Provisions, required by the federal government, to strengthen child-support collection efforts by the state. Witness immunity that allows prosecutors to grant immunity to witnesses in return for essential testimony in a criminal case. A package of tax breaks for economic development. Finally, lawmakers took care of their own needs Friday before they took up issues like tax cuts or welfare reform. The measure was passed by voice vote in the House on Friday morning.
State law gives the legislature power to seize space in the building.
The governor has no veto power over the matter. Displaced from the four-story building under the resolution will be the state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer and the state budget officed.