The Florida Senate

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