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• bond financing and tax increment financing, and that is a form of financing used in many P3 projects
• bond financing and tax increment bond financing and tax increment financing<00:53:55.760> and
• You get tax increment financing. You have enough financing to build us a nice stadium.
• <00:54:31.160> you<00:54:31.319> get<00:54:31.599> tax<00:54:31.880> increment
• You get tax increment financing.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees considered a large number of Senate bills, with many measures advanced either unamended or with technical or substantive amendments. Early action included SB 88 and SB 11 SD1, both passed unamended, and SB 562 SD1 and SB 642 SD1, which were passed with amendments reflecting agency testimony. SB 1133 SD1 was amended to remove duplicative county requirements and clarify tax credit carry-forward eligibility, while SB 1569 SD1 on sports wagering was deferred. Later, SB 933 on nonprofit/federal funding support drew strong testimony from nonprofit and health advocates emphasizing the risk of federal funding freezes and the importance of protecting services such as early learning, domestic violence support, housing, and workforce supports; the committee recommended amendments to define eligible organizations, require reporting, and include the Judiciary. SB 934 and SB 935 were also amended, with SB 934 tying mass transit funding to Honolulu project milestones and SB 935 revising retirement-system language to change “fewer than five years” to “five or more years.” The committees then took up additional measures with targeted amendments. SB 1033 was amended to clarify that the bill applies to legal entities, not individuals, though members noted concerns about closely held family corporations and asked that the issue be reflected in the committee report. SB 1166, SB 1249, and SB 1256 were advanced with amendments or committee-report notes reflecting concerns from the Attorney General, Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, and Hawaii Farmers Union United, respectively. SB 1432 and SB 137, both relating to electric utilities, were amended to require retention of covered employees after mergers or acquisitions and to direct the PUC to consider whether proposed transactions further state policy goals. SB 157 on antitrust was narrowed to focus on coordinator conduct in rental housing markets, SB 252 on invasive species received a defective effective date, and SB 336 on defense of state employers and employees passed unamended. SB 536 on the Hawaii Community Development Authority was deferred to a later hearing, and SB 1064 on medical cannabis was heavily amended to authorize cultivator licenses with limits on canopy size, license counts, physician fees, and a special-fund appropriation for enforcement. In the Ways and Means portion, the committee passed several bills unamended, including SB 19, SB 124, SB 264, SB 345, SB 422, and SB 741 and SB 747 later in the agenda. SB 361 was amended to remove references to the attorney general and delete an appropriation section, SB 438 was amended to redefine buffer zones and landfill-unit language, and SB 441 and SB 494 were amended to blank appropriations and, in SB 494, assign charter-school audit responsibility to the state auditor. SB 659 was substantially amended to promote local procurement, including county-level geographic preferences and higher thresholds for locally sourced purchases, and SB 732 was amended to adjust film tax credit provisions, including the streaming-platform definition and sunset-related language. SB 819 was amended to replace references to “educators” with “teachers.” Throughout, most measures were adopted without recorded opposition, though several members noted reservations on particular bills.

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• plan on January 1, 2027 be transferred plan on January 1, 2027 be transferred from<00:41:33.119>
• <00:41:49.839> Thank assets that must be transferred.
• Thank assets that must be transferred.
• And since we've been on here, we've made those small increments where we can.
• And since we've been on here, we've made those small increments where we can.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You have to use the 25-cent increment because we still collect cash and it makes no sense to try to collect
• that<00:33:40.080> we<00:33:40.480> the<00:33:40.720> bill the 25 c increment
• that that we the bill the 25 c increment that that we the bill proposes<00:33:41.919> would<00
• use<00:33:45.360> the<00:33:45.679> 25<00:33:46.159> c<00:33:46.799> increment
• <00:33:47.279> because have you use the 25 c increment because have you use the 25 c increment

