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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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Sec. 51. The personal property of
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Section 6.02. Local Taxing Power.
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residents of this State, shall be subject to
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All units of local government shall retain,
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taxation in the county or city where the
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unless withdrawn by the General Assembly
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resident bona fide resides for the greater
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by law, those taxing powers that they have
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part of the year for which the tax may
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at the effective date of this Constitution.
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or shall be levied, and not elsewhere, except
goods and chattels permanently located,
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Taxing powers may be granted or withdrawn
by the General Assembly by law applicable
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which shall be taxed in the city or county
where they are so located, but the General
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to all municipal corporations or by law ap-
plicable to one or more of the other popu-
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Assembly may by law provide for the taxa-
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larly elected representative local governments.
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tion of mortgages upon property in this
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State and the debts secured thereby, in the
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See Section 7.04, Powers of Counties, p. 89,
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county or city where such property is
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for taxing powers.
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situated.
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Sec. 52. ( 1 ) The General Assembly shall
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See Section 6.08, Appropriations, p. 30.
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not appropriate any money out of the
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Treasury except in accordance with the
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Section 6.09. The Budget.
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provisions of this section.
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The governor shall submit a budget for
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(2) Every appropriation bill shall be
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the ensuing fiscal year to the General Assem-
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either a Budget Bill, or a Supplementary
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bly on the third Wednesday in January in
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Appropriation Bill, as hereinafter provided.
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each year, except that in the year after the
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(3) On the third Wednesday in January
in each year, (except in the case of a newly
elected Governor, and then not later than
ten days after the convening of the General
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election of a new governor, the budget shall
be submitted not later than twelve days after
the convening of the regular session of the
General Assembly. In any year the time may
be extended by the General Assembly. The
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Assembly), unless such time shall be ex-
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budget shall show the estimated surplus or
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tended by the General Assembly, the
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deficit of revenues, at the end of the preced-
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Governor shall submit to the General As-
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ing year and shall contain for the ensuing fis-
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sembly a Budget for the next ensuing fiscal
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cal year an estimate of revenues, a complete
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year. Each Budget shall contain a com-
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plan of proposed expenditures by program
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plete plan of proposed expenditures and
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including all appropriations required by this
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estimated revenues for said fiscal year and
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Constitution or by law, and any additional
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shall show the estimated surplus or deficit
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information prescribed by law, all in such
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of revenues at the end of the preceding
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form and detail as the governor shall deter-
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fiscal year. Accompanying each Budget
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mine. The total of the proposed expenditures
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shall be a statement showing: (a) the
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shall be limited to funds available therefor
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revenues and expenditures for the preced-
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as shown in the budget.
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ing fiscal year; (b) the current assets,
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Section 6.10. Mandatory Appropriations.
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liabilities, reserves and surplus or deficit of
the State; (e) the debts and funds of the
State; (d) an estimate of the State's financial
condition as of the beginning and end of
the preceding fiscal year; (e) any ex-
planation the Governor may desire to make
as to the important features of the Budget
and any suggestions as to methods for reduc-
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The estimates of appropriations for the
legislative branch certified by the presiding
officer of each house, and for the judicial
branch certified by the judge designated by
the chief judge of the Court of Appeals to
certify the judicial branch budget, shall be
transmitted to the governor in the form and
at the time that he shall direct. To the ex-
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tion or increase of the State's revenue.
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tent that appropriations for the legislative
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(4) Each Budget shall embrace an esti-
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and judicial branches and for state support
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mate of all appropriations in such form and
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of public school systems are required by law,
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detail as the Governor shall determine or
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the estimates therefor shall be included in
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as may be prescribed by Law, as follows:
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the budget without revision.
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(a) for the General Assembly as certified
to the Governor in the manner hereinafter
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Section 6.11. Presentation of Budget Bill.
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provided; (b) for the Executive Depart-
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At the time the governor submits the
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ment; (e) for the Judiciary Department,
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budget to the General Assembly, he shall de-
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