2019 -- H 5412

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF

AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (BIENNIAL STATE BUDGET)

     Introduced By: Representatives Newberry, Roberts, Quattrocchi, Place, and Lyle

     Date Introduced: February 14, 2019

     Referred To: House Finance

     RESOLVED, That a majority of all members elected to each house of the general

assembly voting therefore, the following amendment to the Constitution of the state be proposed

to the qualified electors of the state in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV of the

Constitution, for their approval and the following section is hereby amended, effective on January

1, 2013, to read as follows:

ARTICLE IX

OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER

     Section 15. State budget. -- The governor shall prepare and present to the general

assembly on or before April 1 in the year 2021 and in each odd-numbered year thereafter, an

annual, a biennial consolidated operating and capital improvement state budget, which the general

assembly shall consider and, subject to amendment, enact on or before June 30 of each such odd-

number year.

     RESOLVED, That the said proposition of amendment shall be submitted to the electors

for their approval or rejection at the next statewide general election. The voting places in the

several cities and towns shall be kept open during the hours required by law for voting therein for

general officers of the state; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause the said proposition of amendment to

be published as a part of this resolution in the newspapers of the state prior to the date of the said

meetings of the said electors; and the said proposition shall be inserted in the warrants or notices

to be issued previous to said meetings of the electors for the purpose of warning the town, ward,

or district meetings, and said proposition shall be read by the town, ward, or district meetings to

be held as aforesaid; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the town, ward, and district meetings to be held aforesaid shall be

warned, and the list of voters shall be canvassed and made up, and the said town, ward, and

district meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as now provided by law for the town,

ward, and district meetings for the election of general officers of the state.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF

AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (BIENNIAL STATE BUDGET)

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     This joint resolution would require the governor to prepare and present to the general

assembly a biennial consolidated operating and capital improvement state budget on or before

April 1 in odd-numbered years commencing in the year 2021.

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