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GF General Fund

OSF Other State Funds

IS/IA Internal Service Funds/Interagency Transfers

FF Federal Funds

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to HB9, HB10, SB5, SB16, SB20

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of House Appropriations & Finance Committee's substitute for House Bill 9

Operating Budget Appropriations - Sections 4 and 8

These sections of the bill appropriate funding for the operation of state agencies, higher education, and public school support. Funding for the general appropriation Act of 1999 is derived from the general fund, other state funds, internal service funds/interagency transfers and federal funds. Section 8 specifically provides funding for compensation increases for state agencies, higher education, and public school support.

Special; Supplemental and Deficiency; and Data Processing Appropriations - Sections 5, 6 and 7

Section 5 makes special appropriations (pages 171 through 182). Supplemental and deficiency appropriations are made in Section 6 (pages 182 through 184). The data processing appropriations are made in Section 7 ( pages 184 through 187).

Medicaid Payments Appropriations - Section 9

Section 9 of the bill provides funding for Medicaid payments (pages 191 through 193).

Additional Fiscal Year 1999 Budget Adjustment Authority - Section 10

In addition to the budget adjustment authority granted in Laws 1998, Chapter 116, Section 10 of the bill provides additional budget adjustment authority for certain state agencies (pages 193 through 198).

Certain Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Adjustments Authorized - Section 11

The bill provides for category transfer authority for all agencies; division transfers for the Corrections Department; budget increase for specific agencies; and the Departments of Military Affairs, Public Safety, and Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources may request general fund increases for declared disasters or emergencies.

General operating appropriations for most legislative agencies are contained in House Bill 1 of the regular 1999 legislative session.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The bill provides funding for FY2000 as follows:

These appropriations include an average compensation increase for:

state agency employees of 3.5 percent;

public school employees of 4.25 (non-teachers) to 5.25 (teachers) percent; and

higher education employees of 4 (non-faculty) to 5 (faculty) percent.

Also included is:

FY99 funding of $3,701.1 in general fund, 10,276.3 in other state funds, and $150.0 in federal funds for supplemental and deficiency appropriations

FY99 funding of $8,733.8 in general fund, $630.3 in other state funds, and $8,610.2 in federal funds for data processing purposes

FY99 and FY2000 funding of $19,600.9 in general fund, $648.7 in other state funds, $1,450.0 in internal service/interagency transfers; and $9.0 in federal funds for special purposes.

RELATIONSHIP

Senate Bill 15 and House Bill 9 are general appropriation bills to fund state government proposed by the legislature. Senate Bill 16 and House Bill 10 are general appropriation bills to fund state government proposed by the executive. Senate Bill 20 is a proposed general appropriation bill funding various agencies and data process items.

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