Spending & Debt Per Capita Calculations (language only)

Item 279 #2h

Language
Page 183, after line 46, insert:
"The Department of Planning and Budget shall include in the 1999 Budget Document the amount of projected spending and projected net tax-supported state debt for the fiscal years 1999 and 2000 on a per capita basis.  The 1999 Budget Document shall also include the amount of projected spending, less funding for any tax relief measures adopted by the 1998 General Assembly for the same fiscal years, on a per capita basis.  For this purpose, "spending" is defined as total appropriations from all funds for the cited fiscal years as shown in the 1999 Budget Bill.  The most current population estimates from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Services shall be used to make the calculations."

Explanation
(This amendment is self-explanatory.)