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PRINTER'S NO. 47
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
71
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY WARNER, DAVANZO, DIAMOND, DUNBAR, ECKER, GAYDOS,
GROVE, HAMM, IRVIN, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, KEEFER, R. MACKENZIE,
O'NEAL, ROTHMAN, ROWE, RYAN, SANKEY, TOPPER, WHEELAND,
M. MACKENZIE, BERNSTINE AND BOROWICZ, JANUARY 11, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 11, 2021
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in taxation and finance, providing for
spending limitations on the Commonwealth.
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 Article VIII be amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 18. Spending limitations.
(a) Total spending by the Commonwealth shall not exceed the
spending limit in any fiscal year. The spending limit for any
fiscal year shall be equal to the spending during the
immediately prior fiscal year, adjusted by the sum of:
(i) The average of the percentage change in the annual
United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-
U), as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics, for each of the immediately preceding three
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