JFAC staff present program-maintenance packets and 'clear language' to bind agency spending
Legislative budget staff briefed JFAC on program-maintenance packets, a new committee column for recommendations and 'clear language' intended to make previously informal 'intent' directives enforceable in appropriation acts; staff said reappropriation (ARPA) and transfer exemptions appear across multiple agency bills.
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Legislative Services Office budget staff walked the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee through its program maintenance packets on Jan. 15, describing a new structure for committee review and a push to convert longstanding “intent” language into enforceable appropriation conditions.
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