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within that period.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Would you change the require-

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ment in regard to passing the budget first before you

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could move into other bills?

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DELEGATE HANDEL: I don't know whether I

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would change that requirement. I think there is a

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constitutional amendment that is going to be on the

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ballot this year that if you cannot pass it through one

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house, you can finally pass it -- but I think you ought

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to change the date on which the budget has to be passed.

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I think it should be a little earlier.

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THE CHAIRMAN: What is it now?

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DELEGATE HANDEL: You have to pass the budget

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within three days or the Governor must call a special

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session for the purpose of the budget only. I think

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if you made that a little earlier period of time, ten

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days or fifteen days before the end of the session,

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then these appropriations bills could be acted on

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properly. I think that provision about appropriations

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does serve an effective purpose in a lot of instances.

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THE CHAIRMAN: You would keep that part?