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HB 5001 — General Appropriations Act

by Appropriations Committee and Rep. Cummings (SB 2500 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)

HB 5001, General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2020-2021, provides for a total budget of $93.2 billion, including:

  • $35.2 billion from the General Revenue Fund (GR)
  • $2.2 billion from the Education Enhancement Trust Fund
  • $1.2 billion from the Public Education Capital Outlay Trust Fund (PECO TF)
  • $54.6 billion from other trust funds (TF)
  • 113,413.51 full time equivalent positions (FTE)

Reserves

Total: $3.9 billion

  • $1.3 billion in the General Revenue Fund unallocated 
  • $1.7 billion in the Budget Stabilization Fund 
  • $858 million in the Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund

Major Issues

Education Capital Outlay

Total: $367.6 million [$14 million GR; $353.6 million PECO TF]

  • Charter School Repairs and Maintenance - $169.6 million
  • Developmental Research School Repairs and Maintenance - $7 million
  • Public School Special Facilities - $41.3 million
  • Other Public School Projects - $6 million
  • Florida College System Projects - $18.7 million
  • State University System Projects - $112.7 million
  • School for the Deaf and Blind Repairs and Maintenance - $5.3 million
  • Public Broadcasting - Health and Safety Issues - $4.9 million
  • Technical School Projects - $2 million
  • Division of Blind Services Repairs and Maintenance - $100,000

In addition: $48 million in authorization for State University System (SUS) Capital Improvement Student Fee Projects. 

Compensation and Benefits

Pay Issues - Total $193.3 million [$120.3 million GR; $73 million TF]

  • All State Employees - a 3 percent increase, effective October 1, 2020
  • Corrections Officers, Correctional Probation Officers, and Institutional Security Specialists -  increases effective October 1, 2020, in addition to the 3 percent pay increase, based on longevity, of:
  • $500, for employees with less than 2 years of service;
  • $1,500, for employees with 2 or more but less than 5 years of service; and
  • $2,500, for employees with 5 or more years of service.
  • Department of Corrections Teachers - Pay increase of 15 percent, in addition to statewide 3 percent increase, effective October 1, 2020.
  • Child Protective Investigators - Pay increase of 10 percent for investigators, 5 percent for supervisors, effective July 1 2020.

Regional Conflict Counsels and senior staff - FRS Senior Management Class benefits.

Guardian ad Litem Attorneys - Enhanced health insurance and annual leave benefits.

State Group Health Insurance - Total $88.1 million [$54.5 million GR; $33.6 million TF]

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

Florida Retirement System (State Agencies) - Total $53.3 million [$17.4 million GR; $35.9 million TF].

Education Appropriations

Total Appropriations:  $23.5 billion [$18 billion GR; $5.5 billion TF, excludes tuition]

Total Funding - Including Local Revenues:  $35.9 billion [$23.5 billion state funds; $12.4 billion local funds][1]

Major Issues

Early Learning Services

Total: $1.4 billion [$569.1 million GR; $802.6 million TF]

  • Voluntary Prekindergarten Program - $412.2 million GR; including $1.75 million increase for 659 additional students and $8.1 million to raise the Base Student Allocation
  • School Readiness Program - $895.8 million [$144.5 million GR; $751.3 million TF]

Public Schools/K12 FEFP

Total Funding: $22.7 billion [$13 billion state funds; $9.7 billion local funds]

  • FEFP Total Funds increase is $776 million or 3.55 percent
  • FEFP increase in Total Funds per Student is $184, a 2.40 percent increase [from $7,656 to $7,840]
  • Base Student Allocation (BSA) increase of $40
  • FEFP Base Funds (flexible $) increase of $340 million (2.53 percent)
  • Required Local Effort (RLE) increase of $158.8 million for new construction only; RLE Millage reduced from 3.888 to 3.733 mills
  • Teacher Salary Increase Allocation - $500 million - additional funds that school districts must use to increase the minimum salaries of classroom teachers ($400 million) to at least $47,500, and to increase salaries for other instructional personnel ($100 million)
  • Sparsity Supplement - $2.7 million increase to support small, rural districts
  • Eliminates the Best and Brightest Teacher and Principal Allocation - ($284.5 million)
  • Safe Schools Allocation - $180 million for School Safety Officers
  • Mental Health Assistance Allocation - $25 million increase for a total of $100 million to help school districts and charter schools address youth mental health issues
  • Turnaround School Supplemental Services Allocation - $45.5 million -funds for services designed to improve the overall academic and community welfare of students and their families at designated lower performing schools
  • Funding Compression and Hold Harmless Allocation - $68 million - compression funds for districts with total funds per FTE that are less than the statewide average and hold harmless funds for districts that have a reduction in the District Cost Differential

