FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE JOINT

RESOLUTION NO. 3

89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BACKER.

Pre-filed December 6, 1996 and 1000 copies ordered printed.

ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk

L0534.01I

JOINT RESOLUTION

Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment to article IX of the Constitution of Missouri, relating to education, by adding thereto one new section relating to accountability by the board of curators of the state university.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:

That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 1998, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article IX of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:

Section A. Article IX, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 11, to read as follows:

Section 11. In order to provide greater accountability and expenditure information to the taxpayers of Missouri, the board of curators of the state university shall provide a budget detailed for each of the following levels: by campus; by department; by college; and by program within each department and college. This detail shall include personal service by position and expense and equipment by expenditure category for each fund source. This budget shall be provided to the general assembly by November first for the following fiscal year. Moneys appropriated to the university shall be detailed in the appropriation bill in the following levels: by campus; by department; by college; and by program within each department and college. Any funds not used by any such department or college shall lapse to the general revenue fund of the state at the end of the fiscal year. No funds allocated to a department or college shall be transferred to another department or college unless approved by the general assembly.

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