Has Special Fund Growth Offset the Decline in General Fund Spending?
Operating spending from own sources (the general fund plus the special funds) has grown faster than the general fund alone. To what extent has the special fund growth been the result of moving spending out of the general fund to give the appearance that the general fund has not been growing? There clearly has been an incentive to do just that, particularly in the Fiscal Years from 1997 through 2001 when the legislature was trying to reach a goal of cutting the budget by $250 million. Since attention focused on cutting the general fund, if some expenditure could be moved to a special fund, it would give the impression that the budget had been cut when, in fact, it had not. As we have seen, most of the growth in special fund spending has come in those categories that are logically treated outside the general fund. A good example is the budget of the International Airports that is totally supported by landing fees and other user fees. As activity at the airport has grown over the years, l
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