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Conference committee backs House amendments to SB2256 after debate over 50% match
Summary
A conference committee on Senate Bill 2256 unanimously agreed to concur with House amendments funding improvements at the Research Technology Park after members debated whether the state should require a 50% local match; the committee approved a motion to accept the House language and will send the bill back to the Senate.
A conference committee on Senate Bill 2256 voted unanimously to concur with House amendments on funding for the Research Technology Park after members debated whether the state should require a 50 percent local match to access grant funds.
The committee’s chairman said the Senate could “live with the $10,000,000” amount but asked the House conferees to drop a requirement that recipients provide a 50 percent match. “I think we can live with the 10,000,000, but we would prefer to not have the matching requirement at half of it,” the chairman said.
A senator on the committee rejected that request and urged…
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