HLS 181ES-26 ORIGINAL
2018 First Extraordinary Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 1
BY REPRESENTATIVE IVEY
BUDGETARY CONTROLS: Reduces the expenditure limit for FY 2018-2019 (Item #12)
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To direct the commissioner of administration to change the expenditure limit for Fiscal Year
3 2018-2019.
4 WHEREAS, the expenditure limit provided for in Article VII, Section 10(C)(1) of
5the Constitution of Louisiana for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 is established as $14,805,436,238;
6and
7 WHEREAS, the state budget document for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 shows that the
8official expenditure limit of $14,616,943,593 was $1,421,015,516 under the expenditure
9limit after anticipated adjustments; and
10 WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10(D)(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana prohibits
11appropriations from the state general fund and dedicated funds, except funds allocated by
12Article VII, Section 4, Paragraphs (D) and (E), in excess of the expenditure limit; and
13 WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10.3(A)(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana requires
14that all money available for appropriation from the state general fund and dedicated funds
15in excess of the expenditure limit, except funds allocated by Article VII, Section 4,
16Paragraphs (D) and (E), shall be deposited into the Budget Stabilization Fund; and
17 WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10(C)(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana provides
18that the expenditure limit may be changed in any fiscal year by a favorable vote of two-thirds
19of the elected members of each house and that any such change in the expenditure limit shall
20be approved by the passage of a specific legislative instrument which clearly states the intent
21to change the limit; and
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1 WHEREAS, R.S. 39:52.1 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, provides that
2a change to the expenditure limit shall be made pursuant to a concurrent resolution adopted
3by a favorable vote of two-thirds of the elected members of each house directing the
4commissioner of administration to change the expenditure limit to a designated amount for
5a specified fiscal year.
6 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of
7the elected members of each house concurring, does hereby direct the commissioner of
8administration to change the expenditure limit for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 from
9$14,805,436,238 to $13,500,000,000.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the provisions of this Resolution shall be
11construed to affect the expenditure limit for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 and thereafter in
12accordance with Article VII, Section 10(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 1 Original 2018 First Extraordinary Session Ivey
Directs the commissioner of administration to reduce the expenditure limit for FY 2018-
2019 from $14,805,436,238 to $13,500,000,000.
Provisions of this Resolution shall be construed to affect the expenditure limit for FY 2019-
2020 and thereafter.
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