Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 1901 – Bills and joint resolutions which appropriate or mandate or …
(a) Any bill or joint resolution in either House of the General Assembly which authorizes expenditures not previously authorized within the annual budget for the fiscal year in which the expenditure is to be incurred or which because of the provisions of the bill or joint resolution would authorize expenditures not specifically provided for in the bill or joint resolution shall include a 3-year fiscal projection. The 3-year fiscal projection shall be attached by the sponsor prior to its initial committee consideration in the House of origin.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 1901
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Any bill or joint resolution in either House of the General Assembly which relates to any public pension or retirement plan applicable to any person including, but not limited to, any public employee, officer or appointee of the State that would authorize or necessarily involve expenditures not authorized within the annual budget for the fiscal year in which the expenditure is to be incurred or which, because of the provisions of the bill or joint resolution, would authorize or necessarily involve expenditures not specifically provided for in the bill or joint resolution, shall include a fiscal projection reflecting the estimated actuarial long-term cost of the proposed bill or resolution whether or not such pension or retirement plan is funded on an actuarial reserve basis. The long-term fiscal projection shall be attached by the sponsor prior to its initial committee consideration in the House of origin.
29 Del. C. 1953, § ?1901; 59 Del. Laws, c. 41, § ?1; 60 Del. Laws, c. 58, § ?1; 62 Del. Laws, c. 178, § ?1;