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House seeks new money sources
Web posted Tuesday, February 17, 2004
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COLUMBIA - House budget writers may have $200 million more to work with in next year's spending plan.
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The House Ways and Means Committee is considering plans to sell state property, including land, buildings and cars, to help cover a $350 million gap between expected revenues and spending demands.
"It does take us a long way toward doing that," committee Chairman Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, said Tuesday. It will give agencies a one-time break from drastic spending cuts, he said.
The $200 million is in addition to the $4.9 billion the committee adopted as the starting point for its spending plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1.
Among Mr. Harrell's proposals for generating the money:
$90 million would come from increased tax collection efforts. The plan would cost $10 million to give the Revenue Department the resources to make the collections.
$31 million would come from the sale of surplus land and buildings.
$25 million would come from the sale of surplus cars and trucks and closing maintenance operations.
$12.5 million would come from the sale of Port Royal facilities.
With no debate, the committee agreed to a budget amendment that transfers control of the John de la Howe School for troubled youths to the state Department of Juvenile Justice.
--From the Wednesday, February 18, 2004 online edition of the Augusta Chronicle
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