HB 176 GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 2024

Rep Nathan Small

Actions: [2] HAFC-HAFC

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 House Bill 176 (HB 176) makes general appropriations and authorizes expenditures by state agencies required by law. 

 House Bill 176 (HB 176) proposes appropriations and authorizes expenditures by state agencies required by law. Funding is detailed for the Legislative and Judicial branches, and for General Control, Commerce and Industry, Agriculture, Energy and Natural Resources, Health, Hospitals and Human Services, Transportation, Other Education, Higher Education, Public School Support, Special Appropriations, Information Technology, Compensation, and the Government Accountability Expendable Trust. Specific fund transfers are detailed.

Definitions are provided, and sources for appropriations are identified. The state budget division of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) is charged with monitoring revenue received by agencies from sources other than the General Fund and with reducing the operating budget of any agency whose revenue from such sources is not meeting projections. The DFA is charged with regular consultation with the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) staff to monitor revenue collections and estimates and present plans to remedy deficits. In certain cases, allowances are made for budget increases and transfers. Restrictions on what appropriations may be used for are set.
 

 If the bill does not pass, the general appropriations and expenditures proposed will not be made and will need to be addressed by other means. 

 House Bill 2 (HB 2) – General Appropriation Act
Senate Bill 192 (SB 192) - General Appropriation Act
Senate Bill 202 (SB 202) - General Appropriation Act