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HB 2099: state budget; estimates; notice.

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Leach, LD 11

BILL STATUS: House Engrossed

 

Legend: OSPB – Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting JLBC – Joint Legislative Budget Committee Amendments – BOLD and Stricken (Committee)

Abstract

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRelating to Legislative appropriation estimates.

Provisions

1.       Directs, beginning in 2019, OSPB and JLBC to jointly calculate a truth-in-spending estimate for the following FY by February 20th of each year. (Sec. 1)

2.       Directs the truth-in-spending estimate to be transmitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate and the House and Senate Appropriation Committee Chairs. (Sec. 1)

3.       Specifies the truth-in-spending estimate be calculated by multiplying the current FY appropriation amount by the sum of the estimated percentage change of both the population and the GDP implicit price deflator for the preceding FY and calendar year, respectively. (Sec. 1)

4.       Instructs that if the current FY appropriation is less than the previous FY appropriation, the truth-in-spending estimate is the current FY appropriation multiplied by 6% or the standard truth-in-spending estimate, whichever is greater. (Sec. 1)

5.       Prescribes, starting in FY 2020, that if an appropriations bill for the next FY is transmitted to the Governor and expends, in combination with all appropriations from previously enacted bills, more than the truth-in-spending estimate then the Legislature must post a public notice. (Sec. 1)

6.       Outlines that the public notice must be posted and retained on the legislative website in a prominent manner for at least six months. (Sec. 1)

7.       Details press release language. (Sec. 1)

8.       Requires OSPB and JLBC to consider all previously enacted appropriations from prior legislative sessions to determine the amount of current and preceding FY GF appropriations. (Sec. 1)

9.       Directs OSPB and JLBC, in the case that they cannot agree on a truth-in-spending estimate by February 15th to both:

a.       Publish their truth-in-spending estimates.

b.       Use an average of the two estimates when comparing to current FY appropriations. (Sec. 1)

10.   Directs the public notice to be removed if the Governor vetoes the appropriations. (Sec. 1)

11.   Directs the public notice to be removed if any line-item vetoes by the Governor causes the appropriations bill to be less than the truth-in-spending estimate. (Sec. 1)

12.   Requires the truth-in-spending estimate and total of the next FY appropriated amount be included in the General Appropriations Act. (Sec. 1)

13.   Defines GDP Implicit Price Index and General Fund Appropriations. (Sec. 1)

a.       Excludes certain appropriations from the definition of General Fund Appropriations.

Current Law

Truth in Taxation (TNT), outlined in A.R.S. § 41-1276, requires JLBC to determine TNT rates for equalization assistance for school districts. The Legislature must hold a joint hearing and publish a notice of a TNT hearing on or before February 28 if there is a proposal for a qualifying tax property tax rate that exceeds the TNT rate.

 

 

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Fifty-third Legislature                  HB 2099

Second Regular Session                               Version 3: House Engrossed

 

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