Members of the Joint Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota Legislature are making changes to the budget process this session. In past years, revenue projections and the final budget process often came in the last few days of the session. Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, a member of the committee, says they will get those revenue numbers much earlier…
Hunhoff says by getting the revenue figures early, they will have more time to work through the spending part of the budget…
Hunhoff says there should be more time for public reaction…
The new rules should allow legislators to have at least two weeks to review the budget numbers.