§ 9.   Taxes paid into treasury--Appropriations required for expenditure. All taxes levied and collected for state purposes shall be paid into the state treasury. No indebtedness shall be incurred or money expended by the state, and no warrant shall be drawn upon the state treasurer except in pursuance of an appropriation for the specific purpose first made. The Legislature shall provide by suitable enactment for carrying this section into effect.

Amendment proposed by SL 1984, ch 1, rejected Nov. 6, 1984.