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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />'-" -' 't, <br /> <br />appropriation to take care of these problems but <br />after the problems we had this year, of course, <br />there is no kind of assurance like this. It is <br />obvious that with the Joint Budget Committee's <br />staff this year the emergency that would warrant <br />a supplemental appropriation would have to be of <br />a very emergency and catastrophic nature almost." <br /> <br />MR. I<ROEGER.: <br /> <br />"When they pass a whole bag of new legisla- <br />tion and expect you to administer it, that's <br />an emergency isn't it?" <br /> <br />MR, SMITH: <br /> <br />"Right. I think we have some of the problems <br />that Larry is relating to. We pointed out some <br />of these things and unfortunately we used the <br />word 'study' and every time you say 'study' to <br />people who aren't familiar with water resources <br />and water runoff programs and everything else, <br />they immediately say well, they can wait until <br />July lst or they can wait until next year and <br />this is where we had our most serious problems <br />on our supplemental appropriation." <br /> <br />MR. SPARI<S: <br /> <br />"There is no question that the demands for <br />money made by government are beginning to exceed <br />the ability of the taxpayers to finance them. <br />We can't really quarrel with the necessity to <br />reduce state expenditures. <br /> <br />The problem that we have is that we are not <br />consulted about specific items in the budget <br />which are reduced or eliminated. The line item <br />cuts are disastrous to us because sometimes <br />they don't make any sense. For instance, we <br />publish reports through the Geological Survey <br />on ground water resources. Those reports are <br />distributed by the hundreds or by the thousands <br />actually to citizens of this state who use them <br />to develop ground water supplies. They are very <br />valuable publications to the citizens of the <br />state. While we were given money to carryon <br />the program, to go ahead and develop the inform- <br />ation, we Were given no money to publish it. We <br />can't do anything with the information. We asked <br />for $IO,OOO to publish the reports and we got <br />nothing. If we are directed to cut $50,000 or <br />