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Appropriations panel shifts Highway Patrol one-time items onto electronic permit fee, approves carryover of DOJ grant
Summary
The House Appropriations government operations section approved amendments to Senate Bill 2011 that move several one-time Highway Patrol expenses from general fund and other sources to the electronic permit fee fund and add authority to spend remaining federal grant carryover for an in-car router system.
The government operations section of the House Appropriations Committee approved an amended version of Senate Bill 2011 that moves multiple one-time Highway Patrol expenditures from the general fund and other accounts to the electronic permit fee fund and adds a carryover provision for remaining federal grant dollars.
The amendment, moved by Representative Lea Pyle and seconded by Representative Fisher, reallocated one-time funding lines including body armor ($158,000), preliminary breath test devices (about $43,000), handgun replacement (about $172,000 from fees and $28,000 from SIF), and emergency vehicle operations course resurfacing ($260,000) from the general fund or SIF to the electronic permit fee fund.…
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