Tennessee § 9-4-5108 - Form of appropriation bill — Capital projects — General legislation — Contents of title.

§ 9-4-5108. Form of appropriation bill — Capital projects — General legislation — Contents of title.

The general appropriations bill, provided for in § 9-4-5106, shall be drawn in such form as to authorize only lump sum appropriations to meet the expenditure needs of the various spending agencies of the state government for the next fiscal year. For the expenses of operation and maintenance in each department, division, institution, office, or other agency, there shall be not more than two (2) appropriations, one (1) for personal services and one (1) for other expenses, which shall be allotted before becoming available for expenditure as provided in §§ 9-4-5109 — 9-4-5113. Appropriations for capital improvement and capital maintenance projects shall be specified by state agency in lump sums consistent with capital improvement and maintenance projects detailed in the budget document. The appropriation bill shall not contain any provisions of general legislation. The title of any bill making appropriations from the treasury shall include the phrase, “This act makes appropriations for (here insert the object).” The title shall also state whether the act shall be for a limited period of time or for an indefinite period. If it is for a limited period of time, the title shall state that time period. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the appropriations bill may specify incentives or disincentives relative to performance-based budgeting. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 21; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.21; Acts 1969, ch. 12, §§ 11, 12; 1977, ch. 393, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 9-606; T.C.A. § 9-6-108 ; Acts 2002, ch. 875, § 5; 2012, ch. 1026, § 7. Cross-References. Origin and frame of bills, Tenn. Const., art. II, § 17. Attorney General Opinions. Constitutionality of Acts 1991, ch. 509, § 41, item 16, OAG 91-78, 1991 Tenn. AG LEXIS 89 (8/27/91). Act authorizing constituent accountability funds required appropriations titling, OAG 99-040, 1999 Tenn. AG LEXIS 59 (2/24/99). Unless it is expressly forbidden by statute, state agencies, generally, and public health and safety and various administrative agencies, in particular, may continue to carry out their duties and responsibilities regardless of whether an appropriations act has been enacted, OAG 00-083, 2000 Tenn. AG LEXIS 86 (5/4/00). Whether any particular official's salary may be paid if an appropriations act has not been enacted would depend on whether the statute setting that official's salary and authorizing its payment itself constitutes an appropriation, OAG 00-083, 2000 Tenn. AG LEXIS 86 (5/4/00). 2013 Appropriations Act provision relating to York Institute. OAG 13-75, 2013 Tenn. AG LEXIS 76 (9/26/13).