Joint Budget Committee

Members can go ahead and take your chairs take seats if you're in the back please make ready the front we're gonna go ahead get started with that. Germany's quorum. We have a few reports on the schedule today members to take a quick look at those if we have any questions will bring up the up the proper agency. Members of any questions on B. one B. two or B. three. Reference Springer you're recognized. Thank you Mr chair I I would just have to I would just like to ask a question on B. two report and make an observation I'm sorry I B. two B. two two. All right be to you have a question is that we sent yes. Yes I do there six hundred over six hundred pages I was just going to make a suggestion if they could possibly miss the chair they could possibly summarize these by counties and give totals I think that would help out rather than us having to go through six hundred pages there every county in the state is that not correct. I'm and I apologize I am having a hard time hearing this morning they're gonna grab that door. I have anybody eight land commissioner office here today. I don't think we have anyone here this morning do you want to pass over this report and will yeah I was I would just like to ask the question to make an observation about it because they're six hundred and six pages and and I take it that through lands that have been sold so I would like to know by county what the totals are rather than us you know with their six hundred pages so we can have Baxter County had X. number of dollars of the property sold Klasky county had X. number yes when you in County had X. number of dollars so so that's what I'm trying to find out what what the breakdown is by county got you okay I think what we could do if you don't mind is will have staff we with the commissioner's office nothing all we would need to do is ask them to adjust the report to total by county in it so we'll have staff to that and then it the commission is off consent it back out in that form thank you thank you thank you very much thank you members to have any other questions on B. one two or three. All right those items are reviewed. As C. I'm C.. Thank you Mr chairman we are on item C.. This is senator mark Johnson this is an amendment to house bill twelve oh seven division of environmental quality this amends a federally funded appropriation for alternative fuel vehicle charging infrastructure program expenses from five million to fifty million. Members do we have any questions on the amendment my understanding that there was some miscommunication that was originally drawn up unit Senate Johnson you're welcome to present your amendment. Thank you Mr chairman members of this will be the funding for a new program within the department of environmental quality two five for grant programs probably matching grants will will have rules come back to A. L. C. to bliss out the details this is in response to the anticipated funding by the federal government of electric vehicle charging stations all around the country of which. I ask eighty Q. to give me a number and they came up with five million and I start hearing from people talk to secretary Preston the says we need to be a lot more than that and we found that in Oklahoma there's been about fifty million so this obviously will probably not be we're close to fifty million but it sure gonna be a lot more than five we help so this would be the program is created we'll be able to accept federal money private grant money and other pleasures no state funds at this time anticipated for this program thank you for presentation representative Wardlaw. Is no longer did okay we're good our members when the questions on the amendment. Seeing none was will of committee we've got a motion to adopt and get a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries. That one more time all those in favor signify by saying aye. All those opposed. Motion carries up members that bill is actually ready to go at this point house bill twelve oh seven so with that we do have a motion. Do pass as amended yes we have a second all those in favor signify by saying aye all those opposed. Motion carries. Brings us to item two on the report. Thank you Mr chairman item C. two were on page four this is ace this is Senate bill four one four by Senator Johnson for Arkansas natural resources commission this is an appropriation fable out of cash funds for great grant to fund the extension of existing water systems for ten million dollars. You're recognized to present your. Thank you Mr chairman this is a great program that would create this fund for taking care of an area that is completely surrounded kind of a donut hole that has no municipal water service or other you know water authority service and would allow of that area to be filled in the funding available and it has to include an area that has conference centers that would serve children use so it's a it's specifically affects the area where the four eight center is in western Pulaski County. Thank you Members we have any questions. All right German you're recognized. Johnson is the where is the funding will come out of this we don't know yet Mr chairman where can be general revenue include want to have a procreation to cover it there's a lot of loose pieces of course as we all know once again federal money may be involved because of some of the incentive package that is what about general revenue at this point we are looking for generating new if there's some available we have a surplus that would would take care that it would be welcome to but once again we're just putting some authority out there for appropriation if indeed funding is available I I'm hoping it will just drop from Washington but who knows it could be we will what I way I read the bill it could come from generate yes Sir I I would not preclude that at all but that's not what we ask for Jake. I believe you mind coming up for a couple of questions. You could just go ahead and recognized yourself committee and then chairman Jean I believe that has a couple questions. Check the DFA office of budget. Do you wear this yes Sir I saw filed yesterday with when yesterday when it was added to the was also administration position on this I would have to defer to the agency on it I don't believe that we have in a page. We do not have a position on this no Sir okay. But it but is not in the current balance budget the governor to fund it is not currently in the governor's balanced budget no Sir okay thank you. I thank you members we have any other questions. All right seeing none was will committee. We've got a motion to pass. We have a second. Any discussion on the motion. Seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye. All those opposed. Let's do that a little bit again folks as participated for here all those in favor signify by saying aye. All those opposed. Motion fails thank you. All right we're gonna skip over number three and then I'm for. Thank you Mr chairman. IDM see for this is on page ten. This is by Senator Hammer this is an amendment to house bill ten eighty one state board of election commissioners this does add new to new positions and does have extra help and special language Mr chairman I personnel special language. Mr chairman item C. five is on page sixteen. We're on page sixteen this is an amendment by Senator Sturch Senate bill one sixty four agriculture department this is a special language special language. Mr Miller takes is the governor's letter number eighteen. Governor's letter number eighteen is amended to house bill twelve oh six department of corrections to delete the personnel in appropriations for riverside vocational technical school. I thank you members is there any discussion on the governor's letter. Seeing none we've got a motion to adopt get a second. All those in favor signify by saying aye. All those opposed motion carries member's house bill twelve oh six is ready to go with the amendment. Both was well we got a motion to adopt as a mentor motion do pass as amended amended we have a second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries. Mr chairman governor's letter number nineteen has special language. I special language. At members of on your debts is already been passed out we have governor's letter number twenty. Will it will take a motion to suspend the rules to consider that today they have motions been rules seconds favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries. And it's special language. Brings us to the House Bill yes Sir. Mr chairman in the house bill packet. On page one house bill ten seventy two department of finance and administration regulatory division is ready any questions comments on house bill ten seventy two seeing none got a motion to pass and second all those in favor signify by saying aye All those opposed motion carries. We're on page two house bill eleven oh five department of finance and administration any questions comments on house bill eleven oh five. Seeing none we got a motion to pass the second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries. Mister chairman of Texas to page eight in the House packet. On page eight house bill twelve nineteen department of labor licensing this is their boards and commissions appropriation bill thank you any questions or comments on house bill twelve nineteen seeing none we've got a motion to pass the second all those in favor signify by saying aye All those opposed motion carries the last one is on page ten it's house bill twelve twenty one this is the department of transportation I thank you members any questions on twelve twenty one. All right seeing none got a motion to pass to get a second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries. All right members that brings us up to the end of our schedule today special language going to meet tomorrow at eight o'clock Thursday rules is going to be at seven thirty we'll be back here for joint budget at eight thirty. On Thursday at a joint budget will not meet on Wednesday again special language I thank you members for times morning merger. Is one thing.