Severance Tax Transfers

Joint Budget Committee. Under existing law, the general assembly may annually appropriate up to $450,000 from the severance tax operational fund to the conservation district grant fund. The bill increases the maximum amount to $700,000.

The bill makes the following one-time transfers:

• $18,259,805 from the severance tax operational fund to the general fund on June 30, 2025;
• $26,086,559 from the severance tax perpetual base fund to the general fund on July 1, 2024; and
• $25 million from the local government severance tax fund to the general fund on July 1, 2024.

The bill appropriates $250,000 from the severance tax operational fund to the department of agriculture.

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)