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SB 2500 — Appropriations

by Appropriations Committee

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)

SB 2500, the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2019-2020, provides for a total budget of $91.1 billion, including:

  • $34.0 billion from the General Revenue Fund (GR)
  • $2.1 billion from the Education Enhancement Trust Fund
  • $1.18 billion from the Public Education Capital Outlay Trust Fund (PECO TF)
  • $53.9 billion from other trust funds (TF)
  • 112,859.51 full time equivalent positions (FTE)

Reserves

Total: $3.4 billion

  • $1.0 billion in the General Revenue Fund unallocated 
  • $1.6 billion in the Budget Stabilization Fund 
  • $766 million in the Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund

Major Issues

Education Capital Outlay

Total: $322.8 million [$42.4 million GR, $280.4 million PECO TF]

  • Charter School Repairs and Maintenance - $158.2 million
  • Developmental Research School Repairs and Maintenance - $6.6 million
  • Public School Special Facilities - $32.3 million
  • Other Public School Projects - $1 million
  • Florida College System Projects - $11.3 million
  • State University System Projects - $107.2 million
  • School for the Deaf and Blind Repairs and Maintenance - $2.8 million
  • Public Broadcasting - Health and Safety Issues - $3 million
  • Division of Blind Services Repairs and Maintenance - $380,000

In addition, $44 million in authorization for State University System (SUS) Capital Improvement Student Fee Projects 

Compensation and Benefits

Pay Issues - Total $31.3 million [$26.1 million GR; $5.2 million TF]

  • State Mental Health Treatment Facility Employees - Competitive Pay Plan
  • State Courts System Employees - Competitive Pay Plan
  • Florida Highway Patrol Troopers - pay increase of 3 percent
  • Correctional Probation Officers - pay increase of $2,500
  • Institutional Security Specialists - pay increase of $2,500
  • Asst. Regional Conflict Counsels - pay increase of $2,000 or $4,000 (if 3 years of service)
  • Asst. State Attorney and Asst. Public Defender - increase minimum salary to $50,000
  • Guardian Ad Litem Attorneys - pay increase of $1,200

State Employee Group Health Insurance - Total $51.4 million [$31.2 million GR; $20.2 million TF]

  • 4 percent increase to total premiums (State Employee portion unchanged)

Florida Retirement System (State Agencies) - Total $25.1 million  [$15.9 million GR; $9.2 million TF]

Domestic Security

Total - $33.9 million TF

State Match for Federally Declared Disasters

Total - $271 million GR

Education Appropriations

Total Appropriations:  $22.5 billion [$17.5 billion GR; $5 billion TF, excludes tuition]

Total Funding - Including Local Revenues:  $34.7 billion [$22.5 billion state funds; $12.2 billion local funds][1]

Major Issues

Early Learning Services

Total: $1.2 billion [$559.2 million GR; $663.9 million TF]

  • Voluntary Prekindergarten Program - $402.3 million GR; including $3.8 million increase for 1,482 additional students
  • School Readiness Program - $760.9 million [$144.6 million GR; $616.3 million TF]

Public Schools/K12 Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP)

Total Funding: $21.9 billion [$12.5 billion state funds; $9.4 billion local funds]

  • FEFP Total Funds increase is $783 million or 3.72 percent
  • FEFP increase in Total Funds per Student is $242.60, a 3.27 percent increase [from $7,429 to $7,672]
  • Base Student Allocation (BSA) increase of $75.07
  • FEFP Base Funds (flexible $) increase of $363.9 million (2.8 percent)
  • Required Local Effort (RLE) increase of $142.5 million for New Construction only; RLE Millage reduced from 4.075 to 3.927 mills
  • Best and Brightest Teacher and Principal Allocation - $285 million - transfers the Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship program to the FEFP and modifies the performance requirements for personnel to receive the awards
  • Safe Schools Allocation -  $18 million increase for a total of $180 million to help ensure school districts and charter schools have enough funds to support one safe school officer per school
  • Mental Health Assistance Allocation - $5.7 million increase for a total of $75 million to help school districts and charter schools address youth mental health issues
  • Turnaround School Supplemental Services Allocation - $45.5 million - additional funds for services designed to improve the overall academic and community welfare of students and their families at designated lower performing schools
  • Funding Compression Allocation - $54.2 million additional funds for school districts that receive lower than the statewide average total funds per student
  • Family Empowerment Scholarships - new program for up to 18,000 students

