South Carolina General Assembly

General Appropriations Bill H. 4600 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996

PART VI
Additional Fiscal Year 1995-96 Supplemental Appropriations

SECTION 1. The following sums are appropriated from the general fund of the State, to supplement appropriations made for the expenses of State government in the annual general appropriation act for fiscal year 1996-97, to the extent there are fiscal year 1995-96 unobligated surplus revenues available in addition to those appropriated pursuant to Part V of this act:

  (1)    Budget & Control Board - Div. of Operations
            State House Renovations                       15,614,488

  (2)    Department of Commerce
            Advisory Coordinating Council 
            Economic Development                          15,201,631

  (3)    Department of Juvenile Justice                    8,450,997

  (4)    Department of Corrections                        16,713,445

  (5)    State Bd. for Technical & Comprehensive Education
            Special Schools and Equipment                  6,800,000

  (6)    Budget & Control Board - Div. of Operations
            Infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund             6,000,000

  (7)    Department of Archives & History                  5,500,000

  (8)    Governor's Office - OEPP
            School for the Arts                            9,000,000

         (8.1)  Funds appropriated for this purpose shall be retained and
         not expended until an equal amount in private sector match funds
         has been pledged or is available for expenditure.  When the
         governing board of the Governor's School for the Arts and
         Humanities certifies that four and one-half million dollars in
         private sector match funds is available for expenditure, the agency
         shall disburse four and one-half million dollars of the state
         appropriations for this project.  When the governing board of the
         Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities certifies that the
         remaining four and one-half million dollars in private sector
         match funds is available for expenditure, the agency shall disburse
         the remaining four and one-half million dollars of the state
         appropriations for this project.

  (9)    Department of Education
            Governor's School for Science & Math           5,000,000

 (10)    Judicial Department
            New Judges/Equipment                             231,605

 (11)    Department of Social Services
            Camp Happy Days                                   77,000

 (12)    Department of Health & Environmental Control
            One Stop Permitting                              729,266

 (13)    Governor's Office - SLED
            Vehicles/DNA Equipment                         1,866,000

 (14)    Educational Television Commission
            Base Restoration                                 500,000

 (15)    University of South Carolina
            Columbia-Graduate Science Research Center     10,000,000

 (16)    Clemson University
            Central Energy Facility                        8,000,000

 (17)    State Bd. for Technical & Comprehensive Education
            Piedmont Tec Ed. Tech/Student Svcs/
            Admin. Bldg.                                   4,750,000

 (18)    College of Charleston
            New Library                                    9,000,000

 (19)    Department of Commerce
            Viola Street Revitalization                      200,000


 (20)    Lander University
            Science Hall Renovation & Equipment            1,325,000

 (21)    Department of Mental Health
            Gateway House                                     79,000

 (22)    State Library
            Ware Shoals Library                               50,000

 (23)    University of South Carolina
            Spartanburg-Renovation of G.B. 
            Hodge Center                                   1,500,000

 (24)    State Bd. for Technical & Comprehensive Education
            Chesterfield Marlboro Tech-Instructional/
            Library Facility                               4,000,000

 (25)    Winthrop University
            Sims Math Science Building                     3,000,000

 (26)    Clemson University - PSA
            Greenhouses                                    2,400,000

 (27)    Budget & Control Board - Div. of Operations
            Office of Local Government-
            Calhoun Falls Water Project                      500,000

 (28)    Department of Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Services
            Clarendon Facility                               350,000

 (29)    S.C. State University
            Business School                                1,000,000

 (30)    Budget & Control Board - Div. of Executive Director
            Statewide Performance Audit                    2,000,000

 (31)    Coastal Carolina University
            Humanities Building                            7,000,000


 (32)    University of South Carolina
            Aiken-New Nursing Building                     1,500,000

 (33)    The Citadel
            Thompson Hall Replacement                      5,000,000

 (34)    University of South Carolina
            Columbia Arena                                 2,500,000

 (35)    Forestry Commission
            Pine Beetle Eradication                           60,000

 (36)    State Bd. for Technical & Comprehensive Education
            Lowcountry Tech-New Health 
            Sciences Building                              1,000,000

 (37)    State Library
            Williamsburg County Library                      840,000

 (38)    Department of Health & Environmental Control
            Coastal Initiative                               150,000

 (39)    Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism
            Lake Murray Facility                             150,000

 (40)    Francis Marion University
            Energy Facility Upgrade                          500,000

 (41)    S.C. State University
            Fine Arts Building                             2,000,000

 (42)    Department of Commerce
            Airport Improvements                           3,000,000

 (43)    Department of Mental Health
            Paying Patient Account                         3,800,000

 (44)    Department of Natural Resources
            Aquatic Weed                                     200,000

 (45)    Adjutant General
            Emergency Preparedness                         1,000,000

 (46)    Clemson University - PSA
            Camp Long                                        600,000

 (47)    State Bd. for Technical & Comprehensive Education
            York Tech-Arts/Science Building                2,500,000

 (48)    State Bd. for Technical & Comprehensive Education
            Midlands Tech-Phase II Classroom 
            Building Airport Campus                        5,000,000

 (49)    Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism 
            City of Columbia-Columbia Museum of Art        1,000,000

