1999-2000 Bill 3972: Appropriations, Surplus Funds Not Used for Recurring Expenses of State

1 BIL: 3972 2 TYP: General Bill GB 3 INB: House 4 IND: 19990422 5 PSP: Barrett 6 SPO: Barrett, Woodrum, Simrill, Knotts, Kelley, Keegan, Law, Vaughn, 7 Easterday, R. Smith, Allison, Altman, Barfield, Battle, Beck, Bowers, 8 T. Brown, Campsen, Cato, Chellis, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Cooper, Cotty, 9 Dantzler, Delleney, Edge, Emory, Gilham, Govan, Hamilton, Harrell, 10 Harris, Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, Hawkins, J. Hines, Hinson, Jennings, 11 Kirsh, Klauber, Koon, Lanford, Leach, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Loftis, 12 Lourie, Lucas, Maddox, Martin, Mason, McCraw, McGee, M. McLeod, 13 W. McLeod, Meacham-Richardson, Miller, J.H. Neal, Neilson, Ott, 14 Phillips, Quinn, Rhoad, Rice, Riser, Robinson, Rodgers, Sandifer, 15 Seithel, Sharpe, D. Smith, F. Smith, J. Smith, Stille, Taylor, Townsend, 16 Tripp, Walker, Webb, Whatley, Wilder, Wilkes, Wilkins, Witherspoon and 17 Young-Brickell 18 DDN: l:\council\bills\kgh\15578htc99.doc 19 RBY: House 20 COM: Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM 21 SUB: Appropriations, surplus funds not used for recurring expenses of state 22 agencies 23 24 25 HST: 26 27 Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved 28 ______29 House 19990422 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM 30 referred to Committee 31 32 33 Printed Versions of This Bill 34 35 36 37 38 TXT: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 12 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-7-125 SO AS TO PROHIBIT 13 THE APPROPRIATION OF SURPLUS FUNDS FOR 14 RECURRING EXPENDITURES OF STATE AGENCIES, TO 15 DEFINE “RECURRING EXPENSES”, AND TO PROVIDE 16 EXCEPTIONS. 17 18 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 19 Carolina: 20 21 SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 7, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is 22 amended by adding: 23 24 “Section 2-7-125. No bill or joint resolution may appropriate 25 surplus funds for recurring expenditures of state agencies. For 26 purposes of this section, ‘recurring expenditures’ are those items 27 identified in state agency budgets that recur monthly in the normal 28 operations budget of the agency and include personal services, 29 fringe benefits, and other operating expenses that recur monthly. 30 This section does not prohibit the appropriation or other use of 31 surplus funds to prevent an operating deficit of a state agency or in 32 the annual state budget.” 33 34 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 35 Governor. 36 ----XX----

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