H125 - Continuing Budget Operations. (SL 2025-89)
Session Year 2025
Overview: Section 2E.2 of S.L. 2025-89 (House Bill 125) appropriates $6 million to the Department of the State Auditor (Department) to establish the Division of Accountability, Value, and Efficiency (Division) within the Department, including up to 45 new positions. No later than October 1, 2025, every State agency must report to the Division an explanation of how the agency, including each division or office within that agency, utilizes public monies to execute its powers and duties under law, and a description of all positions within that agency that have remained vacant for six months or more as of July 1, 2025.
The Division is directed to assess the continued need for each State agency and the vacant positions within each agency and report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2025. The Division terminates on December 31, 2028.
The appropriation in this section became effective July 1, 2025. The remainder of this section became effective August 6, 2025.