Bill Text: SC S0260 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Appropriations

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-11 - Referred to Committee on Finance [S0260 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2011-S0260-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 7, TITLE 2 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS, BY ADDING SECTION 2-7-67 TO PROVIDE THAT THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL MUST REDUCE APPROPRIATIONS TO THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AVERAGE REDUCTION IN APPROPRIATIONS MADE FOR THE DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, BOARDS, OR COMMISSIONS INCLUDED IN THE ACT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Chapter 7, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 2-7-67.    The General Assembly, in the annual general appropriations act, shall reduce appropriations to the Senate and the House of Representatives in an amount equal to the average reduction in appropriations made for the departments, institutions, boards, or commissions included in the act."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.