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Committee increases fire‑suppression loan authority, removes contingencies and approves aviation funding
Summary
Joint Appropriations approved changes to the Emergency Fire Suppression account, including converting a proposed $10 million appropriation to loan authority, removing contingency exhaustion requirements, and later adding $5.5 million biennial funding for aircraft and staffing after reopening the unit.
The Joint Appropriations Committee took several actions on the Emergency Fire Suppression account (Agency 060, Unit 0301), including approving increased loan authority, removing preconditions the governor had proposed, and adding new aviation and staffing funding.
Budget staff told the committee that the $10 million requested in the book should be treated as loan authority rather than an appropriation. Committee members approved removing the governor’s…
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