South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 4778


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Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4778
Type of Legislation:              Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20000307
Primary Sponsor:                  Ways and Means Committee HWM 30
All Sponsors:                     Ways and Means Committee
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\bbm\9316htc00.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Finance Committee 06 SF
Date of Last Amendment:           20000322
Subject:                          Supplemental Appropriations, Acts Cited 
                                  By Popular Name


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20000328  Introduced, read first time,           06 SF
                  referred to Committee
House   20000323  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   20000322  Amended, read second time
------  20000308  Scrivener's error corrected
House   20000307  Introduced, read first time


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AMENDED

March 22, 2000

H. 4778

Introduced by Ways and Means Committee

S. Printed 3/22/00--H.

Read the first time March 7, 2000.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROPRIATE FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 SURPLUS GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. The source of general fund revenues appropriated in Section 2 of this joint resolution is $130,043,037 in projected fiscal year 1999-2000 surplus.

SECTION 2. The following sums are appropriated for the general fund of the State as provided in Section 3 for the purposes stated:

(1) State Department of Education

EAA Report Card $ 2,600

(2) State Department of Education

Transportation - Buses, Fuel and Parts 6,165,230

(3) State Department of Education

Instructional Materials 1,999,801

(4) State Department of Education

K-12 Technology 16,500,000

(5) School for the Deaf & Blind

Facility Maintenance and

Accessibility & Safety Improvements 1,020,877

(6) Employee Benefits -Health Insurance

FY 2000-01 Rate Increase 10,225,000

(7) Employee Benefits - 401K Program 7,200,000

(8) Higher Education Tuition Grants

Tuition Grants 500,000

(9) Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism

Alternative Funding 2,000,000

(10) Aid to Subdivisions - Comptroller General

Personal Property Tax Relief 10,000,000

(11) SC State University

DHEC/LLR Health & Safety Inspection 905,375

(12) Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism

PRT Grant Fund 1,653,042

(13) Department of Health & Environmental Control

Water Quality Testing 200,000

(14) Department of Health & Environmental Control

Myrtle Beach Study & Engineering Plan

for Water Quality 300,000

(15) State Department of Education

Governor's School for the Arts 2,034,000

(16) Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education

Special Schools 10,500,000

(17) Department of Health & Human Services

Medicaid 2,631,958

(18) Department of Juvenile Justice

Operating Funds for Subclass, Detention

Center, and Evaluation Center 2,100,000

(19) Department of Commerce

Pleasant Valley Commons 600,000

(20) Department of Public Safety

New Trooper Class 2,700,000

(21) Department of Commerce

Aviation Trust Fund 50,000

(22) Department of Commerce

Phillis Wheatley Association 202,941

(23) Department of Commerce

Historical Greenville Foundation 1,000,000

(24) Budget & Control Board - Division of Budget & Analyses

Professional Development 100,000

(24.1) (Professional Development) To ensure that state government employees are properly trained to achieve their mission, and courteously and effectively to serve the taxpayers, the funds appropriated for professional development must be used to provide a professional development training curriculum to achieve performance excellence based on criteria used for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The program must have a common curriculum to include the philosophy, teamwork training, and problem-solving techniques that provide the foundation for success in meeting the Malcolm Baldrige criteria.

(25) Department of Social Services

Foster Care Payments -Teen Homes 400,000

(25.1) (Out of Home Placement) The funds appropriated for Foster Care Payments-Teen Homes must be allocated for a rate increase for out of home placement providers.

(26) USC - Columbia

Materials Research Science & Engineering

Center (Nano Technology) 1,000,000

(27) Clemson University - Municipal Services 1,117,000

(28) Department of Health & Environmental Control

EMS Equipment 1,000,000

(29) Department of Health & Environmental Control

Beach Restoration 2,700,000

(29.1) (Beach Restoration Fund) Of the funds appropriated for beach restoration, $1,000,000 must be used to reimburse Horry County for beach renourishment expenses incurred during Fiscal Year 1999-2000, and $1,700,000 must be used for the Hunting Island State Park beach renourishment/stabilization project.

(30) Department of Commerce

YMCA Youth in Government 25,000

(31) Department of Revenue

Electronic Document Processing System 1,700,000

(32) Commission on Higher Education

Access & Equity 500,000

(33) Commission on Higher Education

Competitive Research Grants 4,000,000

(33.1) (Research and Development Technology) At least $1,000,000 of the funds provided for competitive research grants must be used for accelerating the development of high technology businesses, funding later stage research that has demonstrated commercial feasibility, and providing one time matching grants for technology equipment.

(34) SC State University - Transportation Center 500,000

(35) House of Representatives - Legal Expenses 100,000

(36) Governor's Office - OEPP

World War II Monument, Washington, DC 220,000

(37) The Senate - Legal Expenses 100,000

(38) Commission on Higher Education

SREB Membership Fees & Dues 190,090

(39) Legislative Printing

Software/Technical Support 228,000

(40) Legislative Information Systems

Equipment Repair and Installation 166,500

(41) Department of Commerce - Advertising 500,000

(42) Department of Commerce - Information

Technology Engineering Initiative 3,900,000

(42.1) (Information Technology Engineering Initiative) The Department of Commerce, from funds appropriated for the information technology engineering initiative, shall work in consultation with the research universities of the State for the implementation of the information technology engineering initiative in fiscal year 2000-2001. The department shall submit a report to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee on the expenditure of these funds.

