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Conferees consider boosting Cass County courtroom grant, prefer routing funds through courthouse improvement fund
Summary
Cass County requested the state increase its grant for a courtroom build from $100,000 to $400,000 (with a local match) to help fund a $1.2 million courtroom project; committee members said they would prefer placing funds into the competitive Courthouse Improvement Fund rather than earmarking the money to a single county.
Representative Hansen told the conference committee on Senate Bill 2002 that Cass County is building a new courtroom to house judges added two years ago and requested an increase in the state grant from $100,000 (the Senate amount) to $400,000 with a match requirement; the county’s total project cost is about $1.2 million.
Chairman Thomas said the committee should consider…
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