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Appropriations subcommittee hears briefing on environmental funds as budget shifts special-fund dollars to general fund
Summary
At a House Appropriations Transportation and the Environment Subcommittee briefing, analyst Andrew Gray outlined four "families" of environmental funding and detailed proposed transfers and bond-based replacements in the governor's budget that would move special-fund dollars into the general fund while seeking to preserve program activities.
At a session of the House Appropriations Transportation and the Environment Subcommittee, members heard a briefing from analyst Andrew Gray on the state's principal environmental funding sources and how the governor's proposed budget would reallocate some special funds to the general fund.
Gray framed environmental funds as four main "families": the Bay Restoration Fund (often called the "flush tax"), the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund (the 20/10 trust), the Strategic Energy Investment Fund (SIF/CEAF) tied to RGGI and alternative compliance payments, and Program Open Space (POS) funded by the state transfer tax. He said the committee reviews operating budget items that last one year, while capital budgets (PAYGO and general-obligation bonds) support multi-year projects and may be used to replace transferred special funds.
Why it matters: the administration's balancing plan for fiscal 2027 includes transfers of special-fund revenue into the general fund and, in some cases, replacing that transfer with bond…
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