OUT:
n Changes to the seat-belt law. Failure to wear a seat belt will remain a secondary offense; fines were not raised.
n Proposed fees for canoes and kayaks
n Language to create an outdoor user fee study
n Money to hire four new Senate staffers
IN:
n More money for higher education and adult education
n $250 million in borrowing to lower property taxes by giving more to kindergarten-through-grade 12 education, as voters approved last June
n $66 million in borrowing for the state’s saving account
n $120 million in borrowing to pay down future debt the state will owe to retired state workers and teachers
n New tax for satellite TV users, to be the same as cable users pay
n New tax on private rentals of vacation property
n $53 million in proposed cuts to social programs for the disabled, children and the elderly, such as prescription drug programs
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