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Utah House approves supplemental budget package, tapping disaster fund and reducing capital set‑aside
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 2 passed a trio of budget bills — HB300, HB301 and HB3 — to address a roughly $350 million fiscal‑year 2009 shortfall, including a temporary reduction of the capital set‑aside and a $15 million transfer from the disaster recovery fund after a floor amendment. The package passed and will be sent to the Senate.
Representative Ron Bigelow, the sponsor, opened the budget sequence by asking the House to act quickly on three interlinked measures so state agencies could implement the adjustments for fiscal year 2009.
"This bill, HB300, is the first step," Bigelow said when introducing a temporary change to the capital improvement set‑aside (ARNI). He described the measure as an exception for fiscal years 2009 and 2010 that would reduce the statutory 0.9 percent set‑aside to roughly 0.6 percent for those years so the funds could be used in the supplemental appropriation package.
Bigelow characterized HB301 as a narrow amendment to the State Disaster Recovery Restricted Account to allow use of money to address a general‑fund deficit tied to the supplemental budget. On the floor he noted the fund's current balance and the proposed withdrawal: "The current balance in the fund is…
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