CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	as provided by Law, certified by the Comp-	liver to the presiding officer of each house a
	troller; (d) to pay and discharge the	budget bill for all the proposed appropria-
	principal and interest of the debt of the	tions of the budget, classified and in the
	State in conformity with Section 34 of	form and detail that he shall determine or
	Article 3 of the Constitution, and all Laws	that the General Assembly may prescribe by
	enacted in pursuance thereof; (e) for the	law. Each presiding officer shall promptly
	salaries payable by the State and under	cause the budget bill to be introduced. Be-
	the Constitution and Laws of the State; (f)	fore final action on the budget bill by the
	for the establishment and maintenance	General Assembly, the governor may amend
	throughout the State of a thorough and	or supplement the bill to correct an over-
	efficient system of public schools in con-	sight, to appropriate funds contingent on
	formity with Article 8 of the Constitution	passage of pending legislation, or to provide
	and with the Laws of the State; (g) for	for an emergency. An amendment or a sup-
	such other purposes as are set forth in the	plement shall be delivered to the presiding
	Constitution or Laws of the State.	officer of each house, and it shall become an
	(5) The Governor shall deliver to the	addition, substitute, or modification of the
	presiding officer of each House the Budget	budget bill or any item thereof. Each
	and a bill for all the proposed appropria-	amendment or supplement shall be accompa-
	tions of the Budget classified and in such	nied by a statement by the governor
	form and detail as he shall determine or	explaining the reasons therefor.
	as may be prescribed by Law; and the presiding officer of each House shall promptly cause said bill to be introduced	Section 6.12. Amendment of Budget Bill. The General Assembly may amend the
	therein, and such bill shall be known as	budget bill by increasing any item relating to
	the "Budget Bill." The Governor may,	the legislative or judicial branches, or by te-
	with the consent of the General Assembly,	ducing or striking out any item except the
	before final action thereon by the General	appropriation of sufficient funds to provide
	Assembly, amend or supplement said Budget to correct an oversight, provide funds con- tingent on passage of pending legislation or, in case of an emergency, by delivering such an amendment or supplement to the	for the timely payment of interest updh and installments of principal of all state indebt- edness and the appropriations required by law for state support of public school sys- tems. The General Assembly may not amend
	presiding officers of both Houses; and such	the budget bill in any other manner, or
	amendment or supplement shall thereby	change the estimate of revenues, or decrease
	become a part of said Budget Bill as an	the compensation of a public officer during
	addition to the items of said bill or as a	his term of office.
	modification of or a substitute for any item of said bill such amendment or supplement may affect.	Section 6.13. Enactment of Budget Bill. The budget bill shall become law when
		passed by both houses of the General Assem-
	(6) The General Assembly shall not	bly and shall not be subject to veto by the
	amend the Budget Bill so as to affect either	governor. If the budget bill shall not have
	the obligations of the State under Section 34	been finally enacted by the General Assembly
	of Article 3 of the Constitution, or the	by the eightieth day of its regular session,
	provisions made by the Laws of the State	the governor shall issue a proclamation ex-
	for the establishment and maintenance of	tending the session until the enactment of
	a system of public schools or the payment	the budget bill and ten days thereafter. After
	of any salaries required to be paid by the State of Maryland by the Constitution	the proclamation no other legislation, except provision for the cost of the extended ses-
	thereof; and the General Assembly may	sion, shall be finally passed by the General
	amend the bill by increasing or diminishing	Assembly until the budget bill has been en-
	the items therein relating to the General	acted.
	Assembly, and by increasing the items
	therein relating to the judiciary, but except	Section 6.14. Testimony on Budget Bill.
	as hereinbefore specified, may not alter the	Either house of the General Assembly may
	said bill except to strike out or reduce items therein, provided, however, that the	require any person in any branch or agency of the state government, other than the gov-
	salary or compensation of any public officer	ernor, to appear and testify with respect to
	shall not be decreased during his term of	the budget bill or a supplementary appropri-

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