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| Budget conferees agree on general government, prison funding issues; bump state radios funds |
| By floridapolitics.com |
| Published: 03/07/2016 |
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Senior legislative budget writers met Sunday afternoon to continue hammering out differences in Florida House and Senate appropriations proposals, still hundreds of millions of dollars apart. In keeping with their recent meetings since committee sub-chairs “bumped up” remaining budget issues to the at-large budget conference, Chairman Rep. Richard Corcoran and Vice Chairman Sen. Tom Lee – their respective chambers’ appropriations chiefs – made swift progress at the hearing, though a simmering industry “fist fight” over state police radios slowed down discussions during the weekend and prevented the panel from meeting on Saturday. The House proposed a compromise on funding for the governor’s office, a bill on retirement for state employees, prisons, and several general government budget issues, which the Senate accepted. The House responded in kind to the upper chamber’s offer on similar internal facets of state government funding. Lawmakers nixed a funding request for $7 million for new law enforcement radios requested on behalf of Harris Corp., which holds a lucrative contract to service the state’s communications infrastructure. The issue will ultimately be decided by House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner. Read More. |
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