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shall not have been passed by both houses of the General

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Assembly by the eightieth day of its regular session, the

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General Assembly shall finally enact no other legislation

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until the budget bill has been enacted. Within ten days

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following passage of the budget bill by both houses of

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the General Assembly, the governor may reduce or strike

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out any appropriation contained in the budget bill, and

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each reduction or veto of an appropriation item shall

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be effective unless overridden by a vote of three-fifths

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of all the members of each house of the General Assembly

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within ten days after the action by the governor."

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THE PRESIDENT: The amendment has been submitted

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by Delegate Hanson, and seconded by the co-sponsors.

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The Chair recognizes Delegate Hanson.

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DELEGATE HANSON: Mr. President, I appreciate

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your not designating this amendment."D" for "dog".

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This amendment is the same amendment that came

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before this body as a Committee of the Whole. It was

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brought back here simply for one reason: We who sponsor

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it believe it is a better provision for the budgetary

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process than that provided by the Committee on State,