Bill No.:SF0001                  Drafter:  DKG

LSO No.:  11LSO-0598              Effective Date: 3/2/2011

Enrolled Act No.:  SEA0068

Chapter No.:       88

Prime Sponsor:     Joint Appropriations Interim Committee

Catch Title:       General government appropriations.

Subject:   Appropriations for general government operations and capital construction.

Summary/Major Elements:

Appropriates total of $256.0 Million (M) General Fund (GF), $221.4M in federal funds, and $243.6M in other state funds.

Dept. of Transportation

Appropriates $40.0M GF for highway construction.

Appropriates $5.0M GF for railroad quiet zone projects.

Appropriates $3.95M GF for airport enhancements.

Dept. of Health

Appropriates $25M GF from previously appropriated Section 306 Medicaid Contingency Appropriations to the Health Care Financing program to fund additional Medicaid expenditures.

Appropriates $43.3M GF, $88.6M FF, and $19.6M AR for health care financing.

Appropriates $3M GF for other department of health programs.

Appropriates $1M GF for senior centers.

Appropriates $1M GF for rural hospital technology grants.

Appropriates $383K GF for emergency medical services funding.

Appropriates $100K GF for health education grants.

UW

Appropriates $2.6M GF for the fine and performing arts building.

Appropriates $3.5M GF for the endowment challenge program.

Appropriates $50.0M AML funding for science, technology, engineering and mathematics building.

Appropriates $6.25M AML funding for graduate student stipends.

Appropriates $1.05M AML funding for coal gasification facility start-up funding.

Community Colleges

Appropriates $3.5M GF for endowments.

Appropriates $6.55M GF for CWC Health and Science Center.

Appropriates $7.5M GF for NWCCD Big West Academic Center.

Dept. of Corrections

Appropriates $4.2M GF for various correctional programs, $3.3M of which is for the new correctional facility at Torrington.

Education

Appropriates $4.5M in school foundation funds for costs associated with recalibration efforts.

Appropriates $183.4M in school capital construction funds for various school construction projects.

Capital Construction

Appropriates $3.8M GF for state building commission contingency.

Appropriates $3.2M GF for flex contingency account.

Appropriates $2.86M GF for Hathaway building renovation.

Appropriates $1.1M GF for veterans’ cemetery road and bridge.

Appropriates $750K GF for various military department projects.

Appropriates $344K GF for livestock pavilion.

Appropriates $460K GF for G&F Wigwam rearing station.

Appropriates $175K GF for G&F comfort stations.

Appropriates $242K GF for G&F elk fence upgrades.

Appropriates $850K GF for Wyoming boys’ school design costs.

Appropriates $162K GF for other studies and projects.

Local Governments

Appropriates $35.0M GF for local government capital project funding.

Appropriates $10.0M GF for local government general funding.

Appropriates $15.0M GF for infrastructure improvements related to data center recruitment.

Appropriates $15.0M GF to a newly created municipal solid waste landfill account.

Appropriates $1.0M GF for grants to fire districts impacted by mineral development in southeast Wyoming.

DEQ

Appropriates $50.1M AML to department for abandoned mine reclamation and variety of other projects.

Water

Appropriates $25.4M AML to Gillette water supply project.

Other

Appropriates $7.1M GF for state employee market pay adjustments. Allows for up to $600K of the appropriation to be used for judicial branch salaries.

Appropriates $2.7M GF for state employee health insurance increases.

Appropriates $6.0M GF for university employee health insurance increases.

Appropriates $2.5M GF for wildlife trust fund account.

Appropriates $3.0M GF for library trust endowment.

Appropriates $1.0M GF for cultural trust fund account.

Appropriates $610K GF for impacts associated with Niobrara oil play.

Appropriates smaller amounts for a variety of state agencies and projects.

Transfers $7.0M from the omnibus permanent land income fund into the omnibus permanent land fund.

Removes language pre-empting transfers before June 30, 2012 from the permanent mineral trust fund spending policy reserve account  into the PWMTF corpus.

Contains provisions for review and reorganization of the Wyoming professional teaching standards board to ensure data availability.

Provides appropriations to the Legislative Service Office for salary adjustments and management information system components.

Eliminates 244 vacant positions from executive branch agencies.

Comments:  The Governor line item vetoed:

1. $450K general fund appropriation for land for a new Governor's mansion;

2. $600K set aside for judicial branch salary adjustment, restoring the money to be used for executive branch salary adjustments.