Senate Appropriations
Senate Appropriations moved a long fiscal docket to the floor Monday, with a cluster of tax and transportation measures — Transit and Housing Investment Zones, two tax-expenditure cleanup bills and DMV funding — clearing on narrow 4-3 splits as Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer pressed sponsors on whether the changes amount to tax increases. Routine sunset and cottage-foods bills sailed onto the consent calendar.
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“I wouldn't have said this when I started here 10 years ago, but I've come to think of a tax code as kind of a living thing, like a garden. It needs tending to perform optimally. And 1289 is trying to do some of that tending.”
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Sign in to subscribeLet please poll the committee. Senators Gonzalez. Good morning. Kirkmeyer. Here. Goekert. Here. Liston. Here. Pelton. It's Monday. Mr. Vice Chair. Here. Madam Chair. Here. Early. Good job. I would have been here early, but I had to slow down through Morgan county because the roads are so bad. Okay. We're going to Hear House Bill 1065, and we have our two bill sponsors at the table. And bill sponsors, would you like us to move the J amendment? Yes, please, Madam Chair. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Vice Chair. Thank you, Madam Chair. I move 1065 and J002. Committee members, any questions? Senator Kirkmeyer. Great. It would be wonderful if the bill sponsors could explain the fiscal notes and why we think it's a good idea to do $191,000 from the General fund. Senator Roberts. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Senator Kirkmeyer. So the funding would go to the. Goes to oedit. They're the ones that would be administering the Transit Investment Area Investment tif, as well as the Housing and Affordability tax credit. This. I can walk you through both the merits of both programs if that's what you're asking for. That would be great. Okay. Senator Roberts.…
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