BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Conservative House lawmakers said Tuesday they will push a package of proposals that aim to expand the areas of the state budget that can be cut during shortfalls and to limit the use of patchwork funding for ongoing programs.

Rep. Brett Geymann, a Republican leading the “Budget Reform Coalition,” outlined the basic concepts to a Baton Rouge-based business organization. The bills will be unveiled next week, to be considered in the legislative session that begins in April.

The group, which has about 30 members, has been regularly at odds with GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal over budgeting tactics. The lawmakers say the financing methods used by the Jindal administration — and governors before him — create repeated budget shortfalls and instability for programs and agencies, by using gimmicks to pay for services.