Current Status Bill Number:3160 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950110 Primary Sponsor:Hutson All Sponsors:Hutson, Walker, Keyserling, Simrill, Meacham, Robinson, Lloyd and Richardson Drafted Document Number:JIC\5168HTC.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:Biennial appropriations
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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House 19950110 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM
referred to Committee
House 19941221 Prefiled, referred to Committee 30 HWM
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TO AMEND SECTION 2-7-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH ITS 1996 SESSION FOR THE ENSUING TWO FISCAL YEARS, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL ENACT A BIENNIAL STATE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, AND TO REQUIRE THE GOVERNOR AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING ITS APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO USE A "ZERO-BASE" BUDGET PROCESS IN THE PREPARATION OF THE BIENNIAL STATE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 2-7-60 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 2-7-60. (A) The General Assembly shall annually provide for all expenditures in the general appropriations act and the appropriations made for any department, institution, board, or commission shall must be in a definite sum for each purpose or activity with such that itemization under the activity as may be deemed considered necessary by the General Assembly.
(B) Beginning with its 1996 session for the ensuing two fiscal years and in each session every two years after 1996 for the two fiscal years next ensuing, the General Assembly shall enact a biennial state general appropriations act in a form and under conditions as it considers appropriate. On July 1, 1997, and thereafter, the term `annual state general appropriations act' or any similar variations of this term as contained in any provision of law must be construed to mean the biennial state general appropriations act.
(C) The Governor and the General Assembly including its appropriate committees shall use a `zero-base' budget process in the preparation of the biennial state general appropriations act beginning in 1996."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.