Gov. DeSantis' veto pen snares legislative budget over credit card fees study
A proposal to study the effect of fees imposed by credit card companies on sales taxes appears to have doomed a large chunk of the Legislature’s budget.
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $56.7 million in legislative support services funding. It’s funding he hasn’t vetoed before in five previous budgets.
The money pays for a variety of functions for the Legislature — information technology for the House and Senate, the lobbyist registration office, joint committees and the Office of Economic and Demographic Research (EDR), staffed by economists who make revenue forecasts for the state budget that are used by lawmakers to craft a spending plan each year. EDR also conducts numerous studies and produces...
