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LFA outlines 'clean' base bill and 5% reduction task for Criminal Justice budget
Summary
Legislative Fiscal Analyst Gary Sykes told the Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee the default FY27 base bill (HB 6) contains ongoing items only and that members must identify roughly 5% in ongoing reductions (about $48 million from a $968 million base).
Gary Sykes, Legislative Fiscal Analyst, opened the subcommittee’s budget review by describing a “clean” base bill for FY2027 that includes only ongoing items from the prior year and excludes one-time funding. “The default base bill that we prepared includes only those things that were ongoing from last year,” Sykes said, adding that the approach ensures government can continue to operate if the…
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