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Appropriations committee advances supplemental bill after debate over property-tax implementation funding and coordination language
Summary
The committee moved House Bill 3 (supplemental appropriations) as amended after divided votes on several amendments, including a failed coordination amendment tying a $1.7 million Department of Revenue allocation to pending property-tax-certification legislation and passed amendments adding other appropriations.
The House Appropriations Committee voted to pass House Bill 3, a supplemental appropriations measure, after extended discussion and multiple roll-call votes on amendments that changed several line items.
What was in dispute
A recurring focus of committee debate was a $1,700,000 supplemental appropriation included in HB 3 intended to allow the Department of Revenue to prepare systems and materials that would be necessary if the Legislature enacts a property-tax relief plan this session. Sponsors and some committee members said the supplemental would let the department begin work immediately so the state could implement relief without months of delay. Other members objected to placing planning and policy-related funding in a supplemental bill that is traditionally for…
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