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

SPONSOR Varela

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/21/08

HB 7

SHORT TITLE General Appropriation Act of 2008

SB

ANALYST Fernandez

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

6,003,854.9

Recurring

General Fund

2,534,845.8

Recurring

Other State Funds

1,299,642.3

Recurring

Internal Service/Inter

Agency Transfers

4,890,319.0

Recurring

Federal Funds

9,414.0

Recurring

General Fund

132,034.5

Nonrecurring

General Fund

8,100.0 Nonrecurring

General Fund

Reserve*

33,980.0 Nonrecurring

Other State Funds

1,616.4 Nonrecurring

Federal Funds

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

* From the Appropriation Contingency Fund - Education Lock Box

Conflicts with

House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 153

Duplicates Senate Bill 78

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 7 represents the Legislative Finance Committee recommendation for funding the

FY09 recurring operations of state government. It appropriates general fund, other state funds,

internal service funds/interagency transfers and federal funds for the operation of state agencies,

higher education and public school support. See the fiscal implications section of this report for

the breakout of appropriations between recurring and nonrecurring funding sources.

House Bill 7 – Page 2

1.

Section 4, Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations (pages 6 through 224 )

. This section

provides funding for state agencies, higher education and public school support.

2.

Section 5 Special Appropriations (pages 225 through 234); Section 6, Supplemental

and Deficiency Appropriations (pages 234 through 236); Section 7, Data Processing

Appropriations (pages 236 through 239); and Section 8, Compensation

Appropriations (pages 239 through 242)

.

•

Section 5 appropriates money for expenditure in FY08 and FY09 for various

special purposes.

•

Section 6 appropriates money for expenditure in FY08 to make up shortfalls in

FY07 and projected shortfalls in FY08.

•

Section 7 appropriates money for expenditures in FY08 and FY09 for major

information technology projects.

•

Section 8 appropriates money for expenditure in FY09 for public employee

compensation as detailed in the compensation table below.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriations contained in this bill can be summarized as follows:

Agency

General Fund

Other State

Funds

Internal Service

Funds/InterAge

ncy Trnsfrs

Federal

Funds

Total

SECTION 4 FY09 Operating

Recurring:

Legislative

4,264.5

-

-

-

4,264.5

Judicial

212,064.2

16,166.3

8,268.8

2,696.9

239,196.2

General Control

201,635.8

368,727.8

909,038.5

17,878.1

1,497,280.2

Commerce & Industry

59,955.6

43,426.0

20,555.2

705.7

124,642.5

Agric., Enrgy & Ntrl Res

91,827.5

52,334.5

37,614.5

34,460.4

216,236.9

Health, Hospitals & Human Svcs 1,513,321.7

242,789.3

307,917.9

3,377,401.0

5,441,429.9

Public Safety

408,187.2

28,471.7

10,930.1

60,295.4

507,884.4

Transportation

-

455,306.8

-

358,681.8

813,988.6

Other Education

48,887.1

18,850.3

5,000.0

54,638.8

127,376.2

Higher Education

857,865.5

1,308,023.1

317.3

545,173.9

2,711,379.8

Public School Support

2,559,919.4

750.0

-

438,387.0

2,999,056.4

Total Sec 4 Recurring

5,957,928.5

$

2,534,845.8

$

1,299,642.3

$

4,890,319.0

$

14,682,735.6

$

Recurring:

Section

8

Higher Education Compensation

24,978.2

-

-

-

24,978.2

Compensation

20,948.2

-

-

-

20,948.2

45,926.4

$

-

$

-

$

-

$

45,926.4

$

TOTAL RECURRING

6,003,854.9

$

2,534,845.8

$

1,299,642.3

$

4,890,319.0

$

14,728,662.0

$

Recurring: Section 5&6

Specials

9,000.0

-

-

-

9,000.0

Supplemental

414.0

-

-

-

414.0

Total Recurring

9,414.0

-

-

-

9,414.0

$

Nonrecurring:

Sections 5, 6, and 7

Specials

93,501.8

3,663.7

-

180.0

97,345.5

Specials - Education Lock Box

8,100.0

-

-

-

8,100.0

Supplemental & Deficiency

26,584.2

27,017.6

-

1,436.4

55,038.2

Data Processing

11,948.5

3,298.7

-

-

15,247.2

Total Nonrecurring

140,134.5

$

33,980.0

-

1,616.4

175,730.9

$

(dollars in thousands)

House Bill 7 – Page 3

Unless otherwise indicated, appropriations from the general fund revert to the general fund at the

end of FY09. Exceptions included higher education institutions and the Public Education

Department.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

General fund operating appropriations for most legislative agencies are contained in House Bill

1, the Feed Bill.

