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Committee approves Office of Administrative Hearings budget after review of funding model and staffing
Summary
The Committee on General Government Budget approved the Legislative Budget Committee’s recommendations for the Office of Administrative Hearings’ fiscal year 2025 and 2026 budgets after agency leaders described the fee-funded model, recent salary increases and staffing trends.
The Committee on General Government Budget voted to approve the Legislative Budget Committee’s recommendations for the Office of Administrative Hearings’ (OAH) budgets for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 after hearing an agency overview and questions from members.
The vote followed a presentation by Molly Pratt, fiscal analyst with the Legislative Research Department, and testimony from Lawrence Snell, acting executive director of the Office of Administrative Hearings. Representative Mike Amex moved to approve the LBC recommendations and Representative Bill Riley seconded; Chairwoman Walsinger then called the voice vote and said the motion passed unanimously.
The committee heard that the OAH operates “off budget”: the office’s funds come from fees charged to state agencies that use its hearing services rather than from the State General Fund. Molly Pratt…
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