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Treasurer appropriation language removed from big bill after BAA failure; treasurer reversion noted
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Summary
Staff told the House Appropriations Committee that a $14 million appropriation to the state treasurer in H.489 was amended in the House to $4 million, and that the Senate removed that amendment because the BAA did not pass; the Senate also added a $6 million reversion from the treasurer for bond redemption.
Committee staff told members that language appropriating $14 million to the state treasurer in an earlier draft of H.489 was changed during House consideration and then removed by the Senate after the BAA failed.
Grady Nixon, Joint Fiscal Office, explained that H.489 originally included a $14,000,000 appropriation to the treasurer. “There was an appropriation made to the treasurer in the amount of $14,000,000. And then in the house budget, they reduced that by 10,000,000 to bring it to $4,000,000. Because the BAA didn't happen, they cut that appropriation language in both instances,” Nixon said.
Nixon also noted a separate reversion action the Senate adopted in its version of the bill: the Senate included a $6,000,000 reversion from the treasurer tied to a prior $20,000,000 appropriation for bond redemption. Nixon summarized the history: $14,000,000 was pulled for emergency responses, leaving $6,000,000 from the original $20,000,000, and the Senate reverted the remainder.
The committee did not vote or take formal action; staff emphasized the working reconciliation is a draft compiled from annotated working documents and that members should consult the Senate addendum or the House as‑passed bill for final text and numbers.
