Bill Text: PA SR277 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Adopting a temporary rule of the Senate relating solely to amendments to the General Appropriation Bill and other appropriation bills for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, including any amendments offered to or for supplemental appropriations for prior fiscal years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-01 - Adopted (45-0) [SR277 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR277-Amended.html

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2075 PRINTER'S NO. 2126
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 277 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, APRIL 2, 2012
SENATOR PILEGGI, RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, AS AMENDED, APRIL 30, 2012
A RESOLUTION
Adopting a temporary rule of the Senate relating solely to
amendments to the General Appropriation Bill and other
appropriation bills for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2012, including any amendments offered to or for supplemental
appropriations for prior fiscal years.
RESOLVED, That the Senate adopt a temporary rule to read:
TEMPORARY RULE
I. Budget Amendments on Senate Floor
1. Floor amendments to the General Appropriation Bill or
other General Fund or special fund appropriation bills for the
fiscal year commencing July 1, 2012, or for any prior fiscal
year, shall be in order on second or third consideration only. <--
2. Any amendment offered on the floor of the Senate to the
General Appropriation Bill or other General Fund or special fund
appropriation bills or other budget implementing legislation
(which collectively comprises and shall be referred to as the
2012-2013 Budget) that proposes spending from the General Fund
or any special fund for the Commonwealth 2012-2013 fiscal year,
or any prior fiscal year, at a level different from the amount
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contained in the 2012-2013 Budget as reported from the
Appropriations Committee shall not be in order and may not be
considered unless the amendment includes a financial statement <--
appended thereto based on information from the latest report of
the Commonwealth's Independent Fiscal Office that sufficient
revenue in excess of the amount contained in the 2012-2013
Budget as reported from the Appropriations Committee is
projected to be available so that the amendment yields a
balanced budget or the amendment, or any "statement of intent"
appended thereto, contains sufficient revisions or reductions to
the 2012-2013 Budget so that the amendment yields a balanced
budget based on current and projected revenues. Where a proposed
alteration in the General Appropriation Bill is balanced, in
whole or in part, by a change in other appropriation bills or
other budget implementing legislation, the amendment shall have
appended thereto a "statement of intent" setting forth the
proposed adjustment to the other appropriation bill or bills
that will result in no net increase in the total spending from
the General Fund or any special fund contained within the
2012-2013 Budget as reported from the Appropriations Committee.
3. For the purpose of this temporary rule, the Legislative
Reference Bureau, in drafting any amendment to the General
Appropriation Bill or any other appropriation bill, shall append
the "statement of intent" required for a proposal which involves
more than one bill.
4. Any amendment offered on the floor of the Senate
proposing to make reductions in the following appropriations
shall be out of order unless the amendment provides for a
revision not contrary to the statutes governing such programs:
(a) Medical assistance outpatient.
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(b) Medical assistance inpatient.
(c) Medical assistance capitation.
(d) Long-term care.
(e) Supplemental Security Income - aged, blind, disabled.
(f) School employees' retirement.
(g) Transfer to Commonwealth Financing Agency.
II. Amendments in Appropriations Committee
1. Any amendment offered in the Appropriations Committee to
the General Appropriation Bill proposing to make reductions in
the following appropriations shall be out of order unless the
amendment provides for a revision not contrary to the statutes
governing such programs:
(a) Medical assistance outpatient.
(b) Medical assistance inpatient.
(c) Medical assistance capitation.
(d) Long-term care.
(e) Supplemental Security Income - aged, blind, disabled.
(f) School employees' retirement.
(g) Transfer to Commonwealth Financing Agency.
III. Suspension
This temporary rule may be temporarily suspended only by a
vote of the majority of the members elected to the Senate.
IV. Expiration
This temporary rule shall expire upon the enactment of a
General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2012.
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