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House leaders warn fuel-price uncertainty, depleted balancers leave legislature with roughly $12.95 million of discretionary cash
Summary
House leadership told members the Legislature lacks a supplemental budget and that, absent budget balancers, the 'current status' shows about $12,952,339 available—subject to change as amendments are adopted and to executive actions that could shift funds.
House budget leaders told members Monday the Legislature faces constrained discretionary funds this week after the other chamber declined to advance a supplemental budget.
Chairman Bear, speaking on the House floor, told members the absence of a supplemental bill means budget “balancers” that would move money from savings into the general fund do not exist for the current status. "When you kill the supplemental budget by not giving either body an opportunity to vote on it, you essentially take all of our spending and you put it back into the funds," Bear said.
Bear walked members through the accounting they will see on the printed “goldenrod” that accompanies budget bills: the House…
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