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Um, so we are looking for an incremental increase over the next two years.
• > Intergovernmental transfers from either Intergovernmental transfers from either other<00:45:57.920>
• What I call IGTs, it's intergovernmental transfers.
• It's intergovernmental transfers. IGTs. It's intergovernmental transfers.
• Um, those will be funded through intergovernmental transfers.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Health and Family Services committee heard an informational presentation on Kentucky personal care homes from representatives of the Kentucky Association of Healthcare Facilities, Management Systems of Kentucky, and Elder Care Partners. Witnesses described personal care homes as a lower-cost, 24/7 residential option for adults, often with serious mental illness, who do not meet nursing home criteria but need structured supervision, medication assistance, meals, and daily support. They said the homes are regulated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, are not Medicaid-funded, and are supported largely through state supplementation payments and residents’ SSI income. The presenters argued that the current reimbursement rate of about $50.70 per day is no longer sufficient to cover staffing, food, insurance, utilities, maintenance, and other costs, and said the sector has shrunk significantly over time. They cited figures showing a decline from 64 to 34 homes serving the seriously mentally ill since 2002, with 30 closures over 23 years, and said the loss of beds contributes to homelessness, hospital overcrowding, and longer psychiatric stays. They also gave examples of residents who had spent many months in hospitals before being successfully placed in personal care homes, which they said can prevent more costly institutional care. Committee members asked about staffing credentials, fraud controls, referral processes, and how reimbursement works in other states. The presenters said Kentucky does not require licensed or certified staff in these facilities, though some homes use certified medication technicians or an LPN, and they described a county case-manager-based assessment process used to set individualized rates in other states such as Minnesota. Members expressed support for the work but emphasized the need for documentation of savings and budget offsets. The presenters said they are seeking an incremental reimbursement increase over two years, roughly 25% to 50% in the first year and another 50% after that, and urged the committee to support the homes to prevent further closures.

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• SB 1555 property tax increment and affordable housing. Finance.
• SB 1555 property tax increment and affordable housing. Finance.
• SB 1555 property tax increment and affordable housing. Finance.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, recorded attendance, approved the prior journal, and welcomed several guests in the gallery, including Tom Walsh, Lisa Everett, Avery Franz, and Chief Elliot Sneezy. Members also extended well wishes to Senator Farnsworth’s wife, who was hospitalized. The President made a temporary committee appointment, naming Senator Fernandez to the Education Committee for February 4, 2026. The chamber then processed a large number of House messages and first-reading bill referrals covering a wide range of topics, including transportation, taxation, water policy, education, health care, public safety, housing, elections, immigration, behavioral health, and appropriations. Among the notable items were bills on religious institutions and charitable services, alternative fuel tax, school budgets, civics instruction, private school teacher certification, informed consent for medical interventions, rural groundwater management, and multiple appropriation measures for law enforcement, fire incident management, school safety, housing, and social services. Standing committee reports were also received and entered without being read. In other business, the Senate considered the Governor’s nomination of James McCain to the Arizona Board of Regents. The Education Committee recommended confirmation, and the full Senate voted to approve and confirm the nomination by voice vote. After a recess, the Senate returned, received additional first-reading bills and committee reports, announced committee meeting schedules for the following day, and then adjourned until Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.

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• Historically, transfer students have faced unnecessary challenges.
• Making transfer both frustrating as well as expensive.
• And those transfer students succeed as we have the highest graduate four-year graduation rate for transfer
• Okay, so we are a transfer student destination.
• All about making that transfer process easy.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• As an example, we have had to transfer an entire caseload to a second district, which is over an hour
• final recommendation, I meant to mention this is related to the proposed budget bill language to transfer
• The first modification would be to provide guidance for what monies should be considered for transfer
• occurs and that that notification also include clear explanation for how that final transfer amount.
• By accounting for their time in six minute increments.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• no, it wasn't even done incrementally no, it wasn't even done incrementally where<00:08:44.399><
• They're conflating total cost of ownership with incremental costs.
• It forces them to look at just that incremental piece.
• It forces them to look at just that incremental piece.
• <00:20:05.440> What at just that incremental piece. What at just that incremental piece.

Bills: HB0023, HB0024, HB0025

Keywords: extracurricular activities, public school participation, enrollment, Wyoming, student access, charter schools, application process, authorizers, public hearing, community support, scholarship, education, eligibility, continuous enrollment, 916, all

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• challenge and the opportunity for us, and one thing I think this bill does, is: can we put some incremental
• challenge and the opportunity for us, and one thing I think this bill does, is: can we put some incremental
• Forks—because the lower you go in the strat column, usually the higher water saturations—which drives incremental
• Then we show about three billion barrels, excuse me, of incremental production of reserves as those wells
• attack something today with natural reservoir pressure versus having to go back in and spend all the incremental

