General Appropriations Bill H. 4700 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998
SECTION 1. The sources of general fund revenues appropriated in Section 2 of this part are as follows:
| (1) | Fiscal Year 1997-98 BEA Surplus | $61,201,043 |
| (2) | Fiscal Year 1997-98 Unclaimed Property Fund | |
| per BEA | 5,925,000 | |
| (3) | Securities Fees | 5,031,670 |
| (4) | Estate Tax | 7,000,000 |
| (5) | Interest Earnings | 7,000,000 |
| TOTAL, All Sources | $86,157,713 | |
SECTION 2. The following sums are appropriated from the general fund of the State to supplement appropriations made for the expenses of state government in Part IA of this act to the extent that unobligated surplus revenues of the 1997-98 fiscal year are available:
| ( 1) | General Reserve Fund | $ 7,269,750 | ||
| ( 2) | Aid to Subdivisions: Local Government Fund | |||
| (Maintain FY 97-98 Funding Level) | 16,963,913 | |||
| ( 3) | Aid to Subdivisions: Local Government Fund | |||
| (Growth) | 10,904,625 | |||
| ( 4) | Aid to Subdivisions: Property Tax Relief Fund | 16,594,952 | ||
| ( 5) | Budget and Control Board - Employee Benefits: | |||
| Annualization of Pay Plan | 9,359,113 | |||
| ( 6) | Department of Health and Human Services: | |||
| (a) | Medicaid Client Growth | 2,778,770 | ||
| (b) | Medicaid Products Growth | 3,000,000 | ||
| (c) | Supplemental Medicare Insurance | |||
| Premium Increase | 1,629,546 | |||
| (d) | Nursing Home Rate Adjustment | 4,000,000 | ||
| (e) | Rural Health Clinics/Federally Qualified | |||
| Health Centers Growth | 1,499,735 | |||
| ( 7) | Department of Social Services: Emotionally | |||
| Disturbed Children | 5,500,000 | |||
| ( 8) | Commission on Higher Education: | |||
| (a) | Employment Security Contract - Performance | |||
| Tracking | 52,000 | |||
| (b) | African American Loan Program | 100,000 | ||
| (c) | Access and Equity | 105,000 | ||
| (d) | SC Alliance for Minority Participation (SCAMP) | 600,000 | ||
| ( 9) | University of South Carolina: | |||
| (a) | Small Business Development Center | 191,398 | ||
| (b) | African American Professors Program | 150,000 | ||
| (10 ) | Clemson University: Center for Advanced | |||
| Engineering - Fibers and Films | 650,000 | |||
| (11) | University of Charleston: Youth Race Initiative | 50,000 | ||
| (12) | State Board for Technical & Comprehensive Education: | |||
| (a) | Trident Tech: Omega Project | 55,000 | ||
| (b) | Greenville Tech: Missing and Exploited Children | 10,000 | ||
| (13) | School for the Deaf and the Blind: Expand | |||
| Summer Programs | 53,420 | |||
| (14) | Wil Lou Gray School: Communications Support | 25,000 | ||
| (15) | State Museum: Local Museum Initiative | |||
| (a) | Lee County Cottom Museum | 100,000 | ||
| (b) | Cayce Museum | 25,000 | ||
| (16) | Department of Health and Environmental Control: | |||
| (a) | Infectious Disease Detection and Control | 53,351 | ||
| (b) | Osteoporosis Prevention and Education | 100,000 | ||
| (c) | Golden Strip Human Resources Center | 100,000 | ||
| (17) | Department of Mental Health: Medications | |||
| Research Project | 200,000 | |||
| (18) | Department of Alcohol and Other Drug | |||
| Abuse Services: The Bridge | 300,000 | |||
| (19) | Commission on Minority Affairs: Men's | |||
| Service Centers | 63,500 | |||
| (20) | Attorney General: Violence Against Women | 60,000 | ||
| (21) | Commission on Appellate Defense: Maintain | |||
| FY 98 Funding Level | 340,000 | |||
| (22) | Department of Corrections: | |||
| (a) | Maintenance of Facilities and Security Systems | 363,718 | ||
| (b) | Medical Contracts Inflation | 780,000 | ||
| (23) | Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon | |||
| Services: Restitution Act Implementation | 1,000,000 | |||
| (24) | Adjutant General: Tuition Assistance | 250,000 | ||
| (25) | Department of Commerce: Technology Council | 200,000 | ||
| (26) | Workers' Compensation Commission: Self | |||
| Insurance Examiners | 15,000 | |||
| (27) | Department of Natural Resources: | |||
| (a) | Natural Resources Development | 125,000 | ||
| (c) | Aquatic Weed Management | 75,000 | ||
| (28) | Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism: | |||
| (a) | U.S. Youth Games | 25,000 | ||
| (b) | High School Rodeo | 10,000 | ||
| (c) | South Carolina Peach Festival | 60,000 | ||
| (29) | Governor's School for the Arts: Robert Shaw | |||
| Choral Institute | 20,000 | |||
| (30) | State Budget and Control Board: | |||
| (a) | Confederate Relic Room Research | 5,000 | ||
| (b) | Statewide Performance Audit | 200,000 | ||
| (c) | Oversight Requirement-Erdhardt | 19,922 | ||
| (d) | Allendale Initiative | 125,000 | ||
| TOTAL, Section 2 | $86,157,713 | |||
SECTION 3. (A) Article 11, Chapter 1, Title 13 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 13-1-1770. The Advisory Coordinating Council
for Economic Development shall establish the 'Downtown
Redevelopment Program' for the purpose of making grants for
revitalizing and enhancing the viability of downtown areas through
partnerships of municipal government, county government, and
private investors.
The council shall establish the program guidelines, regulations,
and criteria by which grants must be evaluated and awarded
including, but not limited to:
(1) a nonstate match requirement of at least one
hundred fifty
percent of state grant funds; and
(2) completing an economic impact before an
award is made."
(B) This section takes effect July 1, 1998.
SECTION 4. The appropriations in Section 2 of this part are listed in priority order beginning with item (1). Item (1) of Section 2 must be funded first and the remaining items or subitems must be funded seriatim to the extent that revenues are available. Each item or subitem must be fully funded before any funds are allocated to the next item. Provided, however, that any individual item or subitem may be partially funded in the order in which it appears to the extent that revenues are available. Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this part may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years and expended for the same purposes.
SECTION 5. Except as otherwise stated, this part takes effect July 1, 1998, but no appropriation in Section 2 may be paid until after the Comptroller General closes the state's books on Fiscal Year 1997-98 and no such appropriation shall be available to state agencies until September 1, 1998. Appropriations contained in this part shall be posted in Fiscal Year 1998-99.
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 Year
1998-99.
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.