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Committee approves constitutional amendment to require General Assembly to appropriate certain legal settlements (HR 29)
Summary
The Appropriations Committee approved HR 29, a proposed constitutional amendment to require the General Assembly to appropriate certain legal judgments and settlements received by the state on or after specified dates.
Representative Kemp presented HR 29 to the Appropriations Committee, saying the resolution would clarify that the General Assembly must appropriate monies the state receives from legal judgments and certain settlements entered on or after specified dates.
Kemp told the committee the measure was prompted by county-level concerns about broadband and by other instances in which funds entered the state outside the regular appropriation process. "The 236 members of the General Assembly have the charge…
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