Amendment #5 to H5469

Official Budget Definition

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Ferguson of Holden, Frost of Auburn, Muradian of Grafton, Vieira of Falmouth and Smola of Warren move to amend the bill in section 3, in lines 67 through 69, inclusive, by striking the definition of “Official budget” and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-

“Official budget”, the final spending plan utilized by a branch of the general court or joint legislative operations for a given fiscal year and recorded and maintained in the branch’s internal financial records, which shall include any appropriation to the general court through the General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year, as well as all supplemental appropriations for that fiscal year.

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Official Budget Definition