One Hundred Ninth Legislature - First Session - 2025 Introducer€s Statement of Intent LB260 € Chairperson: Senator Robert Clements Committee: Appropriations Date of Hearing: February 18, 2025 € The following constitutes the reasons for this bill and the purposes which are sought to be accomplished thereby: LB 260, introduced by the Speaker at the request of the Governor, is part of the Governors biennial budget recommendations. This bill makes adjustments to the appropriations for state operations and aid programs in the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.€ The adjustments will be used in programs where the forecasted cost has risen or decreased due to circumstances that were unforeseen when appropriation bills were passed two years ago and subsequently amended by the Legislature in 2024. The bill contains the emergency clause. Detailed information regarding the Governors budget recommendations may be found in the 2025-2027 Biennium Executive Budget Recommendations, which may be viewed on the Department of Administrative Services State Budget Divisions website at: https:// das.nebraska.gov/budget/publications.html € Principal Introducer:________________________________ Senator Speaker Arch, 14 - 1 -