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Board of Animal Health and Department of Agriculture outline tight state budget outlook and several bills affecting agency authority
Summary
Board staff reviewed a constrained state budget outlook, recent cooperative agreement funding uncertainty, and dozens of bills the agency is tracking that could alter board structure, data publication and funding.
Board staff gave an extended update on budget pressures, cooperative agreement funding uncertainty from USDA and a package of pending state bills that could change the board’s authority, membership and funding.
Budget snapshot: Melissa (director of operations for the board) told the board the biennial revenue outlook had shifted since the governor’s November forecast and that long‑term shortfalls in the tail years were affecting budget targets. She described a period in which USDA cooperative agreement funds were briefly frozen by federal action, forcing the board to consider contract cancellations until federal pre‑award letters restored funding. “We had to figure…
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