The Governor's budget report, amended fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025

THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET REPORT
Amended Fiscal Year 2024 and Fiscal Year 2025
GOVERNOR BRIAN P. KEMP

THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET REPORT
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AMENDED FISCAL YEAR 2024
AND
FISCAL YEAR 2025
BRIAN P. KEMP, GOVERNOR STATE OF GEORGIA
RICHARD DUNN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET

Table of Contents

Introduction Governor's Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Budget Highlights AFY 2024. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Budget Highlights FY 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 8
Financial Summaries Estimated State Revenues: Appropriations and Reserves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Georgia Revenues: Reported and Estimated. . . .. . . 16 Revenue History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Summary of Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Summary of Appropriations: By Policy Area . . . . . . . 21 Expenditures and Appropriations: State Funds . . . .. 25 Expenditures and Appropriations: Total Funds . . . . . 27 Statewide Budget Changes (AFY). . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .29 Statewide Budget Changes (FY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 State Funds Surplus by Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Revenue Shortfall Reserve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 State Debt Service as a Percentage of Prior Year Net Treasury Receipts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Dedicated State Revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Lottery Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Tobacco Settlement Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Transportation Funds (AFY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Transportation Funds (FY). . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Olmstead Related Services . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Department Summaries Legislative Georgia Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Georgia House of Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 General Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Department of Audits and Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Judicial Court of Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Judicial Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Juvenile Courts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Prosecuting Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Superior Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Executive State Accounting Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Department of Administrative Services . . . . . . . . . . 90 Department of Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Department of Banking and Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Department of Community Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Department of Community Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Department of Community Supervision . . . . . . . . . 144 Department of Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 150 Department of Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Department of Driver Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Department of Early Care and Learning . . .. . . . . . 168 Department of Economic Development . . . . . . . . . . 173 Department of Education . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 180 Employees' Retirement System of Georgia . . . . . . 197 State Forestry Commission . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 202 Office of the Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 207 Department of Human Services . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 217 Commissioner of Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 234 Georgia Bureau of Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Department of Juvenile Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 248 Department of Labor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Department of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 259 Department of Natural Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 State Board of Pardons and Paroles . . . . . . . . . . 273 State Properties Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Georgia Public Defender Council . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Department of Public Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Department of Public Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Public Service Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Board of Regents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 313 Department of Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 337 Georgia Student Finance Commission . . . . . . . . . . 346 Teachers Retirement System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Technical College System of Georgia . . . . . . . .... 361 Department of Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Department of Veterans Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 State Board of Workers' Compensation . . . . . . . . 384 Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388 General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund . . . . . . . . . . 395
Appendices Georgia Economic Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 State Expenditure Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Statement of Financial Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Brian P. Kemp
GOVERNOR

STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
ATLANTA 30334-0900

The Georgia State Senate The Honorable Burt Jones, Lieutenant Governor

The Georgia House of Representatives The Honorable Jon Burns, Speaker

The Citizens and Families of Georgia

Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Speaker, Members of the General Assembly, and Our Fellow Georgians:

Since my first budget proposal in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, I have made clear that my administration would prioritize Georgia's families, putting them first by keeping their hard-earned dollars in their pockets and not the government's. Now in my sixth budget cycle, I am just as committed to using tax dollars as efficiently as possible, improving customer service, reducing unnecessary government bureaucracy, and returning surpluses to our citizens. Despite the unprecedented economic challenges of the pandemic, we have been able to return over $5 billion directly to Georgia taxpayers through tax rebates and suspension of the state's motor fuel tax in addition to enacting the largest income tax reduction in Georgia history. We have focused on growing our state's economy rather than growing state government, and we are reaping the dividends of those smart investments as Georgia remains the number one state in which to do business for a tenth consecutive year. The budget proposal enclosed herein furthers those efforts to keep Georgia competitive by investing in our economy and our workforce while maintaining the same fiscally conservative approach to governance that has enabled us to remain one of the few states to have a AAA bond rating from all three rating agencies.

During the 2022 legislative session, I was proud to support and sign the largest income tax reduction in our state's history, thanks to your partnership. This landmark bill will phase-in reductions to lower our income tax rate from 5.75% to 4.99%, beginning this year. While the legislation only initially called for lowering the rate by 26 basis points in this fiscal year, my budget proposals include an additional 10 basis point reduction, lowering the rate to just 5.39%. This additional reduction will save taxpayers $300 million per year, beginning this tax year. Because of our conservative approach to budgeting, we are able to return these funds permanently to our citizens without endangering the state's ability to meet its existing financial obligations. I remain committed to fully enacting this historic tax cut during my administration, giving Georgia families billions of dollars back in their pockets to invest directly in our economy.

We have also been able to return funds to our citizens because we have prioritized investing in what keeps us the best state for opportunity. Companies worldwide are flocking to the Peach State to expand their operations,

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and we're making sure communities across the state are able to welcome these growth opportunities, especially rural Georgia. We can do that by having a robust infrastructure and skilled workforce ready to meet the needs of job creators. As the home of the most utilized and efficient airport in the world and the fastest growing seaport in the country, Georgia is uniquely situated to support the full range of industries, including agriculture, manufacturing, and logistics. But to ensure freight and goods flow freely between these critical ports, we must maintain safe and efficient roadway infrastructure able to keep up with growing demand. To that end, my Amended FY 2024 budget includes a$1.5 billion investment in the Georgia Department of Transportation to maintain our roadways and accelerate construction on "shovel-ready" projects to keep our citizens and products on the move freely and easily. My budget also includes $250 million for the Georgia Environmental Financing Authority's Georgia Fund, which provides low-interest loans to communities statewide to expand their water and sewer infrastructure to help with potential site development for future economic growth. Further, the budget includes $250 million in additional funds for economic development grants provided through the Regional Economic Business Assistance (REBA) grant program and OneGeorgia Authority, including up to $16 million to provide assistance to local governments for economic site development and $50 million for workforce housing initiatives. This will build on the great foundation we laid last year with the creation of the Workforce Housing Fund, thanks to your support.

Georgia's status as a AAA rated state government is also an important economic development tool that signals to investors Georgia is efficient, fiscally conservative, and a safe bet for investment. We must ensure we pay for our obligations within our existing means, not by increasing tax burdens on our citizens or creating unfunded future liabilities for our children. Therefore, it is important in a strong economic climate that we invest in state government in a way that will improve efficiency or mitigate loss when times are lean. The Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025 budget proposals include more than $1.8 billion for capital construction and maintenance for state facilities to maximize usability of existing facilities, reduce maintenance costs, and meet future projected growth needs. This investment will be made without issuing a single additional dollar in general obligation debt, saving taxpayers millions in future debt service costs over the next two decades. It also allocates more than $137 million in debt savings Georgia has realized as a result of its credit strength in recent bond sales, which we will use to pay down existing debt, further reducing the state's fiscal burden for future generations.

These budgets also include an historic $1 billion investment in our retirement, risk, and health portfolios to maintain fiscal solvency and ensure each fund is able to grow at a sustainable rate to meet future demands. This includes a $500 million investment in the Employees' Retirement System, which will improve the actuarial valuation of the plan and provide greater flexibility for the Board in establishing cost-of-living adjustments for retirees. It also includes $250 million for the state's risk insurance pools to hedge against future potential catastrophic claims and settle existing claims, saving the state millions in future settlement costs. Finally, the FY 2025 budget provides $244 million to our local K-12 schools for health insurance for our teachers to cover the cost of quality healthcare without requiring reductions in coverage or further increases in their out-of-pocket costs.

