SJR3 SFA Ferns 3-10 #1
Canterbury x. 7892
Senator Ferns moved to amend the House amendment to the resolution on page three, section fifty-one, Subsection B, lines forty-one through fifty-two, by striking out all of subdivision (5) and by inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“(5) The Legislature shall not amend the
budget bill so as to create a deficit but may amend the bill by increasing or
decreasing any item therein: Provided, That no item
relating to the judiciary
shall be decreased, the Legislature may not decrease the
total general revenue appropriations to the judiciary provided by the budget
bill by more than fifteen percent of the amount of the total general revenue
appropriations to the judiciary in the current fiscal year’s budget without a
separate vote of the Legislature approved by a two-thirds vote of the members elected
to each house, determined by yeas and nays and entered on the journals. and
Except as otherwise provided in this constitution, the salary or compensation
of any public officer shall not be increased or decreased during his or her
term of office: and Provided further however, That
the Legislature shall not increase the estimate of revenue submitted in the
budget without the approval of the Governor.”;
And,
On page six, line one hundred nineteen, by striking out everything after the word “follows:”, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “Providing that the total general revenue appropriations to the judiciary may be reduced in the budget bill, and setting forth the required procedures to be followed by the Legislature to enact any decrease of more than fifteen percent in the total general revenue appropriations to the judiciary provided in the budget bill from the total general revenue appropriations to the judiciary provided in the preceding budget bill; providing that when requested by the Legislature, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals must appear and be heard and answer inquiries relative any budget bill; and conforming language relating to the introduction of the budget and matters that may be taken up during extended sessions to more recent amendments to the constitution.”
Adopted
Rejected