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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-1003" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Spending Affordability">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before June 1 of each year, the Legislative Policy Committee shall create a Spending Affordability Committee comprised of an equal number of Senators and Delegates. The Committee membership includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the President and the Speaker;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the chairs of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and the House or their designees; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>other members of the Senate and the House who may be appointed by the President and the Speaker.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The chair of the Committee shall be designated jointly by the President and the Speaker.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The President and the Speaker may appoint an advisory committee of citizens to assist the Committee in its deliberations.</text>
  </level>
</section>
