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• We have been long-standing supporters of enhanced funding and staffing for the certification unit.
• This funding stream should be safeguarded by placing limits and guardrails on funds.
• The funding stream should be safeguarded by placing limits and guardrails on fines.
• Are you aware of any other executive offices that have trust funds similar to the one in this bill?
• known as the Assisted Living Residence Trust Fund.

Bills: H5243 , H5376 , S3056 , S3057

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Aging and Independence

Keywords: rest home, rest homes, medication administration, medication management, assisted living, long-term care, elder care, older adults, senior care, nursing home, resident care, self-administration, licensed facility, Chapter 111, section 71, Responsible Person, caregiver, direct care staff, care facilities, funding

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• gets an ongoing $1 million deposit from the general fund into this fund.
• gets an ongoing $1 million deposit from the general fund into this fund.
• mismanagement of the funds.
• So they have sufficient funds.
• I am concerned about the diversion of funds from wherever we're pulling the funds from.

Bills: SB1131 , SB1249

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: cardiac arrest, defibrillators, school safety, emergency response, CPR training, Arizona education funding, Alzheimer's, dementia, memory care, cognitive decline, brain health, caregiver support, long-term care, in-home care, public health, health services, state plan, dementia services program, Arizona Department of Health Services, aging

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• The appropriations in the bill include $445 million in the general fund, $444 million in severance tax
• the sponsor has intended and do not delay the use of funds by the grantees.
• Are we spending the funds we actually have now on those smaller items, smaller ticket items?
• funded the discretionary projects, which tend to involve more of that equipment stuff.
• I think it was... 8 million, so this is additional funds.

Bills: SB240

Committee: House House Taxation & Revenue

Keywords: capital outlay, capital projects, severance tax bonds, general fund appropriations, supplemental severance tax bonds, UNM School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, infrastructure, state buildings, courts, schools, higher education, road improvements, water and wastewater, tribal infrastructure, tribal projects, public safety, housing, emergency services, bonding

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• For employers who already fund a large share of New Mexico's budget.
• But how much does it cost the state in our funded vacancies and our retention rates?
• Protection Fund, the Emergency Medical Services Fund, the Law Enforcement Protection Fund, and the Local
• Transportation Projects Fund.
• I came in when we were actually sweeping funds... From anybody who hadn't spent their money.

Bills: SB240

Committee: House House Taxation & Revenue

Keywords: capital outlay, capital projects, severance tax bonds, general fund appropriations, supplemental severance tax bonds, UNM School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, infrastructure, state buildings, courts, schools, higher education, road improvements, water and wastewater, tribal infrastructure, tribal projects, public safety, housing, emergency services, bonding

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• that's currently in statute and replaces that with a fee to be collected by Oma and sets up a revolving fund
• I capped the fund at $5 million, so anything over that would head to general revenue.

Bills: HB3011 , HB3143 , HB3144 , HB3881 , HB3519 , HB3522 , HB3530

Committee: House Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances

Keywords: alcoholic beverages, personal use permit, manufacturing, excise tax, Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, medical marijuana, license transfer, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, moratorium, business regulation, commercial grower licenses, licensing restrictions, agriculture, alternative nicotine products, vaping, regulations, manufacturing standards, packaging requirements, penalties, Attorney General

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• Road Fund.
• Changing the distribution of these funds. I'm not sure which fund we're talking about.
• funds.
• The County Road Funds, Municipal Street Funds, and then County and Municipal Government Funds are distributed
• them: local government project fund, transportation project fund.

Bills: SB2 , SB2

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• Health Trust Fund.
• is sustainable for the fund.
• permanent fund.
• Education Fund.
• We can't continue to fund this through growth funds.

Bills: SB2

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• Administrative Office of the Court, is required by statute to distribute to county clerks appropriated funds
• since 2015, the legislature has directed the state treasurer, in budget bills, to distribute those funds
• We ask for transparency and accountability regarding how funding allocated to support these legislative
• the Administrative Office of the Courts for clear, specific information on implementation, use of funding

Bills: HB2158 , HB2178

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: electronic signatures, notary, digital transactions, authentication, legal documents, court rules, court procedure, civil infractions, notice of civil infraction, malicious mischief, physical damage, computer crime, digital property damage, electronic records, data destruction, computer programs, cyber damage, default judgment, payment plan, restitution

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• And so the funding is also tied to employment.
• So why do we feel the need or the importance to fund, to eventually fund this in the future?
• Because it's already funded now through grant funding.
• But how would this funding assist?
• Why didn't you just ask for funding?

Bills: HB111 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB49 , HB60 , HB108 , HB120 , HB124 , HB145 , HB154 , HB158 , HB164 , HB180 , HB291 , HJR6 , HJR7 , HR1 , HJM1 , HM13 , HM47

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• Service delivery dresses gaps in the access and builds a platform for better funding and emergency responsiveness

Bills: SB169 , SB201 , SB1290 , SB1377 , SB1991 , SB2060

Committee: House Appropriations and Budget

Keywords: longevity pay, state employees, Oklahoma government, salary increase, emergency declaration, minimum salary, education funding, teacher compensation, Oklahoma education, salary schedule, 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, foster care, duffel bags, personal belongings, children's welfare

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• The last amendment, MOV 651 by Representative Reeves, adds to the permitted uses of unexpended funds
• insurance commissioner's regulatory and fraud accounts at the close of a fiscal year the option to fund
• This is the bill prohibiting an assignment agreement whereby any post-loss insurance benefit is transferred
• This is the bill prohibiting an assignment agreement, whereby any post-loss insurance benefit is transferred

Bills: SB6178 , SB5831

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: SB6178, property insurance, insurance claims, assignment of benefits, AOB, post-loss assignment, post-loss benefits, homeowners insurance, policyholder, insured, restoration contractor, mitigation contractor, public adjuster, insurance commissioner, claims handling, consumer protection, void and unenforceable, Washington insurance code, chapter 48 RCW, civil penalty

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• to fund the program until December 31, 2029.
• , it's not tapping the general fund.
• Unlike traditional bank transfers, the funds are instantly available to the scammer and can be quickly
• And we have no way to recover those funds.
• And we have no way to recover those funds.

