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Missouri Governor to restrict ‘tens of millions’ of spending in new state budget

June 30, 2016 By Mike Lear

Governor Jay Nixon (D) says he expects to have to freeze the spending of tens of millions of dollars in the state budget for the year that begins Friday.

Governor Jay Nixon (photo: Mike Lear, Missourinet)

Governor Jay Nixon (photo: Mike Lear, Missourinet)

The governor will announce how much spending he’ll restrict, and in what state programs, July 6 after all the information he says he’ll need will be ready.

“We’ll wait ’till the sixth after we’ve seen the final numbers for the year. Some of the returns had to be late because of the flood and that sort of stuff. We’ll wait ’till the sixth to announce those initial restrictions,” Nixon told reporters.

Nixon said that’s better than in years when he’s needed to restrict hundreds of millions.
“Clearly the economy’s getting better and the numbers we’re dealing with here are smaller than other years than they’ve been in other years that I’ve been here – not to say that tens of millions is small but in a budget of almost $9-billion in General Revenue and almost $27-billion total, relatively small.”

Representative Scott Fitzpatrick (photo courtesy; Tim Bommel, Missouri House Communications)

Representative Scott Fitzpatrick (photo courtesy; Tim Bommel, Missouri House Communications)

Republican House Budget Committee vice-chairman Scott Fitzpatrick (Shell Knob) agrees it appears restrictions will be necessary. He said state tax refunds to date have increased by 15 percent compared to the same time last year, and revenue growth is off.

“As of today we’re up less than one-percent and we’re looking at growth of only about $76-million over last year, so it’s just not going to be adequate to fully the budget that was passed if that’s where we end up being – slower than anybody anticipated.”

Fitzpatrick hopes no restrictions are made in K-12 education funding, or in a Transportation Department cost-share program that was re-started this year.

“Communities have started applying for those funds and MODOT’s been accepting applications. There are projects that need to be done all over the state,” said Fitzpatrick.

The budget includes $20-million for that program.

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