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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2022
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 Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing amendments to sections 1, 2 and 7 of article 7 of the  consti-
   tution,  in  relation to providing for the establishment of a biennial
   budgeting system for the state replacing the state annual budget proc-
   ess

   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of  article
 7 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. For the preparation of the budget, the head of each depart-
 ment  of  state  government, except the legislature and judiciary, shall
 furnish the governor such estimates and information in such form and  at
 such  times as the governor may require, copies of which shall forthwith
 be furnished to the appropriate committees  of  the  legislature.    The
 governor  shall  hold hearings thereon at which the governor may require
 the attendance of heads of departments and their subordinates.    Desig-
 nated representatives of such committees shall be entitled to attend the
 hearings thereon and to make inquiry concerning any part thereof.
   Itemized  estimates  of the financial needs of the legislature, certi-
 fied by the presiding officer of  each  house,  and  of  the  judiciary,
 approved by the court of appeals and certified by the chief judge of the
 court  of  appeals,  shall be transmitted to the governor not later than
 the first day of December in each year IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE YEAR IN
 WHICH THE GOVERNOR TRANSMITS TO THE LEGISLATURE  THE  GOVERNOR'S  BUDGET
 DOCUMENT  for  inclusion  in  the  budget without revision but with such
 recommendations as the governor may deem proper.  Copies of the itemized
 estimates of the financial needs of the judiciary also  shall  forthwith
 be  transmitted to the appropriate committees of the legislature.  NOTH-
 ING HEREIN SHALL PRECLUDE THE ALTERATION, BY LAW,  OF  THE  EXPENDITURES
 DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME WHICH THE BUDGET SHALL HAVE BEEN ADOPTED FOR.
   §  2.  Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of article 7 of
 the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   § 2. [Annually] BIENNIALLY, on or before the first day of February  in
 each  year following the year fixed by the constitution for the election
 of governor and lieutenant governor, and on or before the second Tuesday
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 following the first day of the annual meeting of the legislature, in all
 other ODD NUMBERED years, the governor shall submit to the legislature a
 budget containing a complete plan of expenditures proposed  to  be  made
 [before the close of the ensuing fiscal year] DURING THE NEXT TWO FISCAL
 YEARS  and  all  moneys and revenues estimated to be available therefor,
 together with an explanation of the basis of such estimates  and  recom-
 mendations  as  to  proposed legislation, if any, which the governor may
 deem necessary to provide moneys and revenues sufficient  to  meet  such
 proposed  expenditures. It shall also contain such other recommendations
 and information as the governor may  deem  proper  and  such  additional
 information as may be required by law.
   §  3.  Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 7 of article 7 of
 the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   § 7. No money shall ever be paid out of the state treasury or  any  of
 its funds, or any of the funds under its management, except in pursuance
 of an appropriation by law; nor unless such payment be made within [two]
 THREE  years  next  after  [the  passage of] such appropriation act; and
 every such law making a new appropriation or continuing or  reviving  an
 appropriation,  shall  distinctly  specify the sum appropriated, and the
 object or purpose to which it is to be applied;  and  it  shall  not  be
 sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum.
   §  4.   Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendments
 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
 next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
 conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
 published for three months previous to the time of such election.