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Appropriations panel strips monetary allocations from economic‑development bill, will address funding in budget
Summary
Committee members debated a large economic development bill that contains many allocation amounts embedded in policy sections; the panel agreed to remove or convert monetary sections and to consider funding priorities in the formal budget process, reporting the bill as amended.
Rick Segal of the Office of Legislative Counsel told the committee that much of the economic development bill consists of allocation language (money directed to programs or agencies) rather than conventional appropriation sections.
Pat Hitterton (staff) reported historical spending figures for a downtown/village tax credit program and said past annual incentives had approached $2.2 million in a sample…
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