Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Budget Bill Gets Approval
With a handfull of changes to Governor Beshear's budget proposal, Kentucky House and Senate leaders have passed a plan they say will provide for a nearly $1 billion projected budget shortfall for the fiscal year which begins July 1st.
Among other things, the budget deletes a provision that would require state employees to take unpaid holidays, while also providing a slight increase for the budgets of prosecutors and public defenders. Into the budget bill, lawmakers also moved a provision that would allow U.K. to use private money to build sports facilities and allow the state to lease land to an advanced battery facility in Hardin County. Wednesday (today), the Senate unanimously approved the budget proposal, while the House cleared it in a vote of 86 to 10.
Among other things, the budget deletes a provision that would require state employees to take unpaid holidays, while also providing a slight increase for the budgets of prosecutors and public defenders. Into the budget bill, lawmakers also moved a provision that would allow U.K. to use private money to build sports facilities and allow the state to lease land to an advanced battery facility in Hardin County. Wednesday (today), the Senate unanimously approved the budget proposal, while the House cleared it in a vote of 86 to 10.
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