Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-289

GOV 289

Discretionary Spending Trends

Messrs. Tarr, Ross and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section__, the following new section:-

SECTION__. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance, in consultation with the house and senate committees on ways and means, shall conduct an analysis and review of non-discretionary state spending over the period of the past ten years, for the primary purpose of identifying trends and particular areas of growth or contraction.

A report reflecting the findings of such analysis and review, together with any recommended strategies for addressing those findings, shall be filed with the clerks of the house and senate not later than September 1, 2018.