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Senate Institutions committee debates H.952 capital allocations, delays lease authority
Summary
On April 23, the Senate Institutions Committee reviewed H.952 and debated reallocating funds to prioritize a Newport correctional-facility boiler, adding $220,000 for Recovery House Inc., and removing $350,000 for EV charging. Members also approved changing ANR lease language from 'enter into a lease' to 'negotiate a lease' to preserve legislative review; no formal vote was taken before the committee recessed to update spreadsheet numbers.
The Senate Institutions Committee met April 23 to review H.952, a capital bill that includes funding for corrections facility repairs, park lease language and several grant and maintenance items. Committee members and staff spent most of the session reconciling draft language and spreadsheet line items; no final vote was taken before the committee recessed to update numbers.
John Gray of the Legislative Council walked members through Draft 3.1 and its spreadsheet, identifying visible additions and deletions. Gray said the bill adds $430,000 in bonding for the Newport Northern State Correctional Facility boiler replacement "in addition to the 1,000,000 in cash," which he summarized as "so that's 1,430,000 total." He also said the draft adds $220,000 for Recovery House Inc. residential-treatment renovations and removes a previously proposed $350,000 for EV charging stations, freeing money to reallocate.
The bill keeps several cash appropriations unchanged, Gray said, including a $1,000,000 statewide parcel…
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