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Rules committee recommends mass approval of bills after attorney warns of constitutional risks in budget language
Summary
The Arizona House Rules Committee recommended a package of bills (House Bills 4138''153 and Senate Bill 1798) as constitutional and in proper form after Rules Attorney Tim Fleming warned that language in the budget/fee bills may exceed appropriation limits, raise gift-clause concerns and create separation-of-powers issues. The motion passed 8''to'0.
The Arizona House Rules Committee voted to recommend a package of measures — House Bills 4138''153 and Senate Bill 1798 — after hearing a review from the committee's rules attorney, who warned that some budget and fee provisions could raise constitutional questions.
Rules Attorney Tim Fleming told the committee that, while most of the bills appear "substantially constitutional and in proper form," the General Appropriations Act is limited by the Arizona Constitution and non-appropriation policy language placed in a fee or budget bill could be vulnerable to legal challenge. "The rule is that the General…
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