South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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H. 3303

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Stavrinakis and McCoy
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3041sd13.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4613

Introduced in the House on January 10, 2013
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Zero Base Budget Process

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/10/2013  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 816)
   1/10/2013  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 816)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/10/2013

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 11-11-85 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A ZERO BASE BUDGET PROCESS BEGINNING WITH FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 11, Title 11 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 11-11-85.    (A)    The House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee shall implement a zero base budget process, beginning with the annual general appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2013-2014. The schedule for a zero base budget process must be organized by the following agency functional areas for all of state government:

(1)    Fiscal Year 2013-2014, Group I: human service, health care, and social service agencies;

(2)    Fiscal Year 2014-2015, Group II: correctional, criminal justice, public safety, and natural resource agencies;

(3)    Fiscal Year 2015-2016, Group III: executive, regulatory, judicial, quasijudicial agencies and boards, and other agencies determined by the committees not to fall in the first two categories;

(4)    Fiscal Year 2016-2017, Group IV: education functions of government including, but not limited to, public education and higher education.

(B)    The process for each group must be maintained on a four-year rotating basis."

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

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