PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 165
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
173
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, BROOKS, FOLMER, WARD, STEFANO, WAGNER,
MENSCH, GORDNER, McGARRIGLE, HUTCHINSON, LANGERHOLC,
VULAKOVICH, DiSANTO, RAFFERTY, VOGEL, WHITE, SCARNATI,
AUMENT, MARTIN, REGAN AND RESCHENTHALER, JANUARY 25, 2017
REFERRED TO FINANCE, JANUARY 25, 2017
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in taxation and finance, providing for
spending limitations.
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) Except as provided in subsection (c), total spending by
the Commonwealth in a fiscal year shall not exceed the spending
appropriation limit as provided in this section.
(b) The spending appropriation limit for any fiscal year
shall be equal to total appropriations made during the
immediately prior fiscal year, adjusted by the lesser of:
(1) the average percentage change in personal income in this
Commonwealth for the three preceding calendar years as reported
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