Article 207 - Special provisions as to financial Bills

Governor's recommendation requirement: financial measures require governor's recommendation; tax reductions and local fees excepted for expenditure bills.

Bills or amendments enacting specified fiscal measures require the Governor's recommendation before introduction or movement, and such fiscal Bills may not be introduced in a Legislative Council; however, amendments reducing or abolishing a tax do not require recommendation. A Bill is not treated as providing for those fiscal matters merely because it imposes fines, pecuniary penalties, or fees for licences or services, or because it changes taxation by a local authority for local purposes. A Bill that would involve expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of a State cannot be passed by a House unless the Governor has recommended its consideration.