Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Lawmakers allowed to tap into unused funds

Lawmakers have for years used a widely overlooked provision that lets them carry over unspent funds from one budget cycle to another, even though almost all other departments must return unused money to the state. It means they have millions of leftover dollars that don’t always appear in the new appropriations bill passed each session, rankling advocates of state programs that have been squeezed because of mandatory spending cuts.

In case you missed it (the old link hasn't been working with our revamped website), Garrett and Shannon filed this report on Sunday:
http://dallasne.ws/h7jgNv

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