Supplemental budget adjustment authority for FY08 or budget adjustment authority for FY09,

usually included in the General Appropriation Act, is not included in this introduced version. It

is expected that such authority will be included in future substitutes or amendments of this bill.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION

House Bill 7 duplicates Senate Bill 78 and conflicts with House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 153.

House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 153 represent the Executive’s recommendations for funding

operations of state government in fiscal year 2009.

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House Bill 7 – Page 4

1% Total Cost

FY08

General

Fund

Share

1%

General Fund

Cost

LFC

Proposed Incr

LFC GF

Impact

STATE AGENCIES

Legislative:

Legislative employees

134,071

$

100.0% 134.1

$

2.4

321.8

$

Judicial:

Justices and judges

173,780

$

100.0% 173.8

$

2.4

417.1

$

Judicial employees

809,045

$

100.0% 809.0

$

2.4

1,941.7

$

Magistrate judges

61,402

$ 100.0%

61.4

$ 2.4

147.4

$

District attorneys

18,071

$ 100.0%

18.1

$ 2.4

43.4

$

District attorney employees

418,433

$

100.0% 418.4

$

2.4

1,004.2

$

Total Judicial

1,480,731

$

1,480.7

$

3,553.8

$

Executive:

Executive classified:

Classified employee groups

9,901,999

$

54.0% 5,347.1

$

2.4

12,833.0

$

Motor transportation officers

77,692

$

50.8%

39.5

$ 2.4

94.7

$

Special investigation officers

19,070

$

100.0%

19.1

$

2.4

45.8

$

Subtotal executive classified

9,998,761

$

5,405.6

$

12,973.5

$

Executive nonclassified:

Executive exempt

699,367

$

68.8% 481.2

$

2.4

1,154.8

$

Executive Exempt Teachers:

Children, Youth and Families

32,500

$

68.8%

22.4

$ 2.4

53.7

$

School for the Blind

-

$ 68.8%

-

$

-

$

Department of Health

6,421

$

68.8%

4.4

$ 2.4

10.6

$

Corrections Department

59,481

$

68.8%

40.9

$ 2.4

98.2

$

Executive exempt teachers

98,402

$

68.8%

67.7

$

162.5

State police

368,495

$

88.0% 324.3

$

2.4

778.3

$

Subtotal executive nonclassified

1,166,264

$

873.1

$

2,095.5

$

Total Executive

11,165,025

$

6,278.8

$

15,069.0

$

Total State Agencies

12,779,827

$

7,893.6

$

18,944.5

$

PUBLIC SCHOOLS --- See Footnote 1

Teachers

12,437,747

$

100.0% 12,437.7

$

2.0

24,875.5

$

Other instructional staff

1,979,734

$

100.0% 1,979.7

$

2.0

3,959.5

$

Other Certified and Non-certified, inc. EA's

5,171,834

$

100.0% 5,171.8

$

2.0

10,343.7

$

Transportation employees

453,989

$

100.0% 454.0

$

2.0

908.0

$

Total Direct Compensation Public Schools

20,043,304

$

20,043.3

$

40,086.6

HIGHER EDUCATION

Faculty

3,512,981

$

100.0% 3,513.0

$

2.0

7,026.0

$

Staff (includes ABE)

4,954,223

$

100.0% 4,954.2

$

2.0

9,908.4

$

Total Higher Education

8,467,204

$

8,467.2

$

16,934.4

$

TOTAL DIRECT COM PENSATION ALL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

41,290,335

$

36,404.1

$

75,965.6

$

ADDITIONAL SPECIAL DIRECT COMPENSATION

RECOMMENDATIONS (SECTION 8)

District Attorneys

100.0% 205.8

$

2.0

411.5

$

Total Special Compensation Recommendation

-

$

205.8

$

411.5

$

ADDITIONAL SPECIAL BENEFITS RECOMMENDATIONS

(SECTION 4 )

State Agencies

RHCAA Contribution increase

7,893.6

$

0.20

1,578.7

$

Executive Exempt Teachers

ERB (% of direct pay) 2009

67.7

$ 0.75

50.8

$

RHCAA Contribution increase

0.20

-

$

50.8

$

Public Education Benefit Adjustment

ERB (% of direct pay) 2009

20,043.3

$

0.75

15,032.5

$

RHCAA Contribution increase

0.20

4,008.7

$

19,041.1

$

Higher Education Benefit Adjustment

ERB (% of direct pay) 2009

8,467.2

$

0.75

6,350.4

$

RHCAA Contribution increase

0.20

1,693.4

$

8,043.8

$

Total Special Benefits Recommedation

28,714.5

$

TOTAL COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATION (direct and

indirect)

104,680.0

$

Public Em

p

lo

y

ee Com

p

ensation FY09