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Committee adopts split-year approach for Department of Credit Unions supplements tied to NCUA support
Summary
After extended debate, the committee declined supplemental authority for FY2026 but approved an FY2027 enhancement request for the Department of Credit Unions — contingent on reduced NCUA support — and directed staff to include report language and a proviso to revisit the issue.
The Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee considered several supplemental requests from the Department of Credit Unions tied to federal support from the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). Committee members debated whether the special committee’s cuts should stand or whether to reinstate contingency funding to ensure the department can maintain examiner training, examination software and related salary support if federal support is reduced.
Ariana (committee staff) and Julie Murray (administrator, Department of Credit Unions) described the agency’s supplemental requests: two items tied to NCUA resources — approximately $58,000 for examiner training and $85,000 for examination software (about $143,000 total) — and roughly $186,000 to cover salaries for existing positions. Murray said the items are intended as a contingency and, if the NCUA continues to provide the services, the department would not expend the state authority and would instead reduce future fees or return the unused amounts.
Representative Rogers and others pressed for clearer contingency language and asked whether a trigger or mechanism could be specified so the committee would not authorize funds prematurely. Legislative staff and fiscal analysts noted that the enhancement as drafted would effectively raise the department’s fee-fund expenditure limitation and that a proviso or report back could address the timing of any release of authority.
The committee voted down a motion to accept the special committee cuts, then approved a compromise motion to leave the FY2026 supplemental out but to add the FY2027 enhancement contingent on NCUA funding and with committee report language requiring an agency update. The motion carried and staff were asked to draft precise language and a proviso to be included in the committee report to appropriations.
The transcript does not include a roll-call tally. Committee direction requested an update to appropriations and consideration of a reporting mechanism before final appropriations action.
