H 3074 General Bill, By Cooper, C.D. Chamblee, Meacham, Stille, Townsend, 
D.C. Waldrop and Young-Brickell
 A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Sections
 11-11-140, so as to limit appropriations in the annual General Appropriations
 Act to an amount not to exceed the total of recurring general fund revenues
 collected in the last completed calendar year, and to amend the 1976 Code by
 adding Section 2-7-130, so as to provide for standing committees of the House
 of Representatives and the Senate, by subject matter jurisdiction, to review
 the annual state budget recommendations of the State Budget and Control Board.

   01/12/93  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-37
   01/12/93  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-38

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 11-11-140, SO AS TO LIMIT APPROPRIATIONS IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE TOTAL OF RECURRING GENERAL FUND REVENUES COLLECTED IN THE LAST COMPLETED CALENDAR YEAR, AND TO AMEND THE 1976 CODE BY ADDING SECTION 2-7-130, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE, BY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, TO REVIEW THE ANNUAL STATE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD.

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 11-11-140. General Fund appropriations in the annual general appropriations act may not exceed the total of recurring general fund revenues collected in the calendar year completed before the General Assembly first considers the annual general appropriations bill."

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

"Section 2-7-130. Upon adoption of its budget recommendations for the next fiscal year, the State Budget and Control Board shall forward to each standing committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate those sections of the board's recommendations that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the committee. The committee shall review the recommendations in the manner it considers appropriate."

SECTION 3. This act takes effect January 1, 1994, and first applies for appropriations for fiscal year 1994-95.