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House panel scales back renewable resource grants, adds voluntary local-match ranking
Summary
The House committee approved amendments to House Bill 6 that reduce the scale of proposed renewable resource grants after revenue estimates were found to be overstated and add voluntary local-match ranking criteria rather than a mandatory capital reserve requirement.
Representative Jay Fitzpatrick, sponsor of House Bill 6, told the House committee that updated revenue information forced a major reduction in the bill's scope and prompted an amendment that removed a mandatory capital reserve requirement while establishing voluntary local-match ranking criteria.
The amendment and the bill drew debate about how to prioritize limited state funds. Fitzpatrick said the budget office discovered the bill's revenue estimate "was incorrect and that it had overstated available revenues by approximately 100%." He said the committee trimmed projects so current funds would cover the first 21 water and wastewater projects and the first 21 irrigation projects on the bill's list.
Why it matters: HB6 would allocate state funds administered by the…
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