Tag: Responsible Budgeting
Tag: Responsible Budgeting
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States Must Respond with Discipline After Credit Downgrade: Lee Schalk and Thomas Savidge in The OC Register
Lee Schalk, ALEC Vice President of Policy, and Thomas Savidge, Research Director of the Center for State Fiscal Reform, co-authored a new op-ed in…
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Taxpayer Receipt Act
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS “Department” means the Department of Management and Budget, Department of Revenue, or the Office of State Policy and Budget (depending on the state). “Major state taxes”…
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Colorado Offers the Gold Standard for Fiscal Restraint: Jonathan Williams and Nick Stark in National Review
Jonathan Williams, ALEC’s Executive Vice President and Chief Economist, and Nick Stark, ALEC’s Director of Tax and Fiscal Policy, wrote in The National Review about…
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Fiscal Rules Campaign Launches on 30th Anniversary of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights
Arlington, Va. (Nov. 3, 2022) – In celebration of thirty years of the Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR), which was approved by voters on November 3, 1992, ALEC today…
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Act to Ensure US Amendments Ratified by Article V State Conventions are a Vote of “We the People”
An act to ensure that all Amendments added to the US Constitution by State Conventions are “an explicit and authentic act of the whole people.” Be It Enacted by…
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Article V Application for a Federal Fiscal Responsibility Amendments Convention to Curb Runaway Inflation and Restore Fiscal Sanity
TO MAKE APPLICATION FOR AN INFLATION-FIGHTING, FEDERAL FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AMENDMENTS (FRA) CONVENTION; TO DEMAND CONGRESS EXPEDITIOUSLY PASS A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES TO TRACK AND MAKE…
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Tax and Expenditure Limitation Act
Model Policy {Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. {Election Provisions} For any fiscal year that commences on or after____ state and local government districts must have voter approval in advance…
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Federal Grant Review Act
Federal Grant Review Act Summary A major problem affecting state legislatures in maintaining fiscally sound government and reconciling competing needs for state revenues is the continuing participation of their…
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Federal Receipts Reporting Requirements Act
Model Legislation {Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1 {Title} This act may be cited as the Federal Receipts Reporting Requirements Act. Section 2 {Definitions.} (A) As used in this section:…
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State Budget Reform Toolkit
Today, states face structural deficits created by overspending. Most of the legislative “fixes” over the past few years for state budget gaps have merely postponed or obscured the problems…