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SB 2500-A — General Appropriations Act
by Senator Lee
This summary is provided for information only and does not represent the opinion of any Senator, Senate Officer, or Senate Office.
Prepared by: Appropriations Committee (AP)
The General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 provides for a total budget of $78.7 billion, including:
· General revenue (GR): $29.0 billion
· Trust funds (TF): $49.7 billion
· Full time equivalent positions (FTE): 113,686.57
Major Issues Funded
Education Capital Outlay
· Total: $471.2 million in PECO TF and $3.0 million in GR:
o Public School repairs and maintenance - $50 million
o Charter School repairs and maintenance - $50 million
o Developmental Research Schools - $5.1 million
o Public School Special Facilities - $89.8 million
o Florida College System repairs and maintenance - $20 million
o Florida College System Projects - $84.8 million
o University System repairs and maintenance - $35 million
o University System projects - $129.9 million
o School for the Deaf and Blind critical repairs and maintenance - $5.4 million
o Division of Blind Services - $400,000
o Public Broadcasting – Health and Safety Issues - $3.15 million
o Public Vocational School - $600,000
· Total: $32.1 million in authorization for SUS Capital Improvement Student Fee Projects
Florida Retirement System
· FRS Normal Costs and Unfunded Actuarial Liability – Total ($64.9) million ($58.0 million GR; $6.9 million TF)
o State Agencies - $9.6 million GR; ($6.9) million TF
o School Boards K-12 - ($60.5) million GR
o State Universities - ($2.5) million GR
o Community Colleges - ($4.5) million GR
· Health Insurance Subsidy – Total $83.8 million ($73.3 million GR; $10.5 million TF)
Domestic Security
Total: $30.9 million TF
State Match for Federally Declared Disasters
Total: $27.0 million GR
Education Appropriations
Total appropriations: $19.3 billion ($15.2 billion GR; $4.1 billion TF)[1]
Total Funding - Including Local Revenues: $30.8 billion ($19.3 billion state funds; $11.5 billion local)[2]
Major Issues Funded
Early Learning Services
Total: $1.03 billion ($549.2 million GR; $476.4 million TF)
· Voluntary Prekindergarten Program - $389.3 million GR; BSA funding maintained
· School Readiness Program - $636.3 million ($159.9 million GR; $476.4 million TF)
Public Schools/K12 FEFP
Total Funding: $19.7 billion ($10.9 billion state funds; $8.8 billion local)
· FEFP Increase is $780 million or 4.13%
· FEFP Increase in Funds per FTE is $207 or 3.0%
· Enrollment Workload Increase – additional 30,057 students for $116.6 million
· No increase in millage
· Federally Connected Student Supplement - $12.4 million
· Digital Classrooms Allocation - $60 million
· Supplemental Academic Instruction and Reading Allocations - Extended Day Program for Intensive Reading for 300 Elementary Schools – $90 million
Public Schools/K12 Non-FEFP/State Board of Education
· Mentoring Programs - $13.6 million GR
· Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts - $55 million GR for increased student participation and additional eligibility (broader autism definition, muscular dystrophy, and three/four year olds)
· Florida’s Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship Program - $44 million GR
· Administrator Professional Development - $7 million GR
· Standard Student Attire Incentive Program - $10 million GR
· School District Matching Grants - $4.5 million GR
· Florida School for the Deaf & Blind - $50.2 million ($45.7 million GR; $4.5 million TF)
District Workforce
Total: $532.3 million ($291.1 million GR; $192.9 million TF; $48.3 million tuition/fees)
· Workforce Development - $365 million ($285.9 million GR, $79.1 million TF)
· CAPE Incentive Funds for Industry Certifications in Targeted Occupational Areas, including Health Science and Information Technology - $4.5 million GR
· Workforce Education Student Information System - $3.4 million GR
Florida College System
Total: $2.02 billion ($937 million GR; $244.9 million TF; $840.7 million tuition/fees)
· Operational Support Funds - $22.3 million GR
· Performance Based Funding - $40 million GR
o $20 million State Investment (GR)
o $20 million Institutional Investment
(Reprioritization from the base of each institution)
· CAPE Incentive Funds for Industry Certifications in Targeted Occupational Areas, including Health Science and Information Technology - $5 million GR
State University System
Total: $4.5 billion ($2.4 billion GR; $278.6 million TF; $1.9 billion tuition/fees)
· Performance Based Funding - $400 million
o $150 million State Investment (GR)
o $250 million Institutional Investment
(Reprioritized from the base of each institution)
· Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program - $8,000,000 GR
· Johnson Matching Gift Program - $772,500 GR
· Additional Funds for Preeminent State Universities - $10 million GR
Private Colleges
Total: $152.2 million GR
· Florida Resident Access Grant – Workload Increase - $2.9 million GR
· ABLE Grant - Workload Decrease Based on Estimating Conference Enrollment - ($16,500)
· Historically Black Colleges and Universities Increase - $1.8 million GR
Student Financial Aid
Total: $421.5 million ($111.9 million GR, $309.6 million TF)
· Bright Futures – funding balanced to official estimate
· Florida National Merit Scholar Incentive Program – Workload Increase - $5.5 million
· Children/Spouses of Deceased or Disabled Veterans Workload Increase - $353,397
· Need-based educational benefits to pay living expenses during semester breaks for active duty and honorably discharged members of the Armed Forces - $1 million
Vocational Rehabilitation
Total: $217.6 million ($45 million GR, $172.6 million TF)
· Additional Funds to Maximize Federal Award - $921,085 GR to draw down $3.4 million additional in federal funds.
Health and Human Services Appropriations
Total Budget: $32,907.7 million ($8,761.2 million GR; $24,146.5 million TF); 32,156.6 FTE
Major Issues Funded
Agency for Health Care Administration
Total: $25,436.6 million ($5,919.2 million GR; $19,517.4 million TF); 1,563 FTE
· Medicaid Price Level and Workload Adjustment – $93.4 million GR; ($1,717.2) million TF
· Children's Special Health Care – funding balanced to official estimate
· Low Income Pool - $1,000.0 million TF
· Hospital Reimbursement Increases - $400 million GR; $610.9 million TF
· Other Provider Access – Community Primary Care Grants - $28.6 million GR
· Children's Medical Services Administration - $1.0 million GR; $8.6 million TF
· Florida Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS) - $5.7 million TF
· Rate Increase for Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled (ICF/DD) - $1.6 million GR; $2.4 million TF (approximately a 1.6% increase).
· Long Term Care Waiver Wait List Reduction - $1.3 million GR; $2.0 million TF (will serve approximately 212 individuals)
· Supplemental Appropriation for Legal Representation - $3.2 million TF
· Advanced Data Analytics and Detection Services - $3.0 million TF
· Pediatric Physicians Fee Increase - $1.2 million GR; $1.8 million TF (approximately 2% increase)
· Achieved Savings Rebates Contract - $2 million TF
· Rate Increase For Private Duty Nursing Services - $.7 million GR; $1.0 million TF (approximately 3% increase).
· Medicaid Outpatient Prospective Payment System - $500,000 TF
· Agency Efficiencies - ($3.6) million GR; ($11.5) million TF; (81) FTE
Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Total: $1,210.6 million ($505.9 million GR; $704.7 million TF); 2,865.5 FTE
· Transition Waitlist Individuals from Categories 3, 4, and 5 to the iBudget Waiver – $16.1 million GR, $24.6 million TF (will serve approximately 2,000 individuals)
· Support Coordination Rate Increase – $3.2 million GR; $4.9 million TF (approximately 18.2% increase)
· Personal Supports Rate Increase – $2 million GR; $3.1 million TF (approximately 2.5% increase)
· Client Data Management System – $1.3 million TF ($.8 million GR; $.8 million TF funded in the Back of the Bill)
· Supported Employment Services for Waitlist Individuals – $.5 million GR; $.5 million TF
· William “Billy Joe” Rish Park Fixed Capital Repairs – $.8 million GR
· Developmental Disability Centers Fixed Capital Repairs – $.8 million TF
· Developmental Disability Centers Additional Staffing – 15 FTE; $.6 million GR
· Regional Offices Additional Staffing – 12 FTE; $.4 million GR
Department of Children and Families
Total: $3,001.0 million ($1,655.4 million GR; $1,345.6 million TF); 11,830.5 FTE
· Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services – $1 million GR; $40.6 million TF
· Child Welfare Training – $16.6 million TF
· Maintenance Adoption Subsidies – $5 million GR; $11.4 million TF
· Community Based Care (CBC) Core Services Funding – $5.6 million GR; $10.6 million TF
· CBC Risk Pool – $13 million TF
· Grant Program for Central Receiving Facilities – $10 million GR
· Community Action Teams – $6 million GR
· Adoption Incentive Programs - $5.8 million GR
· Healthy Families Expansion – $2 million GR; $2 million TF
· Challenge Grant Program for Homeless Assistance – $3.8 million TF
· Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education Funding – $2.8 million TF
· Social Work Student Stipend Program – $2.6 million TF
· Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) Team Expansion – $2.4 million GR
· Maintenance and Repair of State Facilities – $2.3 million TF
· Mental Health Forensic Beds – $1.6 million GR
· Health Transitions Grant – $1 million TF
· Youth Facility Increased Capacity – $1 million GR
· Cost of Living Adjustment for Foster Parent Assistance – $1 million GR
· Child Welfare Results Oriented Accountability System – $.5 million GR
· Agency Efficiencies – (42) FTE; ($.5) million GR; ($.2) million TF
Department of Elder Affairs
Total: $298.7 million ($126.9 million GR; $171.8 million TF); 433.5 FTE
· Alzheimer's Disease Initiative - Frail Elders Waiting for Services (will serve approximately 167 individuals) – $1.7 million GR
· Additional Clients in the Community Care for the Elderly (CCE) Program (will serve approximately 300 individuals) – $2.0 million GR
· Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) - $1.6 million GR; $2.4 million TF – Funding to support the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) by providing 150 additional slots in Palm Beach County and 50 slots in Pinellas County.
· Statewide Senior Legal Helpline - $250,000 GR
· Agency Efficiencies – (7) FTE; ($.2) million GR; ($.4) million TF
Department of Health
Total: $ 2,852.4 million ($545.7 million GR; $2,306.6 million TF); 14,358.57 FTE
· Federally Qualified Health Centers – $18.3 million GR
· Child Nutrition Program – $15 million TF
· County Health Departments and State Laboratories Fixed Capital Repairs – $4.1 million GR; $10.2 million TF
· Early Steps Program – $13 million GR (will serve approximately 16,161 individuals)
· Poison Control Centers – $3.2 million GR
· Medical Quality Assurance Licensure and Enforcement Information Database (LEID) System Upgrade – $2.2 million TF
· Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Medicaid Waiver Waitlist Reduction – $.4 million GR; $.6 million TF (will serve approximately 25 individuals)
· Prescription Drug Monitoring Program – $.5 million GR
· Statewide Marketing Campaign for the Developmental Disabilities Information Clearinghouse – $.3 million GR
· Vacant Position Reductions – (219.0) FTE; ($5.4) million GR; ($22.5) million TF
· Management & Efficiency – (597.0) FTE; ($2.4) million GR; ($11) million TF
Department of Veterans Affairs
Total: $108.5 million ($8.2 million GR; $100.2 million TF); 1,105.5 FTE
· Maintenance and Repair for State Veterans’ Nursing Homes – $12.4 million TF
· Continued construction of seventh State Veterans’ Nursing Home – $2 million TF
Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
Total Budget: $4.755 billion ($3.976.8 billion GR; $778.6 million TF); 45,184.25 FTE
Major Issues Funded
· State Court Revenue Trust Fund revenue shortfall - $18.5 million in recurring GR.
· Construction and renovation of the Third and Fourth DCA courthouses - $14.7 million.
· Department of Corrections redirection of funds to address operational deficiencies - $52.8 million.
Attorney General/ Legal Affairs
Total: $204.20 million ($50.3 million GR; $153.9 million TF); 1,361.50 FTE
· Consumer Protection staff - 22 FTEs and $1.4 million.
· Criminal and Capital Appeals -15 FTE and $760,000.
· Fixed capital outlay for the Collins Building maintenance and security staffing – 2 FTE and $1.7 million.
· Technology enhancements - $1.1 million.
Department of Corrections
Total: $2.35 billion ($2.28 billion GR; $70.4 million TF); 23,892.00 FTE
· Reduce salary lapse rate in essential positions (50% security) - $16.5 million to fill 163 vacancies.
· Correctional officer certification training - $500,000.
· Electronic monitoring -$1.3 million.
· Motor vehicles - $2.25 million.
· Health Services adjustment - $2 million.
· Food Services, including kosher meals - $11.0 million.
· Reentry programs - $2.9 million.
· Residential substance abuse treatment services - $1.6 million.
· Mental health transition services for inmates completing sentences - $625,000.
· Fixed capital outlay for repair and maintenance of DOC facilities - $10.0 million.
· Debt service reduction resulting from the reduction in the bond interest rate and completion of the Okeechobee bond payments in March - $12.3 million.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
Total: $270.4 million ($104.5 million GR; $165.9 million TF); 1,813.00 FTE
· Improved crime lab evidence security – 5 FTEs and $859,000.
· Critical information systems upgrades and update of the Computerized Criminal History (CCH) system - 6 FTEs and $3.8 million.
· Latent prints laboratories - 6 FTEs and $370,000.
· FDLE’s Standards and Training Trust Fund shortfall - $4.8 million.
· Workload from increases in non-criminal justice agencies accessing state/national criminal history records - 4 FTE and $250,000.
· Federal grant authority for Homeland Security - $1.8 million.
· Shortfall in annual credit card processing fees - $420,000.
· Increased maintenance costs for laboratory equipment - $500,000.
· Investigation of all deaths in the Department of Corrections - 17 FTE and $2.3 million.
Department of Juvenile Justice
Total: $544.4 million ($394.4 million GR; $150 million TF); 3,265.50 FTE
· DJJ’s share of juvenile detention costs for FY 2015-16 - $4.0 million.
· Medical services in DJJ’s juvenile detention centers - $2.9 million.
· PACE Centers for Girls - $850,000.
· AMIkids Gender Specific Program in Clay and Hillsborough Counties - $1.5 million.
· Security at the Juvenile Assessment Centers in Bay and Escambia Counties - $735,000.
Supreme Court
Total: $34.5 million ($17.7 million GR; $16.9 million TF); 281.50 FTE
· Operational support for the Supreme Court - 8 FTEs and $987,076.
· IT infrastructure replacement - $1.5 million.
· Supreme Court HVAC - $30,113.
District Courts of Appeal
Total: $61.2 million ($46.0 million GR; $15.2 million TF); 445.00 FTE
· Continued construction of the 4th District Court of Appeal (DCA) courthouse - $12.0 million.
· Continued renovation of the 3rd DCA building - $2.7 million.
Trial Courts
Total: $419.6 million ($353.5 million GR; $66.1 million TF); 3,597.00 FTE
· Address revenue shortfalls in the State Court Revenue Trust Fund - $18.5 million.
· Naltrexone injections to treat opioid- and alcohol-addicted offenders - $2.0 million.
· Case management resources - $2.0 million.
Capital Collateral Regional Counsels
Total: $9.9 million ($9.2 million GR; $0.6 million TF); 88.00 FTE
· Capital Collateral Regional Counsel (CCRC) – North office workload - 6 FTEs and $780,378.
Regional Conflict Counsel
Total: $42.4 million ($41.9 million GR; $0.6 million TF); 425.00 FTE
· Regional Conflict Counsel workload - 10 FTEs and $928,196.
Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations
Total Budget: $12.3 billion ($207.1 million GR; $12.1 billion TF); 13,507.5 FTE
Major Issues Funded
· Transportation Work Program - $9.3 billion TF
· Affordable Housing Programs - $175 million TF
· Economic Development Partners - $128.9 million (TF & GR)
· Economic Development Incentive Programs, Projects and Initiatives - $74 million (TF & GR)
· Library Grants and Assistance - $29.5 million (TF & GR)
· Cultural and Museum Grants - $52.3 million (TF & GR)
· Historic Preservation Grants – $14.1 million (TF & GR)
· Motorist Modernization Project - Phase I - $6.4 million TF
· National Guard Tuition Assistance - $3.6 million GR
Department of Economic Opportunity
Total: $1.13 billion ($67.7 million GR; $1.06 billion TF); 1,618.5 FTE
· Economic Development Partners - $128.9 million ($12.8 million GR; $116.1 million TF) includes:
o Enterprise Florida (EFI) - $25 million ($9 million GR; $16 million TF), includes:
§ $10 million to market and promote Florida’s business brand ($9 million GR, of which $8.5 million is recurring; $1 million TF)
o VISIT Florida - $74 million TF
o Florida Sports Foundation - $4.9 million TF
o Space Florida - $19.5 million ($3.75 million GR; $15.75 million TF), includes:
§ $2.5 million to operate and maintain the Shuttle Landing Facility
§ $2.5 million for the aerospace industry financing program
§ $1.5 million for the Cecil Spaceport Landside Infrastructure project
§ $500,000 of recurring GR for FAA Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation
o Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research - $5.5 million TF
· Economic Development Incentive Programs, Projects and Initiatives - $74 million ($28.7 million GR; $45.3 million TF) includes:
o Economic Development Toolkit Payments - $43 million ($11 million GR; $32 million TF)
o Economic Development Projects and Initiatives - $31 million ($17.7 million GR; $13.3 million TF)
· Workforce Development Programs, Projects and Initiatives - $24.2 million TF:
o Quick Response Training Program - $12.1 million TF
o Workforce Development Projects and Initiatives – $7.2 million ($2.9 million GR; $4.3 million TF)
· Affordable Housing Programs - $175 million TF:
o SHIP - $105 million TF (allocated to local governments), includes:
§ More flexibility in the SHIP program regarding rent subsidies and rental assistance
§ $4 million allocated for homeless Challenge Grants
o State Housing Programs - $70 million TF, includes:
§ At least $48 million for the SAIL Program
§ $10 million for competitive grant program for housing developments designed for persons with developmental disabilities
· Housing and Community Development Programs, Projects and Initiatives - $38 million ($14.3 million GR; $23.7 million TF) includes:
o Housing and Community Development Projects and Initiatives - $33.7million ($14.3 million GR; $19.4 million TF)
o Technical and Planning Assistance, including Regional Planning Councils - $4.3 million TF
Department of State
Total: $151.7 million ($109.8 million GR; $41.9 million TF); 406 FTE
· State Aid to Libraries - $24.5 million ($22.3 million GR; $2.2 million TF)
· Library Construction and Cooperative Grants - $5 million GR
o Library Construction Grant List fully funded – 4 projects
· Cultural and Museum Program Support Grants and Initiatives – $14.8 million ($14.6 million GR; $200,000 TF)
o Prorated Ranked List (340 projects) - $12.8 million GR
o Cultural and Museum Programs, Projects and Initiatives – $2.1 million ($1.9 million GR; $200,000 TF)
· Cultural Facilities Fixed Capital Outlay Grants – $34.1 million ($34.1 million GR; $2.2 million TF)
o Ranked List - $18.8 million GR (fully funds list – 51 projects)
o Cultural Facilities Projects - $17.4 million ($15.2 million GR; $2.2 million TF)
· Culture Builds Florida - $1.5 million GR (fully funds list – 70 projects)
· Cultural Endowment Grants - $1.9 million GR (fully funds list – 8 projects)
· Historic Preservation Small Matching Grants – $1.9 million TF (fully funds list – 57 projects)
· Historic Preservation Fixed Capital Outlay Grants - $12.1 million ($5.3 million GR; $6.8 million TF)
o Ranked List - $8.3 million ($5 million GR; $3.3 million TF)
§ Fully funds 32 of 55 projects on list
o Historic Preservation Projects - $3.8 million ($300,000 GR; $3.5 million TF)
Department of Transportation
Total: $10.1 billion TF; 6,454 FTE
· Transportation Work Program - $9.3 billion TF, includes:
o Highway Construction - $3.6 billion TF
o Bridge Construction - $244.8 million TF
o County Transportation Programs - $186.4 million TF, includes:
§ Small County Resurface Assistance Program (SCRAP) - $50.6 million TF
§ Small County Outreach Program (SCOP) - $65.3 million TF
§ Small County Outreach (SCOP) for Small Cities - $9 million TF
§ Other County Transportation Programs - $61.5 million TF
o Resurfacing State Roads/Highways - $633.6 million TF
o Aviation Development Grants - $369.1 million TF, includes:
§ Space Florida – additional $10 million
o Seaport and Intermodal Development Grants - $177.4 million TF
o Public Transit Development Grants - $523.9 million TF
o Rail Development Grants - $191.4 million TF
o Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail (SunTrail) Network - $25 million TF
o Economic Development Transportation (“Road Fund”) Projects - $35 million TF
Department of Military Affairs
Total: $96.2 million ($29.1 million GR; $67.1 million TF; 458 FTE
· New Armory in Flagler County - $20.9 million ($2.9 million GR; $18 million TF)
· Armories – funds provided for:
o Revitalization - $5.5 million ($4 million GR; $1.5 million TF)
o Maintenance and repair - $1.7 million GR
· Community Outreach Programs (Forward March and About Face) - $2 million GR
· Tuition Assistance for Florida National Guard - $3.6 million GR
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Total: $447.7 million TF; 4,414 FTE
· Florida Highway Patrol:
o Pursuit Vehicles - $5.4 million TF
o Tasers - $3.2 million TF
o Trooper Incidental and Court Overtime Pay - $850,000 TF
· Motorist Modernization Project - Phase I - $6.4 million TF
· Maintenance and Repairs of Facilities - $5.4 million TF
Division of Emergency Management
Total: $340.7 million ($.5 million GR, $340.2 million TF); 157 FTE
· Federally Declared Disaster Funding, including state match - $261 million:
o Communities - $245.8 million
o State Operations - $15.2 million
· Statewide Notification and Alert System - $4.5 million TF
· Residential Construction Mitigation - $4.5 million TF
General Government Appropriations
Total Budget: $5.4 billion ($659.7 million GR; $724.5 LATF; $4 billion Other TF); 20,149 positions
Major Issues Funded
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Total: $1.6 billion ($134.9 million GR; $113.8 million LATF; $1.3 billion TF); 3,614 positions
· Water & Land Conservation/Budget Restructure - $64.8 million LATF
· Wildfire Suppression Equipment - $.5 million GR and $1.5 million TF
· Firefighter Salary Adjustment - $1.6 million GR
· Agriculture Promotion Campaign - $3.5 million GR and $1.5 million TF
· Citrus Greening Research - $8 million TF
· Farm Share and Food Banks - $2.7 million GR
· Springs Protection and Water Conservation - 2 positions and $5.2 million LATF
· Agricultural Best Management Practices - $1.4 million TF and $4 million LATF
· Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Areas - 2 positions and $4.5 million LATF
· Okeechobee Restoration Projects - $1.9 million GR and $5 million LATF
· Passive Dispersed Water - $4.5 million LATF
· Rural and Family Lands - $15 million LATF
· Land Management Improvements - $3.4 million LATF
· Licensing Regulatory Management System and Concealed Weapons License Renewal Workload - $2.9 million TF
· Citrus Health Response Program - $9.4 million TF
· State Farmers Markets Facility Improvements - $5.2 million TF
· Agricultural Promotion and Education Facilities - $3.6 million GR
· Critical Building Repairs and Maintenance - $2.3 million GR
· African Snail Eradication Program - $2.3 million TF
· Child Nutrition Program Grants - 14 positions and $2.6 million TF
· Energy Grants - $1 million TF
Department of Business & Professional Regulation
Total: $151.4 million ($2.1 million GR; $149.2 million TF); 1,620 positions
· Business Information Portal - 2 positions and $1.5 million GR
· Electronic Data Submission System - 2 positions and $.2 million TF
· Compulsive and Addictive Gambling Prevention Contract - $.2 million TF
· Visit Florida - $2 million TF
Department of Citrus
Total: $45.6 million ($41.8 million TF; $3.8 million GR); 55 positions
· Consumer Awareness Campaigns - $2.5 million GR
· Economic and Market Research - $.5 million GR
· New Varieties Development - $.5 million GR
Department of Environmental Protection
Total: $1.5 billion ($193.4 million GR; $522.9 million LATF; $785.6 million TF); 2,974.5 positions
· Water & Land Conservation/Budget Restructure - $167.4 million LATF
· Everglades Restoration - $81.8 million ($22.9 million GR and $58.9 million LATF)
· Land Acquisition - $55 million
o Florida Forever/Conservation Lands - $17.4 million ($2.2 million GR and $15.2 million LATF)
o Florida Forever/Rural and Family Lands - $15 million LATF (DACS)
o Kissimmee River - $20 million LATF
o Helena Preserve and Howell Creek Wetlands Preservation - $2.6 million ($2 million GR and $.6 million LATF)
· Springs Restoration - $50 million ($6.4 million GR and $43.6 million LATF; includes DACS)
· Water Projects - $73.3 million GR
· Beach Projects - $32.1 million ($7.1 million GR and $25 million LATF)
· Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP) - $5.5 million GR
· Dispersed Water Management - $13.7 million GR and $13.7 million LATF
· Land Management Improvements Increase - $23.5 million LATF
· Land Management/State Parks Maintenance & Repairs - $1 million GR and $25.3 million LATF
· Petroleum Tanks Cleanup Program - $125 million TF
· Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) - $9.4 million LATF
· Drinking Water & Wastewater Revolving Loan Programs - $16.9 million GR and $76.5 million TF
· Small County Solid Waste Management Grants - $3 million TF
· Small County Wastewater Treatment Grants - $16 million TF
· Muck Dredging/Removal - $19.6 million GR
· Nonmandatory Land Reclamation - $4.2 million TF
Department of Financial Services
Total: $328.7 million ($24.2 million GR; $304.4 million TF); 2,609.5 positions
· Fire College and Arson Lab Repairs and Maintenance - $.4 million TF
· FLAIR Replacement - 25 positions and $11.3 million TF
· Risk Management Information System - $.6 million TF
· Risk Management - 4 positions & $.3 million TF
· Workers’ Compensation - 7 positions & $.5 million TF
· Funeral and Cemeteries Regulation - 3 positions & $.2 million TF
· Office of Insurance Regulation Resources - 4 positions & 1.2 million TF
Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Total: $358 million ($30 million GR; $87.7 million LATF; $240.3 million TF); 2,118.5 positions
· Water & Land Conservation/Budget Restructure - $78.9 million LATF
· Boating Infrastructure and Improvement Program - $5.6 million TF
· Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network - 4 positions & $.5 million TF
· Artificial Fishing Reef Construction - $.6 million TF
· Law Enforcement Vehicle Replacement - $1.8 million TF
· Land Management and Improvements - $8.9 million LATF & $3.7 million TF
· Oyster Monitoring - 2 positions & $.3 million TF
Department of the Lottery
Total: $169.5 million TF; 420 positions
· Promotion and Advertising Increase - $4 million General Revenue
· Independent Security Audit and IT replacement - $.8 million TF
Department of Management Services
Total Budget: $605.7 million ($54.7 million GR; $551 million TF); 842 positions
· Florida Facilities Pool - $18.4 million GR and $8.2 million TF
· Florida Interoperability Network and Mutual Aid - $3.5 million GR
· Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) Staff Augmentation - $.8 million TF
· Statewide Law Enforcement Radio Equipment Replacement - $7 million GR
· Procurement Resources - 2 positions & $.3 million TF
· People First Transition - $9.9 million TF
· MyFloridaNet Staff Augmentation - $.3 million TF
Division of Administrative Hearings
Total Budget: $25.8 million ($25.8 million TF); 241 positions
Agency for State Technology
Total: $73.8 million ($4.3 million GR; $66.9 million TF); 241 positions
· Technology Replacement and Refresh - $7 million TF
· Disaster Recovery - $2.9 million TF
· Application Modernization and Migration Study - $.8 million GR
Public Service Commission
Total: $25.1 million ($.2 million GR; $24.9 million TF); 280 positions
Department of Revenue
Total: $575.3 million ($212 million GR; $363.3 million TF); 5,133 positions
· Fiscally Constrained Counties - $26.4 million GR
· Aerial Photography - $1.1 million GR
If approved by the Governor, these provisions are effective on July 1, 2015, except where otherwise expressly provided.
[1] Excludes appropriated university tuition/fees.
[2] Local revenues include required and discretionary local effort for public schools and tuition/fees for district workforce, colleges, and universities.
Vote: Senate 37-0; House 96-17