South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

H. 3701
General Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2015-2016
As Introduced by the House Ways and Means Committee

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     SEC.  47-0001                                              SECTION  47                                                 PAGE 0152
                                                         DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
                                          ---- 2014-2015 ----  ------------------- 2015-2016 ------------------
                                              APPROPRIATED        WAYS & MEANS BILL           HOUSE BILL
                                            TOTAL      STATE      TOTAL       STATE        TOTAL       STATE
                                            FUNDS      FUNDS      FUNDS       FUNDS        FUNDS       FUNDS
                                             (1)        (2)        (3)         (4)          (5)         (6)

   1 I. ADMINISTRATION
   2  PERSONAL SERVICE
   3   EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR                 129,877     129,877     129,877     129,877
   4                                       (1.00)      (1.00)      (1.00)      (1.00)
   5   CLASSIFIED POSITIONS             2,375,277   1,345,113   2,429,194   1,399,030
   6                                      (42.17)     (23.50)     (42.17)     (23.50)
   7   UNCLASSIFIED POSITIONS             184,076      89,579     184,076      89,579
   8                                       (1.00)      (1.00)      (1.00)      (1.00)
   9   OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES             32,956                  32,956
                                     ________________________________________________________________________________________________
  10  TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE            2,722,186   1,564,569   2,776,103   1,618,486
  11                                      (44.17)     (25.50)     (44.17)     (25.50)
  12  OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES            327,742      60,956     327,742      60,956
  13  AID TO SUBDIVISIONS:
  14   ALLOC OTHER ENTITIES                50,000                  50,000
                                     ________________________________________________________________________________________________
  15  TOTAL DIST SUBDIVISIONS              50,000                  50,000
  16                                 ================================================================================================
  17 TOTAL ADMINISTRATION               3,099,928   1,625,525   3,153,845   1,679,442
  18                                      (44.17)     (25.50)     (44.17)     (25.50)
  19                                 ================================================================================================
  20 II. PROGRAMS & SERVICES
  21  A. CONSERVATION EDUCATION
  22   1.OUTREACH PROGRAMS
  23    PERSONAL SERVICE
  24     CLASSIFIED POSITIONS             468,326     412,819     500,100     444,593
  25                                      (15.10)      (9.60)     (15.10)      (9.60)
  26     UNCLASSIFIED POSITIONS            92,266                  92,266
  27                                       (1.00)                  (1.00)
                                     ________________________________________________________________________________________________
  28    TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE            560,592     412,819     592,366     444,593
  29                                      (16.10)      (9.60)     (16.10)      (9.60)
  30    OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES          537,000     500,000     537,000     500,000
                                     ________________________________________________________________________________________________
  31   TOTAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS          1,097,592     912,819   1,129,366     944,593
  32                                      (16.10)      (9.60)     (16.10)      (9.60)
  33                                 ================================================================================================
  34   2. MAGAZINE
  35    PERSONAL SERVICE
  36     CLASSIFIED POSITIONS             268,250                 268,250
  37                                       (4.15)                  (4.15)
                                     ________________________________________________________________________________________________
  38    TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE            268,250                 268,250
  39                                       (4.15)                  (4.15)


SEC. 47-0002 SECTION 47 PAGE 0153 DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ---- 2014-2015 ---- ------------------- 2015-2016 ------------------ APPROPRIATED WAYS & MEANS BILL HOUSE BILL TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 608,507 608,507 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 TOTAL MAGAZINE 876,757 876,757 3 (4.15) (4.15) 4 ================================================================================================ 5 3. WEB SVCS & TECHNOL.DEVEL. 6 PERSONAL SERVICE 7 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 1,234,968 526,343 1,247,097 538,472 8 (20.18) (12.83) (20.18) (12.83) ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 1,234,968 526,343 1,247,097 538,472 10 (20.18) (12.83) (20.18) (12.83) 11 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 1,293,610 105,000 1,524,225 335,615 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12 TOTAL WEB SVCS & TECHNOL. 13 DEVEL. 2,528,578 631,343 2,771,322 874,087 14 (20.18) (12.83) (20.18) (12.83) 15 ================================================================================================ 16 TOTAL CONSERVATION EDUCATION 4,502,927 1,544,162 4,777,445 1,818,680 17 (40.43) (22.43) (40.43) (22.43) 18 ================================================================================================ 19 B. TITLING & LICENSING SERVICES 20 1. BOAT TITLING & REGISTRATION 21 PERSONAL SERVICE 22 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 795,275 844,327 23 (23.00) (23.00) 24 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 60,000 60,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 855,275 904,327 26 (23.00) (23.00) 27 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 340,100 341,600 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 28 TOTAL BOAT TITLING & 29 REGISTRATION 1,195,375 1,245,927 30 (23.00) (23.00) 31 ================================================================================================ 32 2. FISHING & HUNTING LICENSES 33 PERSONAL SERVICE 34 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 264,600 264,600 35 (7.60) (7.60) 36 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 44,450 44,450 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 37 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 309,050 309,050 38 (7.60) (7.60) 39 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 756,730 756,730


SEC. 47-0003 SECTION 47 PAGE 0154 DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ---- 2014-2015 ---- ------------------- 2015-2016 ------------------ APPROPRIATED WAYS & MEANS BILL HOUSE BILL TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 TOTAL FISHING & HUNTING 2 LICENSES 1,065,780 1,065,780 3 (7.60) (7.60) 4 ================================================================================================ 5 TOTAL TITLING & LICENSE SVCS 2,261,155 2,311,707 6 (30.60) (30.60) 7 ================================================================================================ 8 C. REGIONAL PROJECTS 9 1. BOATING ACCESS 10 PERSONAL SERVICE 11 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 399,342 451,842 12 (5.50) (5.50) ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 399,342 451,842 14 (5.50) (5.50) 15 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 2,104,776 2,116,276 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16 TOTAL BOATING ACCESS 2,504,118 2,568,118 17 (5.50) (5.50) 18 ================================================================================================ 19 2. COUNTY/WATER REC FUND 20 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 263,000 263,000 21 AID TO SUBDIVISIONS: 22 ALLOC MUNI-RESTRICTED 435,000 435,000 23 ALLOC CNTY-RESTRICTED 75,000 75,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24 TOTAL DIST SUBDIVISIONS 510,000 510,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 TOTAL COUNTY/WATER REC FUND 773,000 773,000 26 ================================================================================================ 27 3. CNTY GAME & FISH FUND 28 PERSONAL SERVICE 29 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 5,000 5,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 30 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 5,000 5,000 31 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 325,000 325,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 32 TOTAL COUNTY GAME & FISH FUND 330,000 330,000 33 ================================================================================================ 34 TOTAL REGIONAL PROJECTS 3,607,118 3,671,118 35 (5.50) (5.50) 36 ================================================================================================ 37 D. WILDLIFE/FW FISHERIES 38 1. WILDLIFE-REGIONAL 39 OPERATIONS


SEC. 47-0004 SECTION 47 PAGE 0155 DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ---- 2014-2015 ---- ------------------- 2015-2016 ------------------ APPROPRIATED WAYS & MEANS BILL HOUSE BILL TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 PERSONAL SERVICE 2 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 3,112,521 3,476,533 3 (93.95) (93.95) 4 UNCLASSIFIED POSITIONS 92,700 92,700 5 (1.00) (1.00) 6 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 579,500 706,740 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 3,784,721 4,275,973 8 (94.95) (94.95) 9 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 6,075,568 7,718,913 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 TOTAL WILDLIFE - REGIONAL 11 OPERATIONS 9,860,289 11,994,886 12 (94.95) (94.95) 13 ================================================================================================ 14 2. WILDLIFE-STATEWIDE 15 OPERATIONS 16 PERSONAL SERVICE 17 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 518,006 518,006 18 (15.00) (15.00) 19 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 12,000 12,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 530,006 530,006 21 (15.00) (15.00) 22 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 1,473,118 1,473,118 23 AID TO SUBDIVISIONS: 24 ALLOC OTHER ENTITIES 20,000 20,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 TOTAL DIST SUBDIVISIONS 20,000 20,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26 TOTAL WILDLIFE - STATEWIDE 27 OPERATIONS 2,023,124 2,023,124 28 (15.00) (15.00) 29 ================================================================================================ 30 3. ENDANGERED SPECIES 31 PERSONAL SERVICE 32 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 427,130 448,370 21,240 33 (5.85) (5.85) (.50) 34 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 199,790 199,790 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 35 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 626,920 648,160 21,240 36 (5.85) (5.85) (.50) 37 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 958,025 1,046,714 88,689 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 38 TOTAL ENDANGERED SPECIES 1,584,945 1,694,874 109,929 39 (5.85) (5.85) (.50) 40 ================================================================================================


SEC. 47-0005 SECTION 47 PAGE 0156 DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ---- 2014-2015 ---- ------------------- 2015-2016 ------------------ APPROPRIATED WAYS & MEANS BILL HOUSE BILL TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 4. FISHERIES-REGIONAL 2 OPERATIONS 3 PERSONAL SERVICE 4 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 1,128,078 1,128,078 5 (34.32) (34.32) 6 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 839,343 839,343 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 1,967,421 1,967,421 8 (34.32) (34.32) 9 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 2,042,783 2,042,783 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 TOTAL FISHERIES - REGIONAL 11 OPERATIONS 4,010,204 4,010,204 12 (34.32) (34.32) 13 ================================================================================================ 14 5. FISHERIES-HATCHERY 15 OPERATIONS 16 PERSONAL SERVICE 17 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 1,608,270 1,608,270 18 (27.00) (27.00) 19 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 415,400 415,400 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 2,023,670 2,023,670 21 (27.00) (27.00) 22 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 2,706,280 300,000 2,706,280 300,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23 TOTAL FISHERIES - HATCHERY 24 OPERATIONS 4,729,950 300,000 4,729,950 300,000 25 (27.00) (27.00) 26 ================================================================================================ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 27 TOTAL WILDLIFE & FRESHWATER 28 FISHERIES 22,208,512 300,000 24,453,038 409,929 29 (177.12) (177.12) (.50) 30 ================================================================================================ 31 E. LAW ENFORCEMENT 32 1. CONSERVATION ENFORCEMENT 33 PERSONAL SERVICE 34 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 11,030,446 8,025,407 11,227,378 8,222,339 35 (281.14) (203.40) (281.14) (203.40) 36 NEW POSITIONS 37 LAW ENFORCMNT OFFICER I 167,640 167,640 38 (5.00) (5.00) 39 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 286,951 286,951


SEC. 47-0006 SECTION 47 PAGE 0157 DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ---- 2014-2015 ---- ------------------- 2015-2016 ------------------ APPROPRIATED WAYS & MEANS BILL HOUSE BILL TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 11,317,397 8,025,407 11,681,969 8,389,979 2 (281.14) (203.40) (286.14) (208.40) 3 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 5,445,394 995,394 5,512,094 1,062,094 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 TOTAL CONSERVATION ENFORCEMENT 16,762,791 9,020,801 17,194,063 9,452,073 5 (281.14) (203.40) (286.14) (208.40) 6 ================================================================================================ 7 2. BOATING SAFETY 8 PERSONAL SERVICE 9 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 224,576 785,493 10 (18.00) (18.00) 11 UNCLASSIFIED POSITIONS 22,000 102,590 12 (1.00) (1.00) 13 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 73,000 156,213 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 319,576 1,044,296 15 (19.00) (19.00) 16 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 1,163,661 2,408,157 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17 TOTAL BOATING SAFETY 1,483,237 3,452,453 18 (19.00) (19.00) 19 ================================================================================================ 20 3. HUNTER SAFETY 21 PERSONAL SERVICE 22 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 398,771 741,662 23 (9.00) (9.00) 24 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 68,088 226,062 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 466,859 967,724 26 (9.00) (9.00) 27 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 1,643,873 2,454,619 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 28 TOTAL HUNTER SAFETY 2,110,732 3,422,343 29 (9.00) (9.00) 30 ================================================================================================ 31 TOTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 20,356,760 9,020,801 24,068,859 9,452,073 32 (309.14) (203.40) (314.14) (208.40) 33 ================================================================================================ 34 F. MARINE RESOURCES 35 1. CONSERVATION & MGMT 36 PERSONAL SERVICE 37 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 2,733,516 620,000 2,784,561 637,334 38 (67.44) (11.52) (67.44) (11.52) 39 UNCLASSIFIED POSITIONS 139,055 60,998 127,231 62,676 40 (1.55) (.60) (1.55) (.60)


