House GOP Budget Proposal Based On Liquor Privatization, Fund Transfers

The House Appropriations Committee Tuesday amended and reported out House Bill 2328 (Adolph-R-Delaware) which creates a $29.1 billion General Fund budget that relies on $380 million from the passage of liquor privatization, $48 million from the 2-year suspension of 11 different tax credits and a $72.5 million transfer from DCNR’s Oil and Gas Fund.

Other budget highlights include--

-- Level funding of all high education line items;

-- $5 million for ready to succeed college scholarships;

-- $70 million more for basic education;

-- Level funding for Judiciary and General Assembly;

-- Replaces an additional $15.6 million in DCNR funding with transfers from the Oil and Gas Fund now totaling $72.7 million;
-- $2.25 million restored to Heritage Areas Program;

-- Provides an additional $10 million in funding for DEP general operations; and

-- An additional $500,000 cut from Delaware River Basin Commission funding.

The full balance sheet of Fund transfers has not been released yet by the House Republicans.

A spreadsheet showing changes between the FY 2013-14 budget is available online.

Rep. Bill Adolph (R-Delaware), Majority Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, said he expects the full House to consider the budget on Wednesday.

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