# Emergency clause suspends normal debt-brake limits during pandemic

Date: 2020

A balanced budget amendment or debt brake is a constitutional rule requiring that a state cannot spend more than its income. It requires a balance between the projected receipts and expenditures of the government, and the balance requirement may be for each fiscal year or over a multi-year period.

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