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JFAC hears overview of deficiency warrants, supplementals and emergency clause ahead of session work
Summary
Kellen McGurkin briefed the committee on Jan. 7 about deficiency warrants (agency authority to spend limited general fund amounts for specified emergencies), the constitutional emergency clause, and the governor's supplemental recommendations for the current fiscal year.
BOISE, Idaho — Kellen McGurkin, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, briefed the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee on Jan. 7 on deficiency warrants, supplementals, rescissions and the constitutional emergency clause that governs when adjustments take effect.
Deficiency warrants
McGurkin said deficiency warrants allow select agencies to spend against the general fund for specified purposes without a prior legislative appropriation; agencies then appear before the committee to receive formal appropriations that zero out the outstanding balance.
“Deficiency warrants allow select agencies to spend monies against the general fund for select purposes as…
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