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Committee on Appropriations

Jurisdiction:


Section 2. Appropriations — (a) The committee shall have 27 members,
with jurisdiction over:
(1) all bills and resolutions appropriating money from the state
treasury;
(2) all bills and resolutions containing provisions resulting in
automatic allocation of funds from the state treasury;
(3) all bills and resolutions diverting funds from the state treasury
or preventing funds from going in that otherwise would be placed in the state
treasury; and
(4) all matters pertaining to claims and accounts filed with the
legislature against the state unless jurisdiction over those bills and resolutions is
specifically granted by these rules to some other standing committee.
(b) The appropriations committee may comment upon any bill or resolution
containing a provision resulting in an automatic allocation of funds.