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Committee adopts substitute to release Waters Program funds for ranked projects
Summary
Senators adopted a committee substitute and gave favorable expression to House Joint Resolution 30, which would release Waters Program funds (as set up under House Bill 563) to projects in ranked order, including added construction authorization for projects that had completed only design in year one.
The Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee adopted a substitute and gave favorable expression to House Joint Resolution 30, a measure to release Waters Program funds pursuant to the mechanism established in House Bill 563 (2024).
Representative Jason Petrie explained the resolution would authorize the Office of State Budget Director to release funds for projects that had been ranked under the Waters Program. A committee substitute was offered to allocate second-year construction money to a small set of projects that had been limited to design funding in year one and now need construction funding to proceed.
Chair McDaniel called for the committee’s approval of the substitute; senators voted in favor by roll call and the chair announced “Being 10 aye votes and no nay votes, the measure passes favorable expression.” Presenters told senators the ranking followed statutory factors used by the program and that concurrence would be pursued in conference if needed.
The committee did not record project-level dollar amounts during the presentation; witnesses described the substitute as shifting allocated construction money into year two for projects that reached only the design phase in the first year.
The committee substitute advances the resolution for further legislative action.
