6340     BUDGET COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE  
(Revised 2/98)

The Joint Rules provide that when the Senate or Assembly refuses to concur in amendments to a bill made by the other, the Senate and the Assembly will each appoint three members to the Budget Committee on Conference.  Generally, the appointees for each house will include two members from the majority party and one from the minority party.  Meetings of the Budget Committee on Conference are held in public.

Passage requires a majority vote of two senators and two assembly members.  A Committee on Conference of the Budget Bill shall only consider differences between the versions of the Budget Bill and shall not approve any item of expenditure which exceeds that contained in one of the two versions.  If the Committee on Conference fails to gain passage, a second Committee on Conference will be selected and the process repeated.  No more than three difference conference committees may be appointed on any one bill.