Public Schools/K12 Non-FEFP

  • Community School Grant Program - $7.4 million GR
  • Hurricane Michael Relief - $14. 2 million GR to provide relief and financial stability to affected school districts who will experience FEFP funding reductions due to student enrollment losses or other factors as a result of the hurricane
  • Mentoring Programs - $16.1 million GR
  • Regional Education Consortia - $304,610 increase to fully fund the program
  • Gardiner Scholarships -$24 million additional funds for a total of $147.9 million GR
  • Additional School Safety Appropriations
  • Mental Health Awareness and Assistance Training - $5.5 million GR
  • School Hardening Grants program for capital purchases - $50 million GR
  • Data Repository and Analytics Resources - $3 million GR
  • Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool - $640,000 GR
  • Security Funding for the Jewish Day Schools - $2.5 million GR
  • School District Matching Grants for school district foundations - $5 million GR
  • School and Instructional Enhancement Grants - $27.5 million GR
  • Exceptional Education Grants - $9.6 million [$7.1 million GR; $2.5 million TF]
  • Florida School for the Deaf & Blind - $53.9 million [$49.2 million GR; $4.7 million TF]
  • Schools of Hope - $40 million GR
  • Computer Science Certification Grants - $10 million GR
  • Reading Scholarships - $7.6 million GR
  • Capital Projects - $7.3 million

State Board of Education

Total: $269.5 million [$129.4 million GR; $140.1 million TF]

  • Assessment and Evaluation - $126.2 million [$69.9 million GR; $56.3 million TF]
  • Choice Scholarship Programs Database - $4 million GR

School District Workforce 

Total: $552.2 million [$308.9 million GR; $199.4 million TF; $43.9 million tuition/fees]

  • Workforce Development - career and technical education and adult education  $370.3 million [$289 million GR, $81.3 million TF]
  • Additional funds for equity among districts - $4 million GR
  • Perkins Career and Technical Education grants and Adult Education and Literacy funds - $118.1 million TF
  • Additional CAPE Incentive Funds - $2 million GR for a total of $6.5 million
  • School and Instructional Enhancement Grants - $1.6 million GR
  • Pathways to Career Opportunities Grant Program for apprenticeships - $10 million GR
  • No tuition increase

Florida College System

Total: $2.04 billion [$1.1 billion GR; $150.2 million TF; $786.8 million tuition/fees]

  • Increased Operating Funds  - $30 million
  • Compression - $10 million GR
  • General Operating Enhancement for the System - $10 million GR
  • Operating Enhancements for Individual Colleges - $10 million
  • CAPE Incentive Funds - $14 million GR
  • Student Success Incentive Funds - $30 million
  • 2+2 Student Success Incentive Funds - $20 million GR
  • Work Florida Incentive Funds - $10million GR
  • No tuition increase

State University System

Total: $5.1 billion [$2.8 billion GR; $386.4 million TF; $1.9 billion tuition/fees]

  • Performance Based Funding  - $560 million
  • $265 million State Investment [GR]
  • $295 million Institutional Investment
  • Reprioritized from the base of each institution
  • General Operating Enhancements - $55.5 million
  • New College Enrollment Growth - $1.6 million
  • National Ranking Enhancement - $21.8 million GR increase
  • IFAS Workload - $1 million GR
  • Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Workload - $1 million
  • No tuition increase

Private Colleges

Total: $148.1 million GR

  • EASE and ABLE funded at $2,841 per award

Student Financial Aid

Total: $921.9 million [$260.8 million GR, $661.1 million TF]

