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JFAC corrects fund bookkeeping: broadband funds moved to broadband office; DEQ and Health & Welfare appropriation fixes approved
Summary
The Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a set of technical corrections Friday that reassign prior reappropriations and correct expenditure-category placements for multiple agencies, including the new broadband office, the Department of Environmental Quality and two Health and Welfare programs.
The Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee on Jan. 17 approved several technical corrections to 2025 appropriations, moving previously reappropriated dollars into the state’s newly created broadband office, fixing how funds to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) are recorded, and reclassifying line items inside the Department of Health and Welfare so contract payments are budgeted in operating expenditures rather than trustee and benefit payments.
Legislative Services analyst Janet Jessup explained the broadband correction, saying the Legislature added the broadband office to the Department of Commerce after reappropriations were already…
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