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Senate Appropriations — Government Operations Division organizes, sets hearing schedule and discusses electronic voting
Summary
At an organizational meeting, the Senate Appropriations — Government Operations Division opened its first session, reviewed which agency budgets will be handled by the panel, set a hearing schedule for the coming week and discussed whether to use electronic voting for committee business.
Presiding Senator, chair of the Senate Appropriations — Government Operations Division, opened the division's organizational meeting and called for roll call before outlining the committee's approach, assignments and upcoming hearing schedule.
The chair said members should “come with an open mindset, open and objective mindset, and a willingness to go to work,” and listed the agencies and budgets assigned to the division, including the state auditor, state treasurer, tax department, public service commission, agriculture, insurance, securities, Office of Management and Budget, legislative branch, financial institutions, Department of Transportation, trust lands, Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension, indigent defense, adjutant general, Game and Fish and—new to the division—highway patrol and the adjutant general budget. The chair also noted the Department of Corrections moved out of the…
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