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H0293........................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - Providing legislative intent regarding reduced state
revenues; reducing the appropriations to the various state agencies,
institutions and entities for fiscal year 2003; directing a reduction in the
transfer of funds to the Legislative Fund; and providing legislative intent
regarding public schools and the Department of Health and Welfare.
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AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Black, Block, Bolz,
Bradford, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18),
Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, McGeachin,
McKague, Moyle, Nielsen, Raybould, Ring, Roberts, Rydalch, Sali,
Schaefer, Skippen, Stevenson, Tilman, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Andersen, Bieter, Boe, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Cuddy, Douglas,
Eberle, Edmunson, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Langhorst, Martinez, Meyer,
Miller, Mitchell, Naccarato, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sayler, Shepherd,
Shirley, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Trail
Absent and excused -- Kellogg
Floor Sponsors - Bell & Bedke
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AYES -- Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Geddes, Keough, Little,
Lodge, McKenzie, Noble, Pearce, Richardson, Sweet, Williams
NAYS -- Andreason, Bailey, Burkett, Calabretta, Compton, Darrington,
Davis, Gannon, Goedde, Hill, Ingram, Kennedy, Malepeai, Marley,
McWilliams, Noh, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor - Cameron
Filed w/Office of the Chief Clerk
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session - 2003
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 293
BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS; PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE INTENT; TO PROVIDE A REDUC-
3 TION IN THE APPROPRIATIONS TO THE VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES, INSTITUTIONS AND
4 ENTITIES, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003; PROVIDING THAT THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
5 OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL DIRECT
6 THE STATE CONTROLLER TO REDUCE THE FUNDS TRANSFER TO THE LEGISLATIVE FUND;
7 EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS; EXPRESSING LEGIS-
8 LATIVE INTENT REGARDING REDIRECTING SAVINGS IN HEALTH AND WELFARE;
9 EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING FUTURE REDUCTIONS; AND DECLARING
10 AN EMERGENCY.
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
12 SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. The January 2003 revised General Fund rev-
13 enue estimates indicate that sufficient revenues will not be available to meet
14 the fiscal year 2003 appropriations authorized by the Legislature. Section 11,
15 Article VII, of the Constitution of the State of Idaho provides that: "No
16 appropriation shall be made, nor any expenditure authorized, by the legisla-
17 ture, whereby the expenditure of the state during any fiscal year shall exceed
18 the total tax then provided for by law, and applicable to such appropriation
19 or expenditure...". Therefore, the Legislature finds it necessary to reduce
20 agency appropriations to balance General Fund expenditures with anticipated
21 revenues for the current fiscal year.
22 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
23 the appropriation of moneys made in the following sections of the following
24 chapters, Laws of 2002, is hereby reduced by the following amounts from the
25 General Fund for the period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003. Agencies and
26 institutions shall administer these reductions by program and by expense class
27 so as to minimize the impacts on essential services:
28 (1) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 260
29 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
30 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE: $ 466,300
31 (2) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 318
32 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
33 BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY, IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY, LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE, THE
34 UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, AND THE OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION:
35 $ 4,356,800
36 (3) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 273
37 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
38 COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUPPORT: $ 376,400
2
1 (4) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 339
2 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
3 IDAHO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND: $ 141,000
4 (5) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 271
5 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
6 OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: $ 299,100
7 (6) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 370
8 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
9 HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS: $ 58,800
10 (7) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 177
11 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
12 IDAHO STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $ 104,800
13 (8) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 206
14 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
15 STATE LIBRARY BOARD: $ 113,200
16 (9) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 208
17 STATE BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION
18 DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION: $ 865,800
19 (10) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 209
20 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
21 IDAHO EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM: $ 106,100
22 (11) SECTION 1 AND SECTION 2, CHAPTER 238
23 PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $18,400,000
24 (12) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 274
25 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
26 SPECIAL PROGRAMS: $ 193,700
27 (13) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 338
28 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION/STATE DEPARTMENT OF
29 EDUCATION: $ 301,200
30 (14) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 195
31 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
32 DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION: $ 210,100
33 (15) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 170
34 CATASTROPHIC HEALTH CARE COST FUND: $ 481,200
35 (16) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 319; SECTION 1, CHAPTER 320; SECTION 1, CHAPTER 321;
36 SECTION 1, CHAPTER 322; AND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 323
37 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE: $13,931,000
38 (17) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 194
39 PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST FUND: $ 537,900
40 (18) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 175
41 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION: $ 6,173,000
3
1 (19) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 249
2 SUPREME COURT: $ 1,412,900
3 (20) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 324
4 DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS: $ 1,803,700
5 (21) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 198
6 IDAHO STATE POLICE: $ 998,400
7 (22) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 164