Public Schools/K12 Non-FEFP

  • Community School Grant Program - $7.2 million GR
  • Mentoring Programs - $17.8 million GR
  • Gardiner Scholarships -$42 million additional funds for a total of $189.9 million GR
  • Schools of Hope - ($40 million) GR reduction
  • School District Foundation Matching Grants - $5 million GR
  • School Hardening Grants program for capital purchases for school security - $42 million GR
  • School and Instructional Enhancement Grants - $32.1 million GR
  • Exceptional Education Grants - $9.6 million [$7.3 million GR; $2.3 million TF]
  • Florida School for the Deaf & Blind - $54.5 million [$49.8 million GR; $4.7 million TF]
  • Computer Science Certification Grants - $10 million GR
  • Reading Scholarships - $7.6 million GR
  • Capital Projects - $9 million GR

State Board of Education

Total: $273.6 million [$121.3 million GR; $152.3 million TF]

  • Assessment and Evaluation - $125.1 million [$68.8 million GR; $56.3 million TF]
  • Safe and Secure Campus Initiatives (Senate Bill 70) - $8 million GR
  • Just Read! Florida - $1 million GR

School District Workforce 

Total: $555.3 million [$301.4 million GR; $209.2 million TF; $44.7 million tuition/fees]

  • Workforce Development for career and technical education and adult education - $372.3 million [$281.2 million GR; $91.1 million TF]
  • Perkins Career and Technical Education grants and Adult Education and Literacy funds - $118.1 million TF
  • CAPE Incentive Funds for students who earn Industry Certifications - $6.5 million
  • School and Instructional Enhancement Grants - $2.2 million GR
  • Pathways to Career Opportunities Grant Program for apprenticeships - $10 million GR
  • No tuition increase

Florida College System

Total: $2.07 billion [$1.12 billion GR; $168.2 million TF; $778.7 million tuition/fees]

  • Increased Operating Funds  - $23 million New Tier-Based Funding Model
  • 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 - $10 million GR
  • No tuition increase

State University System

Total: $5.2 billion [$2.8 billion GR; $435 million TF; $2 billion tuition/fees]

  • Performance Based Funding  - $560 million
  • $265 million State Investment [GR]
  • $295 million Institutional Investment
    Reprioritized from the base of each institution
  • National Ranking Enhancement - $30 million GR increase
  • Universities of Distinction - $24 million GR
  • General Operating Increases - $50 million GR
  • FSU - Florida Institute of Politics - $1 million GR
  • FSU - Florida Institute for Child Welfare - $5 million GR
  • FIU Institute of Economic Freedom - $1 million
  • IFAS Workload - $3.8 million GR increase
  • No tuition increase

Private Colleges

Total: $171.9 million GR

  • EASE and ABLE funded at $2,841 per award
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities - $20.6 million GR increase

Student Financial Aid

Total: $984.7 million [$259.2 million GR; $725.5 million TF]

  • Bright Futures - $651.8 million TF
  • Benacquisto Scholarship Program -  $26.6 million GR
  • $5.2 million workload increase
  • Children/Spouses of Deceased or Disabled Veterans Workload Increase - $8.4 million GR
  • $757,042 workload increase

Health and Human Services Appropriations

Total Budget: $39.4 billion [$10,644.3 million GR; $28,719.1 million TF]; 30,869.76 positions

