LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT
ONE YEAR HOUSE BUDGET CUTS $70 MILLION FOR 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY FUND
The one year state budget (SS1001) under consideration by the House of Representatives fails to include a $70 million appropriation for the 21st Century Research and Technology Fund.
“The House Ways & Means Committee is at it again – passing a budget that rolls back one of our most important catalysts for innovation,” said Jim Jay, TechPoint president. “It’s essential that we renew the 21st Century Fund appropriation and send the message that Indiana isn’t retreating from our efforts to build a high-tech economy.”
By removing the funding for the 21 Fund, the budget has relegated the Fund to a point of non-existence. TechPoint’s advocacy will focus on lawmakers in the Senate to remedy this issue, and restore funding to the 21 Fund.
TechPoint urges its friends to contact legislators and request they restore full funding for the 21st Century Fund.
LEGISLATIVE CONTACTS
House of Representatives
Indiana House of Representatives
200 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
    (317) 232-9600
(800) 382-9842 |
Senate
Indiana State Senate
200 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-9400
(811) 382-9467 |
TDD Telephone Numbers
TDD (317) 232-0404
TDD (800) 548-9517 |
Online
http://www.in.gov/cgi-bin/legislative/contact/contact.pl |
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