Arizona SCR 1026: tobacco products; devices; tax; distributions

Bill Text

SCR1026 - 572R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: general appropriation bill; continuing appropriation

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SCR 1026

 Introduced by 

 Senator 
 Mesnard

A 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of Arizona; amending article IV, part 2, section 20, Constitution 
of Arizona; relating to appropriation bills.

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Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House 
of Representatives concurring:

1. Article IV, part 2, section 20, Constitution of 
Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on 
proclamation of the Governor:

CONST20. Appropriation bills; continuing appropriation; exception

Section 
20. A. The general appropriation 
bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations for the different departments of the this state, for state institutions, 
for public schools, and for interest on the public 
debt. All other appropriations shall be made by separate bills, each 
embracing but one subject.

B. Except 
as provided in subsection C of this section, if a new fiscal year begins and no 
general APPROPRIATION bill has been signed into law for that fiscal year, the 
general appropriation bill in effect for the immediately preceding fiscal year 
continues in effect as if enacted into law for the new fiscal year until a 
general appropriation bill has been signed into law for that fiscal year, 
except that the joint legislative budget committee or its successor agency, by 
a majority vote of all members appointed to the committee, shall adjust the 
amounts that were in effect for the immediately preceding fiscal year to remove 
onetime transfers and expenditures, to make required debt service adjustments 
and to account for inflation and enrollment growth for programs administered by 
the department of education, the Arizona health care cost containment system, 
the department of child safety and the department of economic security, or 
their successor agencies, in the new fiscal year.

C. The 
general appropriation bill in effect for the immediately preceding fiscal year 
does not CONTINUE in effect for the new fiscal year if the general 
appropriation bill in effect for the immediately preceding fiscal year, after 
being adjusted as required by subsection B of this section, together with any 
other appropriations required by law in the new fiscal year, appropriates an 
amount that exceeds the projected general fund revenues for the new fiscal 
year.

D. The 
legislature may enact laws to enforce this section. CONST

2. The Secretary of State 
shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as 
provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.