SJR3 SFAT Ferns 3-9

Canterbury 7892

Senator Ferns moved to amend the resolution by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Joint Resolution 3--Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending section 51, article VI thereof, relating to the state budget and related matters; providing that total general revenue appropriations to the judiciary may be decreased in the budget bill; providing that the Legislature may not reduce the total general revenue appropriation to the judiciary provided by budget bill in an amount greater than fifteen percent of the total general revenue appropriation enacted in the current fiscal year’s budget unless such reduction is approved by a 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature; providing rights and duties of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals relating to appearances before the Legislature and answering inquiries with respect to any budget bill; amending and adding language regarding when the Governor shall submit the budget to the Legislature and matters that may be considered during an extended session to conform the section to more recent amendments to the constitution; making technical corrections to gender related language; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment.

Adopted

Rejected