendment offered on the floor of the Senate to the
Supplement to the General Appropriation Bill or other General
Fund or special fund appropriation bills or other budget
implementing legislation (which collectively comprises and shall
be referred to as the 2020-2021 Budget) that proposes spending
from the General Fund or any special fund for the Commonwealth
2020-2021 fiscal year, or any prior fiscal year, at a level
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different from the amount contained in the 2020-2021 Budget as
reported from the Appropriations Committee shall not be in order
and may not be considered unless the amendment contains
sufficient revisions or reductions to that 2020-2021 Budget so
that the amendment does not result in a net increase to the
total spending and yields a balanced budget based on current and
projected revenues. Where a proposed alteration in the
Supplement to the General Appropriation Bill is balanced, in
whole or in part, by a change in other appropriation bills or
other budget implementing legislation, the amendment shall have
appended thereto a "statement of intent" setting forth the
proposed adjustment to the other appropriation bill or bills
that will result in no net increase in the total spending from
the General Fund or any special fund contained within the 2020-
2021 Budget as reported from the Appropriations Committee.
3. For the purpose of this temporary rule, the Legislative
Reference Bureau, in drafting any amendment to the Supplement to
the General Appropriation Bill or any other appropriation bill,
shall append the "statement of intent" required for a proposal
which involves more than one bill.
II. Suspension
This temporary rule may be temporarily suspended only by a
vote of the majority of the members elected to the Senate.
III. Expiration
This temporary rule shall expire upon the enactment of the
Supplement to the General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020.
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