Article IX § 30

The proportion of total state spending paid to all units of Local Government, taken as a group, shall not be reduced below that proportion in effect in fiscal year 1978-79. As used in this section, total state spending shall not include transfers to or from a counter-cyclical budget and economic stabilization fund created pursuant to law.

Proposal A also amends art 4, § 41; art 9, §§ 3, 8, & 31

The proportion of total state spending paid to all units of Local Government, taken as a group, shall not be reduced below that proportion in effect in fiscal year 1978-79. As used in this section, total state spending shall not include transfers to or from a counter-cyclical budget and economic stabilization fund created pursuant to law.

Proposal A also amends art 4, § 41; art 9, §§ 3, 8, & 31

During each four-year period beginning with the four-year period commencing October 1, 1979, the proportion of total state spending paid to all units of Local Government, taken as a group, shall not be reduced below that proportion in effect in fiscal year 1978-79, except that in any one fiscal year the proportion shall not be lower than two percentage points below the proportion established for fiscal year 1978-1979. As used in this section, “total state spending” means the expenditures of the general fund and all special revenue funds of this state, excluding expenditures from restricted sources of federal aid, unrestricted sources of federal aid that expressly replace restricted sources of federal aid, local and private sources of finance, and any transfers to or from the counter-cyclical budget and economic stabilization fund created pursuant to Section 54 of Article 4.

If the state assumes the financing and administration of a function after December 22, 1978, which was previously an obligation of, financed by, or performed by a unit of Local Government, the state payments for this function before the beginning of the first full state fiscal year in which the state assumed financing and administration of the function shall be counted as state spending paid to units of Local Government. In the first full state fiscal year in which the state assumed financing and administration of the function and for each state fiscal year thereafter, the amount of state payments for this function which shall be counted as state spending paid to units of Local Government shall not be greater than the state payments directly attributable to the state assumption of the function in the first full state fiscal year in which the state assumed financing and administration of the function, as adjusted for each fiscal year thereafter by the percentage increase or decrease in total state spending for that fiscal year.

An annual computation of the proportion of total state spending paid to all units of Local Government shall not include expenditures for a specific program or function of state government if the following conditions are met: (1) The governor requests the legislature to declare an emergency exemption for a specific program or function of state government from the computation of the proportion of the total state spending paid to all units of Local Government; (2) the request is specific as to the nature of the emergency, the necessary expenditure, the reason why the specific program or function of state government should not be applied to the proportional spending requirement, and the anticipated duration of the exemption; and (3) the legislature thereafter declares an emergency in accordance with the specifics of the governor’s request, including the specific duration of the exemption, by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to and serving in each house. An emergency exemption from the computation of the proportion of total state spending paid to all units of Local Government must be declared in accordance with this section before incurring any expenses which would be included within the emergency exemption. A program or function of state government for which an emergency exemption may be declared shall not be considered to include the providing of revenues for the sole purpose of reaching the required proportion of total state spending which must be paid to all units of Local Government in a four-year period.

Proposal C also amends art 4, §§ 41 & 54; art 9, §§ 2, 3, 8, & 31

During each four-year period beginning with the four-year period commencing October 1, 1979, the proportion of total state spending paid to all units of Local Government, taken as a group, shall not be reduced below that proportion in effect in fiscal year 1978-79, except that in any one fiscal year the proportion shall not be lower than two percentage points below the proportion established for fiscal year 1978-1979. As used in this section, “total state spending” means the expenditures of the general fund and all special revenue funds of this state, excluding expenditures from restricted sources of federal aid, unrestricted sources of federal aid that expressly replace restricted sources of federal aid, local and private sources of finance, and any transfers to or from the counter-cyclical budget and economic stabilization fund created pursuant to Section 54 of Article 4.

If the state assumes the financing and administration of a function after December 22, 1978, which was previously an obligation of, financed by, or performed by a unit of Local Government, the state payments for this function before the beginning of the first full state fiscal year in which the state assumed financing and administration of the function shall be counted as state spending paid to units of Local Government. In the first full state fiscal year in which the state assumed financing and administration of the function and for each state fiscal year thereafter, the amount of state payments for this function which shall be counted as state spending paid to units of Local Government shall not be greater than the state payments directly attributable to the state assumption of the function in the first full state fiscal year in which the state assumed financing and administration of the function, as adjusted for each fiscal year thereafter by the percentage increase or decrease in total state spending for that fiscal year.

An annual computation of the proportion of total state spending paid to all units of Local Government shall not include expenditures for a specific program or function of state government if the following conditions are met: (1) The governor requests the legislature to declare an emergency exemption for a specific program or function of state government from the computation of the proportion of the total state spending paid to all units of Local Government; (2) the request is specific as to the nature of the emergency, the necessary expenditure, the reason why the specific program or function of state government should not be applied to the proportional spending requirement, and the anticipated duration of the exemption; and (3) the legislature thereafter declares an emergency in accordance with the specifics of the governor’s request, including the specific duration of the exemption, by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to and serving in each house. An emergency exemption from the computation of the proportion of total state spending paid to all units of Local Government must be declared in accordance with this section before incurring any expenses which would be included within the emergency exemption. A program or function of state government for which an emergency exemption may be declared shall not be considered to include the providing of revenues for the sole purpose of reaching the required proportion of total state spending which must be paid to all units of Local Government in a four-year period.

Proposal C also amends art 4, §§ 41 & 54; art 9, §§ 2, 3, 8, & 31