SB240 — make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency.
What changed between bill versions as it moved through the Legislature.
The amendment removes the requirement that the $5,000,000 appropriation be distributed in equal installments across fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028, allowing the full amount to be distributed immediately instead, which ACCELERATES and BROADENS the bill's ability to fund rural access infrastructure projects.
This change converts the bill from its engrossed (passed by Senate) form to its enrolled (final) form, removing the old deadline language that required distribution "before August 1, 2021" and "before August 1, 2022," and instead making the appropriation of $5,000,000 for rural access infrastructure funds more flexible and ongoing rather than tied to specific past dates. The substantive legal changes are minimal—this is primarily a formatting and finalization step that removes tracking markup and adds certification language required for a bill that has completed the legislative process.