(ii) The average of the percentage change in the resident
population in this Commonwealth, as reported by the United
States Census Bureau for July 1 of each year, for the
immediately preceding three calendar years.
(b) The percentage of the rate of change calculated under
subsection (a) used in any fiscal year to adjust the spending
limit may be increased for that fiscal year by the affirmative
vote of three-fourths of the members elected to each House of
the General Assembly. The Commonwealth's spending limit
calculated under subsection (a) may be changed by the procedure
outlined in section 1(a) of Article XI.
(c) Total spending by the Commonwealth means all
appropriations and authorizations from the General Fund and
shall exclude refunds and the spending of Federal funds, gifts
or receipts restricted by laws in effect as of January 1 of the
year when this section is ratified and approved by the qualified
electors of this Commonwealth . This section shall not be
circumvented by transferring spending from the General Fund to
special funds or restricted receipt accounts.
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
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