  • Bright Futures - $595.1 million TF
  • Benacquisto Scholarship Program -  $21.4 million GR
  • $4.3 million workload increase
  • Children/Spouses of Deceased or Disabled Veterans Workload Increase - $7.7 million GR
  • $1.4 million workload increase

Health and Human Services Appropriations

Total Budget: $37,667.5 million [$10,205.6 million GR; $27,461.9 million TF]; 30,928.76 positions

Major Issues

Agency for Health Care Administration

Total: $29,418 million [$7,072.8 million GR; $22,345.2 million TF]; 1,523.5 positions

  • Medicaid Price Level and Workload - $94.4 million [$173.8 million GR; ($79.4 million) TF]
  • KidCare Workload - $91.4 million [$52 million GR; $39.4 million TF]
  • KidCare Combined Risk Pool Implementation - $6.9 million [$1.1 million GR; $5.8 million TF]
  • Graduate Medical Education Program Increase - $4.4 million [$1.7 million IGTs, $2.7 million TF]
  • Nursing Home Rate Enhancement - $15.5 million TF
  • Redirect Hospital Supplemental Payments - $9.6 million [$3.7 million GR; $5.9 million TF]
  • Increase Hospital Inpatient DRG Base Rate - $8.0 million [$3.1 million GR; $4.9 million TF]
  • Increase Hospital Outpatient EAPG Base Rate - $1.6 million [$0.6 million GR; $1.0  million TF]
  • Florida Cancer Hospital Restoration - $81.5 million TF
  • Florida Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS) - $34.0 million TF
  • Electronic Visit Verification for Behavior Analysis Services - $1.2 million TF
  • Background Screening Clearinghouse - $0.7 million TF

Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Total: $1,415.9 million [$584.3 million GR; $831.6 million TF]; 2,700.5 positions

  • Resources for Persons with Unique Abilities - $48.7 million [$18.8 million GR; $29.9  million TF]
  • Increase Residential Habilitation Provider Rates - $28.7 million [$11.1 million GR; $17.6  million TF]
  • Employment and Internship Supports - $0.9 million GR
  • iConnect System - $3.6 million [$0.9 million GR; $2.7 million TF]
  • Fixed Capital Outlay for Developmental Disability Facilities - $1.2 million TF

Department of Children and Families

Total: $3,298.3 million [$1,854.4 million GR; $1,443.9 million TF]; 12,050.75 positions

  • Community-Based Care Lead Agency (CBC) Funding:
  • Fund Shift Due To Expiration of Title IV-E Waiver - $24.0 million GR, ($24.0 million) TF
  • Guardianship Assistance Program - $12.7 million [$4.0 million GR; $8.7 million TF]; 12 positions
  • Safety Management Services Restoration - $8.1 million TF
  • Community Based Care Core Services - $8.1 million GR
  • Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Grant Increase - $4.1 million TF
  • Risk Pool Funding - 8.1 million - [ $3.1 million GR; $5.0 million TF]
  • Maintenance Adoption Subsidies - $30.7 million [$11.4 million GR; $19.3 million TF]
  • State Opioid Funding - $83.3 million TF
  • Community Mental Health/Substance Abuse Block Grant Funding Increase - $6.7 million TF
  • Homeless Prevention Challenge Grants Restoration - $3.2 million GR
  • Employment Assistance for Individuals with Mental Health Disorders - $0.7 million GR
  • State Mental Health Treatment Facilities:
  • Anti-Ligature Improvements - $2.0 million GR
  • Security Staffing - $0.8 million [0.7 million GR; 0.1 million TF]; 14 positions

Department of Elder Affairs

Total: $347.7 million [$164.2 million GR; $183.5 million TF]; 404 positions

  • Community Care for the Elderly (CCE) Program (256 slots) - $2.2 million GR
  • Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative (151 slots) - $1.7 million GR
  • Public Guardianship Program - $2.5 million GR
  • eCIRTS Project Implementation - $2.9 million [$0.3 million GR; $2.6 million TF]

