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PRINTER'S NO. 226
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
232
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TRUITT, GREINER, HICKERNELL, HARKINS, BENNINGHOFF,
JAMES, DIAMOND, KAUFFMAN, McGINNIS, CUTLER, MENTZER, GRELL,
BLOOM, MILLARD, LAWRENCE, RAPP AND TALLMAN, JANUARY 27, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JANUARY 27, 2015
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, providing for budget by operation of law.
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. Budget by operation of law.
In the event that a general appropriation act for a fiscal
year is not enacted by the final day of the immediately
preceding fiscal year, the immediately preceding fiscal year's
general appropriation act shall be imposed by operation of law
from the first day of the fiscal year until such time as a
general appropriation act for the fiscal year has been finally
passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives and signed
by the Governor, subject to the condition that, if
appropriations made by the General Assembly for the immediately
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