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What it is

Spain's 1990 State Budget: spending, revenue and rules

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 1 March 1990. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Official title: Government bill on the General State Budget for 1990.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000017· updated 11 Nov

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  1. The 1990 State Budget is approved, ending the budget extension that had been in place because the new Budget was not passed before January 1. It includes the State Budget, autonomous agencies, Social Security and other public entities.
  2. Spending credits of 18,131,905,476 thousand pesetas are approved, funded by expected revenue (17,075,828,287 thousand pesetas) and by net borrowing.
  3. Recognition of non-financial obligations is capped: it cannot exceed the initially approved credits. Extraordinary credits and supplements cannot exceed 2.5% of ordinary credits, and the Government reports quarterly to the Congress and the Senate.
  4. Public sector pay rises by 6% effective January 1, 1990, for both basic and complementary pay, maintaining purchasing power. The wage bill of labor personnel also cannot grow by more than 6%.
  5. Public pensions are adjusted: Clases Pasivas The pension system for Spanish civil servants, separate from Social Security. pensions rise by an average of 8%, and Social Security pensions by between 7% and 10.54% depending on their amount, with special attention to minimum pensions.
  6. The Treasury's recourse to the Bank of Spain is limited, becoming only a within-year financing mechanism, and a cap is set on the outstanding balance of State Debt.
  7. Municipalities' and Provinces' shares of State taxes are set, with provisional percentages of 3.7332405% and 2.4141047% for the 1989-1993 five-year period, and funding rules for the Autonomous Communities and the Interterritorial Compensation Fund are regulated.
  8. The public sector is reorganized: the Instituto de Turismo de España is created and the Administración Turística Española becomes the state-owned company Paradores de Turismo de España; the public entity Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea is also created.

Who it affects

  • Public employees and labor personnel in the public sector: Their pay rises by 6% in 1990.
  • Pensioners: Their pensions are adjusted by between 7% and 10.54% depending on the case, with limits if several pensions are collected.
  • City councils, provincial councils and autonomous communities: They receive shares of State taxes and other aid under the rules of the Law.
  • Companies contracting with the government: The State Contracts Law is amended to align it with EU rules.
  • Taxpayers with debts to the Tax Agency: They may defer or pay in installments amounts owed, with guarantees and late-payment interest.

Words worth knowing

Prórroga presupuestaria
Budget extension: when no new budget is passed, the previous one keeps working.
Créditos extraordinarios y suplementos de crédito
Extra money that the Parliament can approve on top of what the budget provided.
Clases Pasivas
The pension system for Spanish civil servants, separate from Social Security.
Fondo de Compensación Interterritorial
A State fund that finances investment projects in the autonomous communities to correct territorial imbalances.
Coeficiente de caja
The percentage of deposits that banks must hold as a reserve.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced1 March 1990Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted1 March 1990The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEno dateIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 2 official steps on a timeline
11. 1 March 1990: Presentación22. 1 March 1990: Calificación

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Published in the BOE: Law 4/1990, of June 29, on the General State Budget for 1990

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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