8 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: $ 861,800
9 (23) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 165
10 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS: $ 262,100
11 (24) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 314
12 DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION: $ 474,300
13 (25) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 168
14 DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES: $ 553,300
15 (26) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 270
16 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: $ 322,900
17 (27) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 167
18 SOIL CONSERVATION COMMISSION: $ 221,100
19 (28) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 243
20 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE: $ 367,900
21 (29) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 66
22 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: $ 30,000
23 (30) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 203
24 SELF-GOVERNING AGENCIES
25 (a) BOARD OF EXAMINERS: $ 1,600
26 (b) COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS: 6,000
27 TOTAL $ 7,600
28 (31) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 169
29 OFFICE OF STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER: $ 69,400
30 (32) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 239
31 DIVISION OF VETERANS SERVICES: $ 113,600
32 (33) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 199
33 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION: $ 171,000
34 (34) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 229
35 ATTORNEY GENERAL: $ 776,100
36 (35) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 336
37 STATE CONTROLLER: $ 304,700
4
1 (36) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 315
2 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
3 COMMISSION ON AGING: $ 254,700
4 (37) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 193
5 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
6 COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $ 73,400
7 (38) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 248
8 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
9 DIVISION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: $ 115,300
10 (39) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 65
11 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
12 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ADMINISTRATION: $ 82,500
13 (40) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 272
14 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
15 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: $ 11,800
16 (41) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 246
17 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
18 MILITARY DIVISION: $ 267,000
19 (42) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 325
20 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
21 OFFICE OF SPECIES CONSERVATION: $ 31,000
22 (43) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 251
23 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
24 IDAHO WOMEN'S COMMISSION: $ 2,200
25 (44) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 316
26 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL: $ 245,100
27 (45) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 67
28 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: $ 6,600
29 (46) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 210
30 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND TAXATION
31 BOARD OF TAX APPEALS: $ 12,600
32 (47) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 211
33 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND TAXATION
34 STATE TAX COMMISSION: $ 1,324,600
35 (48) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 241
36 SECRETARY OF STATE
37 COMMISSION ON THE ARTS: $ 48,700
38 (49) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 247
39 SECRETARY OF STATE: $ 127,800
40 (50) SECTION 1, CHAPTER 196
41 STATE TREASURER: $ 68,500
5
1 GRAND TOTAL $58,539,000
2 SECTION 3. On or before June 1, 2003, the President Pro Tempore of the
3 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall direct the State
4 Controller to reduce by $295,800 the amount transferred from the General Fund
5 to the Legislative Fund pursuant to Section 67-451(2), Idaho Code, for the
6 period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003.
7 SECTION 4. It is legislative intent that school districts absorb the 2%
8 reduction in General Fund appropriations to the Educational Support Program by
9 implementing economies and efficiencies in noninstructional services. All
10 school districts are hereby exempt from the provisions of Section 33-1004 3.,
11 Idaho Code, that pertain to the requirement that school districts either uti-
12 lize or revert state funding for administrative staff, for the period July 1,
13 2002, through June 30, 2003. For school districts that are unable to absorb
14 the reduction through such economies and efficiencies, it is legislative
15 intent that school districts utilize general maintenance and operations fund
16 balances.
17 The minority of school districts that are unable to otherwise absorb the
18 reduction through such economies, efficiencies, and fund balances may request
19 that the State Board of Examiners authorize the transfer of funds, up to the
20 limit of each school district's share of the reduction, from the Budget Stabi-
21 lization Fund, which is hereby continuously appropriated for such purposes, up
22 to a limit of $2,370,000. Any school district requesting such funds shall
23 cause the state General Fund appropriation for the Educational Support Program
24 for the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004, and their share of such
25 appropriations, to be decreased by a like amount.
26 SECTION 5. The Legislature has concerns relative to the degree of reduc-
27 tions to specific program budgets in the recent 3.5% holdback, and as a
28 result, the House of Representatives Medicaid Task Force met with providers of
29 services and the Department of Health and Welfare personnel and identified
30 short-term savings of $1,700,000.
31 It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Health and Wel-
32 fare redistribute those savings to the fiscal year 2003 budget in the amounts
33 of $566,666 to each of the following: Targeting Case Management Program, Resi-
34 dential Habilitation Program and the Sheltered Workshop Program. Restoration
35 in the 2003 budget would be prorated for the remainder of the fiscal year.
36 SECTION 6. Any expenditure reductions included in subsection (16), Sec-
37 tion 2 of this act, or in any future reductions ordered by the Board of Exam-
38 iners, the Department of Health and Welfare will first look at administration.
39 It is the intent of the Legislature that the program reductions be propor-
40 tional between the programs affected, unless prior advice and consent of the
41 Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee is given.
42 SECTION 7. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
43 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
44 passage and approval.
| Statement of Purpose |
| RS13040C2 |
This bill reduces the Fiscal Year 2003 General Fund Appropriations for state agencies and institutions by $58,834,800. It reflects a reduction of 2.0% for Public Schools and Higher Education, a 3.9% reduction for the Department of Health & Welfare and a 5.5% reduction for all other agencies, including the Legislature, the Judiciary and all elected officials. Essentially, this is a 2% across the board expansion of the current 3.5% holdback which has been in effect since August.
This bill also includes legislative language to provide guidance and tools to assist school districts in complying with a 2% reduction. It first encourages districts to seek savings in non-instructional services. To this end, it exempts school districts from the requirement that they either spend or revert state funds provided for administration, allowing districts to retain any savings. It then encourages districts to absorb any reductions not covered by non-instructional savings by utilizing general maintenance and operations fund balances. School districts with inadequate fund balances (an estimated 8 out of 114) can then opt to receive an advance on their FY 2004 appropriation, subject to the approval of the Board of Examiners.
Also included are two legislative intent sections regarding the holdback on the Department of Health and Welfare.
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| Fiscal Note |
| General Fund Negative Supplemental |
|
|
FY 2003 |
Reduction |
Percent |
|
Functional Area |
Original Approp |
Amount |
Change |
|
Education |
$1,263,957,400 |
($25,993,300) |
(2.1%) |
|
Health and Human Services |
378,174,700 |
(14,950,100) |
(4.0%) |
|
Public Safety |
188,871,000 |
(10,388,000) |
(5.5%) |
|
Natural Resources |
39,118,500 |
(2,151,500)) |
(5.5%) |
|
Economic Development |
20,589,900 |
(1,132,500) |
(5.5%) |
|
General Government |
77,183,900 |
(4,219,400) |
(5.5%) |
|
Statewide Total |
$1,967,895,400 |
($58,834,800) |
(3.0%) |
Contact: Sen. Dean Cameron
Rep. Maxine Bell
| Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note |
Bill No. H293 |
| General Fund Negative Supplemental |
| RS13040C2 |
|
|
FY 2003 |
Reduction |
Percent |
|
Department/Agency |
Original Approp |
Amount |
Change |
|
   Agricultural Research and Extension |
23,316,400 |
(466,300) |
(2.0%) |
|
   College and Universities |
217,842,200 |
(4,356,800) |
(2.0%) |
|
   Community Colleges |
18,821,600 |
(376,400) |
(2.0%) |
|
   Deaf and Blind, Idaho School for the |
7,051,500 |
(141,000) |
(2.0%) |
|
   Education, Office of the State Board of |
5,438,000 |
(299,100) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Health Education Programs |
2,940,000 |
(58,800) |
(2.0%) |
|
   Historical Society |
1,907,100 |
(104,800) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Library, State |
2,439,300 |
(113,200) |
(4.6%) |
|
   Professional-Technical Education |
43,292,200 |
(865,800) |
(2.0%) |
|
   Public Broadcasting System, Educational |
1,929,700 |
(106,100) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Public School Support |
920,000,000 |
(18,400,000) |
(2.0%) |
|
   Special Programs |
9,683,300 |
(193,700) |
(2.0%) |
|
   Superintendent of Public Instruction |
5,477,000 |
(301,200) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Vocational Rehabilitation |
3,819,100 |
(210,100) |
(5.5%) |
|
Total Education |
1,263,957,400 |
(25,993,300) |
(2.1%) |
| 2 Health and Human Services |
|
   Catastrophic Health Care |
8,748,600 |
(481,200) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Health and Welfare, Department of |
359,646,300 |
(13,931,000) |
(3.9%) |
|
   Public Health Districts |
9,779,800 |
(537,900) |
(5.5%) |
|
Total Health and Human Services |
378,174,700 |
(14,950,100) |
(4.0%) |
|
   Correction, Department of |
112,236,100 |
(6,173,000) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Judicial Branch |
25,688,800 |
(1,412,900) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Juvenile Corrections, Department of |
32,793,300 |
(1,803,700) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Police, Idaho State |
18,152,800 |
(998,400) |
(5.5%) |
|
Total Public Safety |
188,871,000 |
(10,388,000) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Environmental Quality, Department of |
15,668,300 |
(861,800) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Land, Board of Commissionersf |
4,766,900 |
(262,100) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Parks and Recreation, Department of |
8,622,700 |
(474,300) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Water Resources, Department of |
10,060,600 |
(553,300) |
(5.5%) |
|
Total Natural Resources |
39,1118,500 |
(2,151,500) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Agriculture, Department of |
9,892,000 |
(544,000) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Commerce, Department of |
6,687,900 |
(367,900) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Labor, Department of |
546,200 |
(30,000) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Self-Governing Agencies |
3,463,800 |
(190,600) |
(5.5%) |
|
Total Economic Development |
20,589,900 |
(1,132,500) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Administration, Department of |
3,107,500 |
(171,000) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Attorney General |
14,112,300 |
(776,100) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Controller, State |
5,540,400 |
(304,700) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Governor, Executive Office of the |
15,611,400 |
(837,900) |
(5.4%) |
|
   Legislative Branch |
9,833,100 |
(540,900) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Lieutenant Governor |
121,300 |
(6,600) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Revenue & Taxation, Department of |
24,403,400 |
(1,337,200) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Secretary of State |
3,209,700 |
(176,500) |
(5.5%) |
|
   Treasurer, State |
1,244,800 |
(68,500) |
(5.5%) |
|
Total General Government |
77,183,900 |
(4,219,400) |
(5.5%) |
| Statewide Total |
1,967,895,400 |
(58,834,800) |
(3.0%) |
| Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note |
Bill No. H293 |