Maintaining quality retirement and healthcare benefits is crucial for recruitment and retention of the

state's workforce and our K-12 teachers. I have heard regularly from our state agency heads regarding the

importance of investing in our workforce. Retaining quality employees reduces knowledge loss, provides

for better service delivery, reduces the cost to recruit and train new staff, and minimizes "downtime" or the cost

of overtime due to vacant positions. Our state employees work hard every day to serve the citizens of our state,

and today we have 26% fewer core state employees than we did in 2008 serving a population that has grown by

15% during that same period. As we have become a more efficient workforce, we must offer salaries that

remain competitive in a tight
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labor market. Therefore, I have included $306 million in my Amended FY 2024 budget to provide a $1,000 pay supplement for all state employees and K-12 teachers, and $630 million in FY 2025 to provide a 4% cost-of-living adjustment to state employees and a $2,500 salary increase for our K-12 teachers and other certified employees.
Finally, meeting our obligations as a fiscally conservative state means meeting our obligations to our local school systems. The state has not significantly updated the formula for pupil transportation for our local schools in almost 20 years. As our student population has grown since then, school systems have absorbed the annual costs to continue to provide transportation to and from their schools every day. This means funds that could have gone towards teacher pay and classroom instruction have had to be diverted to cover transportation costs instead. My FY 2025 budget includes almost $205 million to update the pupil transportation formula to update inputs and provide significantly more state support for system transportation needs. We also know schools have faced increased needs for security, to ensure our students can learn in a safe and secure environment each day. I have previously provided $185 million to local schools for school safety needs. The FY 2025 budget will include $104 million to establish a new school security grant program as an ongoing annual program to help schools provide a safe learning space for our children. In total, the FY 2025 budget will provide our local schools with more than $1.4 billion in additional funding to meet growth needs, improve teacher pay and maintain quality health and retirement benefits, secure our schools, and ensure the state is doing its part in meeting the educational needs of each and every student across our great state.
I am thankful for your support in maintaining cautious, conservative budgets over the last three years as we have weathered the economic uncertainty of the pandemic and rampant inflation. Our budgetary prudence in the face of uncertainty combined with the tremendous strength in Georgia's economy has provided the opportunity for unprecedented investment in our state while simultaneously allowing for historic tax relief for hardworking Georgia families. I appreciate your consideration of this proposal, and I look forward to working with you this legislative session to keep Georgia the best state to live, work, and raise a family.
Sincerely,
Brian P. Kemp Governor of Georgia

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Budget Highlights
Governor's Recommendation for Amended FY 2024

STATEWIDE CHANGES $315,145,316 to provide a $1,000 one-time salary supplement for state employees, certificated K-12 employees, and Pre-K teachers and assistant teachers for recruitment and retention purposes.

million for skilled nursing centers to reflect 2021 cost reports, and $39 million for the Medicare Part D clawback.
Human Services

EDUCATED GEORGIA Early Care and Learning

$3,527,659 for technology upgrades and improvements to the SHINES child welfare case management system and TRAILS electronic records management system to enhance efficiency.

$6,143,166 to maintain the expansion of the Summer Transition

Program.

$1,500,530 for Medicaid Redetermination notice mailings.

K-12 Public Schools
$102,542,821 for a midterm adjustment in the Quality Basic Education Program.

$1,732,568 to integrate Pathways and Georgia Access into the Georgia Gateway integrated eligibility system.
$2,061,147 for labor and wage data verification services.

$28,513,994 for the State Commission Charter Schools supplement to recognize a 5.24 percent increase in enrollment at state charter schools.
University System of Georgia
$66,000,000 to restore funds for instruction in the Teaching program.
$80,000,000 to invest in additional maintenance, repairs, and renovation backlog at facilities statewide.
$14,250,000 to create 6 new eminent scholars and 6 distinguished investigators at the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA).
Student Finance
$12,329,985 in additional funds for Dual Enrollment to meet the projected need.

$2,716,380 for the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund Commission for the Gwinnett Commercial Sexual Exploitation Recovery Center to assist in the rehabilitation of children, youth, and adult victims of sexual trafficking.
Public Health
$637,940 for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), the electronic database used to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances.
Veterans Service
$1,000,000 to expand the Veterans Mental Health Services Program.
SAFE GEORGIA
Department of Corrections

Technical College System of Georgia

$135,385,847 to address facility maintenance and repairs.

$19,500,000 to establish three new workforce accelerator sites to support growing workforce needs in the electric mobility industry.
$15,004,337 in Quick Start to support industry training needs for growing businesses.
HEALTHY GEORGIA
Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
$60,000,000 to address critical capital repairs across the state's five regional state hospital campuses.
Community Health
$124,939,592 for Medicaid and PeachCare, including $21 million for the hold harmless provision in Medicare Part B premiums, $93

$450,859,065 for additional construction on a new state prison.
$65,268,881 for physical health and pharmacy services contracts.
$6,125,838 for a recruitment advertising campaign and work culture review.
$5,604,789 for safety, security, and technology initiatives.
$4,669,897 for six months of operational cost for Metro Re-Entry Phase IV to add 400 transition center beds.
$4,600,000 to purchase the Augusta Transition Center.
$1,729,146 to replace food and farm equipment.
$850,000 for increased offender call monitoring and radio communications at facilities, statewide.

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Governor's Recommendation for Amended FY 2024

Georgia Bureau of Investigation
$2,006,080 for facility renovations and enhancements.
$1,292,615 for additional design for the Medical Examiner Annex Addition at GBI Headquarters.
$865,059 to purchase and upgrade equipment and furniture for investigative offices.

Georgia Technology Authority
$158,554,572 for the NextGen ERP, Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance System, Professional Standards Commission Educator Certification Case Management System, Board of Regents ERP System, and Department of Human Services $TARS Case Management System modernizations.
Secretary of State

Department of Juvenile Justice
$1,658,876 to purchase new body cameras and ballistic vests for frontline staff.

$6,000,000 to replace Uninterruptible Power Supplies on elections equipment.
Department of Labor

$2,308,846 for facility maintenance and repairs.
$2,098,995 for 43 replacement vehicles.
Department of Public Safety $5,960,136 for facility upgrades at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center.
$5,170,066 to replace the weigh-in-motion equipment and monitoring system.

$2,000,000 to migrate Department of Labor applications to a cloud environment.
Department of Revenue
$2,390,651 for increased costs associated with motor vehicle registration and licensing.
GROWING GEORGIA
Department of Agriculture

$1,925,000 for the construction of an aircraft hangar at the Department of Public Safety Headquarters.
$1,174,042 to support an additional 35 Trooper School graduates.

$50,000,000 for renovations at the Atlanta Farmers Market.
$3,315,000 for equipment and vehicles to implement the Georgia Electric Vehicle Charging Program.

RESPONSIBLE AND EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT

Department of Community Affairs

Commissioner of Insurance
$134,000,000 for the implementation of the state reinsurance program to reduce insurance premiums statewide.
$16,391,317 to implement the state healthcare exchange to increase health insurance access statewide.

$2,924,806 for the State Housing Trust Fund to leverage over $11 million in federal grant funds for the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program.
$100,000,000 for Regional Economic Business Assistance to support economic development projects and promote investment in Georgia businesses.

Department of Driver Services

Georgia Environmental Finance Authority

$10,165,000 to migrate the card production server and upgrade card service equipment.
Department of Law $1,179,500 to increase cybersecurity and upgrade equipment.
Department of Administrative Services

$250,000,000 for the Georgia Fund to support water and wastewater infrastructure development across the state through low interest loans to local communities.
OneGeorgia Authority
$100,000,000 to support rural economic development projects and expand grant opportunities for rural site development.

$250,000,000 for the Workers' Compensation, Liability, and Property risk pools to reduce outstanding obligations and meet the costs of future claims expenses.
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$50,000,000 for the Rural Workforce Housing Program to provide further grant opportunities to address workforce housing needs in rural communities.
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State Forestry Commission

MOBILE GEORGIA

$1,045,000 for the completion of the Bacon-Pierce County unit $659,000,000 to expedite the Department of Transportation's

office construction project.

existing project pipeline.

$8,600,000 for equipment and installation associated with a new statewide public safety radio network to achieve statewide interoperability.
$621,000 for the transition to containerized seedlings to enhance seedling offerings and generate additional revenue.
Department of Economic Development

$200,000,000 for local maintenance and improvement grants.
$641,000,000 for infrastructure projects that enhance economic development while promoting freight and logistics efficiency and safety.
$57,919,528 for the Department of Transportation to reflect updated FY 2024 motor fuel revenue projected collections.

$29,250,000 for public safety and infrastructure costs related to the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship.

$2,330,780 for the Department of Transportation's Rail Program.

$6,094,000 in matching funds for the Georgia Ports Authority for the Brunswick Harbor Modifications Project to improve the efficiency, safety, and navigability of Brunswick Harbor.

Department of Natural Resources

$1,118,000 for flood and fire hazard mitigation on Sapelo Island and environmental hazard mitigation on Ossabaw Island.

$14,341,093 for renovations at Lake Blackshear Resort.

