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INTRODUCED
March 7, 2000
H. 4778
S. Printed 3/7/00--H.
Read the first time March 7, 2000.
TO APPROPRIATE FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 SURPLUS GENERAL FUND REVENUES.
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 Transportation
Hurricane Evacuation Communications 2,000,000
(9.1) (DOT: Hurricane Evacuation Communications) Of the two million ($2,000,000) dollars appropriated to the Department of Transportation for hurricane evacuation improvements, $12,000 must be utilized in conjunction with the Department of Public Safety, the Emergency Preparedness Division, and ETV for the production of public service announcements for television and radio broadcast during evacuations and $110,000 must be transferred to the Department of Public Safety and utilized to establish a computer link between the Highway Patrol Traffic Czar and the coastal EOC offices and a public information web site. The remainder must be utilized by the Department of Transportation to purchase portable variable message boards and portable highway advisory radio transmitters to be used along disaster evacuation routes.
(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) Judicial Department - Computer Automation 440,000
(58) Attorney General - Palmetto Exile
Prosecution Unit 77,500
(59) Department of Probation, Parole, & Pardon Services
Information Technology 960,000
(60) Department of Probation, Parole, & Pardon Services
Sex Offender Project 500,000
(61) Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services
Technical Upgrade 325,318
(62) Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services
Operating Costs 1,000,000
(63) The Senate - NCSL & Council of State
Governments Dues 5,955
(64) Department of Commerce
Economic Development Set-Aside 2,500,000
(65) SC State University
Business School Accreditation 500,000
(66) Forestry Commission
Forest Resource Inventory 500,000
(67) Clemson-PSA - Agri-Systems
Productivity & Profitability (2x4) 2,000,000
(68) Department of Juvenile Justice
Operating Funds for Northeast Center 3,292,914
(69) Clemson-PSA
Fire Ant Research & Education 200,000
(70) Clemson-PSA - Tropical Soda Apple 80,000
(71) Department of Commerce - Staff Development 165,000
(72) Department of Commerce
S.C. World Trade Center 125,000
(72.1) (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.
(73) Secretary of State - Information Technology 250,000
(74) Budget and Control Board - Div. of Regional Development
Salkehatchie Leadership Center 125,000
(75) Budget and Control Board - Div. of Regional Development
Sustainable Universities Initiative 300,000
(75.1) (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.
(76) Budget and Control Board - Div. of Regional Development
Jackson Mills Sewer Project 400,000
(77) Budget and Control Board - Div. of
RegionalDevelopment
Waccamaw River Flood Plain Study 400,000
(77.1) (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.
(78) Department of Corrections - Medical Expenses 1,750,000
(79) SC State University - Deferred Maintenance 1,000,000
(80) USC-Columbia
Small Business Development Center 191,398
(81) Department of Health & Human Services
Commun-I-Care Pharmaceuticals 500,000
(82) Department of Archives & History
Microfilming Historical County Records 50,000
(83) Department of Archives & History - House
of Representatives Biographical Directory 25,000
(84) Department of Corrections
Institutional Maintenance 1,000,000
(85) Department of Juvenile Justice
Information Technology 490,000
(86) Arts Commission
Community Cultural Facilities Development 200,000
(87) Department of Health & Environmental Control
Beach Restoration 1,000,000
(88) Governor's Office - OEPP
Professional Development 100,000
(88.1) (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.
(89) 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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