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Committee briefed on deficiency warrants and supplementals, with rising use for pest control and other emergencies
Summary
Analysts outlined how deficiency warrants allow certain agencies to spend against the general fund for urgent needs and detailed the governor’s supplemental recommendations and historical trends showing growth in deficiency warrant use, notably for pest control.
Kellen McGurkin, budget and policy analyst at the Legislative Services Office, spoke to the Joint Finance and Appropriation Committee on Jan. 7 about deficiency warrants, supplementals and rescissions — the mechanisms that adjust current‑year appropriations.
McGurkin explained deficiency warrants permit certain statutory exceptions that allow agencies to spend against the general fund for prescribed purposes without a prior appropriation; the agency later comes to JFAC to obtain an appropriation that zeroes out the outstanding balance. Typical authorized uses…
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