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Appropriations panel reviews State Parks budget: House trims some governor proposals and consolidates tech and grants
Summary
The Appropriations — Education and Environment Division reviewed differences between the governor's proposed parks budget and the House version, including consolidated technology funding, reduced deferred-maintenance dollars and a combined $7.5 million parks grant line with no per-recipient limits in the House measure.
The Appropriations ' Education and Environment Division on record reviewed changes between the governor's parks budget and the House version, highlighting shifts in one-time technology funding, a reduction in deferred maintenance and a combined parks-grants approach that removed earlier per-recipient limits.
Committee members examined a set of ongoing and one-time changes the House made to the governor's proposal. The House did not approve two FTE the governor had included; as a result, salary and related health-insurance amounts fell slightly. The committee noted a separate line that converts several existing temporary full-time year-round positions into permanent FTEs; the change increases retirement contribution costs (about $269,901 shown on the long sheet).
The House removed several of the governor's dedicated technology lines and instead combined them. A $3.5 million governor item for State Park Wi-Fi and a $2.5 million technology line were consolidated into a single $2.5 million appropriation in the…
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