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Conference committee agrees to keep $2 million cash in capital bill, restore White River Junction courthouse cash to $8 million
Summary
Members of the conference committee on institutions discussed a package to keep $2,000,000 in the capital bill as cash for public infrastructure, restore cash to bring the White River Junction courthouse to $8,000,000, and move several smaller cash items back to appropriations for further review.
A conference committee between the Senate and the House institutions on May 7 discussed a funding package that would keep $2,000,000 in the capital bill as cash for public infrastructure and restore cash to the White River Junction courthouse to reach $8,000,000.
The proposal matters because it changes funding form from bonded dollars to cash for several projects, which committee members said limits opening the capital bill to many outside projects and gives clearer direction on how dollars may be used.
Anja, a conference committee member, said the package’s central element is keeping the three items (the “3 b’s”) in the capital bill but funded with cash rather than bonds. “When this came to us, it was bonded dollars. It was not cash,” Anja said, adding that committee members were…
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