General Appropriations Bill H. 4700 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998
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17 PART III
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19 FISCAL YEAR 1998-99 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
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21 SECTION 1. The sources of general fund revenues appropriated in Section 2 of this part are as follows:
22 (1) Fiscal Year 1997-98 BEA Surplus $61,201,043
23 (2) Fiscal Year 1997-98 Unclaimed Property Fund per BEA 5,000,000
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25 TOTAL, All Sources $66,201,043
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27 SECTION 2. The following sums are appropriated from the general fund of the State to supplement appropriations made for the expenses
28 of state government in Part IA of this act to the extent that unobligated surplus revenues of the 1997-98 fiscal year are available:
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30 ( 1) General Reserve Fund $ 7,269,750
31 ( 2) Aid to Subdivisions: Local Government Fund 17,000,000
32 ( 3) Aid to Subdivisions: Property Tax Relief Fund 18,068,614
33 ( 4) Department of Health and Human Services:
34 (a) Medicaid Client Growth 2,778,770
35 (b) Medicaid Products Growth 3,000,000
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1 (c) Supplemental Medicare Insurance Premium Increase 1,629,546
2 (d) Nursing Home Cost Adjustment 4,000,000
3 (e) Rural Health Clinics/Federally Qualified Health Centers Growth 1,499,735
4 (f) Phillis Wheatley Center 75,000
5 ( 5) Department of Social Services: Emotionally Disturbed Children 5,500,000
6 ( 6) Commission on Higher Education:
7 (a) Employment Tracking 52,000
8 (b) African American Loan Program 100,000
9 (c) Access and Equity 105,000
10 ( 7) University of South Carolina:
11 (a) Small Business Development Center 191,398
12 (b) African American Professors Program 150,000
13 ( 8) University of Charleston: Youth Race 50,000
14 ( 9) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education:
15 (a) Trident Tech: Omega Project 55,000
16 (b) Greenville Tech: Missing and Exploited Children 10,000
17 (10) School for the Deaf and the Blind: Expand Summer Programs 53,420
18 (11) Wil Lou Gray School: Communications Support 25,000
19 (12) State Museum: Local Museum Initiative
20 (a) Lee County Cotton Museum 100,000
21 (b) Cayce Museum. 25,000
22 (13) Department of Health and Environmental Control:
23 (a) Infectious Disease Detection and Control 53,351
24 (b) Osteoporosis Prevention and Education
25 (c) Golden Strip Human Resources Center 100,000
26 100,000
27 (14) Department of Mental Health:
28 (a) Pilot Outreach Program 180,000
29 (b) Pilot Drug Project 200,000
30 (15) Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services: The Bridge 300,000
31 (16) Commission on Minority Affairs: Men's Service Centers 63,500
32 (17) Judicial Department: Alternate Dispute Resolution 500,000
33 (18) Attorney General: Violence Against Women 60,000
34 (19) Commission on Appellate Defense: Maintain FY98 Funding Level 340,000
35 (20) Department of Corrections:
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1 (a) Maintenance of Facilities and Security Systems 363,718
2 (b) Medical Contracts Inflation 820,000
3 (21) Department of Juvenile Justice: Pilot Outreach Program 152,319
4 (22) Adjutant General: Tuition Assistance 250,000
5 (23) Department of Commerce: Technology Council 200,000
6 (24) Workers' Compensation Commission: Self Insurance Examiners 15,000
7 (25) Department of Natural Resources:
8 (a) Natural Resources Development 125,000
9 (b) Farm Forest Land Protection 50,000
10 (c) Aquatic Weed Management 75,000
11 (26) Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism:
12 (a) Palmetto Youth Games 25,000
13 (b) High School Rodeo 10,000
14 (c) South Carolina Peach Festival 60,000
15 (27) Governor's School for the Arts: Robert Shaw Choral Institute 20,000
16 (28) State Budget and Control Board:
17 (a) Confederate Relic Room Research 5,000
18 (b) Statewide Performance Audit 200,000
19 (c) Oversight Requirement-Erdhardt 19,922
20 (d) Allendale Initiative 125,000
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22 TOTAL, Section 2 $66,201,043
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24 SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following sums are appropriated from the general fund of the State to
25 supplement appropriations made for the expenses of state government in Part IA of this act to the extent that additional unobligated surplus
26 revenues of the 1997-98 fiscal year are available after making the appropriations provided in Section 2:
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28 ( 1) State Budget & Control Board: FY97-98 State Employee Pay Plan Annualization 9,359,113
29 ( 2) Department of Corrections: Operating Funds for four 256 bed facilities 6,567,947
30 ( 3) Department of Juvenile Justice: FY98 Annualization of Current Programs 6,160,275
31 ( 4) Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services: Restitution Act Implementation 1,000,000
32 ( 5) Department of Education: Teacher Longevity Pay 7,200,000
33 ( 6) State Budget and Control Board: Capitol Complex Site Improvements 1,950,952
34 ( 7) State Budget and Control Board Division of Regional Development: Local Governments Grants 4,588,619
35 ( 8) State Budget and Control Board Division of Regional Development: Infrastructure Revolving Fund 4,000,000
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1 ( 9) Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism: Heritage Corridor 3,000,000
2 (10) Department of Natural Resources: Heritage Trust 200,000
3 (11) Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism: Regional Tourism Commissions 275,000
4 (12) Department of Archives and History: South Carolina African-American Heritage Council 100,000
5 (13) Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism: Restoration of Reserves 3,500,000
6 Of the funds appropriated in this item for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism for
7 Restoration of Reserves, the department is authorized to repay cash flow loans from the Park and
8 Recreation Development Fund and to fund agency operations as needed for fiscal year 1998-99. Any
9 unexpended funds may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years and expended for the same purposes.
10 TOTAL, Section 3 $47,901,906
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12 SECTION 4. The appropriations in Section 2 and Section 3 of this part are listed in priority order beginning with item (1). Item (1) of
13 Section 2 must be funded first and the remaining items or subitems must be funded seriatim to the extent that revenues are available. Each
14 item or subitem must be fully funded before any funds are allocated to the next item. Provided, however, that any individual item or
15 subitem may be partially funded in the order in which it appears to the extent that revenues are available. Unexpended funds appropriated
16 pursuant to this part may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years and expended for the same purposes.
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18 Of the designated surplus for FY 1997-98, as determined by the Comptroller General at the closing of the FY 1997-98 accounting
19 year, any undesignated surplus not otherwise appropriated in Part III, Section 3, shall be used to increase the percentage of tuition and fees
20 covered by the tuition tax credit provided for in Part II, Section 13 of this Appropriation Bill. These funds shall be used to provide an equal
21 percentage increase to all those eligible for the tax credit.
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23 SECTION 5. Except as otherwise stated, this part takes effect July 1, 1998, but no appropriation in Section 2 or Section 3 may be paid
24 until after the Comptroller General closes the state's books on fiscal year 1997-98 and no such appropriation shall be available to state
25 agencies until September 1, 1998. Appropriations contained in this part shall be posted in fiscal year 1998-99.
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27 END OF PART III
28 All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of Part I or Part III of this Act are hereby suspended for Fiscal
29 Year 1998-99.
30 All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of Part II of this Act are hereby repealed.
31 Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor.