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JFAC briefed on growth in deficiency warrants and supplemental requests; committee reminded of emergency-clause rules
Summary
Kellen McGurkin explained how deficiency warrants let agencies spend against the general fund for specific, statutorily authorized purposes, noted that pest-control costs have driven much of the recent growth, and summarized this session's supplemental totals and emergency-clause considerations.
Kellen McGurkin, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, briefed the Joint Finance and Appropriation Committee on Jan. 7 about deficiency warrants, supplementals and rescissions, explaining how each mechanism adjusts appropriations and when the committee must consider emergency language for immediate effect.
Deficiency warrants allow certain state agencies to spend from the general fund for specific, statutorily authorized purposes without a prior appropriation; the legislature later appropriates funds to cover those expenditures. McGurkin likened the authority to a credit card: agencies use the spending…
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