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F I S C A L   I M P A C T   R E P O R T

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

HAFC

 

DATE TYPED:

3/21/03

 

HB

CS/2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9/aHFl#1/aSFC/aCC

 

SHORT TITLE:

General Appropriation Act of 2003

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

Fernandez

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY03

FY04

FY03

FY04

 

 

2,118.5

4,057,591.4

 

 

Recurring

General Fund

1,000.0

1,727,179.0

 

 

Recurring

Other State Funds

 

829,013.5

 

 

Recurring

Internal Service Funds/Interagency Transfers

 

3,501,835.4

 

 

Recurring

Federal Funds

83,332.9

 

 

 

Nonrecurring

General Fund

29,093.4

 

 

 

Nonrecurring

Other State Funds

225,692.9

1,550.0

 

 

Nonrecurring

Federal Funds

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Relates to Senate Finance Committee Substitute for Senate Finance Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 655 as amended

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

LFC Files

 

SUMMARY

 

Synopsis of CC Amendment to House Appropriations and Finance Committee Substitute for House Bills 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 as amended

 

The Conference Committee amendment to House Appropriations and Finance Committee Substitute for House Bills 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 as amended, strikes and replaces Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, and 11.  Appropriations in the amendment are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 

 Fiscal Year 2003

 Fiscal Year 2004

Section

 GF

 OSF

 ISF/IAT

 FF

 Total

 GF

 OSF

 ISF/IAT

 FF

Total

Recurring:

4. FY04 Appropriations

 

 

 

 

 

  4,057,341.4

  1,727,179.0

 829,013.5

 3,501,835.4

 10,115,369.3

5. Special

         900.0

  1,000.0

 

 

     1,900.0

            250.0

 

 

 

             250.0

6. Supp/Def

      1,218.5

 

 

 

     1,218.5

              -

 

 

 

               -  

Total Recurring

      2,118.5

  1,000.0

 

 

     3,118.5

  4,057,591.4

  1,727,179.0

 829,013.5

 3,501,835.4

 10,115,369.3

Nonrecurring:

5. Special

    18,823.0

   4,726.4

  

 

   23,549.4

 

 

 

        1,550.0

           1,550.0

6. Supp/Def

    64,509.9

  3,467.0 

 

 188,534.1

 256,511.0

 

 

 

 

 

7. Data Processing

 

 20,900.0 

 

   37,158.8

   58,058.8

 

 

 

 

 

Total Nonrecurring

    83,332.9

 29,093.4

         -  

 225,692.9

 338,119.2

 

 

 

        1,550.0

           1,550.0

 

In the amendment to Section 11, the conference committee increased transfer authority by $25 million for a total level of $130 million.

 

Synopsis of SFC Amendment to House Appropriations and Finance Committee Substitute for House Bills 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9

 

The Senate Finance Committee amendment to House Appropriations and Finance Committee Substitute for House Bills 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9, strikes and replaces Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10.    Appropriations in the amendment are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 Fiscal Year 2003

 Fiscal Year 2004

Section

 GF

 OSF

 ISF/IAT

 FF

 Total

 GF

 OSF

 ISF/IAT

 FF

Total

Recurring:

4. FY04 Appropriations

 

 

 

 

 

  4,057,341.4

  1,727,179.0

 829,013.5

 3,501,835.4

 10,115,369.3

5. Special

      5,600.0

  1,000.0

 

 

     6,600.0

            250.0

 

 

 

             250.0

6. Supp/Def

      1,218.5

 

 

 

     1,218.5

              -

 

 

 

               -  

Total Recurring

      6,818.5

  1,000.0

 

 

     7,818.5

  4,057,591.4

  1,727,179.0

 829,013.5

 3,501,835.4

 10,115,369.3

Nonrecurring:

5. Special

    13,823.0

   4,726.4

  

 

   18,549.4

 

 

 

        1,550.0

           1,550.0

6. Supp/Def

    64,809.9

  2,767.0 

 

 188,534.1

 256,111.0

 

 

 

 

 

7. Data Processing

 

 20,900.0 

 

   37,158.8

   58,058.8

 

 

 

 

 

Total Nonrecurring

    78,632.9

 28,393.4

         -  

 225,692.9

 306,719.2

 

 

 

        1,550.0

           1,550.0

 

     Synopsis of HFl#1 Amendment

 

House Floor Amendment 1 to HAFC/CS/HB2 et al. adds $5,426.1 to public education as follows: $830.7 to the state equalization guarantee distribution, $500.0 to the State Department of Public Education, $209.5 to Adult Basic Education and $3,885.9 to other education.

