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Appropriations committee approves $836,667 transfer so personnel funding follows moved staff
Summary
On Jan. 16 the House Appropriations Committee approved a budget adjustment to reallocate $836,667 from the Legislature line item (section b 126) to Legislative Council and the Joint Fiscal Office to align personnel pay with recent staff transfers; the change is net neutral to the total legislative budget.
Scott Moore, director of legislative operations, told the House Appropriations Committee on Jan. 16 that staff who support committee assistance had been moved administratively from Legislative Operations to Legislative Council and that the budget must be adjusted so pay follows the employees. "We need to take out $836,667... and move some of that to Legislative Council and some of that to the Joint Fiscal Office," Moore said, describing the transfer as a mechanical adjustment.
Moore said the transfer affects a line item in the legislative budget identified on the memo as section b 126. He said the overall…
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