From the 2026 budget audit
150 million Ft labelled 'other' inside a discretionary development block.
An unspecified reserve sitting inside the regional-development sub-chapter carries no bounded mandate and is classified with the block it belongs to.
Roughly 37 Ft per taxpayer per year — 150 millió Ft with no specific beneficiary identifiable from the budget table.
What you see — and what you don't
The seen: whatever the regional-development block uses this reserve for in any given year. The unseen: the fact that an appropriation with no specified purpose is the discretionary surface in its most unaccountable form — neither a named recipient nor a defined function, just a reserve for the officials who hold the allocation.
Objection
"Every large budget chapter needs a contingency reserve for unforeseen costs."
Answer
A contingency reserve for retained functions is legitimate — the chapter keeps one for the government offices it is retaining. This line sits inside the regional-development block, not the retained core. When the block it belongs to phases out, the reserve phases out with it. If a specific non-discretionary function is later identified within it, that function gets reclassified on its own merits.
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The analyst's verdict
Other Resources (Regional Development)
Rationale
An unspecified "other resources" appropriation within the regional-development sub-chapter. An appropriation labelled only "other," sitting inside the regional-development block alongside the development councils and their funds, is a discretionary reserve for the same class of activity. In the absence of a specific bounded mandate it is classified with the regional-development block on the same four-year glide; if a specific non-discretionary function is later identified within it, that function would be reclassified on its own merits.
Transition mechanism
Linear phase-out over 4 years, with the regional-development block.
Affected groups
None identifiable from the budget data; the line carries no specified beneficiary.
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