Bill No.: HB0001                  Drafter:  DKG

LSO No.:  07LSO-0241              Effective Date:

Enrolled Act No.:  HEA0085

Chapter No.:

Prime Sponsor:     Joint Appropriations Interim Committee

Catch Title:            General government appropriations.

Subject:    Budget bill.

Summary/Major Elements:

Major Actions – 2007 Supplemental Budget

Fiscal Profile Info – Estimated Balances as of June 30, 2008

 General Fund/Budget Reserve Acct Balance                             = $101M

   (GF/BRA Includes $98M for 5% BRA statutory reserve)

  LSRA Balance                                                        = $325M

  School Foundation Program Account Balance                           = $100M

  School CapCon Account                                               =  $0

Total GF/BRA Appropriations/transfers to other accounts

2007 budget bill                                                    = $469.8M

2007 other bills                                                    = $106.7M

Total all bills                                                     = $576.6M

PMTF

• Reduced $180M BRA 2006 appropriation to the PMTF to be $40M transfer.

Water III

• Approved $20.5M BRA to Water III and $2M BRA to Water II.

Wildlife Trust

• Approved $19.75M GF to wildlife trust fund with $17.25M to the trust. $2M for the challenge program, and $500K to the operations/projects.

LSRA

• Added $56.3M BRA to LSRA.

Local Governments/Business Ready Communities

• $33.25M GF to the Business Ready Community program of which $5M shall be used for info tech companies.
• $51.25M GF to local governments using variety of distribution formulas.

DOT

• $100M GF for highway projects, and $10M GF for airport improvement projects. Added footnote requiring $3M to be used for county dust mitigation. Added footnote requiring $2M be used in the industrial road program and $260K be used in light rail study.
• Approved 7 new trooper positions and funding.
• $900K in highway funds for in-car video cameras for troopers.

Capital Construction

· Approved replacing $4.75M GF used to purchase Unicover building.

· Approved replacing $3.2M GF transferred to State Lands for fire suppression.

· $230K GF for state fair director’s residence.

· $9M GF for 2 new dormitories at the girl’s school.

· $10M for UW capital facilities match, approved the $15M that was appropriated last year and footnoted that it cannot be spent until a list of projects has been provided and the legislature re-appropriates the funding.

· $520K GF for a wet-lab at UW.

· $4.3M GF for funding the library, information center and learning center funded last session at UW.

· $3.3M GF for level III funding for Business College at UW.

· $37M GF for new correctional facility at Torrington.

· Approved funding of $27M BRA for capitol building restoration and capitol complex construction.

· Approved using reversions from EWC – new dormitory project for a vet tech building at EWC not to exceed $448K.

Community College Commission

• $824K GF for Evenstart program.
• $12.8M GF for faculty increase of 20%, classified staff of 18% and administrative professionals of 10%.
• $200K GF for veteran’s tuition waiver.
• $279K for public TV salary increases and digital equipment.
• $2M each for endowments for Casper, LCCC, Northwest and Sheridan colleges for a total of $8M for endowments.

University

• $4.4M GF for salary adjustments.
• $1M GF for utility increases.
• $16.35M for capital facilities match, approved the $15M that was appropriated last year and footnoted that it cannot be spent until a list of projects has been provided and the legislature re-appropriates the funding.
• $520K GF for a wet-lab.
• $4.3M GF for more funding for the library, information center and learning center funded last session.
• $3.3M GF for level III funding for business college.
• $1.65M for UW endowments.
• Deappropriated $2M GF for school of energy resources appropriated last session.
• $434K GF for state climatologist to perform various studies.

Education

• $385K SFP for Hathaway scholarship administration.
• $580K SFP funds for e-grant project.

School Foundation Program

• Approved 3.8% ECA for $28M SFP funds.
• $9M SFP funds for continuation of summer school project.
• $16M SFP funds for instructional facilitators.
• Added $1.5M SFP for court ordered placements
• Transferred $91M to school capcon account to cover shortfall.
• Added language to sweep any funds in excess of $100M in SFP into the common school permanent land fund at the end of FY07 and FY08.
• Added $340K SFP to fund national board certification program.

School Facilities Commission

• $16M school capcon funds for inflation.
• $6M school capcon funds for additional major maintenance funding.
• $104M school capcon funds for additional projects.
• Changes footnotes to allow Commission more flexibility in prioritizing projects.
• $6.9M SFP for infrastructure for new school facilities site locations.

A&I

• $3.1M for market pay adjustments.
• $4M GF for additional 2% state employee increase (3.5% is already funded).
• $3.3M GF for retiree health insurance benefits.
• $1.2M GF for utility increases.

Military Dept.

· $275K GF for building fence burned at Camp Guernsey.

Attorney General

• $500K GF for Yellowstone river water compact litigation.

DEQ

• $5.9M GF for paperless office initiative.

State Parks and Cultural Resources

• $300K GF for Korean War veteran’s memorial in Cody.
• $858K GF for major maintenance at state parks.
• $70K for Ft. Fetterman park water well.

Health

• $1.1M total GF/FF for WIC program.
• $4M total GF/FF for Medicare buy-in.
• $15.7M total GF/FF for Medicaid mandatory services – adult.
• $17.7M total GF/FF for Medicaid mandatory services – children.
• $4.3M total GF/FF for nursing facilities services rate increases.
• Added $3M total GF/FF for 62 additional out-of-home placements for adult DD.
• Added $3M total GF/FF for 3% rate increase for all DD waiver programs.
• Added $495K GF for cancer surveillance.
• $450K FF for community therapeutic services.
• $800K for senior services board.
• Switches $4.9M in special revenue funds for general fund for Retirement Center.
• Reduces 2006 $60M BRA set-aside for Medicaid programs to $39.7M, using the difference to fund GF share of the approved Medicaid supplemental requests.
• Uses $200K GF appropriated for substance abuse for family treatment centers.
• $60K GF for foster grandparent program.

DFS

• $1.35M  GF for second year funding for youth group home providers
• $48K FF for second year funding for father factor program.

State Lands and Investment Board

• Approved various administrative requests for a total of $821K GF.
• $3M GF for state forester for fire costs.
• $7.3M GF for county emergency fire suppression account.

Corrections

• $778K GF for treatment for sex offenders.
• $37M for new facility at Torrington.

District Attorney – Cheyenne

• $167,000 GF for addressing personnel issues and added footnote stating the appropriation cannot be included in the 09-10 standard budget.

Supreme Court

• $940K GF for new shelving for law library and $55K for new judicial retirement.
• Footnoted Court budget to be presented to the legislature by November 1, 2007.