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SB 1500 — Appropriations

by Appropriations Committee

This summary is provided for information only and does not represent the opinion of any Senator, Senate Officer, or Senate Office.

Prepared by: Appropriations Committee (AP)

The General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 provides for a total budget of $74.5 billion, including:

            General revenue (GR):  $26.8 billion

            Trust funds (TF):  $47.7 billion

            Full time equivalent positions (FTE):  114,481.5

Total reserves - $2.8 billion:

            $1.4 billion Working Capital Trust Fund

            $214.5 million Budget Stabilization Transfer (Fiscal Year 2013-2014 transfer)

            $708.3 million Budget Stabilization Fund (Est. 6/30/13 balance based on anticipated transfers)

            $499.3 million Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund (Est. 6/30/13 balance)

Total reserves as a percentage of general revenue:  9.7 percent.

Major Issues Funded

State Employee Compensation and Benefits

Total: $213.2 million ($136.8 million GR; $76.4 million TF)

            State Employee Pay Increase and Merit Based Bonus - $132.2 million GR; 67.4 million TF

            State Law Enforcement Tiered Pay Increase - $2.1 million GR; 8.2 million TF

            Court System Pay Increase - $2.5 million GR; 771K TF

            Effective October 1, 2013, a $1,400 pay increase for all state and SUS employees earning $40,000 or less; and a $1,000 pay increase for all employees earning more than $40,000 (the first increase since 2006)

            For law enforcement officers, effective July 1, 2013: a 3 percent pay increase for officers with less than 5 years state service; and a 5 percent pay increase for officers with more than 5 years state service

State Employee Health Insurance

Total: $78.1 million ($51.5 million GR; $26.6 million TF)

            Employer Premium Increase - $37.8 million GR; 16.1 million TF

            Provide Health Insurance for Certain OPS Employees - $13.7 million GR; $10.5 million TF

Florida Retirement System

Total: $202.2 million ($115.3 million GR; $86.9 million TF)

            Increase to fund FRS Normal Costs - $255K GR; 255K TF

            Increase to fund Unfunded Actuarial Liability - $101.8 million GR; $80.2 million TF

            Increase to fund the increased Health Insurance Subsidy contribution - $13.2 million GR; $6.5 million TF

State Match for Federally Declared Disasters

Total: $15.5 million GR

Public Education Capital Outlay

Total appropriations: $1.8 billion ($9.0 million GR, $344.8 million in PECO TF, $98 million in other TF, $1.4 billion TF in required debt service)

To support the above appropriations, $344.8 GR is transferred to provide cash to the PECO TF.

            Charter School Capital Outlay - $90.6 million TF

            Florida College System projects - $73.8 million TF

            Florida College System critical repairs and maintenance - $41.7 million TF

            University System projects - $70.0 million TF

            University System critical repairs and maintenance - $44.4 million TF

            University funding for capital improvement fee projects - $70 million TF

            School for the Deaf and Blind critical repairs and maintenance - $1.2 million TF

Education Appropriations

Total appropriations:  $18.5 billion ($14.2 billion GR; $4.3 billion TF) - excludes appropriated university tuition/fees.

Total funding - including local revenues:  $28 billion ($18.4 billion state funds; $9.6 billion local).   Local revenues include required and discretionary local effort for public schools and tuition/fees for district workforce, colleges, and universities.

Major Issues Funded

Early Learning Services

Total: $1 billion ($557.1 million GR; $448.2 million TF)

            Voluntary Prekindergarten Program - $404.9 million GR 

            School Readiness Program - $552.5 million ($137.0 million GR; $415.5 million TF)

            Partnership for School Readiness - $31.4 million ($7.9 million GR; $23.5 TF)

Public Schools/K12 FEFP

Total Funding: $18.3 billion ($10.5 billion state funds; $7.8 billion local)

            FEFP Increase is $1.1 billion or 6.12%

            FEFP Increase in Funds per FTE is $404 or 6.34%

            Enrollment Workload Increase - $70 million

            Instructional Personnel Salary Increase - $480 million

            Additional Funds for Florida Retirement System Adjustments - $296.9 million GR

            Sparsity Supplement Increase - $10 million

            High School Industry Certifications - $30 million

            Student Digital Initiatives - additional $18 million

            Teachers Lead Program - additional $13.4 million - $250 per teacher for supplies

Public Schools/K12 Non-FEFP

            Mentoring Programs - $15.8 million GR

            Student Digital Initiatives - $7.8 million GR

            School District Matching Grants - $4 million GR

            Safe Schools Programs - $1 million GR for statewide school security assessment

            School Wireless Connectivity/Bandwidth Access - $17 million GR

District Workforce

Total: $542.9 million ($319.2 million GR; $171 million TF; $52.7 million tuition/fees)

            Workforce Development - $349 million ($291.6 million GR, $57.4 million TF)

            Performance Funding for Industry Certifications - $5 million GR

            Funds for Creation and Expansion of Targeted Career and Technical Programs - $20 million GR

Florida College System

Total: $2.0 billion ($913.2 million GR; $204.9 million TF; $898.9 million tuition/fees)

            Equalization Funding - $33.3 million GR

            Florida Retirement System Adjustments - $27.7 million GR

            Performance Funding for Industry Certifications - $5 million GR

State University System

Total: $4.0 billion ($2 billion GR; $239.8 million TF; $1.8 billion tuition/fees)

            Return Universities to Prior Year Funding Levels - $300 million

            Florida Retirement System Adjustments - $71.9 million GR

            Performance Funding for High Demand Programs - $65 million GR

            University Research Preeminence - $30 million GR

Private Colleges

Total: $116.4 million GR

            Florida Resident Access Grant - Student Award Increase - additional $13.8 million

            ABLE Grant - Student Award increase - additional $1 million

Student Financial Aid

Total: $467.1 million ($102.9 million GR, $364.2 million TF)

            Bright Futures - Student Award Level Increase (3%) - additional $9 million TF

            Need-based Financial Aid - additional $3.3 million

            Supplemental Veteran Educational Benefits - $2 million

            McKnight Doctorial Fellowships - additional $1 million

Other Education Issues

            Tuition increase for Colleges, Universities, and Workforce - 3%

Health and Human Services Appropriations

Total appropriations:  $31,144.2 million ($7,836.8 million GR; $23,307.4 million TF); 33,483.25 FTE

Major Issues Funded

Agency for Health Care Administration

Total: $24,053.5 million ($5,380 million GR; $18,673.5 million TF); 1,652 FTE

            Nursing Home Care - 2% Increase - $235. Million ($54.3 million GR, $180.7 TF)

            Medicaid Price Level and Workload

o      $32.8 million GR; $933.4 million TF

            Increased Rates for Primary Care Practitioners -

o      $677.7 million TF

            DRG’s Transitional Funding - Hospital Reimbursement Adjustment

o      $36.6 million GR; $51.7 million TF

            Graduate Medical Education (GME) Statewide Medicaid Residency Program  (270 residents at $100,000/resident)

o      $33.1 million GR; $46.9 million TF

            Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program

o      $77.9 million TF

            Transfer CHIP Enrollees to Medicaid (70,647 enrollees)

o      $18.2 million GR; $44.5 million TF

            Health Insurance Tax on Managed Care Rates

o      $16.4 million GR; $23.3 million TF

            Serve Additional Clients in the Home and Community Based Waiver for the Aged and Disabled (1,682 slots at $11,712/slot)

o      $8.1 million GR; $11.6 million TF

            Federal Health Care Reform Eligible and Not Enrolled (17,643 enrollees)

o      $7.2 million; $13.2 million TF

            Maintain Hospital and Prepaid Reimbursement Rates

o      $5.3 million GR; $7.5 million TF

            Serve Additional Clients in Nursing Home Diversion Program (322 slots at $1,422/slot)

o      $2.3 million GR; $3.2 million TF

            Private Duty Nursing Services Rate Increase  (10% Rate increase)

o      $3.9 million GR; $5.5 million TF

            Freestanding Dialysis Centers Rate Increase (Increase rate from $100 to $125 per dialysis encounter)

o      $0.9 million GR; $1.4 million TF

            Serve Additional Clients in the Channeling Waiver (531 slots at $11,220/slot)

o      $5.9 million TF

            LPN and RN Home Health Provider Fee Increase (10% Rate Increase)

o      $0.2 million

Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Total: $1,113.7 million ($480.9 million GR; $632.8 million TF); 2,908 FTE