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met to consider Senate Bill 2397 and a proposed amendment creating a development incentive well program for North Dakota oil and gas production. Representative Dockter explained the amendment as a way to encourage exploratory and innovative drilling in light of the state’s financial outlook and the growing share of stripper wells. Department of Mineral Resources Director Nathan Anderson and DMR geologist Timothy Nashim presented background on the Bakken and Three Forks formations, with Nashim describing research showing that Middle Three Forks second-bench development can add reserves in some areas but not others, and that roughly 600 additional wells in the strongest area could yield about 250 million barrels of oil. Continental Resources representatives William Houser and John Argo supported the amendment. They said the bill would give a temporary oil extraction tax exemption for certified development incentive wells, limited to 36 months or 300,000 barrels, and would also update tax treatment for gas used in enhanced oil recovery and on-site electric generation. They argued the measure would encourage new technology and testing in existing spacing units, complementing House Bill 1483, which they said focused on geographic expansion into non-Bakken and non-Three Forks areas. Argo said Continental still invests heavily in North Dakota but is shifting rigs elsewhere because of economics, and he urged incentives to spur exploration and preserve the basin’s long-term future. North Dakota Petroleum Council executive director Ron Ness also supported the concept, calling it a targeted, low-risk way to encourage innovation and future barrels. Committee members asked about royalty treatment, the difference from House Bill 1483, pressure maintenance, and how the program would be administered. DMR said the amendment should clarify that the operator bears the burden of proving a well qualifies and that only one incentive well per stratigraphic interval should be certified. No vote was taken; the committee paused to work on revised language and indicated the bill would likely need further adjustment, possibly in conference committee.

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• relative to watershed restoration conservation fund, provides for the establishment of the fund, transfer
• 484 by Senator Abraham provides relative to higher education, the duties of the Board of Regents, transfer
• The businesses that come to that area will already know about the tax increment district.
• Senate Bill 518 by Senator Foil provides relative to transfer of certain state property, sale or removal
• A House resolution by Representative Firmit to memorialize Congress to oppose any effort to transfer,

Bills: HR320, HR321, SCR55, SCR69, SCR75, SCR77, SCR78, SCR79, SB259, SB295, SB312, SB348, SB444, SB485, HR73, HR118, HR144, HR196, HR237, HR249, HR260, HR267, HR272, HR278, HCR85, HCR100, HCR105, HCR107, HCR114, HR245, SCR5, SCR29, SCR33, SCR37, SCR63, SCR30, SCR40, HB62, HB193, HB210, HB220, HB246, HB364, HB420, HB475, HB584, HB622, HB772, HB784, HB949, HB953, HB1043, HB1070, HB1092, HB1134, HB1162, HB1176, HB1196, HB1214, HB119, HB129, HB233, HB283, HB538, HB789, HB850, HB870, HB1236, HB1241, HB54, HB137, HB321, HB368, HB386, HB414, HB431, HB552, HB555, HB578, HB590, HB593, HB618, HB638, HB670, HB692, HB707, HB708, HB715, HB718, HB732, HB741, HB748, HB776, HB796, HB807, HB822, HB848, HB856, HB887, HB888, HB917, HB921, HB1082, HB1243, HB1246, HB378, HB509, HB1090, HB1259, SB80, SB131, SB143, SB251, SB254, SB279, SB367, SB384, SB388, SB389, SB398, SB408, SB431, SB468, SB469, SB496, SB4, SB52, SB57, SB83, SB145, SB152, SB194, SB276, SB319, SB333, SB448, SB450, SB465, SB484, SB501, SB509, SB149, HR168, HB463, HB998, SB123, SB353, SB479, SB495, SB82, SB97, SB283, SB326, SB518, SB197, SB268, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HCR98, HB284, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB625, HB646, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1191, HB1240, HB1255, SB89, HB74, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB468, HB956, HB1117, SB29, SB42, SB43, SB78, SB208, SB217, SB274, SB300, SB341, SB379, SB382, SB387, SB401, SB441, SB449, SB487

Keywords: Arsenal, Arsenal F.C., Premier League, English football, soccer, football club, Mikel Arteta, Emirates Stadium, North London, Tottenham Hotspur, Gunners, sports resolution, commendation, celebration, championship, silverware, Louisiana House Resolution, ceremonial resolution, domestic violence, forensic medical examinations

