PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 1065
No. 823 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY BRIGHTBILL, JULY 3, 2005
REFERRED TO FINANCE, JULY 3, 2005
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, providing for spending limitations on the
3 State.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
8 That Article VIII be amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 18. Spending limitations.
10 (a) The General Assembly may provide, by law, for a
11 limitation on spending by the Commonwealth provided that the
12 same is agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each
13 House and, if in the General Assembly next afterwards chosen,
14 the same is agreed to by a majority of the members elected to
15 each House.
16 (b) Once a spending limit is enacted under subsection (a),
17 it may not be amended or repealed unless the amendment or repeal
1 is agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House
2 and, if in the General Assembly next afterwards chosen, the same
3 is agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House.
4 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
5 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
6 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
7 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
8 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
9 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
10 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
11 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
12 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
13 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
14 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
15 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
16 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
17 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
18 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
19 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
20 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
21 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
22 primary, general or municipal election which meets the
23 requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article
24 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least
25 three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is
26 passed by the General Assembly.
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