CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
	Section 6.13. Enactment of Budget Bill.	Art. III, sec. 52 (6). ... and such bill,
	The budget bill shall become law when	when and as passed by both Houses, shall
	passed by both houses of the General Assem-	be a law immediately without further action
	bly and shall not be subject to veto by the	by the Governor.
	governor. If the budget bill shall not have	(10) If the Budget Bill shall not have
	been finally enacted by the General Assembly	been finally acted upon by the Legislature
	by the eightieth day of its regular session,	three days before the expiration of its
	the governor shall issue a proclamation ex-	regular session, the Governor may, and it
	tending the session until the enactment of	shall be his duty to issue a proclamation
	the budget bill and ten days thereafter. After	extending the session for some further period
	the proclamation no other legislation, except	as may, in his judgment, be necessary for
	provision for the cost of the extended ses-	the passage of such bill; but no other
	sion, shall be finally passed by the General	matter than such bill shall be considered
	Assembly until the budget bill has been en-	during such extended session except a pro-
	acted.	vision for the cost thereof.
	Section 6.14. Testimony on Budget Bill.	Art. III, sec. 52. (7) The Governor and
	Either house of the General Assembly may	such representatives of the executive de-
	require any person in any branch or agency	partments, boards, officers and commissions
	of the state government, other than the gov-	of the State expending or applying for
	ernor, to appear and testify with respect to	State's moneys, as have been designated by
	the budget bill or a supplementary appropri-	the Governor for this purpose, shall have
	ation bill. The governor or a person	the right, and when requested by either
	designated by him shall have the right to ap-	House of the General Assembly, it shall be
	pear and testify with respect to these bills.	their duty to appear and be heard with
		respect to any Budget Bill during the con-
		sideration thereof, and to answer inquiries
		relative thereto,
	Section 6.15. Supplementary Appropriations.	Art. III, sec. 52. (8) Supplementary
	Any other appropriation shall be embod-	Appropriation Bill. Either House may con-
	ied in a supplementary appropriation bill,	sider other appropriations but both houses
	the purpose or purposes of which shall be	shall not finally act upon such appropria-
	clearly defined therein. In a regular session a	tions until after the Budget Bill has been
	supplementary appropriation bill may be	finally acted upon by both Houses, and no
	passed by either house, but shall not be final-	such other appropriation shall be valid ex-
	ly passed by both houses until the budget	cept in accordance with the provisions
	bill has been enacted. In a special session a supplementary appropriation bill may be considered and enacted at any time. Except with regard to capital projects submitted by the governor, a supplementary appropriation bill shall provide the revenue necessary to pay the appropriation by a tax, direct or in-	following: (a) Every such appropriation shall be embodied in a separate bill limited to some single work, object or purpose therein stated and called herein a Supple- mentary Appropriation Bill; (b) Each Sup- plementary Appropriation Bill shall provide
	direct, to be levied and collected as pre-	the revenue necessary to pay the appropria-
	scribed therein.	tion thereby made by a tax, direct or in-
		direct, to be levied and collected as shall
		be directed in said bill; (c) No Supple-
		mentary Appropriation Bill shall become a
		law unless it be passed in each House by a
		vote of a majority of the whole number of
		the members elected, and the yeas and nays
		recorded on its final passage; (d) Each
		Supplementary Appropriation Bill shall be
		presented to the Governor of the State as
		provided in Section 17 of Article 2 of the
		Constitution and thereafter all the provi-
		sions of said section shall apply.

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