Department of Health

Total: $3,055.2 million [$517.8 million GR; $2,537.4 million TF]; 12,838.5 positions

  • Office of Medical Marijuana Use - $19.9 million TF
  • HIV/AIDS System of Care and Pharmaceutical Purchases - $20.6 million TF
  • Additional Pharmaceutical Purchases for the Department of Corrections - $9 million TF
  • Early Steps Program Workload - $3.6 million TF
  • Child Protection Teams - $1.5 million GR
  • Newborn Screening Program - Implementation of Pompe, MPS-I, and Next-Generation Cystic Fibrosis Testing - $5.6 million TF
  • Newborn Screening Program - Implementation of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Testing - $0.9 million TF
  • Newborn Screening Program - Genetics Centers - $1 million TF
  • Public Health Laboratory - Implementation of Pulmonary Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacterial (PNTM) Testing - $0.5 million [$0.1 million GR; $0.4 million TF]
  • Renovations to Public Health Laboratory - $8.8 million TF

Department of Veterans Affairs

Total: $132.2 million [$12.0 million GR; $120.2 million TF]; 1,411.5 positions

  • Staffing and Start-up State Veterans’ Nursing Home in St. Lucie County (Ardie Copas) - $7.0 million TF; 124 positions
  • Continued Operations of State Veterans’ Nursing Home in Orange County (Lake Baldwin) - $3.4 million TF
  • Nursing Home Equipment Needs- $1.1 million TF
  • Florida is For Veterans Training Grants - $1.7 million GR

Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations

Total Budget:  $5,425.1 million [$4,557 million GR; $868.2 million TF]; 46,366.25 positions

Major Issues

  • Funds the Department of Corrections health services contract and includes additional funding for hepatitis C treatments, and mental health services - $147.5  million GR
  • Funds fixed capital outlay for DJJ’s residential program facilities - $7.5 million GR
  • Hurricane repair, mitigation and hardening funding for Courts - $2.5 million [$1.3 million GR, $1.2 million TF]
  • Funds the court-appointed, public defender and regional counsel due process needs within the Justice Administrative Commission - $14.8 million GR
  • Funds workload issues for the State Attorney, Public Defender and Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel including workload related to various resentencing proceedings - $5.25 million GR
  • Funds Year 2 of the Department of Legal Affairs IT Modernization Initiative - $8.7 million [$4.7 million GR, $4 million TF]

Attorney General/ Legal Affairs

Total: $297.5 million [$66.1 million GR; $231.4 million TF]; 1,365.5 positions

  • Agency-wide Information Technology Infrastructure Improvements - $8.7 million [$4.7 million GR, $4 million TF]
  • Opioid Task Force Support - $0.2 million GR
  • Victim Services Compensation and Victim Services Auditing Staff - $0.6 million TF and 9 positions
  • North Florida Statewide Prosecution Efforts - $0.2 million and 2 positions

Department of Corrections

Total: $2.7 billion [$2.6 billion GR; $64 million TF]; 24,856 positions

  • Inmate Health Services - $147.5 million GR and 285 positions
  • Additional Electronic Monitoring - $3.9 million GR
  • Critical Facility Renovations, Repairs and Maintenance - $20.2 million GR
  • Additional Teachers for Institutions - $1.5 million GR and 20 positions
  • American’s with Disabilities Act - $1.3 million GR and 12 positions
  • Replacement of Motor Vehicles - $5.5 million GR
  • Per Diem Increase for Private Correctional Facilities - $4.3 million GR

Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)

Total: $303.1 million [$134.4 million GR; $168.7 million TF]; 1,933 positions

  • Lease Purchase Aircraft - $3.8 million GR and 4 positions
  • Improve Sexual Offender and Predator Registry - $1.5 million GR
  • Florida Incident Based Reporting System (FIBRS) - $10.2 m [$1.6 million GR, $8.6 million TF] and 9 positions
  • Criminal Justice Data Transparency - $5.9 million GR and 2 positions
  • Trust Fund Deficit - $10.6 million GR
  • Investigations Aviation Fleet Maintenance - $1.2 million GR
  • DNA Database  - $1.0 million GR and 6 positions

Department of Juvenile Justice

Total:  $594 million [$432.6 million GR; $161.3 million TF]; 3,279.5 positions

  • Additional Evidence Based Residential Services - $4.3 million GR
  • Youth on Supervised Community Release - $3.2 million GR
  • Prevention and Early Intervention Programs and Services - $10.9 million GR; $3.0 million TF
  • Improvements to DJJ Program Oversight - $1.1 million in GR and 10 positions
  • Critical Maintenance and Repairs to DJJ Facilities - $7.5 million GR
  • Additional Bandwidth and Cloud Storage for Security Cameras at Residential Facilities - $0.9 million GR
  • Pay Bonuses for DJJ Residential Program Staff - $0.8 million GR

State Court System

Total:  $555 million [$460 million GR; $95 million TF]; 4,314 positions

  • Problem-Solving Courts - including upgrading the Case Management System - $2.54 million GR
  • 2 Circuit Judgeships / 2 County Judgeships / Senior Judge Funding for the 14th Circuit - $1.56 million GR and 10 positions
  • Hurricane Michael - Jackson County Courthouse - $1 million GR
  • Fifth District Court of Appeals Facility Repairs - $0.4 million
  • Emergency Management, Security and Safety Support - $1.3 million [$0.5 million GR, $0.8 million TF] and 2 positions
  • Clerks of Court Texting Technology Enhancements Project - $0.04 million

Justice Administration

Total:  $956 million [$808 million GR; $148 million TF]; 10,486.25 positions

  • Due Process - $28.7 million GR (Incl. “Back of the Bill”).
  • Guardian Ad Litem Program - $1.15 million
  • State Attorney Workload - $2 million GR
  • Cold Case Unit is State Attorney Office, 20th Circuit - $150k
  • Base Pay Increase for Assistant State Attorney and Assistant Public Defenders to $50,000
  • Public Defender Resentencing/General Workload and Due Process funding - $2.25 million
  • Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel Workload, Due Process, Rent, Etc. - $3.5 million GR

Florida Commission on Offender Review

Total:  $11.4 million [$11.3 million GR; $0.1 million TF]; 132 positions

  • Governor and Clemency Board 's Clemency Investigations Workload- $0.75 million GR

Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations

Total Budget:  $15.2 billion [$270.9 million GR; $15 billion TF]; 13,056 positions

Major Issues

  • Transportation Work Program - $9.8 billion TF
  • Affordable Housing Programs - $200.6 million TF ($115 million for Hurricane Michael recovery)
  • Economic Development Partners - $84.5 million GR and TF
  • Job Growth Grant Fund - $40 million GR
  • Library Grants and Initiatives - $25.3 million GR
  • Cultural, Museum, and Historic Preservation Grants and Initiatives - $39.6 million GR and TF
  • Motorist Modernization Project and Enterprise Data Infrastructure - $16.1 million TF
  • National Guard Tuition Assistance - $3.7 million GR
  • Hurricane Michael Recovery Grant Program and Projects - $55.8 million GR and TF

Department of Economic Opportunity

Total:  $1.7 billion [$107.3 million GR; $1.6 billion TF]; 1,475 positions

  • Economic Development Toolkit Payments (existing contracts) - $26.6 million GR and TF
  • Florida Job Growth Grant Fund - $40 million GR
  • Economic Development Partners - $84.5 million GR and TF
  • Space Florida - $12.5 million TF; $6 million GR
  • Visit Florida - $50 million NR TF
  • Enterprise Florida - $16 million TF
  • Affordable Housing Programs - $200.6 million TF
  • State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) - $46.6 million TF (allocated to local governments)
  • State Apartment Incentive Loan (SAIL) Programs - $31 million TF
  • Hurricane Michael Housing Relief - $115 million TF, includes:
    • $65 million for the Hurricane Housing Recovery Program

