2007 House Joint Resolution EE

Forfeit legislators’ pay if budget is late

Introduced in the House

Nov. 6, 2007

Introduced by Rep. Robert Dean (D-75)

To place before voters in the next general election a Constitutional amendment to require that the legislature approve and send to the governor all budget bills for the next fiscal year no later than 15 days before it begins, and forfeit legislators’ pay for each day they miss this deadline.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations