Bill Text: MS HC22 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Constitution; amend to require Legislature to enact a balanced budget for each fiscal year.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 62-1)
Status: (Failed) 2015-02-16 - Died On Calendar [HC22 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2015-HC22-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Constitution
By: Representatives Formby, Moore, Alday, Aldridge, Arnold, Bain, Baker, Beckett, Bell, Bennett, Bounds, Boyd, Brown (20th), Busby, Byrd, Carpenter, Chism, Currie, DeBar, DeLano, Denny, Eure, Gipson, Guice, Gunn, Hamilton, Hood, Horne, Huddleston (15th), Jennings, Ladner, Lamar, Lott, Martinson, Mayo, McLeod, Mims, Monsour, Morgan, Nelson, Powell, Read, Rogers (14th), Rushing, Shirley, Shows, Steverson, Taylor, Turner, Warren, White, Willis, Zuber
House Concurrent Resolution 22
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, BY CREATING A NEW SECTION 69A TO REQUIRE THE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT A BALANCED BUDGET OF THE ENTIRE EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES OF THE STATE FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That the following amendment to the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 is proposed to the qualified electors of the state:
Amend Article 4, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, by adding a new Section 69A, to read as follows:
"Section 69A. (1) The Legislature shall enact a balanced budget of the entire expenditures and revenues of the state for each fiscal year that meets the requirements of this section.
(2) The total sum of all appropriations by the Legislature for any fiscal year shall not exceed the estimate of the total amount of all estimated revenues that will be available for expenditure during that fiscal year.
(3) The total sum of all appropriations by the Legislature from the State General Fund for any fiscal year shall not exceed the estimate of the total amount of state general funds that will be available for expenditure for that fiscal year.
(4) The Legislature, by general law, shall enact legislation to implement the provisions of this section."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this proposed amendment shall be submitted by the Secretary of State to the qualified electors at an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2015, as provided by Section 273 of the Constitution and by general law.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the explanation of this proposed amendment for the ballot shall read as follows: "This proposed constitutional amendment requires the Legislature to enact a balanced budget of the entire expenditures and revenues of the state for each fiscal year."