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STATEWIDE CHANGES

University System of Georgia

$283,676,984 to provide a four percent cost-of-living adjustment for state employees.
$42,799,508 to provide a $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for select POST certified law enforcement officers.
EDUCATED GEORGIA
Early Care and Learning
$23,560,469 to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and assistant teachers by $2,500.
$10,970,826 for year one of a four-year phase in to reduce Pre-K classroom size from 22 to 20 students.

$66,000,000 to restore instruction funds to the Teaching program.
$2,915,372 for resident instruction to reflect a 0.8 percent decrease in credit hour enrollment with an increase in higher cost program areas and a 0.2 percent increase in square footage at University System institutions.
$102,835,000 for capital projects at various institutions.
Student Finance
$15,089,693 in additional funds for Dual Enrollment to meet the projected need.
Technical College System of Georgia

$6,143,166 to maintain the expansion of the Summer Transition Program.
$4,634,508 to increase Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS) program reimbursement rates for providers and families.
K-12 Public Schools
$244,147,056 to fund the state share of employer increases on certified educators who participate in SHBP.

$9,433,562 increase for technical education to reflect a 3 percent increase in credit hour enrollment and a 0.7 percent increase in square footage at system institutions.
$643,706 for customized recruitment for workforce to support the electric vehicle industry.
$1,866,791 for 22 additional campus police officers.
$71,840,000 for capital projects at various TCSG institutions.

$382,105,577 to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified personnel by $2,500.
$249,580,641 for enrollment growth and training and experience to recognize a 0.05 percent increase in enrollment, bringing the total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) students funded in FY 2024 to 1.74 million students and over 138,000 teachers and administrators.

HEALTHY GEORGIA
Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
$102,332,479 to implement provider rate study recommendations for New Options Waiver (NOW) and Comprehensive Supports Waiver Program (COMP) and Community Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services providers.

$49,497,547 for the State Commission Charter Schools supplement and 5.24 percent increase in enrollment at state charter schools.
$204,794,070 for the Pupil Transportation Grant to provide additional state support to local school districts statewide.
$103,995,000 to establish School Security Grant program.

$9,481,532 for one new additional behavioral health crisis center.
$6,599,785 to complete operational funding for three behavioral health crisis centers already in development.
$9,377,302 to annualize 500 slots for the NOW/COMP Waiver Program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

$236,650,000 for construction and renovation projects for local $2,345,692 for 100 new slots for the NOW/COMP Waiver Program

school systems.

for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

$11,326,590 for literacy initiatives, including regional literacy $3,218,210 for a new 30 bed Forensic step-down unit at Georgia

coaches and screeners for K-3 students.

Regional Hospital Savannah.

$20,000,000 to replace 227 school buses.

$8,750,000 to address critical capital repairs across the state's five Regional State Hospital campuses.

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Community Health
$439,337,444 for Medicaid and PeachCare, including $273 million to restore loss of enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, $30 million for the hold harmless provision in Medicare Part B premiums, $118 million for skilled nursing centers to reflect 2022 cost reports, and $64 million for the Medicare Part D clawback.
$43,824,188 to implement provider rate study recommendations for Independent Care Waiver Program and Elderly and Disabled Waiver Program and Community Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services providers.
$1,527,825 for 20 positions to monitor, evaluate, and improve Care Management Organization oversight on an ongoing basis, using data-driven insights to achieve better results.
$382,965 to fund $2,000 additional salary enhancements for nurse managers, compliance specialists, quality assurance specialists, and regulatory compliance managers in the Healthcare Facility Regulation program.
$1,494,596 in the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce for 79 new residency slots in primary care medicine.

$1,000,000 to expand the maternal health pilot program in rural communities.
$765,528 for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), the electronic database used to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances.
$978,639 for newborn screening to include two additional disorders that have been approved by the Georgia Newborn Screening Advisory Committee.
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
$5,000,000 for major repairs and renovations at the Roosevelt Warm Springs campus.
Veteran Service
$3,155,000 for facility improvement and repairs at the Georgia War Veterans Homes.
SAFE GEORGIA
Department of Community Supervision
$5,790,000 to replace 111 vehicles.

$850,055 for the fifth year of the seven-year plan for Mercer School of Medicine's medical school campus in Columbus.
Human Services
$4,746,840 for the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund Commission for the Gwinnett Commercial Sexual Exploitation Recovery Center to assist in the rehabilitation of children, youth, and adult victims of sexual trafficking.

$2,900,765 for 25 community supervision aides, to create a Centralized Reporting Unit with eight virtual agents, and seven additional community coordinator positions.
Department of Corrections
$71,974,388 for physical health and pharmacy services contracts.
$17,543,440 for ongoing capital maintenance and repairs.

$1,418,935 for technology improvements to the SHINES child welfare case management system to enhance efficiency.
$4,663,798 to provide a $3,000 additional salary enhancement for targeted child protection and placement services caseworkers.
$2,061,147 for labor and wage data verification services.
$630,057 to increase funds for 23 county customer service staff to provide staff to provide staff in every service center.

$11,650,000 to replace 218 vehicles and 10 buses. $10,006,027 for the Metro Re-Entry Phase IV to add 400 beds. $6,955,440 to provide 200 temporary private prison beds for facility maintenance and repairs at state prisons. $6,125,838 for an advertising campaign and culture review. $3,419,578 for increased operational needs at facilities statewide.

$134,618 for two positions to license and regulate Qualified $1,334,807 for increased offender call monitoring and radio Residential Treatment Programs for non-family-based placements. communications at facilities, statewide.

Public Health

$1,234,218 to provide additional meals on weekends.

$1,741,434 for the multi-agency receipt, stage, and storage warehouse facility for emergency preparedness.

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Department of Defense

Georgia Technology Authority

$16,000,000 for renovations and site improvements at six $24,000,000 to provide enhanced and standardized cybersecurity

Readiness Centers and other department facilities.

tools to executive branch agencies.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation

Georgia Building Authority

$40,100,000 for the construction of the Medical Examiner Annex $4,470,500 to support the planning phase for the renovation of the

Addition.

Department of Agriculture building.

$4,865,094 to establish a Gang Task Force in Columbus.
$2,200,000 for major repairs and sustainment.
$3,433,885 to annualize 21 crime lab positions and for Crime Lab instrumentation service contracts. $1,334,031 for ten additional Medical Examiner's Office positions.
$964,892 for accountability court growth at the Council of Accountability Court Judges.
Department of Juvenile Justice $52,000,000 for construction of a 48-bed facility in Baldwin County.

$7,621,947 to reflect an increase in rental rates for Capitol Hill to provide additional security and for operations.
Department of Labor
$2,409,475 to address appeals hearing cases backlog and improve customer service.
Secretary of State
$679,582 in the Elections program for five new positions to facilitate an effective elections process.
$405,434 for four criminal investigators to address an increased volume of investigations in professional licensing and elections.

$3,800,000 for the design of a 56-bed facility in Gwinnett County. Department of Banking and Finance

$14,613,226 for ongoing facility maintenance and repairs.
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
$484,188 for three criminal investigators, one hearing examiner, and one terminal operator.
Department of Public Safety
$15,000,000 for facility improvements, two new state patrol posts, and to replace 106 vehicles.

$148,675 for two examiners in the Non-Depository Financial Institution Supervision division to address increased workload.
Commissioner of Insurance
$20,000,000 for the state reinsurance program to reduce insurance premiums statewide.
Department of Driver Services
$1,980,000 for card services cloud server annual maintenance.

$2,594,200 for weigh-in-motion monitoring system support.

Department of Law

$1,569,971 to support additional 35 Trooper School graduates.
$6,144,225 for the Georgia Public Safety Training Center to provide additional Basic Law Enforcement instruction to meet an increase in required training hours for law enforcement officers.

$1,624,964 for the second phase of a merit-based retention initiative for attorney positions.
$1,417,466 to establish an Organized Retail Crime and Cyber Prosecution Unit.

RESPONSIBLE AND EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT
Department of Administrative Services
$13,300,000 in increased billings for the Liability program to meet the cost of future claims expenses.

$807,312 to expand the Gang Prosecution Unit to Columbus, Macon, and Savannah regions.
Department of Revenue
$3,341,432 for increased costs associated with motor vehicle registration and licensing.

