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Legal counsel outlines legislature’s appropriation powers and key budget laws
Summary
Legislative legal counsel reviewed the constitutional and statutory basis for legislative appropriations, limits on appropriations, the item veto and conditions on spending, and statutes specific to JFAC duties.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee received a legal briefing on the legislature’s constitutional appropriation powers and the statutory framework that governs how the state budget is set and how appropriations may be conditioned.
Elizabeth Bowen, legislative legal counsel at the Legislative Services Office, told the committee that the legislature’s power to appropriate money is a plenary power rooted in the state constitution and that appropriations must be made by statute. She reviewed relevant constitutional provisions and statutory chapters that govern budgeting practice, including the requirement that money be withdrawn from the treasury only…
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