If there is no budget by July 1, there is NO authorization to continue to operate State government, not even police, fire, jails, hospitals, the courts, many of the airports, the ferries, etc.   Somebody who knows State budget law better than I can answer whether a program with program receipts authority can expend program receipts without an authorizing appropriation.   A shutdown of State government isn't like the fake shutdowns of the federal government we've seen where the most vital things are kept running even without a budget.   The way the State is set up, there is NO authorization for anything at 12:01 AM on July 1.   On June 1, the Governor has to give every employee of at least the Executive Branch a layoff notice effective COB June 30.   I spent some interesting months of May and June in Juneau with no budget and no contracts; this one may be the most interesting ones ever.

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