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Controller asks Joint Finance to bring LUMA on‑budget as BIIF expires; warns staffing cuts would hamper payroll and audit work
Summary
State Controller Brandon Wolf told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee that the Business Information Infrastructure Fund (BIF) that paid much of LUMA's costs will expire June 30 and the controller's office needs general‑fund and dedicated funding to maintain staff and infrastructure.
State Controller Brandon Wolf and legislative analysts told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee that the state’s enterprise resource management implementation (LUMA) must be brought fully onto the controller’s budget after the Business Information Infrastructure Fund (BIF) sunsets at the end of the current fiscal year.
Frances Lippitt, the Legislative Services analyst, told the committee the controller's office requested a FY26 package primarily to move costs now covered by the BIF onto the office's appropriation. The office's request includes personnel and infrastructure costs and is structured as a mix of general‑fund and dedicated‑fund items; Lippitt described a total FY26 request in the mid‑teens of millions to fund LUMA positions and infrastructure previously paid from the BIF.
Controller Brandon Wolf said the BIF was established to pay implementation and sustainment…
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