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Deficiency warrants, supplementals and emergency clauses: committee refresher ahead of budget season
Summary
Kellan McGurkin told JFAC that deficiency warrants let certain agencies temporarily spend against the general fund for statutorily authorized purposes and then come to the committee for appropriation; he also reviewed supplementals, rescissions and the constitutional emergency clause that accelerates current‑year adjustments.
Kellan McGurkin, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, gave the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee a primer on deficiency warrants, supplementals and rescissions during the Jan. 7 hearing.
What deficiency warrants are: McGurkin said deficiency warrants are statutory exceptions that allow certain agencies to spend against the general fund for authorized purposes without a prior appropriation. Agencies use deficiency warrants like a temporary credit card for specified needs — historically for items such as dam safety, fire suppression and pest control — and later seek a formal appropriation from the committee to zero…
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