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Committee considers language to let state use part of $15M for interim women's facility repairs
Summary
Senate Institutions members discussed whether language should allow using some of a $15 million appropriation set aside for a replacement women's facility to pay for urgent repairs at the current facility; staff said explicit bill language would be required and offered to draft options.
Committee members raised the prospect of using a portion of an existing $15 million capital appropriation earmarked for a replacement women's facility to address urgent repairs at the current site.
The Chair summarized the problem: funds in the capital appropriation were intended for acquisition and construction of a new facility, but members want flexibility to spend part of that allocation on immediate repairs (bathrooms and other priorities) while design and acquisition proceed. "If…
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