Major Issues

Agency for Health Care Administration

Total: $30.78 billion [$7.35 billion GR; $23.43 billion TF]; 1,526.50 positions

  • Medicaid Price Level and Workload - $900.7 million [$144.5 million GR; $756.2 million TF]
  • Medicaid Contingency Reserve - $68.9 million [$36.8 million GR; $32.1 million TF]
  • KidCare Workload - $31.5 million [$74.7 million GR; ($43.2 million) TF]
  • MediKids Combined Risk Pool Implementation - $31.0 million [$2.6 million GR; $28.4 million TF]
  • Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program - $10.3 million TF; 3 FTE
  • New Reimbursement Rate Level for Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) - $38.3 million [$14.6 million GR; $23.7 million TF]
  • Graduate Medical Education Program Increase - $33.7 million [$12.9 million IGTs, $20.8 million TF]
  • Medical School Faculty Physician Supplemental Payments - $4.6 million [$1.8 million IGTs, $2.8 million TF]
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Physician Rate Increase - $2.6 million [$1 million GR, $1.6 million TF]
  • Florida Cancer Hospital Restoration - $141.5 million TF [$54.0 million IGTs, $87.5 million TF]
  • Nursing Home Rate Enhancement - $74.8 million [$28.5 million GR; $46.3 million TF]
  • Nursing Home Quality Improvement - $5.0 million TF
  • Florida Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS) - $47.1 million TF
  • Electronic Visit Verification for Behavior Analysis Services - $3.15 million TF

Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Total: $1.59 billion [$647.2 million GR; $938.1 million TF]; 2,700.5 positions

  • Resources for Persons with Unique Abilities - $67.1 million [$25.6 million GR; $41.5 million TF]
  • Serve Additional Clients on the Home and Community Based Services Waitlist - $30.2 million [$11.5 million GR; $18.7 million TF]
  • Increase Adult Day Training Provider Rates - $16.1 million [$6.1 million GR; $10.0 million TF]
  • Increase Personal Supports Provider Rates - $36.8 million [$14.1 million GR; $22.7 million TF]
  • Increase Residential Habilitation Provider Rates - $5.5 million [$2.1 million GR; $3.4 million TF]
  • Increase Respite Provider Rates - $1.8 million [$0.7 million GR; $1.1 million TF]
  • Employment and Internship Supports - $1.0 million GR
  • iConnect System - $1.5 million [$0.3 million GR; $1.2 million TF]
  • Fixed Capital Outlay for Developmental Disability Facilities - $3.3 million TF

Department of Children and Families

Total: $3.37 billion [$1.91 billion GR; $1.46 billion TF]; 12,052.75 positions

  • Establish Quality Office for Enhanced Accountability - $5.4 million GR
  • Child Welfare Services:
  • Maintenance Adoption Subsidies - $20.0 million [$9.4 million GR; $10.6 million TF]
  • Foster Parent Room & Board Rate Increase - $0.8 million [$0.5 million GR, $0.3 million TF]
  • Transition Funding to Implement Family First Prevention Services Act- $18.0 million TF
  • Community-Based Care (CBC) Lead Agency Core Services Funding Increase - $11.9 million [$7.4 million GR, $4.5 million TF]
  • CBC Risk Pool - $5.0 million TF
  • Child Welfare Performance Incentive Pilot Projects - $8.2 million GR
  • Safety Management Services - $8.1 million [$5.2 million GR, $2.9 million TF]
  • State Opioid Response Grant - $81.8 million TF
  • Community Mental Health Services:
  • Increased School Access to Mental Health Services through Telehealth - $4.0 million GR
  • Children’s Community Action Teams (CATs) - $2.3 million GR
  • Forensic Community Transitional Beds (24 beds) - $2.1 million GR
  • Juvenile Incompetent to Proceed Program - $1.5 million GR
  • Employment Assistance/Individuals with Mental Health Disorders - $0.7 million GR
  • State Mental Health Facilities:
  • Rate Adjustment and Civil Commitment Capacity Increase (9 beds) - $5.0 million GR
  • Anti-Ligature Improvements - $1.7 million GR
  • Fixed Capital Outlay Repairs and Maintenance - $2.0 million GR

Department of Elder Affairs

Total: $371.6 million [$184.2 million GR; $187.4 million TF]; 404 positions

  • Community Care for the Elderly (CCE) Program (500 slots) - $4.2 million GR
  • Aging Resource Centers - $1.5 million [$0.75 million GR; $0.75 million TF]
  • Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative (257 slots) - $2.8 million GR
  • Specialized Alzheimer’s Services Adult Day Care - $0.75 million GR
  • Home Care for the Elderly (HCE) Program (139 slots) - $0.6 million GR
  • Public Guardianship Program - $8.7 million GR
  • Client Information and Registration Tracking System (eCIRTS) Project Implementation - $1.7 million [$0.2 million GR; $1.5 million TF]
  • Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) - $6.3 million [$2.4 million GR; $3.9m TF]
  • Adult Care Food Program - $1 million TF

