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The following letter, dated February 13, 1995, is a corrected transmittal      
letter for the following bill, which was introduced on February 13,            
1995 (page 336):                                                               
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 178                                                            
"An Act making supplemental and special appropriations for the                
expenses of state government; making and amending capital and                  
operating appropriations; and providing for an effective date."                
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Phillips:                                                        
			                                                                            
I am submitting the remaining FY 95 supplemental appropriation                 
requests before the statutory deadline of February 14.  While the              
numbers are as precise as we can make them now, a few final                    
adjustments will be sent to you as soon as they are available.  For            
instance, we will not have the final entitlement figures for the               
education foundation formula until early March.                                
                                                                               
These supplementals include appropriations for fighting fires in the           
interior this past summer, increased enrollments in our schools,               
treatment and containment of the tuberculosis epidemic, extraordinary          
snow and ice removal, increased security at our juvenile correctional          
facilities, and the statewide elections recount.  Most of these                
supplementals were identified by the prior administration or flagged by        
us in earlier presentations.  I am pleased to report that our                  
                                                                               

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commissioners have been able to reduce a number of the initial                 
departmental requests.  Detailed information relating to all of the            
supplemental requests will be provided to the Legislature by the Office        
of Management and Budget.                                                      
                                                                               
I appreciate your understanding that our very abbreviated transition           
between administrations shortened the time for preparing supplementals         
and FY 96 budget proposals.  While not expecting future budgets to             
be any easier, I certainly look forward to having a more reasonable            
amount of time to put them together.  I look forward to working with           
the Legislature to complete funding for fiscal year 1995.                      
                                                                               
								Sincerely,                                                             
								/s/                                                                    
								Tony Knowles                                                           
								Governor"