8.59  Appropriations freeze.
  Notwithstanding contrary provisions of the Code, the amounts appropriated under the applicable sections of the Code for fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 1993, are limited to those amounts expended under those sections for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1992. If an applicable section appropriates moneys to be distributed to different recipients and the operation of this section reduces the total amount to be distributed under the applicable section, the moneys shall be prorated among the recipients. As used in this section, “applicable sections” means sections 53.50, 229.35, 230.8, 230.11, and 663.44.
92 Acts, ch 1227, §9; 93 Acts, ch 180, §1; 97 Acts, ch 206, §5; 99 Acts, ch 135, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §5; 2010 Acts, ch 1167, §42