Department of Health

Total: $3.11 billion [$533.6 million GR; $2.57 billion TF]; 12,706.51 positions

  • Office of Medical Marijuana Use - $8.1 million TF
  • Emerging Disease Threat Response (Hepatitis A) -  $9.1 million [$8.2 million GR; $0.9 million TF]
  • Transfer Correctional Medical Authority from EOG to DOH - $0.7 million GR; 6 FTE
  • Increased Correctional Medical Authority staff - $0.7 million GR; 4 FTE
  • Children Medical Services workforce reduction - ($7.3 million) TF, (139 FTE) [$3 million GR; $4.3 million TF]
  • Children’s Medical Services Managed Care Plan Administrative Savings - ($12.7 million) [$10.3 million GR; $2.4 million TF]
  • Child Protection Teams - $1.5 million GR
  • Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids (HOPWA) - $9.1 million TF
  • Early Steps Program - $8.0 million GR
  • Healthy Floridians Healthy Future Racial and Ethnic Disparities Closing the Gap - $1.7 million GR
  • Poison Information Control Network - $0.7 million GR
  • Expansion of Genetic Services - $1.2 million TF
  • Center for Disease Control Federal Opioid Grant - $6.5 million TF
  • Capital Improvement Projects for Public Health Laboratories and County Health Departments - $10.4 million TF
  • Coronavirus disease - $25.2 million GR and $27.3 million Federal Funds (for 2019-2020 Fiscal Year)

Department of Veterans Affairs

Total: $151.2 million [$22.9 million GR; $128.3 million TF]; 1,479.5 positions

  • Initial Staffing and Start-up State Veterans’ Nursing Home in St. Lucie County (Ardie Copas) - $5.5 million TF; 39 positions
  • Initial Staffing and Start-up of State Veterans’ Nursing Home in Orange County (Lake Baldwin) - $3.4 million TF; 29 positions
  • Technology Upgrades - $0.4 million TF
  • Florida is For Veterans Training Grants - $1.4 million GR
  • Fixed Capital Outlay for State Veterans Nursing Homes - $8.1 million TF

Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations

Total Budget: $5.6 billion [$4,730.6 million GR; $838.4 million TF]; 46,886.25 positions

Major Issues

  • Funds the Department of Corrections pilot program to convert work shifts from 12 to 8.5 hours for one fourth of the prison system $17.3 million GR and 220 FTE
  • Continued funding of contracted inmate health services - $421 million
  • Funds the Hepatitis C class action lawsuit in the Department of Corrections, contingent upon the court's final ruling on all appeals related to the treatment of inmates identified as testing positive for level F0-F1 Hepatitis C; or to respond to a pandemic - $28 million GR
  • Mental Health Facilities, including provision for the financing of a new mental health facility at Lake Correctional Institution - $19.7 million GR
  • Fixed Capital Outlay for DJJ’s residential program facilities - $3.4 million TF
  • Funds workload issues for the Justice Administrative Commission (Public Defenders, State Attorney, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel and the Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel) - $12.9 million [$8.2 million GR, $4.7 million TF]
  • Funds Year 3 of the Department of Legal Affairs IT Modernization Initiative - $6.6 million [$5.6 million GR, $1 million TF]
  • Funds FDLE’s trust fund deficits within the Operating and Criminal Justice Standards and Training Trust Fund - $5.9 million GR
  • Additional Judgeships - $3.4 million GR  and 21 FTE (includes the certification of 4 new circuit judges and 6 new county judges)
  • Community coordinators and training staff for Early Childhood Courts (ECCs) - $2.2 million GR and 21 FTE

Attorney General/ Legal Affairs

Total: $296.7 million [$68.7 million GR; $228.1 million TF]; 1,384.5 positions

  • Agency-wide Information Technology Infrastructure Improvements - $6.4 million [$3.4 million GR, $3 million TF]
  • Consumer Protection - Cyber Fraud Initiative - $1.1 million TF and 11 FTE
  • Increase Human Resources Staff Based on Workload - $249,963 GR and 3 FTE
  • Crime Victims Compensation Payments - $0.9 million GR
  • Statewide Prosecution - $0.4 million GR
  • Increased Operating Costs - $2.2 million [$1.2 million GR; $1 million TF]

