Opinion ID: 1115370
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Budgetary Limitations

Text: The measure imposes a budgetary limitation for the Legislature. Section 7.5 is added to article IV of the Constitution to provide that, for the forthcoming fiscal year, the total aggregate expenditures of the Legislature for the compensation of members and employees of, and the operating expenses and equipment for, the Legislature may not exceed $950,000 per member for that fiscal year, or 80 percent of the amount of money expended for such purposes in the preceding year, whichever is less. Additionally, new section 7.5 of article IV of the Constitution provides that, for each fiscal year thereafter, the total aggregate expenditures may not exceed the amount expended during the previous year, adjusted and compounded by an amount equal to the percentage increase in the appropriations limit for the state established pursuant to Article XIII B of the Constitution.