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• Um, doing any other method than accrual would not result in any incremental tax.
• but again appreciate your time. ...doing any other method than accrual would not result in any incremental
• stay within four townships to keep my homestead status or, um, and critical for tax relief and transferring
• <00:14:05.360> the<00:14:05.600> farm tax relief and transferring the farm tax relief
• and transferring the farm versus<00:14:06.880> moving<00:14:08.320> um<00:14:08.480>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• are having, but they also understand that they are not here for a long time, and so if they can transfer
• 50:19.720> us<00:50:19.960> to<00:50:20.079> make<00:50:20.200> sure transfer
• resources to us to make sure transfer resources to us to make sure the<00:50:20.520> people<00
• The recommendation is that we pass it out as an HD1, blanking out the increments and putting an effective
• The recommendation is that we pass it out as an HD1, blanking out the increments and putting an effective

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The money was transferred within minutes. I mean, within minutes.
• So it's, uh, otherwise you can transfer your wages at no cost, um, to your bank account.
• The instant transfer fee multiple times a day and the constant request for tips.
• Some had $1.99 for an instant transfer, now it's $5.99 for an instant transfer.
• We were grateful to see in the committee substitute, a one day ACH transfer for free.

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• It’s incremental steps. Well, it worked for two years, so let’s make it a law.
• Minnesota, us lawmakers incrementally Minnesota, us lawmakers incrementally take<00:41:19.280>
• as an incremental as an incremental step<00:41:38.640> to<00:41:39.200> starting<00
• <00:41:45.200> It's<00:41:45.520> incremental you don't kid yourself.
• It's incremental you don't kid yourself.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• But we will begin with House Bill 133, minimum age for firearm purchase or transfer, by Representative
• The court has noted in its last two years' opinions that it's moving incrementally, with the Legislature's
• So the court came in with an incremental request again this year for 13 circuit judges and 12 county

Summary: The committee first heard HB 133, which would lower the minimum age to purchase a long gun from 21 to 18. The sponsor said the bill restores the rights of law-abiding 18-year-olds. Public testimony was sharply divided, with supporters from Gun Owners of America and Florida Carry arguing that adults 18 and older should have equal Second Amendment rights and that current law is inconsistent with other adult responsibilities, while opponents, including gun violence prevention advocates, students, parents, and Parkland-related speakers, said the bill would reverse a post-Parkland safety measure and increase risks of suicide, accidental shootings, and school violence. Several members debated the bill, with opponents emphasizing Parkland, the Florida State shooting, and public polling showing broad opposition; supporters stressed parental responsibility, mental health, and constitutional rights. HB 133 was then reported favorably on a roll call vote of 13 yeas, with several members voting no. The committee then took up CS/HB 289, which would revise Florida’s wrongful death law to allow parents to recover damages for the death of an unborn child. The sponsor said the bill is intended to let grieving parents seek civil remedies, and members questioned how it would apply in situations involving surrogacy, rape, ectopic pregnancy, medical care, and damages calculations. The sponsor said the bill would not allow suits against the mother, would not apply to lawful non-negligent medical care, and would be handled through ordinary wrongful death damage proof before a jury. Public testimony was again split: supporters from pro-life and faith groups said the bill recognizes unborn children and aligns Florida with many other states, while opponents from civil liberties, reproductive rights, and advocacy groups warned it could be used to target abortion providers, helpers, and even families or businesses in miscarriage-related cases, and could be weaponized by abusive partners. The transcript ends during testimony on HB 289, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• 1999 and there's been a lot of changes since then and what it does is it takes in four 15-minute increment
• where they managed that entire room that was set up and they were trying to predict when those 15 incremental
• The transfer agents, the transaction agents. Right.

Bills: SCR5, SCR13, SB3, SB6, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB24, SB35, SB57, SB65, SB112, SB284, SB290, SB388, SB400, SB402, SB412, SB495, SB499, SB502, SB509, SB621, SB706, SB740, SB815, SB842, SB854, SB875, SB893, SB917, SB974, SB1025, SB1061, SB1073, SB1106, SB1268, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1379, SB1447, SB1451, SB1555, SB1902, SJR36, SJR12, SCR13, SCR25, SCR5, SCR22, SCR12, SCR24, SB495, SB412, SB10, SB18, SB565, SB372, SB842, SB765, SB62, SB19, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB290, SB13, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB917, SB925, SB388, SB1902, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB35, SB6, SB815, SB3, SB1281, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB1451, SB1061, SB15, SB65, SB241, SB304, SB402, SB499, SB621, SB974, SB1023, SB1024, SB1025, SB1106, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB400, SB609, SB1447, SB670, SB502, SB427, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1555, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB893, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB509, SB985, SB965, SB17, SB1119, SB1505, SB12, SB24, SB57, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1268, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB840, SJR57, SCR8, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB610, SB918, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB535, SB761, SB1, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB3, SB6, SB15, SB35, SB290, SB706, SB842, SB917, SB1281, SB1451, SB1902, SB12, SB13, SB17, SB19, SB388, SR261, SR265, SR276, SR277, SR281, SR286, SR293, SCR5, SCR13, SB2425, SB2880, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB388, SB412, SB495, SB2425, SB2880

