The Report on the Fiscal 2016 State Operating Budget (HB 70) and the State Capital Budget (HB 71) and Related Recommendations, otherwise known as the “Joint Chairmen’s Report,” is now available on MACo’s website. This report summarizes the final actions taken by the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee with respect to the Fiscal 2016 Operating and Capital Budgets.

Included in this report are detailed statements of all reductions made to the appropriations and expressions of legislative intent and policy guidelines which are an integral part of the action taken on the budget.

Additional information on the State’s operating and capital budgets can be found on Conduit Street under “State Budget and Fiscal Issues.”