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Appropriations panel trims infrastructure loan infusion for jail projects; committee votes to recommend ‘do not pass’
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment cutting a proposed transfer to the Infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund from $50 million to $20 million but, after debate, voted to recommend a “do not pass” on the amended House Bill 12/13.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on the afternoon docket approved an amendment that reduces a proposed transfer to the Infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund and then voted to recommend a do-not-pass on the amended House Bill 12/13.
The committee adopted Amendment 25.0626.03003, which removed new qualifying language for “critical political subdivision buildings and infrastructure, including correctional facilities,” and changed a planned transfer from the Strategic Investment Improvements Fund to the Infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund from $50,000,000 to $20,000,000. The amendment passed on a recorded vote of 15–0–1.
Why it matters: the change narrows the dollar infusion lawmakers would send to the lending pool used by local governments for infrastructure projects and clarifies that certain jail projects already qualify for loans under existing categories.
Levi, a fiscal staff member who…
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