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Government and Politics
Monday, February 1, 2016
Lawmakers consider spending Ohio's leftover state money
Look to take advantage of money allocated for projects but not spent
by WKSU's STATEHOUSE BUREAU CHIEF KAREN KASLER |
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Karen Kasler | | |
 | | House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger oversaw the last two-year state budget. | | Courtesy of State of Ohio | | Download (WKSU Only) |
This isn’t a state budget year, but lawmakers in the House are working on a bill that spends leftover state money. It’ll put $1.5 billion that had already been allocated for projects but wasn’t spent back into construction work at universities, prisons, parks and other state-run institutions and facilities. Kurt Kauffman is with the state Office of Budget and Management. |
“Nearly two dozen agencies receive reappropriations. Three agencies – the Public Works Commission, the Facilities Construction Commission, and the Department of Higher Education – account for $1.19 billion, or 80 percent of those total estimated re-appropriations.”
The bill passed the Senate unanimously. It must be signed by April 1. After that, the much-bigger two-year capital budget will be unveiled, which makes major state investments in construction projects. |
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