TAS Day 32
On the 32nd legislative day the Joint Appropriations Committee met with the Bureau of Finance and Management (BFM), and the Legislative Research Council (LRC) to discuss the revenue projections for FY 11, and FY 12.
The BFM, and LRC presented separate revenue projections based on economic information for the state. These projections are extremely close, in fact they only differed by 1.07% in the last two years. The Appropriations Committee will meet again Monday to adopt a final revenue proposal.
The Senate Appropriations Committee also met on the 32nd legislative day to discuss House Bill 1245. Originally the Senate Appropriations had cleared their agenda; however due to some miscommunication on the House side this bill came to the committee late.
Currently veteran county service officers budget is funded by 25% state funds. HB 1245 would have cut this program by nearly $166,000 which is distributed throughout the entire state based on the population of the county. There was an amendment made that would strike out this full amount and cut only traveling expenses which will be approximately $19,500 in cuts. The amended HB 1245 passed with an 8-1 vote.
