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Board of Accountancy budget approved after LBC deletions of supplemental IT and salary requests
Summary
The Board of Accountancy presented a fee‑funded budget and said a planned licensing database conversion is expected later; the Legislative Budget Committee deleted two supplemental requests and the House committee reported the budget favorably by voice vote.
Shardae Cain of Legislative Research presented the Board of Accountancy’s budget to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee on Oct. 7 and noted a correction to the packet: the agency asked to lower its official hospitality limit from $1,800 to $1,600.
Cain said the board’s FY 2025 request totaled $534,000 from the Board of Accountancy fee fund and that the Legislative Budget Committee (LBC) had deleted two supplemental/enhancement requests: roughly $36,000 for contractual services tied to licensing database work and $15,256 for a short overlap in staffing and temporary help while the agency transitioned executive directors. The LBC deletions are recorded in the packet and reflected in House Bill 2007, Cain said.
Mindy Speck, the board’s new executive director, told the committee she had not yet completed a detailed review but that the salary overlap request reflected a one‑month overlap for training. She said the licensing database conversion involves OITS/OTIS and is expected to occur in fiscal 2027; several licensing boards are consolidating into a shared system, which affects timing and cost allocation.
Committee members asked whether the LBC deletions would materially harm operations. Speck said the board could cover immediate needs without the supplemental amounts; she said the software implementation timeline and shared OITS approach means additional costs may appear in later years but that the request as presented is manageable. Representative Carlin and others pressed for clearer downstream numbers; Representative Curtis and members of the joint IT committee explained the state is pursuing a coordinated OITS approach so agencies do not individually buy separate licensing software.
The committee voted to report the Board of Accountancy budget favorably for passage by voice vote. No roll‑call tally was recorded.
