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1	differentiating between operational and mechanical pro-
2	visions could well be left to statute. It could be in the
3	infinite wisdom of the Constitutional Convention Commission
4	that they would want to take cognizance of these things.
5	For example, what you know now is in the budget
6	bill is the operating budget and the capital budget comes
7	up actually as a supplement, with its own source of revenue
8	In the case of it being financed from bonds, this is a
9	source of revenue and, to my utter amazement, the Court of
10	Appeals has also ruled that this is, this appropriation
11	bill for capital improvements is a, well, it's both an
12	appropriation and revenue measure because it is supplements
13	billing. Usually these are differentiated.
14	This brings up the question that Lauber mentioned
15	about putting the appropriation in the specific bill
16	where additional legislation is introduced, and that I woul
17	object to, on the basis that it is not considered good
18	legislative draftmanship to include appropriations in
19	substantive measures. As a matter of fact, at the Federal
20	level, this is prohibited.
21	THE CHAIRMAN: In bills of that nature, if you