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Appropriations Committee (Georgia House)

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The House Appropriations Committee is an 11 member legislative body consisting of a chairman, seven subcommittee chairmans, a secretary, and two ex officio. The Committee operates under a House mandate to write and amended the state's fiscal year budgets for all state agencies and departments.

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Scope and jurisdiction

The House Appropriations Committee is responsible for writing "the state’s amended and general fiscal year budgets for Georgia’s state agencies and departments." The committee also considers legislation that significantly impacts the state's revenue or the expenditures thereof.

Members

As of 2014, the members of the House Appropriations Committee are:

  • Terry England, chairman
  • Katie M. Dempsey, chairman of subcommittee
  • Tom Dickson, chairman of subcommittee
  • Earl Ehrhart, chairman of subcommittee
  • Penny Houston, chairman of subcommittee
  • Butch Parrish, chairman of subcommittee
  • Jay Powell, chairman of subcommittee
  • Ed Rynders, chairman of subcommittee
  • Amy Carter, secretary
  • Mickey Channell, ex officio
  • Allen Peake, ex officio
  • Subcommittees

    The seven subcommittees under the House Appropriations Committee are:

  • Economic Development
  • Education
  • General Government
  • Health
  • Higher Education
  • Human Resources
  • Public Safety
  • References

    Appropriations Committee (Georgia House) Wikipedia