            Resolve Home/Community Based Services Waiver Current Year Deficit

o      $17 million GR; $23.2 million TF

            Serve Additional Clients through the Home/Community Based Services Waiver (approximately 1,000 clients)

o      $15 million GR; $21.3 million TF 

            Support towards Residential Community Development for Developmentally Disabled- The Arc Village - Jacksonville

o      $2 million GR

            Billy Joe Rish Park Capital Improvements

o      $1.4 million GR

            Supported Employment and Internship Program

o      $0.5 million GR

            Adult Day Training Provider Rate Increase

o      $0.8 million GR; $1.1 million TF

            Develop Client Data Management System

o      $0.75 million GR; $0.75 million TF

            Early Intervention and Therapy Services

o      $0.65 million GR 

Department of Children and Families

Total: $2,809.4 million ($1,431.7 million GR; $1,377.7 million TF); 11,603.5 FTE

            Efficiencies and Cost Savings

o      $19.6 million GR

            Medicaid Eligibility Determination System Compliance Upgrade

o      $30.1 million TF

            Increase Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Cash Assistance for Additional Caseload (additional 97,626 individuals)

o      $27.5 million GR

            Increase Community Based Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Funding

o      $23.2 million GR; 9.2 million TF

            Increase Maintenance Adoption Subsidies Funding

o      $20.6 million GR; $8. million TF

            Resolve Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Cash Assistance Current Year Deficit

o      $17.5 million GR; $3.2 million TF

            Children’s Community Mental Health/Substance Abuse Action Team Pilot Programs

o      $4.7 million GR; $2.1 million TF

            Increase Domestic Violence Centers Funding

o      $2 million GR; $1 million TF

            Increase Child Protective Investigations Funding

o      $4 million GR

            Homeless Programs Funding

o      $4.75 million GR

            Increase Healthy Families Program Funding

o      $3 million GR

            Safe Harbor Program to Address Juvenile Sexual Exploitation

o      $1.5 million TF

            Increase Funding and Provide for Equity - Community Based Care Agencies

o      $2.4 million GR; $9.4 million TF

Department of Elder Affairs

Total: $266.1 million ($108.5 million GR; $164.5 million TF); 448 FTE

            Restore Funding to Serve Clients on the Home and Community Based Waiver  (263 Slots at $11,712/slot)

o      $1.3 million GR; $1.8 million TF

            Increase PACE slots in Hillsborough (75 slots), Lee (100 Slots), Palm Beach (100 Slots), Broward (50 slots)

o      $2.5 million GR; $3.6 million TF

            Serve Frail Elders Waiting for Alzheimer’s Disease Services

o      $1.7 million GR

            Additional Funding For Memory Disorder Clinics (Morton Plant and Florida Atlantic University)

o      $0.45 million GR

            Serve Additional Clients in the Community Care for the Elderly Program(607 slots at  $6,181/slot)

o      $ 3.75 million GR

Department of Health

Total: $2,803.1 million ($428.3 million GR; $2,374.7 million TF); 15,768.25 FTE

            Efficiencies and Cost Savings

o      775 Vacant FTE; $8.2 million GR; $20.7 million TF

            Increase Funding to County Health Departments (CHDs)

o      $0.5 million GR; $7.5 million TF for Maintenance and Repair of CHDs

o      $4 million TF for Miami-Dade CHD Parking Garage and Office Tower

o      $1.7 million GR for Okaloosa CHD Mobile Dental and Medical Clinics

o      $0.8 million TF for Miami State Laboratory

o      $0.6 million GR for Bay CHD - BayCare

o      $0.5 million TF for Tampa State Laboratory

o      $0.2 million GR for Ocala Children’s Medical Services Facility

o      $0.1 million TF for Jacksonville State Laboratory

            AIDS Drug Assistance Program Rebates

o      $10.7 million TF

            Increase Funding for Biomedical Research

o      $2.85 million GR - James and Esther King Biomedical Program;

