“We must change our constitution to ensure this legislature and future legislatures live within our means.”
Our state Constitution already demands you complete a balanced budget and any spending must be accounted for with revenues. It also states you are to have this completed no later then June 1 each year.
We don’t need a new law or constitutional amendment, we need the legislature to do its job.
How about a penalty for failure to comply. Say, a day in jail for each day the budget is late and a $10 million dollar/day transfer from the maximum budget to go to debt service for redeeming State bonds.