BOISE -- Gov. Butch Otter and lawmakers are fighting over computers -- again.

Wayne Hammon, the governor's budget chief, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations budget writing committee Tuesday that Otter didn't appreciate a "sneaky move" to tuck a $142,300 request for computer services into the Legislature's base budget request.

Last year, the Republican governor vetoed a similar line item, forcing lawmakers to find money elsewhere in their budget to buy new laptop computers.

"He would consider vetoing it again," Hammon told The Associated Press.

Meanwhile, lawmakers insist there was nothing sneaky; they say they need the money to help pay for running their new laptops.

Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Post Falls, said the screen on his old laptop wasn't working before he got a new one.

He says, "Obviously we had to replace them. Those computers were crashing."