Joint Budget Committee

Okay members you also get to At. Thank you Mr chairman. Governor's letter to the GL number two in the upper right hand corner this is for from the department of finance administration to draft appropriation bills if the committee chooses to adopt this letter it will allow these bills to be drafted for capital projects and once these bills are drafted it will they will be referred to this committee for this committee to consider. Rooms revenue thank you have a question yes thank you Mister. All this total is. Well over a billion dollars nearly a billion and a half ton which column you look at is there anyway to. Have for our you know have this prioritized by. The governor able against will be spent this is this is. Something that happens every year and of. Every year less than twenty million dollars this is spend it in a we prioritize upon the need this yes a blanket for the state on's unforeseeable things that may happen. We never saw me and. Over twenty million of this one point one point four billion. So I mean it's it's just a blanket coverage okay in case of emergency of and we never even come close to this so as well I'm glad we never come close to that yeah wish it was a little more realistic if it's something we're going to be drafting bills and passing appropriations on. Thank you thank you. Any other questions need a motion to adopt the letter we have a motion and a second any discussion all in favor say aye opposed. As have mismanagement. Thank you Mr chairman. That takes is the governor's letter number six. Geo number six upper right hand corner and push chairman for discussion right break this into parks. Go ahead okay thank you Mr chairman. On page one the word says section one this is to before position changes to Senate bill one sixty four first. Well senator personnel. It's the same for the bottom of the page one it says for section three those are position changes to the same bill personnel. On page two. The top middle word starts to section twelve this is a request to amend an appropriation. For the plant board administration pest control it's to change the overtime amount. Increasing it by a hundred fifty thousand dollars from fifty thousand to two hundred thousand and the request is for peanut inspection and grading services for the expanded peanut industry within the state. Is the sector here. Toward if you let it a fight yourself. I thank with free and you're ready. Yes west for the Arkansas part of our culture. home the peanut growing of had kept up with it last appeared another one time and specially northeast Arkansas all that that industry was growing. Where where are we at on Pena out kind of interested on where we are is is is the volume still picking up in the state it sure is yes Sir Eastern Arkansas we've seen quite a bit of growth in the peanut industry a new selling facility there Jones world you're buying points so it's that that industry is really expanding and what this does these are all special revenues so it's not not general revenue fund it just gives us a cemex for reparation there for overtime expenses but we are happy to bring and extra personnel generally is extra help positions during harvest season for the grading and services that we provide for the payment industry but it's a it's a it's really a bright spot in Arkansas agriculture right now the growth of the penitentiary and who would the over taboo that be going to. So it's a server that there would be those extra help employees that we have that or not we bring on during during the harvest season if that answers your question but but it's But it but it's all paid out a special revenue from okay specialties that are required in services any other questions for the sector. Thank you Sir yes Sir. Bill was that. So we have Senate bill one sixty fourth grade to have a motion. Okay we're gonna man one sixty four I have a motion and a second any discussion all in favor say aye opposed attentions. Thank you Mr chairman so that appropriation will be amended. I'm still on page two. At the middle bottom where it says section X. appropriation dash forestry this is a request for a new appropriation for rural fire protection program this is payable from the miscellaneous agencies fund account which is general revenue this is for fifty thousand dollars to aid communities and fire department for fire protection districts. This you have a motion to amend. I have a motion and a second any discussion. All in favor say aye opposed transaction in the last amendment request for one sixty four is at the bottom of page two in the top of page three this is request for new appropriation for the meat inspection program. This is for seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to performance specs shins of slaughter houses and meat processing facilities this is due to House Bill thirteen fifteen. I have a motion to a million and a second any discussion. All in favor say aye any opposed. All right we've got to we're going to the green sheet members this is the supplemental will try to patch these. Of these already came through on the governor's letter transaction. Thank you Mr chairman what you have before you is a supplement all the supplemental bills listed together FOR to aid the committee there's two pages all the Senate supplemental bills on one side and the House appropriate supplemental bills on the other side this is all from the governor's letter this is all for institutions of higher education to expand the existing general revenue that they've carried over from the previous year. I I have a motion the batch these have a motion and a second any discussion all in favor say aye opposed. All right members of thank of going to the House calendar. Henderson thank you Mr chairman in the House pack and House calendar with the age of the right hand corner on page six. Okay sexual C. house bill eleven twenty five this is the treasure of State operations appropriation it's ready Mr chairman eleven thirty one is ready to have a motion and a motion and a second any discussion all in favor say aye. MediaPost transaction thank Mr chairman that was eleven twenty five and the last one we have is house bill eleven thirty one. This is for refund of local taxes. For fiscal year twenty two for a US local sales and use tax to be re distributed to cities and counties motion to adopt a motion and a second any discussion. All in favor say aye. Any opposed. Members that's all the bills of we still have around. Fifty six holds of if you're doing something with your whole that's one thing if you just holding it because you're holding it and the Belushi. Have all your hold would like to you within the members at the if you have a problem with the agency not talking to yourself that will help you let us know. We won't know if you don't let us know so of listless store one way only somebody's holding the want to have a reason it's okay but you just hold it just be hold it we need to we need to move on with the our calendar of there will be no Joint Budget tomorrow. We will have members date Thursday here at eight thirty and just to let you know next week we're going we don't use D. and thirsty we're gonna leave when the open for the retirement committee to have two days to work and our time slot so we will meet the Tuesday and Thursday next week. Of tomorrow morning at seven thirty we have peer review of in this room. Any questions Preciado good work we are adjourned.