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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.48 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20010110 Primary Sponsor:Wilson All Sponsors:Wilson, Hayes, Richardson, Mescher, Elliott, Rankin, Branton Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\swb\5076djc01.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:General Assembly, Sine die adjournment; Economic Advisors Board, Appropriations Act, State, General, Supplemental History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20010110 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee Versions of This 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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