(43) Department of Health and Human Services

Darlington Free Medical Clinic Repairs 50,000

(44) Commission on Higher Education - EPSCOR 2,500,000

(45) Commission on Higher Education - GEAR-UP 1,000,000

(46) Commission on Higher Education

Academic Endowment Incentive 815,000

(47) Clemson University

Call Me MISTER Initiative 517,174

(48) SC State - PSA - Regulatory & Public Service 500,000

(49) Winthrop University - Deferred Maintenance

Window Replacement 1,535,364

(50) Department of Health & Human Services

Richland County Senior Center Repairs 100,000

(51) Adjutant General - Armory Maintenance 550,000

(51.1) (Summerville Armory Infrastructure) Of the funds appropriated for Armory Maintenance, $150,000 must be used for the Summerville National Guard Armory Infrastructure.

(52) Commission for the Blind - Rehab Services -

Assistive Technology 20,000

(53) Department of Natural Resources

Wildlife Diversity 300,000

(54) Department of Natural Resources - NPS Cost Share,

Water Monitoring & Aquatic Weeds 1,240,000

(55) Department of Natural Resources - Soil & Water

Conservation National Convention 25,000

(55.1) (Soil and Water Conservation Society) The Department of Natural Resources shall provide the amount appropriated on a one-time basis to the South Carolina Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society to pay a portion of the cost associated with the society's national convention.

(56) Judicial Department

Drug Treatment Court Pilot Program 1,000,000

(57) The 1 million appropriated for the Drug Court treatment pilot program shall be expended in the following manner: At least 85% for drug court grants and no more than 15% for judicial administration.

(58) Judicial Department - Computer Automation 440,000

(59) Attorney General - Palmetto Exile

Prosecution Unit 77,500

(60) Department of Probation, Parole, & Pardon Services

Information Technology 960,000

(61) Department of Probation, Parole, & Pardon Services

Sex Offender Project 500,000

(62) Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services

Technical Upgrade 325,318

(63) Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services

Operating Costs 1,000,000

(64) The Senate - NCSL & Council of State

Governments Dues 5,955

(65) Department of Commerce

Economic Development Set-Aside 2,500,000

(66) SC State University

Business School Accreditation 500,000

(67) Forestry Commission

Forest Resource Inventory 500,000

(68) Clemson-PSA - Agri-Systems

Productivity & Profitability (2x4) 2,000,000

(69) Department of Juvenile Justice

Operating Funds for Northeast Center 3,292,914

(70) Clemson-PSA

Fire Ant Research & Education 200,000

(71) Clemson-PSA - Tropical Soda Apple 80,000

(72) Department of Commerce - Staff Development 165,000

(73) Department of Commerce

S.C. World Trade Center 125,000

(73.1) (S.C. World Trade Center) The funds appropriated for the S.C. World Trade Center must be used to promote business in exporting and importing and to provide education in those areas. A report must be submitted annually to the Senate Finance Committee and to the House Ways and Means Committee detailing the programs and the purposes for which these funds were expended.

(74) Secretary of State - Information Technology 250,000

(75) Budget and Control Board - Div. of Regional Development

Salkehatchie Leadership Center 125,000

(76) Budget and Control Board - Div. of Regional Development

Sustainable Universities Initiative 300,000

(76.1) (Sustainable Universities Initiative) The funds appropriated for the sustainable universities initiative must be used to provide mini grants for colleges and universities, excluding Clemson University, the University of South Carolina, and the Medical University of South Carolina.

(77) Budget and Control Board - Div. of Regional Development

Jackson Mills Sewer Project 400,000

(78) Budget and Control Board - Div. of

Regional Development

Waccamaw River Flood Plain Study 400,000

(78.1) (Waccamaw River Flood Plain Study) The State Budget and Control Board shall use the funds appropriated for the Waccamaw River Flood Plain Study, which may be applied as part of the state match that may be required by the Army Corps of Engineers, to correct any problems regarding the flood plain of the Waccamaw River.

(79) Department of Corrections - Medical Expenses 1,750,000

(80) SC State University - Deferred Maintenance 1,000,000

(81) USC-Columbia

Small Business Development Center 191,398

(82) Department of Health & Human Services

Commun-I-Care Pharmaceuticals 500,000

(83) Department of Archives & History

Microfilming Historical County Records 50,000

(84) Department of Archives

Mary McLeod Bethune homeplace

replica to be constructed in

Mayesville on site of her

birthplace 25,000

(85) Department of Corrections

Institutional Maintenance 1,000,000

(86) Department of Juvenile Justice

Information Technology 490,000

(87) Arts Commission

Community Cultural Facilities Development 200,000

(88) Department of Health & Environmental Control

Beach Restoration 1,000,000

(89) Governor's Office - OEPP

Professional Development 100,000

(89.1) (Performance Excellence Program) In order to ensure the goal of the Governor, that Governor's Office and cabinet department employees are properly trained to achieve their mission, and courteously and effectively to serve the taxpayers, the funds appropriated for professional development are for a performance excellence program. The funds must be used to provide a professional development program to achieve performance excellence based on criteria used for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The program shall have a common curriculum to include the philosophy, teamwork training, and problem-solving techniques that provide the foundation for success in meeting the Malcolm Baldrige criteria.

(90) Arts Commission

Grant Making 500,000

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TOTAL $130,043,037

SECTION 3. The appropriations in Section 2 of this joint resolution are contingent based on the availability of unobligated fiscal year 1999-2000 general fund revenues and are therefore listed in priority order beginning with item (1). Each separate item must be fully funded before the next item in order of priority until all items are paid or funds are unavailable, whichever occurs first. Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this joint resolution may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years and expended for the same purposes. Appropriations in this joint resolution must be posted in fiscal year 2000-2001.

SECTION 4. This joint resolution takes effect July 1, 2000, but no appropriation in Section 2 may be paid before the later of September 1, 2000, or the date the Comptroller General closes the state's books on fiscal year 1999-2000.

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