HLS 22RS-1353 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 884
BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU
BUDGETARY CONTROL S: Provides for changes in the expenditure limit calculation
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 39:33.1(A), (B)(1), and (C), relative to the expenditure limit; to
3 provide with respect to the calculation of the expenditure limit; to provide with
4 respect to identification of items that do not count against the expenditure limit; to
5 provide relative to the duties of the commissioner of administration with respect to
6 the expenditure limit; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 39:33.1(A), (B)(1), and (C) are hereby amended and reenacted to
9read as follows:
10 ยง33.1. Determination of expenditure limit
11 A. The No later than thirty-five days prior to each regular session, the
12 commissioner of administration shall submit to the Joint Legislative Committee on
13 the Budget both a calculation for the expenditure limit for the ensuing fiscal year and
14 recommendations for state general fund and dedicated funds to be excluded from the
15 calculation of the expenditure limit in accordance with Subsection D of this Section.
16 to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget no later than thirty-five days prior
17 to each regular session.
18 B.(1) The Beginning with the calculation for the 2023-2024 fiscal year and
19 for each calculation thereafter, the expenditure limit for the ensuing fiscal year shall
20 be the lesser of the following:
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1 (a) The total amount appropriated by the legislature from the state general
2 fund and dedicated funds as of December first for the current fiscal year, excluding
3 changes to budget authority made by the commissioner of administration or the Joint
4 Legislative Committee on the Budget, the expenditure limit for the current fiscal year
5 plus an amount equal to that limit amount times the growth factor, if the growth
6 factor is positive.
7 (b) The limit established by the legislature pursuant to the authority in
8 Article VII, Section 10(C)(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
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10 C. After review by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, or its
11 designated staff, the commissioner of administration The Joint Legislative
12 Committee on the Budget shall determine the state general fund and designated
13 dedicated funds to include in exclude from the calculation of the expenditure limit
14 in accordance with Subsection D of this Section.
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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)]
HB 884 Original 2022 Regular Session Beaullieu
Abstract: Changes the calculation of the expenditure limit and requires the Joint
Legislative Committee on the Budget (JLCB) to determine the state general fund and
designated funds that are excluded from the calculation of the expenditure limit.
Present constitution (Art. VII, Sec. 10) requires the legislature to provide for a determination
of an expenditure limit for each fiscal year, to be established during the first quarter of the
calendar year for the next fiscal year.
Present law (R.S. 39:33.1) establishes the calculation of the expenditure limit in accordance
with present constitution. Requires the commissioner of administration (commissioner) to
submit a calculation for the expenditure limit to JLCB no later than 35 days prior to each
regular session. Proposed law retains present law and further requires the commissioner to
submit a list of recommendations for state general fund and designated funds to exclude
from the calculation of the expenditure limit pursuant to present law.
Present law provides for calculation of the expenditure limit. Present law establishes a
formula to calculate the growth factor, which is a component of the expenditure limit
calculation. Proposed law retains present law. Further provides that the expenditure limit
for the ensuing fiscal year shall be the expenditure limit for the current fiscal year plus an
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amount equal to that limit times the growth factor, if the growth factor is positive. Proposed
law provides that, beginning with the calculation for the 2023-2024 fiscal year and for each
calculation thereafter, the expenditure limit for the ensuing fiscal year shall be the lesser of:
(1)The total amount appropriated by the legislature from the state general fund and
dedicated funds as of December 1st for the current fiscal year, excluding changes to
budget authority made by the commissioner of administration or the JLCB, plus an
amount equal to that amount times the growth factor, if the growth factor is positive.
(2)The limit established by the legislature pursuant to the authority granted in present
constitution.
Present law provides that after the calculation is reviewed by JLCB, or its designated staff,
the commissioner shall determine the state general fund and designated funds to include in
the calculation of the expenditure limit in accordance with present law. Proposed law
repeals this authority and instead requires JLCB to determine which state general fund and
dedicated funds to exclude from the expenditure limit calculation.
(Amends R.S. 39:33.1(A), (B)(1), and (C))
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