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Proposal allowing treasurer to withhold certain federal payments draws legal concerns; members favor study
Summary
Members questioned whether House Bill 1411, which would authorize the state treasurer to withhold certain payments owed to the federal government when federal aid is withheld from the state, is lawful; several lawmakers urged an interim study to identify lawful options and municipal impacts.
Representative Karen Ebel introduced HB1411 as a mechanism to provide the state treasurer authority to withhold certain payments to the federal government when the state itself is being deprived of federal aid. She framed the bill as an effort to identify proportional responses to situations where federal funding is withheld.
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