Keywords: SCR 5, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, Texas School for the Deaf, TSD, Robert Rives, gymnasium naming, building naming, honorary resolution, commemorative resolution, deaf education, hard of hearing, Gallaudet University, alumni hall of fame, football coach, school facility naming, education K-16, State Affairs, Texas Legislature, public school tribute, water rights

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• In addition, we utilize tax increment financing and tax abatement as development tools.
• In addition, we utilize tax increment financing and tax abatement as development tools.
• In addition, we utilize tax increment financing and tax abatement as development tools.
• In addition, we utilize tax increment financing and tax abatement as development tools.
• In addition, we utilize tax increment financing and tax abatement as development tools.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• automatically funded to support elac uh automatically funded to support elac uh automatically transfer
• 37:21.720> the<00:37:21.839> new<00:37:22.119> board<00:37:23.119> uh transfer
• by Statute to the new board uh transfer by Statute to the new board uh so<00:37:23.560> I<00:
• changing who we serve in incrementally changing who we serve in these<01:09:58.960> professions
• so they are reaching adoption transfer so they are reaching adoption transfer custody<01:38:21.960

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• House Bill 462, Representative Duval, an act relating to tax increment financing, and House Resolution
• Representative Duval, an act relating to Representative Duval, an act relating to tax<00:06:16.000> increment
• <00:06:16.479> financing,<00:06:17.520> and<00:06:17.759> House tax increment
• financing, and House tax increment financing, and House Resolution<00:06:18.560> 35,<00:06:19.120
• House Bill 462, Representative Duvall, an act relating to tax increment financing.

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Senate Message 05:10 Calendar/2nd Readings 07:06 Report of Committees 07:47 Orders of the Day 08:52 HB 176 09:09 HB 178 12:19 HB 280 15:34 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 19:55 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 32:05 Recess for ConC and Rules Meeting 32:05 ConC and Rules Report 39:04 Adjournment 40:48, 958, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, excused absent members, and approved the journal. The Senate then communicated passage of Senate Bills 10 and 28 and requested concurrence. The House also received second-reading reports for several bills, including measures on custody, human sexuality instruction in schools, tax increment financing, death benefits, postsecondary education, and disabled veterans, along with committee reports advancing bills on agriculture, criminal trespass, concealed firearms, human trafficking, sexual performance material involving minors, reading and writing in schools, and educators. The chamber then took up and passed three health-related bills. House Bill 176, on prior authorization, was explained as a bipartisan effort to reduce insurance-related delays and bureaucracy in patient care; it passed 90-1. House Bill 178, on the psychiatric collaborative care model, was presented as a budget-neutral way to expand timely mental health access through primary care settings; it passed unanimously, 93-0. House Bill 280, a Kentucky Board of Nursing cleanup bill and school rescue-medication update, was amended by House Committee Substitute 1 to restore language allowing investigations involving abuse and to update school medication provisions; the substitute and the bill as amended both passed 94-0. House Resolution 35, recognizing January 21, 2026 as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Day in Kentucky, was introduced, taken from committee, and adopted. During announcements, members noted upcoming committee meetings and events, including a reception for highway contractors and related groups, and several committee cancellations. One member also spoke about a catastrophic fire in Williamsburg, asking for prayers for the community and first responders. The Committee on Committees and Rules then reported referrals for numerous newly introduced bills to standing committees and made changes to the 2026 Committee on Impeachment, removing Representatives Marzian and Donworth and appointing Representatives Watkins and Gentry. The House then adjourned until 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 22, 2026.

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• And then the public agency able to transfer the risk of getting this construction ready and put in operation
• A successfully completed initial operating segment with efficient transfers to and from passenger rail
• But again, starting these... incremental steps as you mentioned also through legislation, but what we
• composition of the funding where the previous funding was all provided by the General Fund as a transfer
• affordable housing, transportation, set-asides allow the legislature to maintain their authority while incrementally

Keywords: 988, house, all