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Senate panel begins 'rack up' budget exercise, weighs reserves and disaster funding
Summary
Committee staff presented a negotiated spreadsheet of executive and member requests and discussed how to create capacity for additional senate priorities, the accounting of disaster executive orders, and whether changing an implementation date in pending disaster reform could free roughly $155 million in reserves.
Senate Finance Committee staff presented a negotiated 'big spreadsheet' summarizing executive recurring and nonrecurring requests and what the chamber could feasibly accommodate. Staff reported the negotiated outcome produced roughly $19.7 million in recurring general fund increases and about $166.5 million in nonrecurring general fund allocations, plus other-state-fund adjustments. Members were asked to review the packet to identify items for possible cuts or reallocation to create…
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