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JFAC staff brief members on deficiency warrants, supplementals and emergency clause
Summary
Analysts reviewed how agencies use deficiency warrants and supplemental appropriations, trends in requests (noting pest control growth), and the constitutional emergency clause that makes in‑session adjustments effective immediately.
Kellen McGurkin of the Legislative Services Office summarized deficiency warrants, supplementals and rescissions to the Joint Finance and Appropriation Committee on Jan. 7, and explained how the constitutional emergency clause works when agencies need current‑year adjustments.
McGurkin told the committee deficiency warrants are statutory authorities that allow certain agencies to spend money from the general fund for specified purposes without a prior appropriation; those agencies later request a supplemental appropriation from JFAC to cover the outlays. He compared the process to a credit card: agencies may be authorized in statute to spend on items such as dam safety, fire…
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