    • $50 million for the Rental Recovery Loan Program

  • Rural Infrastructure Fund - $5.7 million GR  ($5 million for Inland Panhandle Counties)
  • Business Initiative Projects - $9.2 million GR
  • Housing and Community Development Projects - $20.7 million GR
  • Workforce Projects - $3.3 million GR
  • Hurricane Michael Recovery Projects - $10.8 million GR and TF

Department of State

Total:  $128.9 million [$96.4 million GR; $32.5 million TF]; 408 positions

  • State Aid to Libraries - $21.8 million GR
  • Libraries Construction Grant Ranked List - $1.0 million GR
  • Grants to Library Cooperatives - $2.5 million GR
  • Cultural and Museum Program Support and Facilities Grants and Initiatives - $25.4 million GR
  • Cultural & Museum Program Support Grants - $21.3 million
    • Cultural and Museum Ranked List (funds distributed proportionally to all 478 projects)

    • Culture Builds Florida Ranked List (funds all 132 projects)

    • Cultural Facilities Ranked List (funds 19 of the 37 projects)

  • Cultural Facilities Projects - $2.5 million GR
  • Cultural and Museum Projects - $1.6 million GR
  • Historical Resources Preservation - $14.2 million GR and TF
  • Historic Preservation Grants -  $13.6 million [$7.1 million GR; $6.5 million TF]
    • Historic Preservation Small Matching Grants Ranked List (funds all 56 projects)

    • Historic Preservation Special Category Grants Ranked List (funds 18 of 54 projects)

    • Historic Preservation Grants for Hurricane Recovery - $5 million TF

  • Historic Preservation Projects - $1.3 million GR
  • Division of Elections - $6.1 million GR; $1.8 million TF
  • Cyber Security Grants to Supervisors of Elections - $2.8 million TF
  • County Elections Assistance - $2.4 million GR
  • Division of Corporations Commercial Registry Solution - $6.2 million GR

Department of Transportation

Total:  $10.8 billion TF; 6,212 positions

  • Transportation Work Program - $9.8 billion TF
  • Tamiami Trail - $40 million
  • Highway and Bridge Construction - $3.6 billion
  • Resurfacing and Maintenance - $1.1 billion
  • Design and Engineering - $1.1 billion
  • Right of Way Land Acquisition - $673.1 million
  • Public Transit Development Grants - $668.1 million
  • Rail Development Grants - $222.9 million
  • County Transportation Programs:
    • Small County Road Resurface Assistance Program (SCRAP) - $29.3 million

    • Small County Outreach Program (SCOP) - $71.3 million, including:

      • Municipalities in Rural Areas of Opportunity - $9 million

      • Municipalities and Counties Impacted by Hurricane Michael - $15 million

    • Other County Transportation Programs - $55 million

  • Aviation Development Grants - $266.5 million
  • Seaport and Intermodal Development Grants - $229.2 million
  • Local Transportation Initiatives (Road Fund) Projects - $85.3 million, including:
    • Hurricane Michael Recovery Projects - $5.6 million TF

  • Transportation Disadvantaged Program - $55.9 million TF

Department of Military Affairs

Total:  $66.9 million [$22.9 million GR; $43.6 million TF]; 453 positions

  • Youth Challenge Additional Funding - $1.4 million [$0.1 million GR; $1.3 million TF]
  • Tuition Assistance for Florida National Guard - $3.7 million GR
  • Facility Maintenance and Repair - $2.3 million [$1.1 million GR; $1.2 million TF]
  • Facility Security Enhancement - $2 million GR

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Total:  $498.4 million TF; 4,333 positions

  • Motorist Modernization Project - Phase I and II - $16.1 million TF
  • Renovations to the Neil Kirkman Building - $4 million TF
  • Florida Highway Patrol Troop D Headquarters, Orlando - $3.1 million TF