Bills: SB6178 , SB5831

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: SB6178, property insurance, insurance claims, assignment of benefits, AOB, post-loss assignment, post-loss benefits, homeowners insurance, policyholder, insured, restoration contractor, mitigation contractor, public adjuster, insurance commissioner, claims handling, consumer protection, void and unenforceable, Washington insurance code, chapter 48 RCW, civil penalty

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• I'm going to ask the ranking member for a voice sort of a voice amendment to increase the funding for
• So what was prepared in Senate Finance was Senate Bill 273, which basically provided them with funding
• It included funding for RAISE within DOT.
• The Otero money stays the same, and that has to do with the mechanism of the funding.
• What happens to the funds that are not used? I see that we're doing this for 27, Mr. Chair. So, Mr.

Bills: HB2 , SB152

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion

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• encumbered by a mortgage, a release of, addition of, or a change in an obligor, or an assignment or the transfer
• or contracting for an assignment agreement in which post-loss insurance benefits are assigned or transferred
• And really, once an assignment of benefits is signed, it transfers key policy rights to the contractor
• Once that assignment is transferred, a couple things start to happen.

Bills: SB5831 , SB6178

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: mortgage modification, uniform regulations, homeowners, financial stability, foreclosure prevention, SB6178, property insurance, insurance claims, assignment of benefits, AOB, post-loss assignment, post-loss benefits, homeowners insurance, policyholder, insured, restoration contractor, mitigation contractor, public adjuster, insurance commissioner, claims handling

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• And then not use this fund. They pay into the fund. How come they're not covered?
• It doesn't actually cost the state funds out of the general fund.
• Are we draining the Behavioral Health Trust Fund? Program fund. Mr.
• the trust fund.
• We do have a trust fund, right, to take care of some of this money, or is this all general fund transfer

Bills: HB2 , SB152

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion

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• Universal Service Fund.
• get federal funding and state funding for CAPEX buildouts for broadband.
• federal funding.
• We put this fund in there to make sure that we had funds to replace equipment.
• And so we've never funded it. And so now we put the funding there so they can operate within CYFD.

Bills: HB2 , SB152

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion

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• I just don't know what kind of discretionary funds there will be.

Bills: HB2388 , HB2804 , HB2926

Committees: House Rural Economic Development , House House Rural Economic Development Committee of Reference

Keywords: HB2388, Arizona Commerce Authority, ACA, small modular reactor, SMR, nuclear energy, advanced nuclear, data center, data centers, economic development, study, appropriation, general fund, jobs, wages, tax revenue, broadband, infrastructure, secondary businesses, tertiary businesses

Bills: HB4248 , HB4429 , HB2588 , HB3472 , HB4317 , HB3462 , HB2035 , HB3501 , HB3127 , HB3143 , HB3144 , HB3260 , HB4321 , HB3011 , HB3522 , HB3530 , HB3940 , HB3078 , HB3043 , HB3005 , HB3007 , HB3403 , HB1907 , HB3175 , HB3986 , HB3466 , HB3411 , HB4246 , SJR49 , HB3281 , HB4319 , HJR1086 , HJR1024 , HJR1087

Keywords: HB4248, hemp beverage, hemp drinks, THC beverage, cannabis beverage, intoxicating hemp, age restriction, under 21, minor possession, youth access, public health and safety, Title 63, Oklahoma Statutes, retail sales, alcohol-style regulation, controlled substances, beverage regulation, proxy advisory services, shareholder rights, financial transparency

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• the amendment does is it takes 20 million dollars of your constituent's taxpayer money out of the funding
• formula for the Westation Revolving Fund and replaces it.
• Again, this is setting up the revolving fund.

Bills: HB3407 , HB1242 , HJR1081 , HB3443 , HB3781 , HB1939 , HB4237 , HB3430 , HB3321 , HB3905 , HB3329 , HB4253 , HB4421 , HB4311 , HJR1046 , HB2015 , HB3244 , HB4265 , HB3941 , HB4203 , HB2941 , HB3695 , HB3380 , HB3132 , HB3673 , HB3134 , HB3383 , HB4490 , HB4058

Keywords: property rights, abandoned homes, manufactured homes, notification, salvage, real estate, Oklahoma Tax Commission, landowner liability, redemption, HB1242, cervidae, deer, elk, sales tax exemption, agricultural exemption, livestock, ranching, farm tax, agricultural sales tax, agriculture

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• Adding additional responsibilities without support for funding is going to cause additional workload
• at the congressional level where... ...you and I, people just like us, are eligible for the slush fund
• And there was a situation where the county commissioners had approved some funds to be spent that was
• And what that means is when a bigger, better funded plaintiff, plaintiff...
• When a bigger, better funded plaintiff party to a lawsuit, a big law firm, isn't sure that its case is

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2487 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5995 , SB5831 , SB6134 , SB6136 , SB6137 , HB2689 , SB5922 , SB5944 , SB5957 , SB5988 , SB5994 , SB6011 , SB6065 , SB6103 , SB6151 , SB6244 , SB5420 , SB5868 , SB6044 , SB6132 , SJM8002 , HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2487 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5831 , SB6137 , SB6244 , SB5420 , SB5868 , SB6044 , SB6132 , SJM8002

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, insurance tax, state regulation, insurers, taxation, budget impact, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives