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House Amendment 25
H 4230 - Session 121 (2015-2016)
Supplemental appropriations
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Current Amendment: 25 to Bill 4230 Reps. TOOLE, ATWATER, QUINN propose the following Amendment No. to H. 4230 (COUNCIL\BBM\4230C040.BBM.DG15):

Reference is to Printer's Date 6/2/15-H.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 1 and inserting:

/      SECTION      1.      Part IA of H. 3701 of 2015, the general appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2015-16, is amended by increasing specific general fund appropriations contained therein by amounts provided herein. References in these sections are to sections and subdivisions of those sections in Part IA of H. 3701 of 2015.

SECTION 84

U12-DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

I.      ADMINISTRATION
A.      GENERAL
     SPECIAL ITEM:
     (1)      State-owned Local Roads            $75,000,000
     (2)      Non-Interstate Connector
           Roads            $75,000,000

SECTION 106

F30-STATEWIDE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

III.      NON-RECURRING
     BONUS PAY            18,425,000 /

Amend the bill further, SECTION 4, by striking Proviso 117.138 and 118.17 and inserting:

/      SECTION      84 - U12-DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

     84.19.      The Department of Transportation shall distribute the $75,000,000 appropriated in Part 1A, Section 84, for State-Owned local roads to each County Transportation Committee based upon the county's population in comparison to the population of the State. The funds appropriated in this proviso only may be expended for resurfacing and rehabilitation projects on existing state-owned local roads and bridges thereon.

     84.20.      The Department of Transportation shall distribute the $75,000,000 appropriated in Part 1A, Section 84, for Non-Interstate Connector Roads to each County Transportation Committee pursuant to Section 12-28-2740 of the 1976 Code. County Transportation Committees shall utilize these funds only for resurfacing and rehabilitation projects on existing non-interstate connector roads and bridges theron.

SECTION 117 - X90-GENERAL PROVISIONS

     117.138.      (GP: $800 Employee Bonus Pay) From the funds appropriated in Part 1A, Section 106, and Part IB, Section 118, Statewide Employee Benefits for Bonus Pay, effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after October 16, 2015, the Department of Administration shall allocate to state agencies $23,500,000 to provide for a one-time lump sum bonus. Each permanent state employee, in a full-time equivalent position, who has been in continuous state service for at least six months prior to July 1, 2015, and who earns less than $100,000 shall receive a $800 one-time lump sum payment. This payment is not a part of the state employee's base salary and is not earnable compensation for purposes of employer or employee contributions to respective retirement systems. This appropriation may be used for payments to employees only in the same ratio as the employee's base salary is paid from appropriated sources and the employing agency shall pay the bonus for federal and other funded full-time equivalent positions employees from federal or other funds available to the agency in the proportion that such funds are the source of the employee's salary. The earnings limitation in Proviso 117.55 does not apply to this bonus.

SECTION 118 - X91-STATEWIDE REVENUE

     118.15.      (SR: Interstate Improvement Bond)      There is appropriated from nontax sources $50,000,000 to the Department of Transportation. The Department of Transportation shall hold the $50,000,000 in a separate and distinct account until a law has been enacted to authorize the dedication and transfer of a recurring $50,000,000 of nontax revenue to the Department of transportation for the purposes of bonding. Upon enactment of enabling legislation, the Department of Transportation shall utilize the funds to leverage approximately $500,000,000 in bonds. From the bond proceeds:      (1)      $300,000,000 must be used for expansion and improvements to existing mainline interstates and bridges thereon;
     (2)      $100,000,000 must be used for resurfacing and rehabilitation projects on existing state-owned local roads and bridges thereon; and
     (3)      $100,000,000 must be used for resurfacing and rehabilitation projects on existing non-interstate connector roads and bridges thereon.
     The department shall submit all projects proposed to be financed through this provision to the Joint Bond Review Committee for approval before financing any proposed project.

     118.17.      (SR: Supplemental Nonrecurring Revenue) (A) The source of revenue appropriated in subsection (B) is nonrecurring revenue generated from the following source:
           (1)      $150,000,000 from Fiscal Year 2014-15 unobligated general fund revenue as certified by the Board of Economic Advisors.
     This revenue is deemed to have occurred and is available for use in Fiscal Year 2015-16 after September 1, 2015, following the Comptroller General's close of the state's books on Fiscal Year 2014-15.
     (B)      The State Treasurer shall disburse the following appropriations by September 30, 2015, for the purposes stated:
           (1)      J02      Department of Health and Human Services
           (a)      CLTC Community Long-Term Care      $5,000,000;
           (b)      Coordinated Care            $39,820,000;
           (c)      Behavioral Health Services            $5,000,000;
           (2)      L04      Department of Social Services
           Child Support Enforcement Other
           Operating Expenses            $2,600,000
           (3)      P32      Department of Commerce
           Economic Development Infrastructure
           $70,000,000
           (4)      E23      Commission on Indigent Defense
           Defense of Indigents            $6,080,000
           (5)      F30      Statewide Employee Benefits
           Employee Bonus Pay            $5,075,000
           (6)      V04      Debt Service
           Economic Development Bonds            $16,425,000
     Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years and expended for the same purposes.            /

Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.