Department of Corrections

Total: $2.8 billion [$2.73 billion GR; $62 million TF]; 25,154 positions

  • Conversion From 12 to 8.5 Hour Work Shifts - $17.3 million GR and 220 FTE
  • Private Leases - $3.0 million GR
  • Security Enhancement Equipment - $3.0 million GR
  • Replacement of Motor Vehicles - $2.6 million GR
  • Inspector General Inspectors - $0.7 million GR and 10 FTE
  • Electronic Health Records - $2.0 million GR
  • Security Threat Group - $2.2 million GR and 34 FTE
  • Wellness Specialists - $1.9 million GR and 34 FTE
  • Career and Technical Education Expansion - $3.0 million GR
  • Hepatitis C Direct Acting Antivirals or Pandemic Response - $28 million GR
  • Critical Facility Renovations, Repairs and Maintenance - $6.0 million GR
  • Mental Health Facilities - $19.7 million GR

Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)

Total: $288.9 million [$137.6 million GR; $151.3 million TF]; 1,949 positions

  • Computerized Criminal History (CCH) Record System Maintenance - $1.9 million GR
  • Florida Incident Based Reporting System (FIBRS) - $2.6 million GR
  • Criminal Justice Data Transparency - $3.6 million GR
  • Criminal Justice Standards and Training Trust Fund Deficit - $3.3 million GR
  • Increase Federal Grants Trust Fund Authority for Project Safe Neighborhood Grants - $1.5 million TF
  • Genetic Genealogy Program - $0.8 million GR; 6 FTE
  • Statewide Behavioral Threat Assessment - $2.4 million GR and 10 FTE
  • Repair and Maintenance for the Tampa Bay Regional Operations Center - $2.2 million GR

Department of Juvenile Justice

Total:  $587.1 million [$442.9 million GR; $144.2 million TF]; 3,285.5 positions

  • Prevention and Early Intervention Programs and Services - $2.6 million GR
  • Critical Repairs and Maintenance to DJJ Facilities - $3.4 million TF
  • Enhanced Oversight of  Medical Services in Residential Programs - $0.6 million GR and 6 FTE
  • Retention Bonus Plan for Contracted Direct-Care Staff - $2 million GR
  • Trust Fund Shortfalls - $13.0 million GR

State Court System

Total:  $606 million [$506.2 million GR; $99.6 million TF]; 4,420.5 positions

  • New 2nd District Court of Appeal Courthouse - $21 million GR
  • Additional Judgeships - $3.4 million GR and 21 FTE (includes the certification of 4 new circuit judges and 6 new county judges)
  • Timely Resolution of Cases - $1.9 million [$1.6 million GR, $0.2 million TF] and 21 FTE
  • Court Interpreting Resources - $5.0 million [$4.6 million GR, $0.4 million TF] and 37.5 FTE
  • Additional Staff for Early Childhood Courts (ECCs) - $2.2 million GR and 21 FTE
  • Problem Solving Courts - $0.6 million, [$0.4 million GR, $0.2 million TF] and 4 FTE
  • Family Court Operational Support - $0.3 million [$0.2 million, $0.1 million TF] and 2 FTE
  • Judicial Data Management System - $0.4 million TF
  • Appellate Judiciary Travel - $125,000 TF
  • Courthouse Furnishings - $0.3 million TF
  • Appellate Court Security - $0.5 million TF

Justice Administrative Commission (JAC)

Total:  $982.2 million [$830 million GR; $152.2 million TF]; 10,560.75 positions

  • State Attorney Trust Fund Needs (Various) - $5.5 million TF; 3 FTE
  • State Attorney Prosecution Unit for Construction Fraud (14th Circuit) - $183,813 GR; 2 FTE
  • Public Defender Various Mental Health, Substance Abuse Related Funding Issues - $3 million GR; 36.5 FTE
  • Capital Collateral Regional Counsels (Various Issues - IT, Rent, Workload) - $1.2 million [$709,272 GR; $457,978 TF]
  • Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel Workload, Rent, Forensic Social Workers, Dependency Representation - $1.6 million GR; 31 FTE
  • JAC HQ Staffing Needs - $378,609 GR; 3 FTE
  • JAC HQ Critical Information Technology (IT) Needs - $317,000 GR
  • Statewide Guardian ad Litem Program (GAL) OPS - $355,834 GR

Florida Commission on Offender Review

Total:  $11.9 million [$11.8 million GR; $0.1 million TF]; 132 positions

  • Replacement of Motor Vehicles - $25,000 GR
  • Miami Regional Office Rent Expenses - $25,000 GR
  • Information Technology (IT) Services Provided by Department of Corrections - $376,000

Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations

Total Budget:  $13.7 billion [$201.4 million GR; $13.5 billion TF]; 13,044 positions

