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Appropriations panel trims fleet-services funding, advances indigent defense budget with amendments

2165956 · January 28, 2025
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Summary

The Government Operations Division approved amendments trimming state fleet-services funding by $1,000,000 and passed the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigence budget as amended (removing an $805,000 FTE equity line and adding statutory declassification language). Both measures passed by roll call.

The Appropriations Committee — Government Operations Division voted on a set of budget amendments that reduced one-time fleet-services funding and advanced the budget for the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigence with changes requested by the committee.

Committee members approved an amendment that reduces the general-fund amount for state fleet services by $1,000,000 (the long-sheet amount was changed from $4,275,000 to $3,275,000 in committee explanatory material). Committee staff and highway-patrol accounting witnesses explained the amortized per-mile rate and the uncertainties behind vehicle depreciation and resale values. Aaron…

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