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JFAC hears how deficiency warrants, supplementals and rescissions work; committee reminded of emergency clause
Summary
Budget staff explained deficiency warrants (authority to spend without prior appropriation for select emergencies), how supplemental appropriations function, and the constitutional emergency clause that allows current‑year bills to take effect immediately.
Kellen McGurkin, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, briefed the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee on Jan. 7 on the definitions and procedures for deficiency warrants, supplementals and rescissions and the constitutional basis for emergency implementation of current‑year adjustments.
McGurkin said deficiency warrants allow certain agencies to spend from the general fund for statutorily authorized purposes without a prior appropriation and later appear before JFAC to receive an appropriation that zeroes out the outstanding balance. “Deficiency warrants allow select agencies to spend monies against the general fund for select purposes as authorized in statute without a prior appropriation,” he said, likening the practice to an agency using a credit card and later presenting the bill to the committee.
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