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House debates using budget reserve to pay state settlement agreements
Summary
Representatives discussed Senate Bill 233, which would allow the budget reserve account to be used to pay certain state settlement agreements according to statutory thresholds; members clarified it would not affect the education-designated rainy day fund.
An unnamed sponsor on the House floor on March 4 introduced Senate Bill 233, a measure to formalize procedures for using the state budget reserve to pay settlement agreements arising from pending court cases. The sponsor told colleagues the bill follows an existing tiered approval process in state code: payments under $100,000 can be approved by the agency with the governor's consent; $100,000 to $500,000 require the governor; $500,000 to $1,000,000 come to the Legislative Management…
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