Budget bill: balanced budget: Members of the Legislature: salaries.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify any limits on salaries and travel expenses beyond what is described in the summary text.

Budget Law: Salary Penalties for Late Budgets

This law sets rules about when members of the California Legislature and the Governor lose their salaries if they do not pass a balanced budget on time.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Controller to check within 30 days after the budget bill passes whether it follows the state's balanced budget rule.
• If the Controller finds that the budget does not meet the balanced budget requirement, members of the Legislature and the Governor lose their salaries until a new budget is passed.

Who It Names or Affects

• Members of the California Legislature
• The Governor of California

Terms To Know

General Fund

A main account in the state's budget that holds money for regular government operations.

Controller

An official who manages and oversees financial matters for the state, including budgets.

Limits and Unknowns

• The exact date this law will take effect is not specified.
• It does not say what happens if the Controller's decision about the budget bill is wrong or disputed.

Official Summary Text

ACA 16, as introduced, Ellis.
Budget bill: balanced budget: Members of the Legislature: salaries.
The California Constitution includes a balanced budget provision that prohibits the Legislature from sending a budget bill to the Governor, and prohibits the Governor from signing a budget bill, if the total amount of General Fund appropriations and reserve deposits for the fiscal year exceed General Fund revenues for the fiscal year estimated as of the date of the budget bill’s passage. The Constitution requires the Legislature to include that revenue estimate in the budget bill.
The Constitution also requires the Legislature to pass a budget bill by midnight on June 15 of each year. If that deadline is not met, the Members of the Legislature forfeit any salary or reimbursement for travel or living expenses from midnight on June 15 until the day that the budget bill is presented to the Governor.
This
measure would authorize the Controller, no later than 30 days after the date of the budget bill’s passage, to determine that the budget bill violates the balanced budget provision. If the Controller makes that determination, the Members of the Legislature and the Governor would forfeit their salary and reimbursement for travel or living expenses from the day immediately following the date on which the Controller makes the determination until the date on which a budget bill is enacted.

Current Bill Text

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