o      $5 million GR - Bankhead/Coley Cancer Research Program;

o      $2.05 million GR - Moffitt Cancer Center;

o      $2.05 million GR - Sylvester Cancer Center;

o      $2.05 million GR - Shands Cancer Hospital;

o      $3 million TF - Torrey Pines Institute; and

o      $2.6 million TF - Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

            Cancer Research Endowments

o      $3.3 million GR - Shands Hospital;

o      $3.3 million GR - Moffitt Cancer Center; and

o      $3.3 million GR - Sylvester Cancer Institute

            Increase Funding for Early Steps

o      $3 million GR; $7.0 million TF

            Completion of Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) System

o      $6.6 million TF

            Increase Funding for Rural Primary Care Residency Slots

o      $2.6 million GR - University of Florida - College of Medicine

       13 Residency Slots at $200,000/Slot

o      $2.6 million GR - Florida State University - College of Medicine

       13 Residency Slots at $200,000/Slot

            Medical Quality Assurance Licensure System Upgrade

o      $4.5 million TF

            Increase Access to Primary Care in Liberty City for the Florida International University - Neighborhood HELP Program

o      $4.5 million GR

            Increase Funding for Rape Crisis Centers for the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence

o      $2.5 million GR

            Lakeland Regional Medical Center Graduate Medical Education (GME) Facility

o      $2.5 million GR

            Maintain Ounce of Prevention

o      $1.9 million GR

            Increase Funding for Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research for the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

o      $1.5 million GR

            Increase Funding for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screenings for the Mary Brogan Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program

o      $1.5 million GR

            Maintain Healthy Start Services

o      $1 million GR

            Children’s Medical Services Telemedicine Upgrade

o      $0.82 million TF

            Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Medicaid Waiver Deficit

o      $0.74 million GR

            Increased funding for Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Medicaid Waiver  (Forty new slots at Average of $37,500/Slot)

o      $0.57 million GR; $0.82 million TF

            Continue Nitrogen Reduction Strategies Study

o      $0.7 million TF

Department of Veterans Affairs

Total: $91.4 million ($7.3 million GR; $84.1 million TF); 1,103.50 FTE

            Maintenance and Repair of State Veterans’ Nursing Homes

o      $2.6 million TF

            Increase Access to Veterans’ Benefits Counseling

o      13 FTE; $0.9 million TF

            Replacement of Medical and Non-medical Equipment for State Veterans’ Homes

o      $0.7 million TF

            Replacement of Four Handicapped Accessible Vans

o      $0.4 million TF

Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations

Total appropriations:  $4.27 billion ($3.52 billion GR; $754.3 million TF); 44,410.75 FTE

Major Issues

            Removes the Clerks of Court from the state budget process, as they were prior to 2009, but with additional budgetary oversight and accountability and sufficient revenues to support their operations.

            Restores the 2% salary reduction made in 2009 to the Supreme Court justices and state court judges.

Major Issues Funded

Department of Legal Affairs 

Total: $187.6 million ($40.6 million GR; $147 million TF); 1,294.5 FTE

            Criminal appeals workload - $1.16 million GR

            Civil legal assistance to improve access to justice system - $1 million GR

            Statewide prosecution pill mill unit - $190K GR, 2 FTE

            Telephone system replacement - $658K TF

Department of Corrections

Total: $2.1 billion ($2.05 billion GR; $69 million TF); 23,268 FTE

            Replacement of inmate transport vehicles - $500K GR

            Officers to manage expected increase in inmate population - $11 million GR, 140 FTE

            Electronic monitoring for work release inmates - $3.8 million GR

            432-bed re-entry center with substance abuse treatment services - $2.9 million GR, 59 FTE (6 months)

            Critical facility maintenance and repair - $1.3 million GR

            Address current year and projected deficit - over $80 million GR including $13.7 million to fund over 250 positions in high-risk facilities

Department of Law Enforcement

Total: $236 million ($88.7 million GR; $147 million TF); 1,710 FTE

            Provides FTEs for the firearm purchase verification program to improve quality - 6 FTE

            Forensic equipment upgrade - $1.15 million GR

            National instant criminal history background check enhancements - $124K TF, 2 FTE

            Increases DNA casework capacity to address backlog - $850.5K GR, 12 FTE

            Automated fingerprint ID system analysts to address workload - $353.8K GR, 6 FTE

Department of Juvenile Justice

Total:  $518.6 million ($354.9 million GR; $163.7 million TF); 3,482.5 FTE

            Bureau of Contracts staffing to improve quality assurance - $219K GR, 3 FTE

            Psychiatric services to address youths’ mental health issues - $145K GR

            PACE Center for Girls expansion - $2 million GR

            Internet-based GED - $55K GR

            CINS/FINS expansion in underserved areas - $1.5 million GR

            Informed Families program - $100K GR

            Florida Youth Challenge Academy - $400K GR

            Boys and Girls Clubs - $5 million GR

            Big Brothers/Big Sisters - $1.5 million GR

            Critical facility maintenance and repair - $3 million GR

Supreme Court

Total:  $35.8 million ($17.9 million GR; $17.9 million TF); 271.5 FTE

            Judicial inquiry system replacement - $375K GR

            EFACTS electronic filing support for appellate court - $658K GR

            Post-adjudicatory drug court - $297K GR

            Supreme Court roof repairs - $4.8 million GR

District Courts of Appeal

Total:  $40.7 million ($24.3 million GR; $16.4 million TF); 433.0 FTE

            Critical maintenance and repairs and security assessments - $625K GR

Trial Courts

Total:  $366 million ($297 million GR; $69.4 million TF); 3,595.0 FTE

            Enhanced services at Children’s Advocacy Centers - $3.5 million GR

            Court interpreting pilot project to improve cost effectiveness - $100K GR

            Post-adjudicatory drug court - $5.5 million GR

            Veterans’ courts - $750K GR

Justice Administrative Commission

Total:  $87.3 million ($86.4 million GR; $898K TF); 94 FTE

            Financial analyst to improve timeliness of financial reporting - $63K GR

            IT programming staff to facilitate system modifications & improve help desk services - $133K GR

            Electronic case management - $300K GR

            Clemency for capital cases - $250K GR

            Legal representation for dependent children with disabilities - $323K GR

Guardian Ad Litem

Total:  $34.5 million ($34.2 million GR; $320K TF); 590 FTE

            Volunteer enhancement to support first step in program’s plan to serve all children in dependency - $3.8 million GR

State Attorneys

Total:  $388 million ($300.6 million GR; $87.4 TF); 6,065.25 FTE

            Operational support - $1.5 million

            Electronic filing - $1.0 million

Public Defenders

Total:  $188.7 million ($155.9 million GR; $32.8 TF); 2,799 FTE

            Operational support - $750K

            Electronic filing - $500K

Capital Collateral Regional Councils

Total:  $7.3 million ($6.9 million GR; $400K TF); 73 FTE

            Workload to address increased requirements - $200K GR

Regional Conflict Counsel

Total:  $39.2 million ($38.1 million GR; $1.1 million TF); 412 FTE

            Capital attorney workload - $894K GR; 9 FTE

            Appellate workload - $332K GR; 3 FTE

            Due process costs - $350K GR

General Government Appropriations

Total appropriations:  $4.9 billion ($591.9 million GR; $4.4 billion TF); 20,249 FTE

Major Issues Funded

Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services 

Total: $1.5 billion ($158.2 million GR; $1.3 billion TF); 3,577 FTE

            Wildfire Suppression Equipment - $3.3 million GR

            Citrus Research and Budwood Program - $9 million GR

            Water Conservation and Best Management Practices - $1 million GR and $2.3 million TF

            Hybrid Wetland Treatment Projects - $6 million GR

            Rural and Family Lands Program - $11.1 million GR

            Florida Agriculture Promotion Campaign - $4 million GR

            Concealed Weapons License Workload - 18 positions $1 million TF

            Citrus Health Response Program - $0.5 GR and $5.5 million TF

            Farm Share and Food Banks - $1.4 million GR and $0.3 million TF

            Mosquito Control Research - $1.6 million TF

Department of Business & Professional Regulation

Total: $142.4 million ($0.5 million GR; $141.9 million TF); 1,612 FTE

            Florida Appraisal Regulation Program - 9 positions and $0.6 million TF

            Hotel & Restaurant Inspectors/Quality Assurance Program - 11 positions and $0.8 million TF

            Florida State Boxing Commission - $0.5 million GR

            Florida Board of Accountancy - 7 positions and $0.5 million TF

            Unlicensed Activity - $0.9 million TF

            Construction Industry Recovery Fund - $5.9 million

Department of Citrus

Total: $61.1 million ($61.1 million TF); 57 FTE

Department of Environmental Protection

Total: $1.3 billion ($130.2 million GR; $1.2 billion TF); 3,118 FTE

            Everglades Restoration - $70 million TF (includes $32m in CS/HB 7065)

            Springs Protection - $10 million GR

            Land Acquisition for Military Buffers - $10 million TF

            Land Acquisition - $10 million GR and $50 million TF from Surplus Land Proceeds

            Beach Restoration - $37.5 million ($18.2m GR and $19.2 million TF, includes reversions)

            Water Projects - $59.5 million GR

            Hybrid Wetlands Treatment Project - $5.5 million GR

            Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) - $9.4 million TF

            Drinking Water & Wastewater Revolving Loan Programs - $12.5 million GR and $203.2 million TF

            Small County Solid Waste Management Grants - $3 million TF

            Small County Wastewater Grants - $23.3 million TF

            State Parks Maintenance & Repairs - $19.5 million TF

            Silver Springs State Park - $1.3 million TF

            Nonmandatory Land Reclamation - $3 million TF

            Petroleum Tanks Cleanup Program - $125 million TF

Department of Financial Services

Total: $302 million ($23.1 million GR; $278.8 million TF); 2,606 FTE

            Fire College and Arson Lab - $0.4 million TF

            Unclaimed Property Workload & System 11 positions - $0.9 million TF

            Additional Staff Accounting and Auditing 15 positions - $1.1 million GR

            Florida Accounting & Information Resource (FLAIR) Succession Plan - 8 positions & $0.4 million GR

            FLAIR Business Case - $1.8 million TF

            Risk Management Information System - $2.2 million TF

            Document Management System Consolidation - $0.7 million TF

Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

Total: $309.3 million ($27.4 million GR; $281.9 million TF); 2,113 FTE

            Boating Infrastructure and Improvement Program - $5.1 million TF

            Artificial Fishing Reef Construction - $1.3 million TF

            Red Tide Research - $0.6 million GR

            Marine Youth Conservation Facility - $2 million TF

            Everglades Youth Conservation Camp - $0.6 million GR

            Triple N Ranch Public Shooting Park - $1.4 million TF

            Lake Restoration - $4 million TF

            Land Management and Public Uses - $2 million TF

Department of the Lottery

Total: $154.1 million TF; 420 FTE

            Advertising and Promotion - $4 million TF

            Retailer Incentive - $0.4 million TF

            Mobile Sales Tool - $0.4 million TF

Department of Management Services

Total: $685.4 million ($54.2 million GR; $631.2 million TF); 1,321 FTE

            Florida Facilities Pool - $26.1 million GR and $14.3 million TF

            Florida Interoperability Network and Mutual Aid - $3.5 million GR

            People First Business Case - $0.5 million TF

            FLEET Management Business Case - $0.4 million TF

            Public Employees Relations Commission - $0.2 million GR

            Florida Commission on Human Relations - 2 positions, $0.2 million GR and $0.1 million TF

            Office of Supplier Diversity Business Development - $0.2 million TF

            Procurement Training & Contract Reviews - 10 positions and $1.1 million TF

            Data Center Operations and Infrastructure - $4.2 million TF

Public Service Commission

Total: $25 million ($25 million TF); 293 FTE

Department of Revenue

Total: $511 million ($198.1 million GR; $312.8 million TF); 5,133 FTE

            Child Support Automated Management System (CAMS) - $6.1 million TF

            One Stop Business Registration Portal - $0.7 million GR

            Fiscally Constrained Counties - $24 million GR

Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations

Total appropriations:  $11.3 billion ($174.2 million GR; $11.1 billion TF); 13,648 FTE

