IN DISCUSSING THE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE COMMONWEALTH…..GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR SAID YESTERDAY THAT A NEW REPUBLICAN-BACK POLICY
THREATENS TO TIE HIS HANDS IN RESPONDING TO ANY FUTURE DISASTERS….
THE GOVERNOR WAS CRITICZING A PROVISION IN THE BUDGET BILL PASSED BY LAWMAKERS THAT HE SAID WOULD LIMIT HOW MUCH HIS ADMINISTRATION COULD
SPEND TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELYTO SUCH EMERGENCIES…..ONCE REACHING THAT CAP….HE WOULD HAVE TO ASK LAWMAKERS FOR MORE IMMEDIATE
FUNDING…..WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A SPECIAL SESSION IF THEY’RE NOT MEETING AT THE TIME….
BESHEAR SIGNALED HE WOULD “LINE-ITEM” VETO THE PROVISION INTHE TWO-YEAR BUDGET….WHICH HE SAID SETS THE LIMIT AT 25-MILLION DOLLARS
PER FISCAL YEAR….
THE REPUBLICAN SUPER-MAJORITIES COULD OVERRIDE THE VETO WHEN LAW MAKERS RECONVENE IN MID-APRIL FOR THE FINAL TWO DAYS OF THIS YEAR’S
SESSION…..