House Transportation Committee reviews technical Budget Adjustment Act fixes for trails and DMV funds
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Summary
Committee staff flagged two technical corrections in the Budget Adjustment Act affecting transportation: removal of a duplicate $370,000 transfer to the Vermont Recreational Trail Fund and a small Department of Motor Vehicles reversion of less than $25,100 to the general fund. No formal votes were taken.
Logan Moberry, Joint Fiscal Office, told the House Transportation Committee on Jan. 17 that the Budget Adjustment Act contained two minor, transportation-related corrections.
The first correction removes a duplicate transfer of $370,000 to the Vermont Recreational Trail Fund that would otherwise occur twice under the current bill language. "The change is just to strike one instance of this transfer," Moberry said, adding the duplicate was flagged before it took effect. If left unchanged, the duplicate entry would have reduced the transportation (T) Fund by an unintended $370,000 when the second transfer occurred.
The second item is a small reversion from the Department of Motor Vehicles in section 52 of the bill. Moberry said the project associated with that amount was completed in a prior year and the leftover—described in committee as "less than $25,100"—would be returned to the general fund. He said this reversion does not affect the T Fund.
Committee members asked where the recreational trails fund is managed; a committee member noted it is part of the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, and Moberry said he would provide further details on statutory management if requested. Moberry characterized both entries as technical cleanups: "It's really just cleaning up the language and making it fit the intent."
No formal motion or vote on the housekeeping changes was recorded during the meeting. Committee staff said they can provide more documentation or bring the items back for further review if members want additional detail.
The Budget Adjustment Act contains other non-transportation items that members noted but did not discuss in detail during this session. The committee scheduled additional informational work later in the week on other transportation-related topics.
A summary of the transportation-related amounts discussed in committee: duplicate transfer to Vermont Recreational Trail Fund — $370,000 (to be struck once); DMV reversion — less than $25,100 (to general fund).