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State Controller urges continued funding to bring LUMA on budget; committee probes implementation and staffing needs
Summary
The State Controller and Legislative analysts presented the Controller's FY2026 request to absorb LUMA sustainment costs into the office appropriation and to fund additional staff; lawmakers pressed on implementation delays, audit timing and long-term staffing needs.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard a presentation on the State Controller's office and the LUMA enterprise resource management project on Feb. 17, 2025, during which the controller asked the committee to approve bringing LUMA sustainment funding onto the Controller's budget and to fund new positions that the office says are critical to ongoing operation and close-out activities.
Frances Lippett presented the Controller's budget context and explained that LUMA sustainment had been funded from the Business Information Infrastructure Fund (BIF), a continuously appropriated fund that expires at the end of the current fiscal year. She summarized the controller's request to transfer LUMA sustainment costs onto the Controller's FY2026 appropriation: roughly $9.856 million in general-fund costs to support staff already working…
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