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PRINTER'S NO. 32
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
53
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY KEEFER, GROVE, O'NEAL, LEWIS, STAATS, GREINER,
KAUFFMAN, RYAN, HAMM, ROTHMAN, JOZWIAK, OWLETT, MOUL, SANKEY
AND GREGORY, JANUARY 11, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JANUARY 11, 2021
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in taxation and finance, further providing
for appropriations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 13 of Article VIII be amended to read:
ยง 13. Appropriations.
(a) Operating budget appropriations made by the General
Assembly shall not exceed the actual and estimated revenues and
surplus available in the same fiscal year.
(b) The General Assembly shall adopt a capital budget for
the ensuing fiscal year.
(c) Operating budget appropriations shall not be transferred
out of the General Fund into a special or restricted fund which
requires tax revenue or revenue previously used for General Fund
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expenditures. This subsection shall not apply to the Motor
License Fund or revenue under section 11 of Article VIII.
(d) Operating budget appropriations may be transferred into
a special or restricted fund under the following circumstances:
(1) The money for the fund is collected from a specific
industry and the appropriations from the fund are used for
programs related to the specific industry.
(2) The fund is necessary for the management of retirement
or other employment benefits offered by the Commonwealth.
(3) The fund is necessary for management of the
Commonwealth's lottery system.
(4) The fund is necessary for the Commonwealth to act as a
trust or trustee for individual residents of the Commonwealth.
(e) A fund under subsection (d) may not serve a corporate-
related or business-related purpose.
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
advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
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this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
primary, general or municipal election which meets the
requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least
three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is
passed by the General Assembly.
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