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Pa. Const. art. VIII, § 13
Appropriations
(a) Operating budget appropriations made by the General Assembly shall not exceed the actual and estimated revenues and surplus available in the same fiscal year.
(b) The General Assembly shall adopt a capital budget for the ensuing fiscal year.
History
(Apr. 23, 1968, P.L.App.7, Prop. No.4) Adoption. Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of present Article VIII (formerly Article IX) were adopted December 16, 1873, 1874 P.L.3, effective January 1, 1874. The article number was changed from IX to VIII by proclamation of the Governor of July 7, 1967, P.L.1063.
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