 (50)    S.C. State University                               500,000

 (51)    S.C. State University
            Camp Daniel Renovation                           600,000

 (52)    Department of Natural Resources
            Law Enforcement Vehicles                         340,000

 (53)    Election Commission
            Motor Voter                                      375,000

 (54)    Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism
            Discovery Centers                              1,000,000

 (55)    Department of Agriculture
            Blackville Farmers Market                         75,000

 (56)    Department of Health and Environmental Control
            EMS & Computer                                   500,000

 (57)    University of South Carolina
            Columbia Museum of Art Land Purchase           1,000,000


 (58)    Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism 
            Cayce Museum                                      10,000

 (59)    Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism 
            Chester War Memorial Amphitheater Project        250,000

 (60)    Department of Disabilities & Special Needs
            Florence Building Renovation                     250,000

 (61)    Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism 
            Historic Camden Commission-Property 
            Purchase                                          30,000

 (62)    Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation
            State Fire Marshal-Saluda Fire Service 
            Communication Upgrade                             35,000

 (63)    Department of Commerce
            Sumter Industrial Development Project            250,000

 (64)    Department of Natural Resources
            Walhalla Fish Hatchery                           250,000

 (65)    Department of Public Safety
            800 Megahertz System                           2,000,000
                                                        ------------
Total                                                   $185,103,432

SECTION 2. TO ESTABLISH A PERFORMANCE AUDIT STEERING COMMITTEE; TO PROVIDE FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DUTIES OF AND FUNDING FOR THE COMMITTEE.

A. There is established effective July 1, 1996, the Performance Audit Steering Committee consisting of twelve members. The Speaker of the House and President of the Senate each shall appoint two members, and each must appoint one from the private sector. The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee each shall appoint two members, and each must appoint one from the private sector. The Executive Directors of the Budget and Control Board, the Legislative Audit Council, and the State Reorganization Commission, shall serve as non-voting, ex-officio members. The Governor shall appoint an additional member to serve as chairman of the committee. Members serve for the duration of the existence of the committee and vacancies must be filled in the manner of original appointment. Members receive the mileage, subsistence, and per diem allowed by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions. The committee shall elect officers as it considers necessary. The committee terminates on December 31, 1997.

B. The Performance Audit Steering Committee shall retain independent contractors to conduct a performance audit in all aspects of state government. The performance audit must focus on:

(1) determination of duplicate programs and services and recommending those which should be eliminated;

(2) recommendations for streamlining of programs, policies, and procedures;

(3) evaluation of instances where out-of-date technologies detract from efficient program performance;

(4) recommendations for reallocating resources for increased effectiveness in the employment of governmental revenues.

C. The committee shall supervise and coordinate the work of the contractor and produce an audit report which must be submitted to the General Assembly and the Governor no later than the committee's termination date. The committee shall utilize the staff of the House and the Senate as directed by the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore. The committee may also utilize the staffs of the ex-offico members listed in subsection A to coordinate work as directed by the committee.

D. There is created the "Taxpayer's Dividend From Good Government Fund." Any demonstrated savings resulting from the decrease of appropriations or expenditures which occur as a result of the implementation of the recommendations in the report must be placed in the fund. The General Assembly shall determine the amount of savings. Each fiscal year, the General Assembly shall appropriate the amount saved as a direct result of the performance audit of state government activities in the immediately previous fiscal year.

E. Every state agency that receives state appropriations is subject to this section, except that a state agency which is subject to a performance audit mandated by an act of the General Assembly is not subject to the provisions of this section as long as the audit is substantially similar in nature to the audit prescribed by this section and the audit report is to be completed between 1996 and 1998. Each agency must cooperate fully with the committee and comply with reasonable requests for information necessary to complete the audit. Any statute, policy, or regulation requiring an agency to maintain confidential records does not bar the committee from access to any information maintained by the agency but the committee, its staff, and contractor may not disseminate any information in violation of a state or federal statute.

F. The amount appropriated by the General Assembly for the Performance Audit must transferred to and placed in an account titled "Statewide Performance Audit" and held by the Comptroller General to be used exclusively for and expended upon the direction of the Performance Audit Steering Committee.

SECTION 3. (A) The appropriations contained in Section 1 of this Part are listed in priority order beginning with Item (1) and to the extent that there are unobligated surplus revenues for the Fiscal Year 1995-96 after funding all appropriations in Part V of this act, each separate appropriation item or subitem in Section 1 must be funded before the next item or subitem in order is paid.

(B) Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this Part may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years and expended for the same purposes.

SECTION 4. Except where otherwise provided, this Part takes effect upon approval by the Governor, but no appropriation in Section 1 may be paid until the Comptroller General closes the state's books on fiscal year 1995- 96.

End of Part VI

All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of Part I, Part III, Part IV, Part V or Part VI of this Act are hereby suspended for the Fiscal Year 1996-97.

All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of Part II of this Act are hereby repealed.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein this Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor.

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In the Senate House June 13, 1996.

Robert L. Peeler,
President of the Senate

David H. Wilkins,
Speaker of the House of Representatives

PLEASE NOTE:

*Text printed in italic boldface were vetoed by the Governor June 19, 1996. The General Assembly sustained the vetoes on June 26, 1996.

Unless otherwise stated, provisions not vetoed by the Governor took effect June 19, 1996.