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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Ind. Gov't. - More on the doomsday scenario -- the failure to pass a budget by July 1st
President Pro Tem Long has released two papers that conclude that without a state budget agreement, there is no legal authority to continue most functions of state government, and hence the need for passage of the special session's SB 1.
Here is the 10-page memo, dated June 19, prepared by the Legislative Services Agency. And here is the 2-page memo, dated June 24, prepared by the Senate Counsel.
Note: It would have been helpful if Senator Long's staff had not elected to scan a copy of the LSA memo where someone had highlighted what they judged to be the most important statements. That made these sections practically unreadable; one might think they have been blacked out. Better still, of course, would have been to supply an original electronic document, rather than a scanned copy.
The ILB has had a number of entries on the doomsday scenario: May 18th, May 24th; May 25th; and June 19th.
In addition, the ILB entry had this entry on June 23rd, titled "What's in the Senate budget?"
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 25, 2009 08:04 AM
Posted to Indiana Government | Indiana Law