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Analyst previews change to capital line-item structure to improve project transparency
Summary
An LFA analyst outlined a proposal to display capital contributions and project-level spending more clearly in the budget so legislators can track how an initial project appropriation spends down over future fiscal years; analysts will return with a cleaned motion for committee consideration.
An analyst identified as Sean briefed the subcommittee on a proposed change to how capital projects and capital improvement dollars are shown in the budget, arguing current roll-ups obscure year‑to‑year spending on discrete projects.
Sean described a common frustration: an individual project funded for, say, $9 million appears within a large capital projects fund (a roll-up line he described as about $922 million), making it difficult for legislators to…
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