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Analysts brief JFAC on deficiency warrants, supplementals and emergency clause
Summary
Kellan McGurkin of LSO described how deficiency warrants let certain agencies spend for urgent purposes before a formal appropriation, the role of the Board of Examiners and Board of Land Commissioners in authorizing expenditures, and how supplementals differ from normal appropriations.
Kellan McGurkin, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the Joint Finance and Appropriation Committee on Jan. 7 that deficiency warrants, supplementals and rescissions are current‑year adjustments members will see during the session.
McGurkin explained that deficiency warrants permit certain agencies to spend against the general fund for statutorily authorized purposes without a prior appropriation; the agencies then appear before the committee to receive a corresponding appropriation that zeros out the outstanding balance. “In practice, this functions much like the agency using a credit card,” he said.
He said statutory…
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