Date: 02/19/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB09-181

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer Senate Bill 09-181 to the Committee of the WPASS


11:13 AM


The meeting came to order. A quorum was present.


11:13 AM -- Senate Bill 09-181

Senator Tapia, prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 09-181, a bill that eliminates the requirement that the General Assembly adopt an annual resolution certifying the amount of State Education Fund money available for appropriation for the next fiscal year. Senator Tapia explained that the bill was recommended by the Joint Budget Committee (JBC). He distributed a summary of the bill (Attachment A), a copy of House Joint Resolution 08-1011, adopted in 2008 (Attachment B) and a report on the State Education Fund prepared by Legislative Council Staff (LCS) (Attachment C). Senator Tapia said the resolution summarizes what is already being reported in the LCS report, and responded to questions from the committee about the annual report and related resolutions.

09SenateFin0219AttachA.pdf 09SenateFin0219AttachB.pdf

09SenateFin0219AttachC.pdf

11:20 AM

Discussion ensued about whether the resolution gives non-JBC legislators an opportunity each year to discuss education issues. Discussion also ensued about the maintenance of effort provision in state law.


11:25 AM

Senator Sandoval passed the gavel to Senator Hudak to chair the meeting and was excused to present a bill in another committee. The committee continued to discuss the annual report prepared by LCS.


11:29 AM

No witnesses were signed up to testify on the bill. Senator Hudak closed public testimony, and Senator Sandoval returned to the meeting and resumed her role as chair.
BILL:SB09-181
TIME: 11:30:47 AM
MOVED:Isgar
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 09-181 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed 6-1.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Brophy
Yes
Heath
Yes
Isgar
Yes
King K.
No
Scheffel
Yes
Hudak
Yes
Sandoval
Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



11:32 AM

The committee recessed.