Major Issues

  • Transportation Work Program - $9.3 billion TF
  • Affordable Housing Programs - $370 million TF
  • Job Growth Grant Fund - $20 million GR
  • Library Grants and Initiatives - $27.2 million GR
  • Cultural, Museum, and Historic Preservation Grants and Initiatives - $51.6 million GR and TF
  • Motorist Modernization Project - $9.2 million TF
  • National Guard Tuition Assistance - $4.2 million GR

Department of Economic Opportunity

Total:  $1.22 billion [$64.0 million GR; $1.2 billion TF]; 1,469 positions

  • Economic Development Toolkit Payments (existing contracts) - $25.7 million GR and TF
  • Florida Job Growth Grant Fund - $20 million GR
  • Revolving Loan Fund Program - $40 million [$8 million TF and $32 million Federal TF] (for small businesses in the region impacted by Hurricane Michael)
  • Space Florida - $12.5 million TF; $6 million GR
  • Visit Florida - $50 million recurring TF
  • Enterprise Florida - $16 million TF
  • Affordable Housing Programs - $370 million TF
  • State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) - $225.0 million TF (allocated to local governments)
  • State Apartment Incentive Loan (SAIL) Programs - $115 million TF
  • Hurricane Housing Recovery Program - $30 million TF
  • Rural Communities:
  • Rural Infrastructure Fund - $8.6 million GR
  • Rural Community Development Revolving Loan Fund - $6.2 million GR
  • Economic Development Projects - $10.0 million GR
  • Housing and Community Development Projects - $20.2 million GR
  • Workforce Projects - $7.3 million GR

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Total:  $500.0 million TF; 4,339 positions

  • Florida Highway Patrol Troopers - First Coast Expressway - $1.3 million TF, 8 positions
  • Motorist Modernization Project - Phase II - $9.9 million TF
  • Application Cloud Environment - $2.5 million TF
  • Renovations to the Neil Kirkman Building - $1.1 million TF
  • Florida Highway Patrol Troop D Headquarters, Orlando - $5.9 million TF

Department of Military Affairs

Total:  $71.8 million [$31.1 million GR; $40.7 million TF]; 453 positions

  • Tuition Assistance for Florida National Guard - $4.2 million GR
  • Facility Maintenance and Repair - $3.4 million GR (matched by $3.4 million federal funds)
  • Panama City Readiness Center Replacement - $6.3 million GR (matched by $18.75 million federal funds)

Department of State

Total:  $132.0 million [$95.3 million GR; $36.7 million TF]; 414 positions

  • Maintenance of Effort for Libraries - $24.2 million GR
  • Libraries Construction Grant Ranked List - $1.0 million GR
  • Grants to Library Cooperatives - $2.0 million GR
  • Cultural and Museum Program Support and Facilities Grants and Initiatives - $26.5 million GR
  • Cultural & Museum Program Support Grants - $20.3 million GR
  • Cultural and Museum Ranked List - $13.6 million (funds distributed proportionally to all 489 projects)
  • Culture Builds Florida Ranked List - $2.9 million (funds all 125 projects)
  • Cultural Facilities Ranked List - $3.8 million (funds 17 of the 29 projects)
  • Cultural and Museum Projects - $6.2 million GR
  • Historical Resources Preservation - $25.1 million GR and TF
  • Historic Preservation Grants -  $7.1 million [$5.6 million GR; $1.5 million TF]
  • Historic Preservation Small Matching Grants Ranked List - $1.5 million TF (funds all 45 projects)
  • Historic Preservation Special Category Grants Ranked List - $5.6 million GR (funds 15 of 38 projects)
  • Historic Preservation Projects - $5.3 million GR
  • Artifact Curation Facility - $2.5 million GR
  • Federal Hurricane Relief Funding for Historic Preservation - Hurricane Michael - $10.2 million TF
  • Cyber Security Bureau - $1.3 million GR; 10 positions
  • Elections - $17.1 million GR
  • Recurring funding for the Division of Elections - $1.8 million
  • Cyber Security and Election Activity Grants to Supervisors of Elections - $1.0 million
  • Electronic Registration Information System Center (ERIC) - $1.4 million
  • Reimbursements to Counties for Special Elections - $1.5 million
  • Advertising Proposed Constitutional Amendments - $1.3 million
  • Help America Vote Act 2020 Grant - $10.1 million

