33A. GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL


(a) No amendment to the annual general appropriation bill shall be in order on second reading unless:

(1) A request that the amendment be drafted was submitted by a member to the staff of the Joint Budget Committee at least seventeen hours prior to consideration of the bill on second reading; and

(2) The completed amendment was delivered to the member requesting the amendment, and delivered by such member to the chief clerk, prior to consideration of the bill on second reading or was delivered as part of a packet of all amendments prepared by the staff of the Joint Budget Committee prior to consideration of the bill on second reading. The chief clerk shall provide a copy of each amendment to the House prime sponsor of the bill and to the majority and minority leaders of the House on or before the day of second reading or shall deliver a copy of the packet of amendments to all members prior to consideration of the bill on second reading.

(b) An amendment not meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of this Rule may be considered on second reading with the consent of the committee of the whole. The question of such consent shall be decided without debate.

(b.5) An amendment offered on second or third reading or on consideration of the report of the committee of the whole to the annual general appropriation bill for the upcoming fiscal year or to the annual general appropriation act for the current fiscal year that increases the amount of any appropriation from a general fund, general fund exempt, cash funds, cash funds exempt, capital construction fund, or capital construction fund exempt column shall not be in order unless the amount identifies the source or sources of the entire amount of the increase. The part of an amendment that increases the amount of any appropriation shall not be severable from the part that identifies the source or sources of the entire amount of the increase. Such sources may be specified reserves, specified reductions in the amount of other appropriations in the same column, or a specified combination of such reserves and reductions.

(b.7) An amendment offered on second or third reading to the annual general appropriation bill for the upcoming fiscal year or to the annual general appropriation act for the current fiscal year shall not be in order if the effect of the amendment would be to cause or allow a violation of:

(1) Any limit on state fiscal year spending contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution; or

(2) Any limitation on state general fund appropriations contained in section 24-75-201.1, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(c) Repealed 1993 Session.