NE4: March-June Northeast Budget FY2014 (Law)

[Adam Griffin]

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--- $7.000 B from past budget surplus to Second NE Stimulus Act

 $6.766 B = final surplus from Nov-Feb FY2013 budget
     --> $1.353 B from remaining budget surplus to Emergency Fund

Expenditure Changes:

+ $0.570 B to Public Safety - NE Rehabilitation & Reform Act
+ $0.170 B to Economic Development-Community Development - NE Property Rights Act
- $1.520 B from School Aid-Elementary, Secondary & Vocational education - NE Education Improvement & Modernization Act
- $1.610 B from School Aid-Northeastern Higher Education Act - NE Education Improvement & Modernization Act
- $0.500 B from Economic Development-Area and regional development - NE Agricultural Subsidies Elimination Act

Revenue Changes:

+$0.880 B, income taxes
+$0.179 B, sales taxes
+$0.244 B, fuel taxes
+$0.760 B, tolls

[Adam Griffin]

To be fair, I was about 5 seconds from doing that, too. Then, I did a quick search and found that there's a budget structure bill from 2010-11 that specified their inclusion. I didn't see any specific legislation that mandated the spending, but I could have missed something.