S 217 Session 112 (1997-1998)
S 0217 General Bill, By Wilson and Hayes
A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 2-1-180, 11-9-880, AS AMENDED, 11-11-30, AND
11-11-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ADJOURNMENT OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE BUDGETARY PROCESS; AND TO ADD SECTION 11-11-95, SO AS
TO CHANGE THE DATE FOR THE MANDATORY ADJOURNMENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM
THE FIRST THURSDAY IN JUNE TO THE SECOND THURSDAY IN MAY, TO CHANGE THE DATE
OF THE ANNUAL INITIAL FORECAST OF THE BOARD OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS FROM NOVEMBER
TENTH TO OCTOBER FIFTEENTH, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE INITIAL FORECAST MAY BE
ADJUSTED ONLY DOWNWARD, TO CHANGE THE DATE OF ANNUAL ESTIMATES OF FINANCIAL
NEEDS BY STATE ENTITIES FROM NOVEMBER FIRST TO OCTOBER FIRST, TO PROVIDE THAT
JOINT COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON BUDGET REQUESTS MUST BEGIN ON THE SECOND TUESDAY
IN DECEMBER, TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS MAY BE REQUESTED FROM
UNEXPENDED FUNDS FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, AND TO PROHIBIT SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
01/21/97 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-16
01/21/97 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-16
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTIONS 2-1-180, 11-9-880, AS AMENDED,
11-11-30, AND 11-11-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ADJOURNMENT OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE BUDGETARY PROCESS;
AND TO ADD SECTION 11-11-95, SO AS TO CHANGE THE
DATE FOR THE MANDATORY ADJOURNMENT OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM THE FIRST THURSDAY IN
JUNE TO THE SECOND THURSDAY IN MAY, TO CHANGE
THE DATE OF THE ANNUAL INITIAL FORECAST OF THE
BOARD OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS FROM NOVEMBER
TENTH TO OCTOBER FIFTEENTH, AND TO PROVIDE THAT
THE INITIAL FORECAST MAY BE ADJUSTED ONLY
DOWNWARD, TO CHANGE THE DATE OF ANNUAL
ESTIMATES OF FINANCIAL NEEDS BY STATE ENTITIES
FROM NOVEMBER FIRST TO OCTOBER FIRST, TO PROVIDE
THAT JOINT COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON BUDGET
REQUESTS MUST BEGIN ON THE SECOND TUESDAY IN
DECEMBER, TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS MAY BE REQUESTED FROM
UNEXPENDED FUNDS FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR,
AND TO PROHIBIT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS IN
THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 2-1-180 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 2-1-180. The regular annual session of the General
Assembly shall must adjourn sine die each year not
later than 5:00 p.m. on the first second Thursday in
June May. In any year that the House of
Representatives fails to give third reading to the annual General
Appropriation Bill by March thirty-first, the date of sine die
adjournment is extended by one statewide day for each statewide day
after March thirty-first that the House of Representatives fails to give
the bill third reading. The session may also be extended
by concurrent resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of both the
Senate and House of Representatives. During the time between 5:00
p.m. on the first second Thursday in June
May and the extended sine die adjournment date, as set
forth herein, no legislation or other business may be considered
except the General Appropriation Appropriations
Bill and any matters approved for consideration by a concurrent
resolution adopted by two-thirds vote in both houses."
SECTION 2. Section 11-9-880(A) of the 1976 Code, as last
amended by Act 501 of 1992, is further amended to read:
"(A) The Board of Economic Advisors shall make an initial
forecast of economic conditions in the State and state revenues for the
next fiscal year no later than November tenth October
fifteenth of each year and any subsequent adjustments to the
October fifteenth forecast may be only downward adjustments.
Adjustments to the forecast must be considered on December tenth
and January tenth. A final forecast for the next fiscal year must be
made on February fifteenth. The February fifteenth forecast may be
adjusted monthly if the board determines that changing economic
conditions have affected the February fifteenth forecast. Before
making or adjusting any forecast, the board must consult with outside
economic experts with respect to national and South Carolina
economic business conditions. All forecasts and adjusted forecasts
must contain:
(1) a brief description of the econometric model and all
assumptions and basic decisions underlying the forecasts;
(2) a projection of state revenues on a quarterly basis;
(3) separate discussions of any industry which employs more
than twenty percent of the state's total nonagricultural employment
and separate projections for these industries."
SECTION 3. Section 11-11-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 11-11-30. On or before the first day of
November October, annually, each of the several
State state departments, bureaus, divisions, officers,
commissions, institutions, and other agencies and
undertakings receiving or asking financial aid from the State shall
report to the State Budget and Control Board
Governor, on official estimate blanks furnished for
such that purpose, an estimate in itemized form
showing the amount needed for the year beginning with the first day
of July thereafter. The official estimate blanks which must be
used in making these reports shall must be furnished
by the Board Governor's Office, shall
must be uniform, and shall clearly
must designate clearly the kind of information to be
given thereon."
SECTION 4. Section 11-11-90 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 11-11-90. The standing committees of the House
of Representatives and of the Senate in charge of appropriation
measures shall sit jointly in open sessions while considering the
budget and shall begin such joint meetings within five days after the
budget has been submitted to the General Assembly by the State
Budget and Control Board to hold budget hearings for the
ensuing fiscal year. The annual initial hearing must convene
on the second Tuesday in December, provided that in even-numbered
years after a general election in which members of the Senate were
elected, the members of the Senate Finance Committee of the
previous year who were re-elected to the Senate shall constitute the
Senate Finance Committee for purposes of this provision until the
Senate has organized and selected the new members of the Finance
Committee. This The joint committee may
cause the attendance of shall give opportunity for heads
or responsible representatives of the departments,
institutions, and all other agencies of the State to furnish
such information and answer such questions as the
joint committee shall require and to these sessions shall be admitted,
with the right to be heard, all persons interested in the estimates under
consideration. The Board, or its representatives, and the
Governor-elect shall have the right to sit at these public hearings and
be heard on all matters coming before the joint committee
pertaining to budget requests for the ensuing fiscal
year."
SECTION 5. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 11-11-95. No supplemental appropriations may be
included in the annual general appropriations act."
SECTION 6. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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