Major Issues Funded

Department of Military Affairs 

Total: $79.5 million ($35.3 million GR; $44.1 million TF); 418 FTE

            Florida Armory Revitalization Program (FARP) - $15.0 million GR

            National Guard Tuition Assistance - $3.5 million GR

            National Guard Community Service Programs

            Forward March $1.75 million GR

            About Face - $750,000 GR

Department of State

Total: $104.1 million ($75.9 million GR; $28.2 million TF); 407 FTE

            State Aid to Library Grants - $22.3 million GR (recurring funds)

            Cultural and Museum Grants - $5.0 million GR

            Culture Builds Florida - $830,523 GR

            Library Cooperative Grants - $1.5 million GR

            Historic Preservation Grants - $9.0 million GR (includes $1.4 million for small matching grants)

            Acquisition and Restoration of Historic Properties - $1.9 million GR

            Grove House Museum Renovations - $2.7 million GR

            Other Cultural Facilities, Museums and Historic Preservation - $9.9 million GR

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Total: $413.9 million ($1 million GR; $412.9 million TF); 4,419 FTE

Florida Highway Patrol Replacement Vehicles - $11.0 million TF

Florida Highway Patrol Communications System - $5.4 million TF

State Overtime Action Response (SOAR) & Incidental Overtime for Florida Highway Patrol - $10.2 million TF

Driver Related Issuance and Vehicle Enhancements (DRIVE) - $1.8 million TF

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Grant - $10.4 million TF

Drive Right Marketing Campaign - $1 million GR

Department of Transportation

Total: $9.5 billion ($2.4 million GR; $9.4 billion TF); 6,630 FTE

            Grants and Aids - Transportation Disadvantaged - $111 million TF

            Sarasota-Manatee Operations Center Design Build Project - $10 million TF

            Transportation Work Program - $8.67 billion TF

            Intrastate and Arterial Highway Construction - $3.6 billion TF

            Right-of-Way Land Acquisition - $725 million TF

            Seaport Development Grants - $243 million TF

            Rail Development Grants - $184 million TF

            Intermodal Development Grants - $52 million

            Public Transit Development Grants - $421 million TF

            Bridge Construction - $290 million TF

            County Transportation Programs (Including SCRAP & SCOP) - $152 million TF

            Coast to Coast Connector Trail - $50 million TF

            Economic Development Road Fund - $15 million TF

            Keep Florida Beautiful - $800,000 TF

Department of Economic Opportunity

Total: $891.5 million ($58.9 million GR; $832.6 million TF); 1,621 FTE

            Economic Development Partners - $106.6 million

            Enterprise Florida - $18.1 million

            VISIT FLORIDA - $63.5 million

            Space Florida - $19.5 million

            Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research - $5.5 million

            Economic Development Tools - Flexible Funding - $45 million ($35.2 million TF; $9.8 million GR)

            Economic, Community and Workforce Development Programs and Projects - $31.7 million

            Economic Development - $9.5 million ($7.5 million TF; $2 million GR)

            Housing & Community Development - $19.6 million GR

            Workforce Development - $2,682,000 ($2,632,000 TF; $50,000 GR) 

            Defense Support Task Force - $4 million

            Military Base Protection & Defense Infrastructure - $2.6 million

            Community Planning - Technical Assistance to Local Governments - $1.2 million

            Regional Planning Councils - $2.5 million

            Ready to Work Program - $4 million

            Quick Response Training - $12 million ($9.15 million TF; $2.85 million GR)

            Reemployment Assistance Benefits & Claims System - $1.2 million TF

Division of Emergency Management

Total: $315.2 million TF; 153 FTE

            Federally Declared Disaster Funding (including state match) - $246.4 million

If approved by the Governor, these provisions take effect July 1, 2013.

 

Vote: Senate 40-0; House 106-11