A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Sections 10 and 12 of, and by adding Section 12.5 to, Article IV thereof, relating to the state budget.

(1) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor, following the enactment of the budget bill for any fiscal year and based on a determination that General Fund expenditures will exceed General Fund revenues, to issue a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency and to cause the Legislature to assemble in special session to enact legislation to address the emergency. If the Legislature fails to pass and send to the Governor a bill or bills to address the fiscal emergency by the 45th day following the issuance of the proclamation, the Constitution prohibits the Legislature from acting on any other bill or adjourning for a joint recess until a bill or bills to address the emergency have been passed and sent to the Governor. This measure would require that a bill addressing a fiscal emergency in this context be passed in each house of the Legislature by a 23 vote. 2 3 vote."?> (2) The California Constitution provides that the Budget Bill and other bills providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill, as defined, take effect immediately upon being signed by the Governor after passage by a majority vote of each house of the Legislature. This measure would delete all references to other bills providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill and instead provide that bills that amend the Budget Bill and bills that implement the Budget Bill, as defined, take effect immediately upon being signed by the Governor after passage by a majority vote of each house of the Legislature. The measure would define "budget bill" as a single bill that, as passed for each fiscal year, makes a comprehensive set of appropriations for the support of state government for that fiscal year. The measure would also prohibit the Legislature from passing a Budget Bill, a bill that amends the Budget Bill, or a bill that implements the Budget Bill, if the bill was not published on the Internet for at least 72 hours prior to passage. This measure would require the Legislature, from July 1 to July 31, inclusive, of each even-numbered year, to conduct oversight and review of state programs. The measure would prohibit the Legislature from acting on any bill during this period of time, except a bill that addresses a state of emergency, as defined, declared by the Governor, and that is passed by a 23 vote of both houses.