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Committee briefed on deficiency warrants and supplemental appropriations; governor’s supplemental package totals provided
Summary
Kellen McGurkin, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the Joint Finance and Appropriation Committee on Jan. 7 that deficiency warrants let certain agencies spend against the general fund for specific purposes before the committee appropriates funds to cover those expenditures, and that supplementals are ordinary current‑year appropriations.
Kellen McGurkin, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told Joint Finance and Appropriation Committee members on Jan. 7 that deficiency warrants, supplementals and rescissions are distinct mechanisms the Legislature uses to adjust current‑year spending authority.
“Deficiency warrants allow select agencies to spend monies against the general fund for select purposes as authorized in statute without a prior appropriation,” McGurkin said, explaining that statutory authority and caps allow agencies to make certain expenditures before the committee appropriates funds to cover them. Agencies that use deficiency warrants later come to the committee to receive a matching appropriation…
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