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Senate Finance reviews bill to let governor declare emergency funding during a budget impasse
Summary
Senate Bill 488 would allow the governor to declare a 60-day emergency to maintain essential functions if the legislature cannot pass a budget or continuing resolution; senators pressed for clearer definitions of 'essential services,' duration caps and legislative oversight of emergency-period spending.
Senate Bill 488, introduced to the Finance Committee by Grant Bossie on behalf of Senate President Sharon Carson, would create a contingency mechanism for a budget impasse by empowering the governor to declare a 60-day emergency to fund and authorize essential state functions at prior-year levels.
Bossie said the measure was drafted after a recent budget negotiation that nearly produced an impasse and that the bill is designed to ensure courts remain open, roads stay safe and…
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