Legislative Department Cash Fund

     The act makes the following changes to the legislative department cash fund (fund):

• Transfers $12,674,766 from the fund to the general fund;
• Establishes a fund limit, equal to $8 million for the state fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2025, and, thereafter, adjusts the fund limit proportionally with the percentage change in total general fund appropriations for the legislative branch;
• Limits reversion of unexpended appropriations to the fund to prevent the balance from exceeding the fund limit and annually transfers any portion of the fund that exceeds the balance to the general fund;
• Excludes money in the congressional redistricting and legislative redistricting accounts (redistricting accounts) and gifts, grants, and donations in the fund from any calculations related to the fund limit;
• Codifies that any money received related to public records requests is deposited into the fund and that the house of representatives, the senate, and the legislative service agencies are authorized to seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations; and
• Clarifies that the interest and income in the redistricting accounts in the fund are transferred to the general fund, along with other interest and income from the fund.
  
  (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)