Evening star., 1948-02-16
luck Tax Plans
Before Virginia
|SenateGroup
House Committee
Begins Work on
Budget This Week
BY the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND Va, Feb. 16.-vir-
ginias General Assembly today
began another week of work on
Gov. Tuck's big money bills.
The Governors tax proposals,
designed to produce an added $14,-
100000 annually for the State
treasury during the next two years,
come up for Senate Finance Com
mittee consideration today. The
program already has been passed
by the House.
Busiest of all will be the House
Appropriations Committee, which
begins work this week on Gov.
Tucks $500 0000, 900 budget. Yester-
day the committee learned from it's
chairman Delegate Charles G.
Louderback. that requests had beeA
made for $25, ,782,270 more than is
provided for in the Governors bud
get. Its biggest job will be that of
deciding which requests should be
honored.
Hearing on Wednesday.
The House Finance Committee
has scheduled hearing for We'd
nesday afternoon on four separate
sales tax proposals laid before the
House since the Assembly con-
vened January IA.
Mr.. Louderback said he hoped
to have the budget out of commit
tee and onto the House floor by
next week. He emphasized, how
ever, that the Appropriations Com
mittee will withhold final action
until the Senate disposes of the
Governors tax bill
| Gov. Tuck's third major piece OF
legislation his recommendation
for reorganization Of the State
government-also is slated to be
presented to the Assembly this
week, After next Monday. no major
legislation can be introduced into
either house without unanimous
consent
Balance Estimated.
Mr.. Louderback pointed out that
even if the budget amounts were
appropriated as recommended and
the Governors tax program is
passed by the Senate, the estimated
balance in the States general fund
on June 80, 1850, would be only ST.
440, ,598.
One of the largest amounts asked
in addition to budget recommended
tions was by the State Hospital
Board. The board told joint hear
ing of the Senate-H House committee
that an additional $2,O37 900 was
needed If personnel at the States
various mental institutions was to
be brought to desirable quotas.
Senator Charles T. Moses of Ap-
pomattox asked for an additional
$5,879, 900 to liberalize the State Re-
tirement Act. Senator Moses has
introduced a bill which would raise
the top salary covered by the act,
open the door for employees who pre-
vlously rejected participation. and
make other changes to benefit State
workers, including teachers.
Patrol of School Bus Bill.
The Senator is also the chief pa
tron of another measure calling for
approximately 100000 to enable
the State to take over school bus
transportation.
The balance of additional re-
quests-including $1,000,000 for the
University of Virginia-are for ed
ucation and research.
Meanwhile, Delegate LouderbaCk
said he plans to confer with Senator
John S. Battle of Charlottesville.
chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, and with other mem
bers of the committee SO that when
the appropriation bill is brought
before the Legislature it will repre-
sent "a composite of Senate-H House
judgment"
Mr.. Louderback said that after
his full committee finishes going
over the items in the appropriations
bill it will be given further study by
subcommittee which he will ap-
point.