House Committee on Appropriations - 67th R.S. (1981)
Committee Members
- Bill Presnal, Chair
- Don Rains, Vice Chair
- Fred J. Agnich
- Frank Collazo, Jr.
- Bo Crawford
- Matt Garcia
- Jay Gibson
- Walter B. Grubbs
- Bill Haley
- Frank E. Hartung
- W.S. 'Bill' Heatly
- Bill Hollowell
- Dan Kubiak
- Paul Moreno
- Jim D. Rudd
- Carlyle Smith
- Lou Nelle Sutton
- Senfronia Thompson
- Robert 'Bob' Valles
- Foster Whaley
- Doyle Willis
Charges
- Study the implementation of federal budgetary changes and their impact on state agency programs, with emphasis on block grants versus categorical grants.
- Coordinate, cooperate and assist the House Standing Committee with oversight functions for all agencies; review the method by which the new travel provisions dealing with increased per diem in high-cost areas are being implemented and review out-of-state travel expenses by those agencies which are authorized to have a higher per diem when traveling out of state; review the state policy in relation to the use of state vehicles, including aircraft, to determine what operations are the most efficient and practical.
- Examine the state policy of funding to reimburse colleges and universities for uninsured losses to property; review the appropriate subcommittee process to determine what, if any, adjustments could be made to make the process work more efficiently; review and recommend any necessary changes in the current process and format through which agencies develop and submit operating budgets to the Executive and Legislative Budget Office.
- Develop a suggested approach for implementation of the General Appropriations Act which allows the Legislature to set per diem of board members; Determine the feasibility of developing a way to divert fund balances that remain in special funds over and above the needs of the current biennium without the necessity for statutory change; review the method by which a capital projects budget could be developed for the General Appropriations Act.
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