SEC. 47-0007 SECTION 47 PAGE 0158 DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ---- 2014-2015 ---- ------------------- 2015-2016 ------------------ APPROPRIATED WAYS & MEANS BILL HOUSE BILL TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 911,020 890,811 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 3,783,591 680,998 3,802,603 700,010 3 (68.99) (12.12) (68.99) (12.12) 4 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 4,078,883 4,078,883 5 SPECIAL ITEMS: 6 ATLANTIC MARINE FISHERIES 7 COMMISSION 34,980 34,980 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 TOTAL SPECIAL ITEMS 34,980 34,980 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 TOTAL MARINE CONSERVATION & 10 MGMT 7,897,454 680,998 7,916,466 700,010 11 (68.99) (12.12) (68.99) (12.12) 12 ================================================================================================ 13 2. MARINE RESEARCH & 14 MONITORING 15 PERSONAL SERVICE 16 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 866,099 185,175 1,097,791 416,867 17 (28.04) (4.00) (28.04) (4.00) 18 UNCLASSIFIED POSITIONS 337,634 319,563 337,634 319,563 19 (6.45) (3.90) (6.45) (3.90) 20 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 1,248,940 1,248,940 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 2,452,673 504,738 2,684,365 736,430 22 (34.49) (7.90) (34.49) (7.90) 23 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 2,261,809 2,398,853 137,044 24 SPECIAL ITEMS: 25 WADDELL MARICULTURE CENTER 353,202 353,202 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26 TOTAL SPECIAL ITEMS 353,202 353,202 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 27 TOTAL MARINE RESEARCH & 28 MONITORING 5,067,684 857,940 5,083,218 873,474 29 (34.49) (7.90) (34.49) (7.90) 30 ================================================================================================ 31 TOTAL MARINE RESOURCES 12,965,138 1,538,938 12,999,684 1,573,484 32 (103.48) (20.02) (103.48) (20.02) 33 ================================================================================================ 34 G. LAND, WATER & CONSERVATION 35 1. EARTH SCIENCE 36 PERSONAL SERVICE 37 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 1,244,530 935,640 1,263,469 954,579 38 (27.66) (16.32) (27.66) (16.32) 39 UNCLASSIFIED POSITIONS 99,910 99,910 102,630 102,630 40 (1.00) (1.00) (1.00) (1.00)


SEC. 47-0008 SECTION 47 PAGE 0159 DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ---- 2014-2015 ---- ------------------- 2015-2016 ------------------ APPROPRIATED WAYS & MEANS BILL HOUSE BILL TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 142,300 142,300 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 1,486,740 1,035,550 1,508,399 1,057,209 3 (28.66) (17.32) (28.66) (17.32) 4 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 1,121,209 415,357 1,121,209 415,357 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 TOTAL EARTH SCIENCE 2,607,949 1,450,907 2,629,608 1,472,566 6 (28.66) (17.32) (28.66) (17.32) 7 ================================================================================================ 8 2. CONSERVATION 9 PERSONAL SERVICE 10 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 294,965 198,728 299,265 203,028 11 (12.39) (5.89) (12.39) (5.89) 12 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 89,000 89,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 383,965 198,728 388,265 203,028 14 (12.39) (5.89) (12.39) (5.89) 15 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 2,039,252 80,200 2,039,252 80,200 16 AID TO SUBDIVISIONS: 17 AID TO CONSERVATION 18 DISTRICTS 1,208,698 690,000 1,208,698 690,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19 TOTAL DIST SUBDIVISIONS 1,208,698 690,000 1,208,698 690,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20 TOTAL CONSERVATION 3,631,915 968,928 3,636,215 973,228 21 (12.39) (5.89) (12.39) (5.89) 22 ================================================================================================ 23 3. HERITAGE TRUST 24 PERSONAL SERVICE 25 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS 413,373 413,373 26 (7.71) (7.71) 27 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES 57,850 57,850 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 28 TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICE 471,223 471,223 29 (7.71) (7.71) 30 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 949,343 949,343 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 31 TOTAL HERITAGE TRUST 1,420,566 1,420,566 32 (7.71) (7.71) 33 ================================================================================================ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 34 TOTAL LAND, WATER & 35 CONSERVATION 7,660,430 2,419,835 7,686,389 2,445,794 36 (48.76) (23.21) (48.76) (23.21) 37 ================================================================================================ 38 TOTAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES 73,562,040 14,823,736 79,968,240 15,699,960 39 (715.03) (269.06) (720.03) (274.56) 40 ================================================================================================


SEC. 47-0009 SECTION 47 PAGE 0160 DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ---- 2014-2015 ---- ------------------- 2015-2016 ------------------ APPROPRIATED WAYS & MEANS BILL HOUSE BILL TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE TOTAL STATE FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 III. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 2 C. STATE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS 3 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS 12,162,516 4,773,649 12,837,645 5,018,903 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 TOTAL FRINGE BENEFITS 12,162,516 4,773,649 12,837,645 5,018,903 5 ================================================================================================ 6 TOTAL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 12,162,516 4,773,649 12,837,645 5,018,903 7 ================================================================================================ 8 IV. NON-RECURRING APPROPRIATIONS 9 RV PALMETTO ENGINE REPLACEMENT 400,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 TOTAL NON-RECURRING APPRO. 400,000 11 ================================================================================================ 12 TOTAL NON-RECURRING 400,000 13 ================================================================================================ 14 DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 15 TOTAL RECURRING BASE 88,824,484 21,222,910 95,959,730 22,398,305 16 17 TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE 89,224,484 21,222,910 95,959,730 22,398,305 18 TOTAL AUTHORIZED FTE POSITIONS (759.20) (294.56) (764.20) (300.06) 19 ================================================================================================

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