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has been clarified here that these are only estimates.
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They are not sacred. They do go through a great deal
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of analysis by the State Health Department who has
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statisticians who check on birth rates and --
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MR. CASE: Mr. Prrkins, what kind of post
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audit procedures are employed to check the reversions,
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to see whether or not they are correct amounts?
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MR. PERKINS: The Auditor's Department
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checks all State agencies.
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MR. CASE: The State Auditor?
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MR. PERKINS : Yes, sir, the State Auditor
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does, not the Budget Bureau. This new law was sup-
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posedly designed to correct this large reversion every
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year, but ever --
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MR. CASE: You mean the Morton formula?
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MR. PERKINS: Yes, sir, the Morton formula,
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but even here, in the last two years, we still have had
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these large reversions. Of course, in the end, the
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Budget Bureau likes to have them to help balance the
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budget for the next year, but wo would also, if we
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could cone up with reliable estimates, we don't want
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