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Committee trims several State Capitol construction items, reduces corrections security request to $9 million
Summary
House Bill 258, a State Capitol construction and related capital package, was amended in committee to reduce multiple line items and to lower Department of Corrections security-system funding from an $18 million request to $9 million after departmental testimony.
The House Appropriations Committee amended and reported House Bill 258, a State Capitol construction and related capital appropriations bill, after a series of floor amendments that reduced or removed several line items and reduced a Department of Corrections security-electronics request.
Representative Pendergraft led multiple amendment efforts to slow or reduce capital spending, citing uncertainty in the long-term budget forecast. On page 4 of the bill, the committee adopted an amendment by Pendergraft to reduce a planning-studies line (about $712,000 as described in the chamber). That amendment passed on a…
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