Department of Transportation

Total:  $10.3 billion TF; 6,194 positions

  • Transportation Work Program - $9.3 billion TF
  • County Transportation Programs:
  • Small County Road Resurface Assistance Program (SCRAP) - $47.6 million
  • Small County Outreach Program (SCOP) - $96.0 million
  • Other County Transportation Programs - $56.8 million
  • Transportation Disadvantaged Program - $70.4 million TF

Division of Emergency Management

Total:  $1.5 billion [$11.0 million GR; $1.5 billion TF]; 175 positions

  • Federally Declared Disaster Funding - $1.4 billion
  • Communities - $1.27 billion TF
  • State Operations - $115.7 million TF
  • Statewide Regional Evacuation Study - $1.2 million GR
  • Statewide Comprehensive Flood Plain Model - $2.0 million GR
  • Community Flood Resiliency - $491,576 GR
  • State Emergency Operations Center Design - $3.5 million GR
  • Disaster Recovery and Preparedness Projects - $5.3 million GR

Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Appropriations

Total Budget:  $6.6 billion [$908 million GR; $1,035.3 billion LATF; $4.7 billion Other TF]; 20,076 positions

Major Issues

Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services 

Total: $1.8 billion [$138.8 million GR; $114.8 million LATF; $1.5 billion TF]; 3,740 positions

  • Wildfire Suppression Equipment/Aircraft Acquisition - $7.3 million TF [$0.7million GR; $3.3 million LATF; $3.3 million TF]
  • Florida Forest Service Road/Bridge and Facility Maintenance - $8.7 million LATF
  • Citrus Protection and Research - $21.3 million [$1.0 million GR; $20.3 million TF]
  • Water Supply Planning - $1.5 million LATF
  • Everglades Restoration / Lake Okeechobee Agriculture Projects - $4 million GR
  • Office of Water Policy - $1.0 million LATF; 8 positions
  • Rural and Family Lands Conservation Easements - $8.7 million GR
  • State Industrial Hemp Program - $4.4 million [$1.8 million GR; $2.6 million TF]; 43 positions
  • African Snail Eradication Program - $1.3 million TF
  • Office of Energy Grants - $0.9 million TF
  • USDA Hurricane Disaster Recovery - $6.6 million TF
  • Agriculture Education and Promotion Facilities - $3.6 million GR

Department of Business & Professional Regulation

Total: $160 million [$1.4 million GR; $158.5 million TF]; 1,659 positions

  • Additional Resources Division of Hotels and Restaurants/Human Trafficking - $0.3 million TF; 4 positions
  • Staffing Necessary To Meet Statutorily-Required Food And Lodging Inspections - $1.3 million TF; 21 positions

Department of Citrus

Total: $26.4 million [$5.7 million GR, $20.7 million TF]; 27 positions

  • Citrus Advertising/Promotion - $4.1 million GR

Department of Environmental Protection

Total: $2.3 billion [$366.8 million GR; $817.5 million LATF; $1.1 billion TF]; 2,917 positions

  • DEP Everglades Restoration- $318.6 million [$1.7 million GR; $314.6 million LATF; $2.3 million TF]
  • Water Quality Improvements - $236.6 million [$211.6 GR; $25 million LATF]
  • Septic-to-Sewer/Wastewater Treatment - $25 million GR
  • Total Maximum Daily Loads - $25 million LATF
  • Water Quality Improvements Everglades - $50 million GR
  • Indian River Lagoon Water Quality Improvements - $25 million GR
  • St. Johns, Suwannee, Apalachicola Rivers Watersheds and Springs Coast Watershed Water Quality Improvements - $25 million GR
  • Water Projects - $76.6 million GR
  • Coral Reef Protection and Restoration - $10.0 million GR
  • Water Quality Improvements - Blue Green Algae Task Force - $10.8 million GR
  • Florida Resilient Coastline Initiative - $10.0 million GR
  • Innovative Technology Grants for Harmful Algal Blooms - $10.0 million GR
  • Springs Restoration - $50 million LATF
  • Alternative Water Supply - $40 million [$38.2 million GR; $1.8 million TF]
  • Florida Forever - $100 million [$15 million GR; $79 million LATF; $6 million TF]
  • Division of State Lands - $67 million LATF
  • Florida Communities Trust - $10.0 million LATF
  • Florida Recreational Development Assistance Grants - $12.3 million [$6.3 million GR; $6.0 million TF]
  • Working Waterfronts - $2.0 million LATF
  • DACS Rural and Family Lands - $8.7 million GR
  • Petroleum Tanks Cleanup Program - $125 million TF
  • Volkswagen Settlement - $67.5 million TF
  • Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern - $10 million [$4 million GR; $6 million LATF]
  • Cleanup of State Owned Lands - $10 million TF
  • Hazardous Waste/Site Cleanup - $6.5 million TF
  • Beach Management Funding Assistance - $50.0 million LATF
  • Drinking Water Revolving Loan Program - $130.7 million [$10.3 million GR; $120.4 million TF]
  • Wastewater Revolving Loan Program - $228.6 million [$11.9 million GR; $216.7 million TF]
  • Additional Hurricane Recovery Related Drinking & Wastewater Revolving Loan Programs - $177.8 million [$25.4 million GR; $152.4 million TF]
  • Small County Solid Waste Management Grants - $3 million TF
  • Small County Wastewater Treatment Grants - $13 million TF
  • Local Parks - $4.9 million GR
  • State Parks Maintenance and Repairs - $37.0 million TF [$11.0 million LATF]

