Appropriates and transfers $8,000,000 from the General Fund to the Legislative Legal Defense Fund in fiscal year 2016.
APPROPRIATIONS - Appropriates and transfers $8,000,000 from the General Fund to the Legislative Legal Defense Fund in fiscal year 2016.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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This bill appropriates $8 million from the General Fund and transfers it to the Legislative Legal Defense Fund in fiscal year 2016. The Legislative Legal Defense Fund is authorized in §67-451A and is for any necessary legal expenses of the Legislature as determined by the President Pro Tempore and the Speaker of the House. The Legislative Legal Defense Fund is continuously appropriated and since the creation of the fund in 2013 the Legislature has appropriated a total of $1,250,000.
HOW THEY VOTED
Senate Third Reading
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YEA (24)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)
House Third Reading
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YEA (54)
NAY (15)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)
LATEST ACTION
Signed by Governor on 03/30/16 Session Law Chapter 274 Effective: 03/30/2016
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2016
- Chamber
- senate
- Status date
- Mar 30, 2016
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