Joint Budget Committee

Members can go ahead and take your seats. For the first. Well members we're gonna go ahead and get started sorry for the late star. Our members to enter seats. With that chair sees a quorum. Forty. All right we're gonna move straight on to section city of first house bill of fifteen fifty one. You may. Thank you Mr chairman I don't see one on page one house bill fifteen fifty one by Representative gene for reapportionment expenses for the office of the governor this is the redistricting expenses for five hundred eighty three thousand dollars payable at the State Central Services for next fiscal year thank you members women discussion any questions. All right seeing them once will committee we've got a motion to pass the second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed bush carries I want to thank Mister chairman on page three this is the same bill by Representative Jack but it is for the current fiscal year okay. Represent Jean have genes members we have any questions any comments what's will of committee the motion to pass the second all those in favor signify by saying aye motion carries I'm three. Mister chairman I'm told I was gonna pass over that service yes Sir. So Texas to see for Page nine. This is an amendment the Senate bill one await Department of Health licensing and regulation this is for to increase the board of pharmacy appropriation an additional seventy five thousand dollars for educational outreach programs in three hundred twenty five thousand dollars for student loans and scholarships this is all payable out of their existing fees and fines. Thank you of members we have any questions heard an explosion in amendment when any questions. Any comments. All right C. nine we've got a motion to adopt in a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed much carries and five yes Sir on page thirteen item C. five an amendment to Senate bill one sixty four department of agriculture this is for the meat inspection program able out of the miscellaneous agencies fund for seven hundred forty nine thousand dollars by Representative Vaught thank you members will be questions on the amendment. Any comments which will of committee we got a motion to adopt and second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries. number six the server of Passover we passed over a yes Sir okay I'm seven. page nineteen C. seven this is an amendment by Representative Wallace to Senate bill fifty one department of Veterans Affairs two eight four hundred and sixty six thousand dollars for the county veterans service offices is payable at a general revenues all right thank you members to any questions or comments on the amendment. I see none we got a motion to adopt and second all those in favor signify by saying aye. Of this post all right of members that bill is ready so we're also going to take a vote on SB fifty one. As amended. So we've got any discussion on the bill all right C. nine we've got a motion to adopt. As amended with a motion do pass as amended also favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries number eight is okay thank you Mister chairman some page twenty three this does have position changes for the division of community correction of personnel. Mr chairman the Texas to see nine on page twenty nine this is amended by Senator Irvin Senate bill two eleven for the University of Arkansas for medical sciences it moves fifteen thousand an appropriation to overtime there's no net change in the appropriation authority I thank you members of any questions on the amendment. In discussion. I've seen nine was will committee got a motion to adopt the amendment would get a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries. Senate bill three ninety six yes Sir that's on page thirty three in your packet item C. ten this is the companion for that by Senator Irvin to give overtime expenses thorny for the current fiscal year. Thank you members doing these any any questions on the bill any comments seeing none was will the committee will get a motion do pass that a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries. Senate bill three ninety two. Mr chairman this is on page thirty five by Senator Chesterfield for starkly black colleges and universities this is payable out of the higher education fund account for four million dollars. I thank you members we have an explanation of the bill would be questions any comments. All right seeing nine we've got a motion to pass the second all those in favor signify by saying aye or dispose motion carries members real quick on items twelve and thirteen and I apologize for Chesterfield we came in so late to date we have not passed out any of the D. F. appropriations we want to be consistent in that is that those will have their time will have those discussions but we can't have a presentation or an explanation of the Senate bill three ninety three and Senate bill four oh three and with that I'll turn it over again. Thank you Mr chairman that Texas to see fourteen. On page forty one. This is for Deborah Debbie prosecuting attorneys by Senator Hester who will. Sir Chesterfield recognized for a question all right thank you well I was going to pass over four three anyway and I'm glad you said that but we are looking for funding stream for this as the as federal government under both administrations have found a way to provide funding for H. B. C. use I would ask that you look at these Beals and then I will be working with the Division various divisions in the governor's office in order to provide some permanent funding yes I don't want to say thank you very much all right thank you. Yes. Okay we're on page forty one now that Saddam C. fourteen Senator Hester amendment to the Senate bill one twenty two this does have position changes Mr chairman a personnel. On page forty five on page forty five items C. fifteen this is amended by Senator Hester this is new special language Mr chairman current special language. On page forty nine item C. sixteen is on page forty nine this is amendment by Representative Jay to House Bill thirteen ten for Black River technical college for law enforcement training academy Berwick's payable at a cash funds for four point six million dollars for next fiscal year I thank you members would have an explanation of the amendment are there any questions any comments seeing none of which will committee we've got a motion to adopt and second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries members also saw a House bill thirteen ten is now ready and so do we have any questions or comments on house bill thirteen ten. C. nine we've got a motion to adopt as a a motion do pass as amended. The second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries. Senate bill three three one yes Sir on page fifty three one item C. seventeen this is the companion bill to that for the current fiscal year for Black River technical college for law enforcement training barracks four point six million dollars thank you members of any questions or any comments. All right seeing nine was will the committee we've got a motion to pass in the second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries. Mr chairman one page fifty five that Saddam C. eighteen. This is an amendment by Representative Lee Johnson the Senate bill one ten division of higher ed for graduate medical education residency four four hundred thousand dollars payable from the graduate medical education fund all right thank you I members will get an explanation of the amendment to any questions or any comments saying nine was wheeled Committee where motion to adopt and second all those in favor signify by saying aye. All opposed motion carries Senate bill four nine. Yes Sir on page fifty nine Senate bill four nine by Senator Irving Irvine for the part of education for save the children five hundred thousand dollars. Babeland general revenues thank you. You get senator three one. I need to pass over on that because I think it may be already in an education appropriation bill yeah we talked about that just a bit ago so we'll pass over that for now then we'll put it back next we need thank you so passing over Senate bill four oh nine. last may we have one more item to circle back on but we've got one minute by Senator res. Yes Sir this is on page sixty one inside M. C. twenty this is Division of higher rated does that positions aren't personnel at members we have house bill twelve seventy seven which has an amendment for special language in Amendment for personnel it's not on the agenda of business would be going to committee what I like to get is a motion to suspend the rules to get a motion spend the rules this section also favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries right. Yes Sir so that sent that to special language and personal yes got you Sir so in the Senate packet. In the Senate back in S. upper right hand corner on the first page Senate bill forty DHS children family services all the holds been released. Thank you members of any questions or comments on Senate bill one forty. Seeing none was will committee we've got a motion to pass the second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries. Mr Texas to page fourteen on page fourteen Senate bill two nineteen university of Arkansas Fayetteville all the holes are released thank you. Members twenty questions or comments on Senate bill to nineteen. Seeing none was will committee. We got a motion to pass in the second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries. Chairman on page twenty Senate bill three ninety eight. The sponsors ask if we can do what we did for that other bills and send this to special aren't special in which. The Bill three ninety eight. In the House packing Mr chairman on page eleven. House Bill twelve twenty parks and tourism division this is the Division of heritage appropriation all the holes have been released thank you members twenty any questions or comments on house bill twelve twenty. Seeing none got a motion to pass the second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries members and I believe that's it do we have any other business center Chesterfield yes please take the whole of skills development as a whole this call. Thank. Thank you thank or anybody else would like to release any holds let us know members or next meeting is going to be Tuesday at eight thirty thank for Thomas more and we're Jr.