Sec. 20.
No appropriation shall be a mandate to spend. The governor, with the approval of the
appropriating committees of the house and senate, shall reduce expenditures authorized by
appropriations whenever it appears that actual revenues for a fiscal period will fall below the
revenue estimates on which appropriations for that period were based. Reductions in
expenditures shall be made in accordance with procedures prescribed by law. The governor
may not reduce expenditures of the legislative and judicial branches or from funds
constitutionally dedicated for specific purposes.§ § 20Reductions in expenditures
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