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JFAC staff outlines program maintenance bills, sales tax distribution and Techum funding implications
Summary
Budget staff walked JFAC through the structure of program maintenance bills, the split between maintenance and enhancement requests, and a detailed look at sales tax distribution formulas including Techum funding and the tax relief fund.
Budget policy staff presented an overview of program maintenance budgets, the mechanics the legislature will use to assemble maintenance bills, and a sales tax distribution analysis that affects how much revenue is available to the general fund.
Keith Bybee, Division Manager for Budget Policy Analysis, told JFAC the program maintenance work is organized into 10 functional areas of state government and will include items between the legislative budget book's Benchmark 4 and Benchmark 5. He said maintenance bills will include benefit cost adjustments (including the full CEC package this year), contract inflation (ongoing contracts and leases), statewide cost allocation (services charged across agencies) and similar ongoing adjustments. Bybee said enhancement bills will be used for replacement…
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