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PRINTER'S NO. 587
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
472
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY KRIEGER, KNOWLES, GABLER, BARRAR, BLOOM, LAWRENCE,
KAUFFMAN, SACCONE, SAYLOR, DUNBAR, METZGAR, RAPP, DIAMOND,
METCALFE, REESE, GROVE, SANKEY, CUTLER, GILLEN, SIMMONS,
EMRICK, WARNER, ROAE, MACKENZIE, HELM, HICKERNELL, B. MILLER,
EVERETT, QUIGLEY, MALONEY, McGINNIS, TALLMAN, MOUL, TRUITT
AND TOEPEL, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
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 percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers from the immediately prior fiscal year, if
expressed as a positive number; and
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