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By Del. D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, Jr.
THE General Assembly in its last week of the 1977 session has completed work on a revised budget bill which, it is hoped, will result in a balanced budget by the end of the current budget period on June 30, 1978, and does not require any additional taxes, reductions in state aid to the localities or any layoffs of state employes. Further, the revised budget conditionally provides for. a pay increase for state employes which is needed and justifiable on the basis of increased cost of living and comparison with similar private employment.
The state employe pay increase is conditional upon sufficient revenues coming into the state in excess of the revenues now estimated. Also, if the revenues should fall below the estimated reven
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