Post by Logan on Feb 9, 2016 2:56:18 GMT -6
Citing worries from lawmakers who’ve expressed concerns over the public hospital’s ongoing financial woes, Gov. Eddie Calvo introduced a measure targeting the Legislature’s $1.3 million in unused funds to help pay down the hospital’s debts.
The Guam Legislature has a long-standing practice among lawmakers who don’t spend all of their office funds — they carry over their unused monies to the following term. If a senator is leaving office, they can transfer the remaining balance of their budget to any of their colleagues or appropriate it to a separate government agency.
Before the end of the 32nd Legislature, lawmakers passed legislation from former Sen. Mike Limtiaco who didn’t run for re-election and wanted to appropriate his unused budget balance of $75,000 to the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority.
Former Sens. Chris Duenas and Aline Yamashita, who both lost their seats in the November 2014 elections, had remaining balances of $907 and $17,037, respectively. Yamashita rolled over her left over funds to Sens. Tommy Morrison, R-Umatac, and Brant McCreadie, R-Agana Heights. Duenas’ funds lapsed into the central office.
Read more: www.guampdn.com/story/news/local/2016/02/08/legislature-slams-calvos-bill-use-lapsed-funds/79995578/
The Guam Legislature has a long-standing practice among lawmakers who don’t spend all of their office funds — they carry over their unused monies to the following term. If a senator is leaving office, they can transfer the remaining balance of their budget to any of their colleagues or appropriate it to a separate government agency.
Before the end of the 32nd Legislature, lawmakers passed legislation from former Sen. Mike Limtiaco who didn’t run for re-election and wanted to appropriate his unused budget balance of $75,000 to the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority.
Former Sens. Chris Duenas and Aline Yamashita, who both lost their seats in the November 2014 elections, had remaining balances of $907 and $17,037, respectively. Yamashita rolled over her left over funds to Sens. Tommy Morrison, R-Umatac, and Brant McCreadie, R-Agana Heights. Duenas’ funds lapsed into the central office.
Read more: www.guampdn.com/story/news/local/2016/02/08/legislature-slams-calvos-bill-use-lapsed-funds/79995578/