An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in Commonwealth budget procedures, further providing for submission of budget to General Assembly.
Summary
HB243 would amend Pennsylvania’s Administrative Code of 1929 to change what the Governor’s budget submission must include. Specifically, it requires the budget to contain seven-year financial statements for all active Commonwealth funds, including special funds that are classified as government, proprietary, or fiduciary funds. The required statement would cover the prior fiscal year’s actual accounting, the current fiscal year’s available accounting, the proposed budget for the next fiscal year, and estimated accounting for the following four fiscal years.
The bill is a budget-transparency and long-range planning measure. By extending the financial outlook from the near term to a seven-year window, it would give the General Assembly more information when reviewing the state budget and evaluating the fiscal condition of Commonwealth funds. The act would take effect 60 days after enactment and would apply to future budget submissions under Section 613 of the Administrative Code.
Impact
HB243 would amend Section 613 of the Administrative Code of 1929, which governs submission of the state budget to the General Assembly. Its practical effect would be to impose an additional reporting requirement on the executive branch: the budget document would need to include multi-year financial statements for all active Commonwealth funds. This would affect the Governor’s budget office and any agencies responsible for preparing fund-level financial projections, and it would likely influence legislative review of state finances, reserves, and long-term obligations.
Sentiment
There is no recorded committee transcript or vote history in the provided materials, so no direct public debate or formal sentiment can be measured from the record. Based on the bill text alone, the measure appears to be framed as a technical fiscal-reporting improvement rather than a controversial policy change, suggesting a generally procedural or oversight-oriented purpose.
Contention
No specific points of contention are documented in the available materials. If concerns were raised, they would likely center on the administrative burden of producing seven-year projections, the reliability of long-range estimates, or whether the added reporting requirement would meaningfully improve budget decision-making. However, the provided record does not identify any legislators, agencies, or stakeholder groups taking a position for or against the bill.
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