Bill No.: HB0001 Drafter: DKG
LSO No.: 3LSO-0617 Effective Date: Immediate
Enrolled Act No.: HEA0045
Chapter No.: CH0073
Prime Sponsor: Joint Appropriations Interim Committee
Catch Title: General government appropriations.
Subject: Supplemental appropriations for the general operations of government.
This bill contains budget reductions totaling $62,051,880 GF and a net of reduction of 55 positions (48 full-time and 7 part-time).
In addition, this bill contains, inter alia, the following supplemental appropriations (M=millions, K=thousands) and changes for the following programs:
Dept. of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction –
◊ Renumbered 005 Department of Education as agency 206 Department of Education.
◊ Created a new agency 005 Superintendent of Public Instruction.
◊ Appropriated $1.29M GF, and other funds and 8 FTE from Agency 206, Department of Education.
Wyoming Military Department – Added $243K and two Veterans’ Services positions.
Department of Agriculture – Added $500K for pine bark beetle remediation projects and allowed the Governor to transfer $1M more from fire suppression funds for the same purpose.
Department of Environmental Quality – Added $15M GF for Landfills.
Wildlife Trust – $500K GF for pine bark beetle remediation projects.
Dept. of Transportation - $747.6K GF for WYOLINK.
Dept. of Health – Added $6.67M GF and $7.63M FF for Medicaid and added $2.4M GF for vaccines.
Fires – Added $31.2M GF for fires and made up to $5M (from Landfills) available for the costs associated with the suppression of fires in the 2013 fire season.
Locals – Appropriated cities, towns and counties an additional $20M GF for FY14.
Capital construction - Total appropriation of $61.2M GF:
· $4M S6 for Snowy Range Academy
· $726.5K S0 for the Capitol Building
· $1.2M GF and $1.5M FF for Military Dept. Utilities
· $840K FF for Military Dept. Vets' Cemetery
· $34.7M private funding sources for various community college projects
· $60M GF for College of Engineering and Arena Auditorium renovation
Budget Balancers – Transfers - Created the Strategic Investments and Projects Account (SIPA) to be funded with PWMTF income attributable to the 2013 fiscal year in excess of the January 14, 2013, CREG estimate and under the spending policy amount not to exceed $90,000,000.
Transferred any general fund revenue or budget reserve revenue, excluding earnings from the PWMTF, in excess of $5,000,000 above the January 14, 2014, CREG estimate for FY 2013 into the LSRA no later than November 1, 2013.
Jamestown Rio Vista Loan – Restored the $422,171 loss of corpus of the PWMTF as a result of the outstanding debt owed from the Jamestown Rio Vista Water and Sewer District’s Joint Powers Act Loan.
Employee compensation - Added $600K GF for compensation adjustments for the judicial branch.
Added $6.17M ($315K GF and $5.86M GF reversions) and $8.1M S5 for a one-time 1% retention incentive for qualifying employees.
Budget Reductions - Required 4%, 6% and 8% General Fund budget reductions in FY 2015-16 budget requests for the executive branch. Department of Health (2%, 4% and 6%) and 0% and 2% for the judiciary.
Task Force on Capitol Rehabilitation and Restoration - Created a joint task force of the legislative and executive branches for the purpose of developing and reporting the rehabilitation and restoration priorities for the state capitol building.
Total, Net New Appropriations:
General Fund Appropriations - $78.4M
Federal Fund Appropriations - $10.1M
Other State Fund Appropriations - $60.5M
Total appropriations in supplemental budget bill - $149M
Comments:
The following reports are required under the budget bill:
· Governor’s Office to report to JAC on streamlining government initiative no later than November 1, 2013.
· Governor’s Office to report to JAC and Joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee by December 31, 2013, on progress to improve Wyoming’s access to growth in domestic and international markets.
· Superintendent of Public Instruction to report to the Division of Human Resources on a staffing plan no later than March 22, 2013.
· Department of A&I to report on central mail delivery services to JAC no later than October 1, 2013.
· Department of A&I to report to JAC by October 1, 2013, on the cost savings and benefits of establishing a tiered health insurance model for employees who do and do not engage in smoking.
· Wyoming Military Department to report to JAC and Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee by June 30, 2014, regarding options to recoup the costs of state and local fire suppression.
· Joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee and DEQ to report to JAC by November 15, 2013, on a long-term revenue source for statewide landfill remediation.
· The Department of Audit to report to JAC and Joint Education Committee by September 1, 2013, on an audit of personnel policies and practices of the Department of Education.
· WyDOT to report to the Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee by September 1, 2013, on the exercise of authority granted under W.S. 31-5-302.
· Governor to report to JAC monthly on the transfer of funds from the fire suppression account.
· UW to report by October 31, 2013, to Joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee, JAC, and Joint Education Committee on a range of university regulations and management changes.
· Business Council to report to Joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee and JAC by October 1, 2013, on the community facilities program.
· Board of Judicial Policy and Administration report to JAC and Joint Judiciary Committee on satellite courts.
· Department of Enterprise Technology Services to report to JAC and the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee quarterly on the transfer of 100 series personal services funding.
· Governor to report to JAC monthly on all vacant positions for which a replacement is sought and by December 1, 2013, identifying additional authorized positions supported by federal or other funds.
· Supreme Court to report budget reductions to the Joint Judiciary Committee by October 1, 2013. The Joint Judiciary Committee shall then report to JAC with budget recommendations by November 1, 2013.
· Executive branch agencies shall report on budget reductions by July 1, 2013, to the appropriate standing committee. The committees shall respond by October 1, 2013.
· Budget Division to report to JAC by May 1, 2013, on excess appropriations for employer-paid contributions for employee health insurance.
· Insurance Commissioner and Department of Health Director to report to JAC and Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee, as necessary, on federal rulemaking related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
· Early Childhood State Advisory Council to report to the Joint Education Committee by August 1, 2013, on the activities of the Council.
· Director of the Department of Education to report to the Joint Education Committee by November 1, 2013, on school district reporting consolidation.
· Governor’s Office to conduct an audit of the Department of Education baseline information, and additional items.
NOTE: The Governor vetoed the following provisions:
· In Agency 020, DEQ footnote 4, the Governor vetoed the upper limit of $5 million to be used for the cost of fire suppression, allowing the Governor to access an additional $25 million from the landfill account for purposes of fire suppression.
· In Section 300, the Governor vetoed subsection (h) eliminating the transfer of certain excess revenues from FY13 over $5 million to the Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account no later than November 1, 2013.
· In Section 319 (b) and (d), the Governor vetoed language requiring the judicial branch and executive branch agencies to provide a range of budget reduction proposals. The impact of this veto continues to require budget reduction requests be submitted to appropriate standing committees and the Governor, although at unspecified levels.