LB170A is an appropriation bill tied to LB170, the underlying substantive measure from the 109th Legislature, First Session. The bill directs the State Treasurer to transfer money from the General Fund to the School District Property Tax Relief Credit Fund on dates and in amounts set by the budget administrator of the Department of Administrative Services. It also appropriates funds from that credit fund to the Department of Revenue for the program created to carry out LB170.
The bill includes cash fund appropriations for state aid and specifies that those funds may only be used for that purpose. It also prohibits the use of the appropriated money for permanent or temporary salaries or per diem payments for state employees. Like many appropriation acts, it contains an emergency clause, meaning it would take effect immediately upon passage and approval.
Impact
LB170A would amend state fiscal operations by authorizing transfers from the General Fund into the School District Property Tax Relief Credit Fund and by appropriating money from that fund to the Department of Revenue. Its practical effect is to provide the funding mechanism needed to administer the school district property tax relief program established in LB170, thereby affecting state budgeting, the Department of Revenue, and the flow of state aid supporting property tax relief for school districts and taxpayers.
Sentiment
No committee transcript or recorded vote information is available for LB170A, so there is no direct evidence of legislative debate or member sentiment in the provided materials. The bill’s structure suggests it was a technical companion appropriation measure intended to fund implementation of the underlying policy bill rather than a standalone policy proposal. Its eventual last action was indefinite postponement, indicating it did not advance to enactment.
Contention
Because there are no transcripts or votes provided, specific points of contention cannot be identified from the record here. The only apparent issues are procedural and fiscal: the bill relies on General Fund transfers, limits the use of appropriated cash funds to state aid, and excludes employee salary/per diem spending. Any disagreement would likely have centered on the cost of the property tax relief program, the source of funding, or the broader merits of the underlying LB170 program rather than the appropriation mechanics themselves.