Just thought I’d flag the first iteration I saw of the biennial propagation of the myth that there is some legal requirement that the budget bill be passed by the General Assembly. From Rep. Dennis Tyler via Muncie Free Press:
A state budget is the one bill that must be passed in a long session of the Indiana General Assembly.
Frequently enough, but not in Rep. Tyler’s particular case, there is the assertion that the General Assembly is Constitutionally required to pass the budget. As a practical matter, the state needs a budget and the General Assembly would be delinquent in its responsibilities if it failed to pass one, but as a legal matter, it is not mandatory for them to pass a budget bill.
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