Division of Emergency Management

Total:  $2.06 billion [$44.3 million GR; $2.02 billion TF]; 175 positions

  • Emergency Management Positions - 20 positions, $1.5 million GR
  • Federally Declared Disaster Funding - $1.94 billion
  • Communities - $1.85 billion TF
  • State Operations - $92.4 million TF
  • State Emergency Operations Center Planning and Design - $1 million GR
  • Rural Emergency Operation Centers Planning and Design - $1.8 million TF
  • Emergency Operations Centers and Generators - $10 million GR
  • Disaster Recovery and Preparedness Projects - $1.2 million GR
  • Statewide Regional Evacuation Study - $1.2 million GR
  • Hurricane Michael Recovery Grant Program - $25 million GR
  • Hurricane Michael Recovery Projects - $4.4 million GR and TF

Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Appropriations

Total Budget:  $6.1 billion [$848.9 million GR; $876.3 million LATF; $4.3 billion Other TF]; 19,965 positions

Major Issues

Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services 

Total: $1.7 billion [$132.9 million GR; $115.2 million LATF; $1.5 billion TF]; 3,693 positions

  • Wildfire Suppression Equipment/Aircraft Acquisition - $11.6 million TF [$5 million GR; $3.6 million LATF; $3 million TF]
  • Florida Forest Service Road/Bridge and Facility Maintenance - $9 million [$8.4 million LATF; $0.6 million TF]
  • Replace Motor Vehicles - $3.5 million TF
  • Water Supply Planning - $1.5 million GR
  • Florida Agricultural Promotion Campaign - $0.5 million GR
  • Division of Licensing - 25 positions and $1.7 million TF
  • African Snail Eradication Program - $1.3 million TF
  • Citrus Crop Decline Supplemental Funding - $2.4 million GR
  • Citrus Health Response Program - $6.4 million TF
  • Citrus Greening Research - $8 million TF
  • Lake Okeechobee Agriculture Projects - $4 million LATF
  • Critical Building Repairs and Maintenance - $1.5 million [$1.2 million GR; $0.3 million TF]
  • Office of Energy Grants - $5 million TF
  • Farm Share and Food Banks $5.8 million GR
  • Agriculture Education and Promotion Facilities - $5 million GR

Department of Business & Professional Regulation

Total: $157.4 million [$1.4 million GR; $155.9 million TF]; 1,634 positions

  • Compulsive and Addictive Gambling Prevention - $0.3 million TF
  • Staffing Necessary To Meet Statutorily-Required Food And Lodging Inspections - $1.7 million TF; 20 positions

Department of Citrus

Total: $23 million [$1.6 million GR, $21.4 million TF]; 38 positions

Department of Environmental Protection

Total: $1.8 billion [$359.4 million GR; $659.8 million LATF; $807.7 million TF]; 2,907 positions

  • Everglades - $367.2 million [$249.8 million LATF; $74.5 million GR; $3.0 million TF]
  • Tamiami Trail - $40 million in Department of Transportation Work Plan
  • Water Quality Improvements - $149.1 million GR
  • Septic-to-Sewer/Wastewater Treatment - $25 million GR
  • Total Maximum Daily Loads - $25 million GR
  • Everglades - $50 million GR
  • Water Projects - $49.1 million GR
  • Water Quality Improvements - Blue Green Algae Task Force - $10.8 million GR
  • Innovative Technology Grants for Harmful Algal Blooms - $10 million GR
  • Petroleum Tanks Cleanup Program - $110 million TF
  • St. Johns River/Keystone Heights Restoration, Public Access, and Recreation - $10 million LATF
  • Hazardous Waste/Site Cleanup - $8.5 million TF
  • Beach Management Funding Assistance - $50.0 million [$9.8 million GR; $40.2 million LATF]
  • Drinking Water Revolving Loan Program - $125.5 million [$11.1 million GR; $114.5 million TF]
  • Wastewater Revolving Loan Programs - $181.7 million [$12.3 million GR; $169.4 million TF]
  • Small County Solid Waste Management Grants - $3 million TF
  • Springs Restoration - $100 million LATF
  • Alternative Water Supply - $40 million TF
  • Small County Wastewater Treatment Grants - $13 million TF
  • Local Parks - $2.7 million GR
  • Florida Forever - $33 million TF
  • Working Waterfronts - $1.5 million GR
  • Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern - $6.0 million [$5.0 million LATF; $1.0 million TF]
  • State Parks Maintenance and Repairs - $35.5 million [$9.3 million GR; $5.7 million LATF; $16.5 million TF] 

