TN Code § 9-4-5203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 4 - State Funds, State Budget and Appropriations|Part 52 - Estimated Rate of Growth of Economy; Limitation on Appropriations|§ 9-4-5203. Governor's Budget Document — Appropriations Exceeding Growth of State's Economy — Bills — Index

  The budget document presented by the governor to the general assembly shall include a statement or showing projecting Tennessee personal income as provided in § 9-4-5201, for the ensuing fiscal year, for the calendar year in progress, for the fiscal year in progress, for the latest completed calendar year, and for calendar year 1977.   The budget document presented by the governor shall also include a statement or a summary showing recommended appropriations from state tax revenues for the ensuing fiscal year, such actual appropriations for the fiscal year in progress, and the 1977-1978 fiscal year appropriations from state tax revenues.    When in any budget document the percentage increase of recommended appropriations from state tax revenues exceeds the percentage increase of estimated Tennessee personal income as defined in § 9-4-5201, for the ensuing fiscal year, the governor shall submit a bill or bills for introduction in both houses of the general assembly which shall contain no other subject matter and shall set forth the dollar and percentage by which the estimated growth of the state's economy is exceeded by the appropriations of state tax revenue in accordance with the Constitution of Tennessee, Article II, § 24.   For purposes of determining compliance with this section and with the Constitution of Tennessee, Article II, § 24:  Funds allocated to the reserve for revenue fluctuations shall not be included as appropriations from state tax revenues; and   Funds expended from the reserve for revenue fluctuations to offset shortfalls in state tax revenue in accordance with § 9-4-211(b) shall not be included as appropriations from state tax revenues.       When the percentage increase of appropriations of state tax revenue by the general assembly exceeds the percentage increase of estimated Tennessee personal income as defined in § 9-4-5201, for the ensuing fiscal year, the general assembly shall by law containing no other subject matter, set forth the dollar and the percentage by which the estimated growth of the state's economy is exceeded by the appropriations of state tax revenue in accordance with Constitution of Tennessee, Article II, § 24.    The index of appropriations from state tax revenues for the 2011-2012 fiscal year may exceed the index of estimated growth in the state's economy by two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) or two and one one-hundredths percent (2.01%).   The index of appropriations from state tax revenues for the 2012-2013 fiscal year may exceed the index of estimated growth in the state's economy by one hundred thirty-two million five hundred thousand dollars ($132,500,000) or one percent (1.0%).   The index of appropriations from state tax revenues for the 2016-2017 fiscal year may exceed the index of estimated growth in the state's economy by four hundred thirty-eight million dollars ($438,000,000) or two and eighty-five hundredths percent (2.85%).   The index of appropriations from state tax revenues for the 2019-2020 fiscal year may exceed the index of estimated growth in the state's economy by six hundred twenty-nine million dollars ($629,000,000) or three and six-tenths percent (3.6%).