 

Synopsis of House Appropriations and Finance Committee Substitute for House Bills 2, 3, 4,   5, 6 and 9

 

House Appropriations and Finance Committee Substitute for House Bills 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9 appropriates general fund, other state funds, internal service funds/interagency transfers and federal funds for the FY04 operation of state agencies, higher education and public school support.  The bill includes funding for 21,208.40 permanent, 2,670.50 term and 198.30 temporary employees for a total of 24,077.20 employees.  See Attachment for general fund appropriations by agency.  See the fiscal implications section of this report for the breakout of appropriations between recurring and nonrecurring and funding sources.

 

  • Section 4, Fiscal Year 2004 Appropriations (pages 5 through 204).  This section provides funding for state agencies, higher education and public school support.

 

  • Section 5, Special Appropriations (pages 204 through 208); Section 6 Supplemental and Deficiency Appropriations (pages 209 through 210); and Section 7, Data Processing Appropriations (pages 210 through 217).

Section 5 appropriates money for expenditure in FY03 and FY04 for various special purposes and to fund the computer systems enhancement fund.

Section 6 appropriates money for expenditure in FY03 to make up shortfalls in FY02 and projected shortfalls in FY03.

Section 7 appropriates money from the computer systems enhancement fund and other funds for expenditure in FY03 and FY04 for major information technology projects.

 

  • Section 8, Compensation Appropriations (pages 217 through 219).  This section provides compensation increases for judicial, executive and permanent legislative employees.

 

  • Section 9, Additional Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Adjustment Authority (pages 219 through 227).  This section provides budget adjustment authority for FY03 in addition to that already provided by the General Appropriation Act of 2002.  See attached BAR Summary for details by agency.

 

  • Section 10, Certain Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Adjustment Authority (pages 227 through 232).  This section provides agency budget adjustment authority for FY04.  See attached BAR Summary for details by agency. 

 

  • Section 11, Transfer Authority.  This section authorizes transfers from the general fund operating reserve to the general fund appropriation account in the case that appropriations exceed revenues in that account as of June 30, 2003.

 

     Significant Issues

 

General fund operating appropriations for most legislative agencies are contained in House Bill 1, the Feed Bill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

Appropriations in the bill are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 Fiscal Year 2003

 Fiscal Year 2004

Section

 GF

 OSF

 ISF/IAT

 FF

 Total

 GF

 OSF

 ISF/IAT

 FF

Total

Recurring:

4. FY04 Appropriations

 

 

 

 

            

 3,995,980.7

 1,767,007.3

 829,211.4

 3,456,804.6

 10,049,004.0

5. Special

   11,300.0

  1,000.0

 

  18,000.0 

  30,300.0

           250.0

 

 

 

             250.0

6. Supp/Def

    

 

 

 

   

    

 

 

 

 

8. Compensation

 

 

 

 

 

       21,242.1

 

 

 

        21,242.1

Total Recurring

   11,300.0

 1,000.0           

       -

  18,000.0

  30,300.0

 4,017,472.8

 1,767,007.3

 829,211.4

 3,456,804.6

 10,070,496.1

Nonrecurring:

5. Special

    13,500.0

   2,077.4

  

 

   15,577.4

 

 

 

 

               -  

6. Supp/Def

    50,908.4

  9,267.0 

 

 169,034.1

 229,209.5

 

 

 

 

               -  

7. Data Processing

 

 20,900.0 

 

   37,158.8

   58,058.8

 

 

 

 

               -  

Total Nonrecurring

    64,408.4

 32,244.4

         -  

 206,192.9

 302,845.7

               -  

               -  

            -  

               -  

               -  

 

Unless otherwise indicated, appropriations from the general fund revert to the general fund at the end of FY04.  Exceptions include higher education institutions and public schools.

 

RELATIONSHIP

 

This bill relates to Senate Finance Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 655 that also makes appropriations to state agencies for various purposes.

 

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