Department of Financial Services

Total: $388.8 million [$22.8 million GR; $366 million TF]; 2,576 positions

  • Florida Planning, Accounting & Ledger Management (PALM) Project - $22.7 million TF
  • Fire College and Arson Lab Repairs and Maintenance - $0.4 million TF
  • Local Government Fire Services - $11.2 million TF
  • Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center-Florida Firefighter Cancer Research - $1.0 million GR
  • Financial Crime Investigators for SNAP Fraud Cases - $0.4 million TF
  • Relocation Costs - $1.3 million TF
  • Law Enforcement Training, Equipment, Upgrades and Vehicles - $2.1 million TF
  • Information Technology Upgrades to Software, Hardware, and Equipment - $0.5 million GR and $1.4 million TF

Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

Total: $393.1 million [$43.6 million GR; $101.3 million LATF; $248.2 million TF]; 2,112 positions

  • Transfer Environmental Crimes Investigators to DEP - $2 million TF; 19 positions
  • Law Enforcement Enhanced Patrol and Support - $1.8 million GR; 13 positions
  • Hurricane Irma Marine Fisheries Disaster Recovery - $23.7 million TF
  • Invasive Species Response - $1.0 million TF
  • Red Tide Research - $4.2 million GR
  • FWRI Building Repairs - $1.1 million TF
  • Boating Infrastructure and Improvement Program - $5.7 million TF
  • Derelict Vessel Removal - $4.0 million [$1.0 million GR; $3.0 million TF]
  • Bryant Building Repairs - $1.2 million GR
  • Law Enforcement Body Worn Cameras - $0.7 million GR

Department of the Lottery

Total: $200.4 million TF; 418 positions

  • Information Technology Upgrades to Software, Hardware, and Equipment - $0.3 million TF
  • Security Support - $0.4 million TF
  • Increase to Information Technology System Contract - $13.8 million TF
  • Increase to Instant Ticket Contract - $4.0 million TF

Department of Management Services

Total Budget: $616.3 million [$68.1 million GR; $548.2 million TF]; 845 positions

  • Florida Facilities Pool - $49.3 million TF [$32.3 million GR; $16.9 million TF]
  • Private Prison Monitoring Facility Maintenance and Repairs (Gadsden and Lake City Correction Facilities) - $5.9 million [$3.8 million GR; $2.1 million TF]
  • Florida Interoperability Network and Mutual Aid - $1.8 million GR
  • Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) Staff Augmentation and Independent Verification and Validation Services - $1.1 million TF
  • First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Grant - $0.3 million TF
  • Non-FRS Pension and Benefits - $0.3 million GR
  • Statewide Travel Management System Enhancements - $0.4 million GR
  • Fleet Management Information System - $0.2 million TF
  • Florida Commission on Human Relations Staffing - 8 positions and $0.5 million TF
  • State Group Insurance Program Implementation- $3 million TF

Division of Administrative Hearings

Total Budget: $26.9 million TF; 240 positions

Agency for State Technology

Total: $63.2 million TF; 203 positions

Public Service Commission

Total: $25.3 million TF; 267 positions

Department of Revenue

Total: $592.3 million [$219 million GR; $373.3 million TF]; 5,029 positions

  • Aerial Photography - $0.3 million GR
  • Fiscally Constrained Counties - $29.6 million GR

If approved by the Governor, these provisions take effect July 1, 2019, except where otherwise expressly provided.


 

[1] Local revenues include required and discretionary local effort for the public schools and tuition and fees for workforce, colleges, and universities.

Vote: Senate 38-0; House 106-2