2011 House Joint Resolution J

Mandate July 1 budget deadline

Introduced in the House

Feb. 15, 2011

Introduced by Rep. Jim Townsend (D-26)

To place before voters in the next general election a Constitutional amendment to require the legislature to pass and send to the governor the appropriation bills for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1 no later than July 1, and to forfeit their pay for each day after July 1 without a budget.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations