HJR36 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Danny GarrettRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Joint Legislative Task Force on Budget Reform, continued

Summary

A joint legislative panel is created to study and propose long-term reforms to Alabama's budgeting and tax system and to continue improving government spending.

What This Bill Does

It creates a 14-member Joint Legislative Task Force on Budget Reform (7 House members and 7 Senate members, including minority caucus members) to examine how the state’s budget is built and to suggest changes. It focuses on adjusting the budgeting process for the Education Trust Fund and General Fund, increasing performance reviews of state programs, unearmarking funds to improve legislative oversight and flexibility, and reviewing tax credits and exemptions to ensure they deliver real economic benefit. The task force must meet monthly, obtain staff support, and report its findings by the fifth legislative day of the 2020 Regular Session, after which it is dissolved.

Who It Affects

• Members of the Alabama Legislature (House and Senate) who serve on the task force, who will receive regular compensation, per diem, and travel expenses.
• State agencies and Alabama taxpayers, who would be affected by changes to budgeting practices, oversight, and the evaluation of tax credits with the aim of improving efficiency and economic outcomes.

Key Provisions

• Creates the Joint Legislative Task Force on Budget Reform with seven House members and seven Senate members, including two minority caucus members from each chamber.
• Requires the task force to evaluate and recommend changes to budgeting practices, including adjustments to the Education Trust Fund and General Fund, stronger performance and program reviews, unearmarking funds for oversight and flexibility, and a review of tax credits, deductions, and exemptions to ensure economic gain.
• Sets deadlines: first meeting by September 30, 2019; monthly meetings; reporting findings and recommendations to the Legislature by the fifth legislative day of the 2020 Regular Session; and dissolution of the task force after the report.
• Compensation provisions authorize regular pay, per diem, and travel expenses for task force members, funded through legislative appropriations.

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative