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JFAC staff present program maintenance packets and 'clear language' for agency budgets; committee to vote on maintenance framework
Summary
LSO staff outlined program maintenance packets for JFAC, including standardized 'clear language' (intent and restrictions), exemptions, reappropriation authority, and the committee’s approach to setting maintenance budgets and adding or removing language during upcoming votes.
Keith Bybee, Division Manager of Budget Policy Analysis for the Legislative Services Office, presented the committee’s program maintenance packets and the approach JFAC will use to set maintenance budgets and associated "clear language" on Jan. 15.
Bybee explained each packet contains a comparative analysis (2026 base, personnel benefit costs, statewide cost allocation, change‑in‑employee‑compensation and a proposed committee recommendation column) and that staff will update numbers after the committee votes on statewide items.
He described four categories of "clear language" that commonly appear in…
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