Department of Financial Services

Total: $411.9 million [$29.1 million GR; $382.7 million TF]; 2,570 positions

  • Florida Planning, Accounting & Ledger Management (PALM) Project - $26.9 million TF
  • Transfer to DEP for Cleanup of State Fire College - $5.5 million TF
  • University of Miami - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - $2.0 million TF
  • Fire and Arson Equipment and Repairs and Maintenance - $1.4 million TF
  • Local Government Fire Services - $20.4 million [$5.4 million GR and $15.0 million TF]
  • Law Enforcement Training, Equipment, Upgrades and Vehicles - $2.2 million TF
  • Information Technology Upgrades to Software, Hardware, and Equipment - $2.7 million TF

Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

Total: $418.5 million [$52.5 million GR; $103.1 million LATF; $263.0 million TF]; 2,114 positions

  • Marine Fisheries Infrastructure Recovery Grant Program - $10.8 million TF
  • Law Enforcement Vehicle Replacement - $3.0 million TF
  • Hurricane Irma Marine Fisheries Disaster Recovery - $9.4 million TF
  • Hurricane Michael Marine Fisheries Disaster Recovery - $7.8 million TF
  • Invasive Species Response - $2.3 million GR
  • Red Tide Research - $2.8 million [$2.2 million GR; $0.6 million TF]
  • Center for Red Tide Research - 2 FTE, $2.0 million GR
  • FWRI Building Repairs - $1.8 million GR
  • Boating Infrastructure and Improvement Program - $5.9 million TF
  • Derelict Vessel Removal - $3.5 million TF
  • State Reef Fish Survey - $3.0 million GR

Department of the Lottery

Total: $187 million TF; 419 positions

  • Information Technology Upgrades to Software, Hardware, and Equipment - $0.6 million TF
  • Operational Support - $0.3 million TF
  • Increase to Gaming System Contract - $3.1 million TF

Department of Management Services

Total Budget: $716 million [$91.9 million GR; $624.1 million TF]; 1,064 positions

  • Florida Facilities Pool (FFP) Fixed Capital Outlay - $72.8 million [$53.5 million GR; $19.3 million TF]
  • FFP Service and Security Guard Contracts - $0.4 million TF
  • Private Prison Monitoring Facility Maintenance and Repairs (Gadsden and Lake City Correction Facilities) - $3.4 million GR; $1.5 million TF
  • Florida Holocaust Memorial - $0.4 million GR
  • Florida Slavery Memorial - $0.4 million GR
  • Florida Interoperability Network and Mutual Aid - $1.7 million GR
  • Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) Contract, Staff Augmentation and Independent Verification and Validation Services - $0.8 million TF
  • Non-FRS Pension Benefits - $0.1 million GR
  • E911 Next Generation Grant - $3.2 million TF
  • Emergency 911 Call Routing System - $6.0 million TF
  • Florida Retirement Contact Center - $1.0 million TF; 13 positions

Division of Administrative Hearings

Total Budget: $27.2 million TF; 240 positions

Public Service Commission

Total: $25.9 million TF; 271 positions

Department of Revenue

Total: $602 million [$221.9 million GR; $380.2 million TF]; 5,055 positions

  • Aerial Photography - $0.2 million GR
  • Fiscally Constrained Counties - $31.1 million GR

If approved by the Governor, these provisions take effect July 1, 2020, 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 32-0; House 104-0