Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing section 28 of article IV of the constitution of Missouri relating to state treasury withdrawals, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to the same subject.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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 IV of the Constitution of the State of Missouri:

     Section A. Section 28, article IV, constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 28, to read as follows:

     Section 28. No money shall be withdrawn from the state treasury except by warrant drawn in accordance with an appropriation made by law, nor shall any obligation for that payment of money be incurred unless the commissioner of administration certifies it for payment and certifies that the expenditure is within the purpose as directed by the general assembly of the appropriation and that there is in the appropriation an unencumbered balance sufficient to pay it. At the time of issuance each such certification shall be entered on the general accounting books as an encumbrance on the appropriation. No appropriation shall confer authority to incur an obligation after the termination of the fiscal period to which it relates[, and] except that the state may be obligated for a period of up to five years only for leases for real property entered into according to law. Every appropriation shall expire six months after the end of the period for which made.