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Governor's Recommendation for FY 2025

$411,554 to establish an initial contact team with six tax examiners to assist newly delinquent taxpayers.
GROWING GEORGIA

Georgia Forestry Commission
$2,338,300 for construction of a new multi-county unit office in Mcduffie County.

Department of Agriculture
$4,014,674 for renovations and equipment at the state agriculture laboratory in Tifton.

$3,499,877 for the purchase of new equipment and environmental cab tractors for firefighting.
Department of Natural Resources

$1,058,400 for ten inspector positions to implement the Georgia $18,863,412 for major renovations and improvements at State

Electric Vehicle Charging Program.

Parks and Department facilities.

$1,200,583 to provide a targeted salary increase for the Consumer Protection program.
Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority
$21,540,000 for construction of a new goat, sheep, and swine barn at the Georgia National Fairgrounds.
Department of Community Affairs
$4,597,416 for the State Housing Trust Fund to improve statewide homelessness services and pursue additional federal grant opportunities.
Georgia Environmental Finance Authority
$15,000,000 for match for federal Clean Water and Drinking Water Revolving Fund Loan Programs.
OneGeorgia Authority

$6,000,000 for new construction in state parks.
$15,000,000 for land acquisition in Dawson Paulding Forest.
$577,118 for six additional game warden positions.
$350,617 for five additional positions to address permitting backlog for agricultural water withdrawal permits.
$200,250 for the Solid Waste Trust Fund generated through scrap tire fee collections to provide funding for the administration of the scrap tire management activity and enable emergency, preventative, and corrective actions at solid waste disposal facilities.
Stone Mountain Memorial Association
$7,782,025 for major renovations and repairs to the Memorial Hall building, the Top of Mountain building, and the Education Center at Stone Mountain.

$6,000,000 to the Rural Workforce Housing Program to establish base funding and provide continued grant opportunities for workforce housing development in rural communities.

Jekyll Island State Park Authority $3,000,000 for maintenance and repair of park infrastructure.

Department of Economic Development

MOBILE GEORGIA

$450,000 for two workforce development positions to support the $69,965,361 for the Department of Transportation to reflect

Hyundai and Rivian economic development projects.

projected FY 2025 motor fuel revenue collections.

$200,000 for a site development specialist to support economic $26,289,723 for the Transportation Trust Fund for transportation

development in rural communities.

projects pursuant to HB 511 (2021 Session).

Georgia World Congress Center Authority
$10,000,000 for major renovations and repairs to modernize escalators.

$8,815,659 for the Georgia Transit Trust Fund pursuant to HB 511 (2021 Session).
$3,436,984 in locomotive fuel sales tax revenue for freight and logistics projects on Georgia's freight rail.

Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

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Estimated State Revenues Appropriations and Reserves

State Funds Sources and Appropriations

Original FY 2024

Amended FY 2024

Funds Available from Beginning Fund Balance Mid-Year Adjustment for Education (K-12) Unreserved, Undesignated Surplus
Total Funds Available from Beginning Fund Balance
State Treasury Receipts State General Fund Receipts Lottery for Education Proceeds and Interest Tobacco Settlement Funds and Interest Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Safe Harbor for Children Trust Fund
Total State Treasury Receipts
Total State Funds

$359,445,388 2,000,000,000 $2,359,445,388

$30,771,362,612 1,514,645,315 148,564,951 1,913,773 200,199
$32,436,686,850
$32,436,686,850

$33,490,709,277 1,511,932,238 148,572,487 1,913,773 200,199
$35,153,327,974
$37,512,773,362

FY 2025
$34,425,232,212 1,511,852,557 148,615,599 1,848,188 254,319
$36,087,802,875 $36,087,802,875

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State General Fund Receipts Net Taxes Department of Revenue Income Tax - Individual Income Tax - Corporate Sales and Use Tax - General Motor Fuel Tobacco Taxes Alcoholic Beverages Tax Estate Tax Property Tax Motor Vehicle License Tax Title Ad Valorem Tax Net Taxes - Department of Revenue Other Departments Insurance Premium Tax Total Net Taxes
Interest, Fees, and Sales Department of Revenue Hotel - Motel Excise Tax Highway Impact Fees Alternative Fueled Vehicle Fee Other DOR Interest, Fees, and Sales For-Hire Ground Transport Excise Tax Fireworks Excise Tax Other DOR Interest, Fees, and Sales Interest, Fees, and Sales - Department of Revenue
Other Departments Office of the State Treasurer Interest on Motor Fuel Deposits Interest on All Other Deposits Banking and Finance Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Corrections Driver Services Human Services Labor Natural Resources Public Health Public Service Commission Secretary of State Workers' Compensation, State Board of All Other Departments Super Speeder Fines Nursing Home Provider Fees Hospital Provider Payments Ambulance Provider Fees Scrap Tire Fees Solid Waste Tipping Fees Lifetime Sportsmen License Fees Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption Fees State Children's Trust Fund Indigent Defense Fees
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Georgia Revenues
Reported and Estimated

FY 2021 Reported

FY 2022 Reported

FY 2023 Reported

FY 2024 Estimated

FY 2025 Estimated

$14,220,906,332 1,750,734,936 6,947,333,127 1,781,681,914 242,896,614 227,872,484 4,813 168,889 406,892,771 732,156,244
26,310,648,125
538,105,773 $26,848,753,898

$18,286,845,422 2,509,683,080 8,316,950,628 1,602,054,203 238,573,964 228,617,334
378,280 413,341,250 799,185,363 32,395,629,522
643,223,392 $33,038,852,913

$16,969,071,606 3,807,573,351 8,918,944,437 837,218,224 235,580,018 227,079,482
164,501 407,303,337 831,320,119 32,234,255,075
680,839,774 $32,915,094,849

$15,505,160,000 3,047,670,000 8,149,221,000 1,556,629,000 224,507,520 222,992,052
171,090 412,190,977 774,374,691 29,892,916,330
682,541,873 $30,575,458,203

$15,808,929,000 3,062,908,000 8,369,250,000 2,067,466,000 221,139,206 222,546,068
416,725,078 788,313,435 30,957,276,787
680,835,519 $31,638,112,306

$138,963,125 12,014,224
150,977,349 15,927,600 2,722,391
416,030,721 $585,658,061

$189,166,172 13,158,629
202,324,801 23,597,313 3,145,263
463,123,921 $692,191,298

$200,199,407 13,427,066 14,988,051
228,614,524 32,412,973 2,739,494
535,037,202 $798,804,193

$188,687,896 11,694,063 21,036,978
221,418,937 34,257,499 2,654,757
425,000,000 $683,331,193

$193,335,239 12,843,021 22,865,991
229,044,251 39,310,940 2,927,764
425,000,000 $696,282,955

$7,196,297 20,625,080 23,503,771
1,472,817 10,667,972 70,175,166
8,888,992 17,295,074 43,798,027 14,536,600
1,032,796 138,350,503
18,109,532 176,103,438
21,444,839 152,788,435 366,288,929
7,628,938 7,620,376 1,728,350 1,884,774 1,100,533 29,393,782

$15,399,519 45,913,925 25,652,162 1,221,756 10,930,112 51,764,786 3,882,604 23,674,784 45,980,811 15,615,792 1,423,936
138,473,485 15,973,651
171,488,514 21,606,365
144,697,456 388,670,737
7,666,636 17,493,568
1,703,405 2,127,728 1,285,459 31,985,447

$119,151,713 868,959,151 27,102,034 1,166,491 11,394,481 49,265,797 1,826,066 115,492,222 44,089,256 15,536,621 536,507 144,770,220 17,888,118 165,385,110 23,716,278 144,713,035 387,434,224 8,040,734 7,866,886 14,679,767 1,776,800 2,133,856 1,316,070 34,531,790

$153,000,000 939,918,695 24,470,000 1,200,000 11,216,000 46,000,000 2,500,000 10,000,000 44,969,973 14,754,599 630,000 129,425,925 18,000,000 161,962,629 21,000,000 155,666,898 407,945,221 8,996,085 7,651,394 13,774,352 1,538,110 2,000,000 1,300,000 34,000,000

$134,000,000 807,815,825 23,084,000 1,200,000 11,216,000 46,000,000 3,000,000 20,000,000 45,097,360 14,754,599 1,450,000 129,425,925 18,000,000 161,060,417 21,000,000 152,886,715 410,990,552 9,381,009 7,647,896 13,988,543 1,538,110 2,000,000 1,300,000 34,000,000

Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

Georgia Revenues
Reported and Estimated

Peace Officers' and Prosecutors' Training Funds Interest Fees and Sales - Other Departments Total Interest Fees and Sales State General Funds Receipts

FY 2021 Reported
15,783,291 $1,157,418,313 $1,743,076,374 $28,591,830,272

FY 2022 Reported
19,178,465 $1,203,811,102 $1,896,002,400 $34,934,855,313

Lottery for Education Tobacco Settlement Funds Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Safe Harbor for Children Trust Fund
Federal Revenue Guaranteed Revenue Debt Common Reserve Fund Interest
Total State Treasury Receipts
Agency Surplus Returned Other Agency Surplus Collected
Funds Available from Beginning Fund Balance Mid-Year Adjustment for Education (K-12) Unreserved, Undesignated Surplus
Total State Funds

1,546,871,543 176,072,837 1,431,529 299,987 2,909 79,152
$30,316,588,230
456,430,380
254,789,164
$31,027,807,774

1,478,824,149 181,033,268 1,362,757 351,005 2,794 43,423
$36,596,472,710
256,850,675
285,918,303
$37,139,241,687

FY 2023 Reported
21,866,544 $2,230,639,771 $3,029,443,964 $35,944,538,813
1,588,498,061 170,703,834 1,611,604 110,586 20,370 1,453,303
$37,706,936,571
501,490,431
349,348,553
$38,557,775,555

FY 2024 Estimated
20,000,000 $2,231,919,881 $2,915,251,074 $33,490,709,277
1,511,932,238 148,572,487 1,913,773 200,199
$35,153,327,974
359,445,388 2,000,000,000 $37,512,773,362

FY 2025 Estimated
20,000,000 $2,090,836,951 $2,787,119,906 $34,425,232,212
1,511,852,557 148,615,599 1,848,188 254,319
$36,087,802,875
$36,087,802,875

Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

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Revenue History

Fiscal Year

Taxes and Fees

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Est. 2025 Est.

$5,020.7 5,421.3 5,890.9 6,467.7 7,196.4 7,258.2 7,356.2 8,249.9 8,906.5 9,625.7
10,446.2 11,131.4 11,233.6 12,696.1 13,781.9 14,689.0 14,005.5 13,624.8 14,584.6 15,814.0 17,338.8 18,840.4 18,727.8 16,766.7 15,215.8 16,558.6 17,270.0 18,295.9 19,167.8 20,434.7 22,237.4 23,268.4 24,319.9 25,571.1 25,478.9 28,591.8 34,934.9 35,944.5 33,490.7 34,425.2

Percent Change
9.0% 8.0% 8.7% 9.8% 11.3% 0.9% 1.4% 12.1% 8.0% 8.1% 8.5% 6.6% 0.9% 13.0% 8.6% 6.6% -4.7% -2.7% 7.0% 8.4% 9.6% 8.7% -0.6% -10.5% -9.2% 8.8% 4.3% 5.9% 4.8% 6.6% 8.8% 4.6% 4.5% 5.1% -0.4% 12.2% 22.2% 2.9% -6.8% 2.8%

Lottery Funds

Tobacco Settlement
Funds

Brain and Spinal
Injury Trust Fund

Other Revenues

Reserves

$362.4 514.9 558.5 593.6 515.0 662.6 710.5 719.5 737.0 757.5 787.4 813.5 848.0 892.0 892.0 894.0 886.4 847.0 903.2 929.1 947.0 982.5
1,100.8 1,108.1 1,157.8 1,233.3 1,260.3 1,546.9 1,478.8 1,588.5 1,511.9 1,511.9

$205.6 165.8 184.1 182.9 155.9 159.4 149.3 156.8 164.5 177.4 146.7 138.5 141.1 212.8 139.9 138.4 137.2 141.3 169.8 165.9 158.3 176.1 181.0 170.7 148.6 148.6

$37.0

96.4

96.5

140.4

163.0

148.8

180.8

148.8

181.2

261.9

194.2

199.8

172.4

$1.6

164.3

1.7

1.4

4.6

2.5

3.0

3.7

2.0

3.6

2.0

1.7

2.1

0.3

2.0

0.3

2.3

0.1

2.4

99.5

2.0

0.1

1.8

0.1

1.5

0.2

1.3

0.3

1.4

0.7

1.4

1.3

1.4

1.1

1.4

0.4

1.4

0.4

1.6

1.6

1.9

0.2

2,359.4

1.8

0.3

Total Revenues
$5,020.7 5,421.3 5,890.9 6,467.7 7,196.4 7,295.2 7,452.6 8,346.4 9,409.3
10,303.6 11,153.5 11,905.8 11,897.4 13,539.9 14,959.9 15,768.5 15,126.4 14,737.6 15,693.8 16,790.0 18,343.2 19,895.9 19,789.9 17,841.7 16,251.2 17,546.4 18,316.8 19,539.7 20,256.8 21,557.5 23,477.1 24,519.4 25,649.5 26,973.0 26,900.0 30,316.6 36,596.4 37,706.9 37,512.8 36,087.8

Percent Increase
9.0% 8.0% 8.7% 9.8% 11.3% 1.4% 2.2% 12.0% 12.7% 9.5% 8.2% 6.7% -0.1% 13.8% 10.5% 5.4% -4.1% -2.6% 6.5% 7.0% 9.3% 8.5% -0.5% -9.8% -8.9% 8.0% 4.4% 6.7% 3.7% 6.4% 8.9% 4.4% 4.6% 5.2% -0.3% 12.7% 20.7% 3.0% -0.5% -3.8%

Note:
Amounts shown in millions. Revenues for fiscal years 1984 - 2023 are reported numbers. Revenues for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 are estimated. Other revenues include interest on Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Trust Fund, Guaranteed Revenue Debt, payments from state entities, Indigent Care Trust Fund Revenues from 1991 through 2003, funds from the Job and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, and National Mortgage Settlement funds received in FY 2013.

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Summary of Appropriations

Departments/Agencies
Legislative Branch Georgia Senate Georgia House of Representatives General Assembly Department of Audits and Accounts
Judicial Branch Court of Appeals Judicial Council Juvenile Courts Prosecuting Attorneys Superior Courts Supreme Court
Executive Branch State Accounting Office Department of Administrative Services Department of Agriculture Department of Banking and Finance Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Department of Community Affairs Department of Community Health Department of Corrections Department of Community Supervision Department of Defense Department of Driver Services Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Department of Economic Development Department of Education Employees' Retirement System of Georgia State Forestry Commission Office of the Governor Department of Human Services Commissioner of Insurance Georgia Bureau of Investigation Department of Juvenile Justice Department of Labor Department of Law Department of Natural Resources State Board of Pardons and Paroles Georgia Public Defender Council Department of Public Health Department of Public Safety Public Service Commission Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Department of Revenue Secretary of State Georgia Student Finance Commission

FY 2024 Original Budget

Amended FY 2024

FY 2025

$15,918,856 24,410,039 18,292,346 44,891,338

$16,267,183 24,898,240 18,658,194 46,238,079

$16,234,408 24,898,240 18,658,194 46,238,079

$27,419,560 20,187,869 9,501,119
116,266,535 88,790,503 18,272,137

$27,576,879 20,750,820 9,744,119
116,266,535 88,745,128 18,298,461

$28,362,445 21,232,759 9,769,119
132,765,828 110,312,470
18,689,943

$7,951,047 6,520,988
61,743,086 14,266,948 1,498,212,940 58,372,566 4,755,971,201 1,329,528,125 206,256,998 12,393,076 80,774,172 506,324,539 37,668,877 11,860,383,900 61,910,561 50,030,321 59,577,302 985,477,516 211,588,455 214,684,733 360,723,576
8,135,054 40,478,274 176,520,726 19,728,168 79,065,339 400,005,720 227,396,499 11,872,624 3,184,870,919 217,545,131 31,016,614 1,191,200,309

$8,618,174 413,187,687
65,303,191 14,419,758 1,559,997,437 534,547,118 4,880,571,226 1,415,761,695 208,318,915 12,843,053 90,022,897 523,009,220 70,273,968 12,197,026,196 561,910,561 57,496,360 71,534,944 1,003,941,516 362,253,204 209,255,465 366,479,822
8,979,031 42,082,428 180,067,232 20,275,460 79,958,834 406,187,853 236,023,207 12,129,426 3,313,884,054 222,084,230 31,155,852 1,181,713,508

$8,279,311 19,607,369 65,912,024 14,886,415 1,637,699,882 61,282,615 5,240,573,874 1,482,219,799 222,991,726 13,786,046 86,117,996 557,071,135 39,943,152 13,261,897,830 60,689,844 51,982,062 61,515,556 1,010,361,240 232,821,762 223,411,082 386,272,947
8,578,260 45,920,568 179,528,835 21,237,986 82,759,866 422,466,076 254,170,165 12,778,244 3,382,074,434 225,088,779 33,103,178 1,157,510,517

Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

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Summary of Appropriations

Departments/Agencies Teachers Retirement System Technical College System of Georgia Department of Transportation Department of Veterans Service State Board of Workers' Compensation Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund
TOTAL STATE FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS
Less: Lottery Funds Tobacco Settlement Funds Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Funds Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Trust Fund Hospital Provider Payments Nursing Home Provider Fees Ambulance Provider Fees Motor Fuel Funds State Children's Trust Funds Georgia Agricultural Trust Funds Trauma Care Trust Funds Wildlife Endowment Trust Funds Solid Waste Trust Funds Hazardous Waste Trust Funds Fireworks Trust Funds Transit Trust Funds Transportation Trust Funds
TOTAL STATE GENERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS

FY 2024 Original Budget
83,000 499,860,598 2,280,785,794
27,294,616 21,138,440
1,255,377,796
32,436,686,850

Amended FY 2024
62,000 540,018,132 3,845,259,214
27,613,749 21,266,544 1,087,998,059 1,241,798,504
37,512,773,362

FY 2025 62,000
486,802,080 2,390,649,299
28,204,279 21,775,490 820,538,685 1,348,068,982
36,087,802,875

1,514,645,315 148,564,951 1,913,773 200,199 385,573,177 152,685,494 8,769,315
2,128,011,671 1,285,459 2,127,728
15,088,506 1,703,405 7,666,636
17,493,568 3,145,263
23,597,313 202,324,801

1,511,932,238 148,572,487 1,913,773 200,199 407,945,221 155,666,898 8,996,085
2,185,931,199 1,285,459 2,127,728
15,088,506 1,703,405 7,666,636
17,493,568 3,145,263
23,597,313 202,324,801

1,511,852,557 148,615,599 1,848,188 254,319 410,990,552 152,886,715 9,381,009
2,201,466,000 1,316,070 2,133,856
16,227,940 1,776,800 7,866,886
14,679,767 2,739,494
32,412,973 228,614,524

$27,821,890,276

$32,817,182,583

$31,342,739,626

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Summary of Appropriations: by Policy Area

Departments/State Agencies State Funds (Other State General Funds) and Attached Agencies

FY 2024 Original Budget

Educated Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Lottery Funds Department of Education Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Georgia Commission on the Holocaust Georgia Military College Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission Georgia Student Finance Commission Lottery Funds Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission Teachers Retirement System Technical College System of Georgia Total
Healthy Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Tobacco Settlement Funds Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities Sexual Offender Risk Review Board Department of Community Health Tobacco Settlement Funds Hospital Provider Payment Nursing Home Provider Fees Nursing Home Provider Fees Georgia Composite Medical Board Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency Georgia Board for Physician Workforce Department of Human Services State Children's Trust Fund Council on Aging Family Connection Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Trust Fund Commission (SGF) Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Trust Fund Commission (SHCF) Department of Public Health Tobacco Settlement Funds Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission Georgia Trauma Care Trust Funds Department of Veterans Service Total
Safe Georgia Department of Community Supervision Georgia Commission on Family Violence Department of Corrections Department of Defense

$62,534,475 443,790,064 11,860,383,900 3,161,777,297
614,133 9,481,126 12,998,363 119,338,047 1,070,855,251 1,007,011
83,000 499,860,598 $17,242,723,265
$1,486,217,243 10,255,138 780,964 959,595
3,965,239,731 124,062,351 385,573,177 152,685,494 8,769,315 3,151,410 3,143,460 113,346,263 943,695,191 1,285,459 366,529 9,763,639 26,791,499 3,375,000
200,199 362,133,493
13,813,679 1,913,773 7,056,269
15,088,506 27,294,616 $7,666,961,993
$205,571,051 685,947
1,329,528,125 12,393,076

Amended FY 2024
$63,285,758 459,723,462 12,197,026,196 3,290,669,863
617,363 9,481,126 13,115,702 128,468,032 1,052,208,776 1,036,700
62,000 540,018,132 $17,755,713,110
$1,547,981,286 10,255,138 791,729 969,284
4,065,064,448 124,062,351 407,945,221 155,666,898 8,996,085 3,179,399 3,167,011 112,489,813 959,353,234 1,285,459 359,759 9,765,792 26,885,693 6,091,380
200,199 368,303,784
13,821,215 1,913,773 7,060,575
15,088,506 27,613,749 $7,878,311,781
$207,584,106 734,809
1,415,761,695 12,843,053

FY 2025
$67,248,186 489,822,949 13,261,897,830 3,358,162,921
629,161 10,008,384 13,273,968 134,427,740 1,022,029,608
1,053,169 62,000
486,802,080 $18,845,417,996
$1,625,449,820 10,255,138 786,942 1,207,982
4,420,925,439 124,062,351 410,990,552 152,886,715 9,381,009 3,282,148 3,385,334 115,660,326 963,097,033 1,316,070 368,625 9,763,639 27,439,714 8,121,840
254,319 383,015,728
13,864,327 1,848,188 7,509,893
16,227,940 28,204,279 $8,339,305,351
$222,252,827 738,899
1,482,219,799 13,786,046

Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

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Summary of Appropriations: by Policy Area

Departments/State Agencies State Funds (Other State General Funds) and Attached Agencies Georgia Bureau of Investigations Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Department of Juvenile Justice State Board of Pardon and Paroles Department of Public Safety Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council Office of Highway Safety Peace Officer Standards and Training Council Public Safety Training Center Total
Responsible and Efficient Government Georgia Senate Georgia House of Representatives General Assembly Department of Audits and Accounts Court of Appeals Judicial Council Juvenile Courts Prosecuting Attorneys Superior Courts Supreme Court State Accounting Office Georgia State Board of Accountancy State Ethics Commission Department of Administrative Services Office of State Administrative Hearings Georgia Technology Authority Department of Banking and Finance Department of Driver Services Employees' Retirement System of Georgia Office of Governor Office of the Child Advocate Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity Office of the State Inspector General Georgia Professional Standards Commission Governor's Office of Student Achievement Office of the Commissioner of Insurance Department of Labor Department of Law Georgia Public Defender Council Public Service Commission Department of Revenue Tobacco Settlement Funds Fireworks Trust Funds Secretary of State Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission Professional Engineering and Land Surveyors Board
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FY 2024 Original Budget
145,284,077 69,400,656
360,723,576 19,728,168
195,435,348 1,588,873 3,598,315 5,523,783
21,250,180 $2,370,711,175

Amended FY 2024
146,426,035 62,829,430
366,479,822 20,275,460
203,650,768 1,636,903 2,133,451 5,826,517
22,775,568 $2,468,957,617

FY 2025 159,247,947 64,163,135 386,272,947 21,237,986 212,353,750 1,739,250 3,668,756 6,705,517 29,702,892
$2,604,089,751

$15,918,856 24,410,039 18,292,346 44,891,338 27,419,560 20,187,869 9,501,119
116,266,535 88,790,503 18,272,137 4,086,054 882,544 2,982,449 3,279,506 3,241,482
14,266,948 80,774,172 61,910,561 30,443,377
1,430,137 4,990,956 1,328,407 1,547,478 8,407,153 11,429,794 211,588,455 8,135,054 40,478,274 79,065,339 11,872,624 213,966,085
433,783 3,145,263 24,844,372 1,573,399 1,032,895

$16,267,183 24,898,240 18,658,194 46,238,079 27,576,879 20,750,820 9,744,119
116,266,535 88,745,128 18,298,461 4,695,574 886,850 3,035,750
251,357,014 3,276,101
158,554,572 14,419,758 90,022,897
561,910,561 41,546,723 1,539,606 5,647,231 1,344,555 1,626,154 8,482,508 11,348,167
362,253,204 8,979,031
42,082,428 79,958,834 12,129,426 218,505,184
433,783 3,145,263 24,982,772 1,579,858 1,033,972

$16,234,408 24,898,240 18,658,194 46,238,079 28,362,445 21,232,759 9,769,119
132,765,828 110,312,470
18,689,943 4,222,387 900,612 3,156,312 1,279,506 3,327,863
15,000,000 14,886,415 86,117,996 60,689,844 30,838,913
1,447,311 6,076,372 1,333,047 1,829,469 8,730,690 11,259,754 232,821,762 8,578,260 45,920,568 82,759,866 12,778,244 221,915,502
433,783 2,739,494 26,467,140 1,647,973 1,361,143

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Summary of Appropriations: by Policy Area

Departments/State Agencies State Funds (Other State General Funds) and Attached Agencies Georgia Real Estate Commission State Elections Board State Board of Workers' Compensation Total
Growing Georgia Department of Agriculture Georgia Agricultural Trust Funds Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority State Soil and Water Conservation Commission Department of Community Affairs OneGeorgia Authority Georgia Environmental Finance Authority Department of Economic Development State Forestry Commission Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Endowment Trust Funds Solid Waste Trust Funds Hazardous Waste Trust Funds Total
Mobile Georgia Department of Transportation Motor Fuel Funds Transportation Trust Funds Georgia Transit Trust Funds Total
Capital and Debt Management Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund Motor Fuel Funds Total
TOTAL STATE FUNDS APPROPRIATION
Less: Lottery Funds Tobacco Settlement Funds Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Funds Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Trust Fund Hospital Provider Payments Nursing Home Provider Fees Ambulance Provider Fees Motor Fuel Funds State Children's Trust Funds Georgia Agricultural Trust Funds Trauma Care Trust Funds Wildlife Endowment Trust Funds Solid Waste Trust Funds

FY 2024 Original Budget
3,052,930 513,018
21,138,440 $1,235,791,251

Amended FY 2024
3,070,155 489,095
21,266,544 $2,327,047,208

FY 2025 3,130,111 496,811
21,775,490 $1,341,084,123

$55,235,108 2,127,728 1,222,578 3,157,672
30,208,731 26,910,340
1,253,495 37,668,877 50,030,321 149,657,117
1,703,405 7,666,636 17,493,568 $384,335,576

$59,056,064 2,127,728 899,778 3,219,621
132,462,104 150,831,519 251,253,495
70,273,968 57,496,360 153,203,623
1,703,405 7,666,636 17,493,568 $907,687,869

$59,601,892 2,133,856 899,778 3,276,498
33,568,780 26,460,340
1,253,495 39,943,152 51,982,062 155,205,382
1,776,800 7,866,886 14,679,767 $398,648,688

$36,051,807 2,018,811,873
202,324,801 23,597,313
$2,280,785,794

$1,542,605,699 2,076,731,401 202,324,801 23,597,313
$3,845,259,214

$40,844,568 2,088,777,234
228,614,524 32,412,973
$2,390,649,299

$1,146,177,998 109,199,798
$1,255,377,796
$32,436,686,850
1,514,645,315 148,564,951 1,913,773 200,199 385,573,177 152,685,494 8,769,315
2,128,011,671 1,285,459 2,127,728
15,088,506 1,703,405 7,666,636

$1,087,998,059 1,132,598,706 109,199,798
$2,329,796,563
$37,512,773,362
1,511,932,238 148,572,487 1,913,773 200,199 407,945,221 155,666,898 8,996,085
2,185,931,199 1,285,459 2,127,728
15,088,506 1,703,405 7,666,636

$820,538,685 1,235,380,216
112,688,766 $2,168,607,667
$36,087,802,875
1,511,852,557 148,615,599 1,848,188 254,319 410,990,552 152,886,715 9,381,009
2,201,466,000 1,316,070 2,133,856
16,227,940 1,776,800 7,866,886

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Summary of Appropriations: by Policy Area

Hazardous Waste Trust Funds Fireworks Trust Funds Transit Trust Funds Transportation Trust Funds
TOTAL STATE GENERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS

17,493,568 3,145,263
23,597,313 202,324,801
$27,821,890,276

17,493,568 3,145,263
23,597,313 202,324,801
$32,817,182,583

14,679,767 2,739,494
32,412,973 228,614,524
$31,342,739,626

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Expenditures and Appropriations: State Funds

Departments/Agencies Legislative Branch Georgia Senate Georgia House of Representatives General Assembly Department of Audits and Accounts
Judicial Branch Court of Appeals Judicial Council Juvenile Courts Prosecuting Attorneys Superior Courts Supreme Court
Executive Branch State Accounting Office Department of Administrative Services Department of Agriculture Department of Banking and Finance Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Department of Community Affairs Department of Community Health Department of Community Supervision Department of Corrections Department of Defense Department of Driver Services Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Department of Economic Development Department of Education Employees' Retirement System of Georgia State Forestry Commission Office of the Governor Department of Human Services Commissioner of Insurance Georgia Bureau of Investigation Department of Juvenile Justice Department of Labor Department of Law Department of Natural Resources State Board of Pardons and Paroles State Properties Commission Georgia Public Defender Council Department of Public Health Department of Public Safety Public Service Commission Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Department of Revenue

FY 2022 Expenditures
$11,061,163 20,028,609 13,679,248 35,552,402
$25,219,850 15,768,549 8,551,123 88,270,334 79,061,307 16,261,485
$7,632,215 71,790,541 61,535,867 13,029,653 1,255,362,677
243,438,999 3,538,017,278
179,613,262 1,209,327,285
16,599,373 72,131,747 431,533,617
61,534,057 11,216,107,175
35,198,665 42,963,894 40,866,035 843,378,779 29,106,386 184,288,404 313,858,713 13,057,103 31,543,444 175,498,932 17,513,475 477,500,000 65,295,450 321,575,250 224,029,734 10,543,945 2,758,175,990 194,234,528

FY 2023 Expenditures
$12,361,931 21,107,137 15,024,596 43,070,044
$29,174,245 18,804,579 8,954,732
101,008,485 84,826,261 19,228,053
$8,137,060 65,594,772 58,912,329 14,373,476 1,389,746,095
251,391,943 3,849,284,205
190,045,395 1,340,677,982
12,145,375 75,650,764 451,687,850
53,659,065 11,401,469,298
64,783,388 43,977,956 50,375,760 933,101,399 253,778,707 215,739,422 339,064,976
9,309,037 35,988,520 174,351,502 18,894,679 20,500,000 73,441,502 361,399,314 244,984,923 11,603,054 3,247,636,930 203,415,734

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$16,267,183 24,898,240 18,658,194 46,238,079
$27,576,879 20,750,820 9,744,119
116,266,535 88,745,128 18,298,461
$8,618,174 413,187,687
65,303,191 14,419,758 1,559,997,437
534,547,118 4,880,571,226
208,318,915 1,415,761,695
12,843,053 90,022,897 523,009,220
70,273,968 12,197,026,196
561,910,561 57,496,360 71,534,944
1,003,941,516 362,253,204 209,255,465 366,479,822 8,979,031 42,082,428 180,067,232 20,275,460
79,958,834 406,187,853 236,023,207
12,129,426 3,313,884,054
222,084,230

FY 2025 Budget
$16,234,408 24,898,240 18,658,194 46,238,079
$28,362,445 21,232,759 9,769,119
132,765,828 110,312,470
18,689,943
$8,279,311 19,607,369 65,912,024 14,886,415 1,637,699,882
61,282,615 5,240,573,874
222,991,726 1,482,219,799
13,786,046 86,117,996 557,071,135
39,943,152 13,261,897,830
60,689,844 51,982,062 61,515,556 1,010,361,240 232,821,762 223,411,082 386,272,947
8,578,260 45,920,568 179,528,835 21,237,986
82,759,866 422,466,076 254,170,165
12,778,244 3,382,074,434
225,088,779

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Expenditures and Appropriations: State Funds

Departments/Agencies Secretary of State Georgia Student Finance Commission Teachers Retirement System Technical College System of Georgia Department of Transportation Department of Veterans Service State Board of Workers' Compensation Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund
TOTAL STATE FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS

FY 2022 Expenditures
27,178,491 970,860,046
104,265 375,647,539 1,848,602,741
23,570,383 17,176,884

FY 2023 Expenditures
28,566,220 988,336,374
76,617 544,493,367 2,010,453,797
25,460,923 18,902,874

1,301,427,202 $29,034,304,095

1,246,324,950 $30,681,297,596

Amended FY 2024 Budget
31,155,852 1,181,713,508
62,000 540,018,132 3,845,259,214
27,613,749 21,266,544 1,087,998,059 1,241,798,504
$37,512,773,362

FY 2025 Budget
33,103,178 1,157,510,517
62,000 486,802,080 2,390,649,299
28,204,279 21,775,490 820,538,685 1,348,068,982
$36,087,802,875

Less: Lottery Funds Tobacco Settlement Funds Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Trust Fund Hospital Provider Fee Nursing Home Provider Fees Ambulance Provider Fees Motor Fuel Funds State Children's Trust Fund Georgia Agricultural Trust Funds Trauma Care Trust Funds Wildlife Endowment Trust Funds Solid Waste Trust Funds Hazardous Waste Trust Funds Fireworks Trust Funds Transit Trust Funds Transportation Trust Funds
TOTAL STATE GENERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS

$1,228,192,865 147,692,175 1,119,804 299,987 388,670,737 144,697,456
1,756,662,662
$25,366,968,408

$1,267,717,256 146,681,407 947,300
387,434,224 144,713,035
8,040,734 1,840,621,058
979,428 1,884,774 13,590,822
4,737,731 3,970,967 2,722,391 15,927,599 150,215,854
$26,691,113,017

$1,511,932,238 148,572,487 1,913,773
200,199 407,945,221 155,666,898
8,996,085 2,185,931,199
1,285,459 2,127,728 15,088,506 1,703,405 7,666,636 17,493,568 3,145,263 23,597,313 202,324,801
$32,817,182,583

$1,511,852,557 148,615,599 1,848,188
254,319 410,990,552 152,886,715
9,381,009 2,201,466,000
1,316,070 2,133,856 16,227,940 1,776,800 7,866,886 14,679,767 2,739,494 32,412,973 228,614,524
$31,342,739,626

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Expenditures and Appropriations: Total Funds

Departments/Agencies Legislative Branch Georgia Senate Georgia House of Representatives General Assembly Department of Audits and Accounts
Judicial Branch Court of Appeals Judicial Council Juvenile Courts Prosecuting Attorneys Superior Courts Supreme Court
Executive Branch State Accounting Office Department of Administrative Services Department of Agriculture Department of Banking and Finance Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Department of Community Affairs Department of Community Health Department of Corrections Department of Community Supervision Department of Defense Department of Driver Services Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Department of Economic Development Department of Education Employees' Retirement System of Georgia State Forestry Commission Office of the Governor Department of Human Services Commissioner of Insurance Georgia Bureau of Investigation Department of Juvenile Justice Department of Labor Department of Law Department of Natural Resources State Board of Pardons and Paroles State Properties Commission Georgia Public Defender Council Department of Public Health Department of Public Safety Public Service Commission Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Department of Revenue Secretary of State

FY 2022 Expenditures
$11,197,244 20,391,965 15,914,014 35,578,573
$25,502,691 24,587,296 8,551,123
121,701,526 79,427,860 18,617,642
$31,315,170 303,018,836
75,762,747 13,029,653 1,588,081,541
571,605,643 19,955,674,819
1,296,654,366 183,263,063 121,453,769 78,239,942
1,457,949,598
68,919,950 14,140,877,428
61,647,339 72,266,420 2,995,454,663 2,203,051,870 39,585,931 341,246,646 334,941,040 158,899,990 111,577,507 415,509,691 17,713,201 480,636,366 99,042,079 1,193,221,955 306,219,888 11,645,534 9,538,082,294 201,356,594 45,841,115

FY 2023 Expenditures
$12,509,055 21,616,191 16,628,026 43,118,512
$29,471,113 42,004,515 8,954,732
135,615,215 86,029,903 21,823,966
$37,317,508 426,487,493
73,760,868 14,380,747 1,703,526,715
508,106,799 22,094,135,943
1,400,695,555 197,818,396 119,397,748 82,136,620
1,924,623,623
62,529,380 14,464,749,989
93,774,667 65,888,080 4,522,770,394 3,304,027,714 522,799,074 362,581,632 355,140,871 148,385,664 132,326,328 430,961,825 19,049,254 22,701,418 122,791,408 1,371,102,239 330,940,620 12,840,890 9,789,124,428 210,051,916 52,082,664

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Amended FY 2024 Budget
$16,267,183 24,898,240 18,658,194 46,298,079
$27,726,879 25,207,507 9,811,605
118,395,240 88,826,253 20,158,284
$35,204,339 679,752,687
76,880,037 14,419,758 1,737,652,247
718,577,922 20,085,893,014
1,429,496,853 210,705,323 111,377,098 92,867,018
1,018,383,142
74,314,818 14,495,317,729
595,728,763 73,959,896
102,895,412 2,208,348,438
372,849,325 287,979,728 373,321,524
54,461,083 125,763,800 347,309,527
20,275,460 2,400,000
113,469,596 809,596,163 295,383,438
13,360,526 9,643,621,160
225,389,960 36,898,172

FY 2025 Budget
$16,234,408 24,898,240 18,658,194 46,298,079
$28,512,445 25,689,446 9,836,605
135,098,144 110,393,595
20,549,766
$34,865,476 300,356,522
77,488,870 14,886,415 2,051,915,587
245,313,419 21,021,818,430
1,495,954,957 225,378,134 112,320,091 88,962,117
1,052,445,057
40,869,342 15,560,189,363
94,508,046 68,445,598 92,876,024 2,214,768,162 243,417,883 302,135,345 393,114,649 54,060,312 129,601,940 346,771,130 21,237,986
2,400,000 116,270,628 825,874,386 314,737,979
14,009,344 9,711,811,540
228,394,509 38,845,498
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Expenditures and Appropriations: Total Funds

Departments/Agencies Georgia Student Finance Commission Teachers Retirement System Technical College System of Georgia Department of Transportation Department of Veterans Service State Board of Workers' Compensation Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund
TOTAL FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS

FY 2022 Expenditures
978,196,831 42,519,704
980,373,788 4,030,836,564
54,296,539 17,575,735

FY 2023 Expenditures
1,000,107,548 45,486,678
1,182,739,921 5,088,128,482
59,124,090 19,621,918

1,565,014,673 $66,544,070,418

1,412,889,741 $74,204,878,078

Amended FY 2024 Budget 1,215,897,494
55,527,501 1,247,926,453 5,632,987,949
55,289,486 21,640,376 1,087,998,059 1,258,645,092
$67,456,013,830

FY 2025 Budget 1,171,694,503
55,527,501 1,194,710,401 4,178,378,034
55,880,016 22,149,322 820,538,685 1,364,915,570
$66,836,007,693

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Summary of Statewide Budget Changes Amended FY 2024

Departments/Agencies State Accounting Office Department of Administrative Services Department of Agriculture Department of Banking and Finance Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Department of Community Affairs Department of Community Health Department of Corrections Department of Community Supervision Department of Defense Department of Driver Services Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Department of Economic Development Department of Education State Forestry Commission Office of the Governor Department of Human Services Commissioner of Insurance Georgia Bureau of Investigation Department of Juvenile Justice Department of Labor Department of Law Department of Natural Resources State Board of Pardons and Paroles Georgia Public Defender Council Department of Public Health Department of Public Safety Public Service Commission Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Department of Revenue Secretary of State Georgia Student Finance Commission Technical College System of Georgia Department of Transportation Department of Veterans Service State Board of Workers' Compensation
TOTAL STATE FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS

Pay Supplement $72,127 108,727 537,175 88,274
9,856,446 528,567 752,476
7,093,059 2,021,667
449,977 903,184 8,952,175 170,091 189,360,125 592,076 398,310 10,334,410 273,432 1,116,719 2,657,879 843,977 338,021 1,919,403 189,464 893,495 5,780,814 1,990,450
83,968 52,161,813
990,380 272,359 130,257 6,743,197 4,223,112 160,402 128,104
$313,116,112

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Summary of Statewide Budget Changes FY 2025

Departments/Agencies State Accounting Office Department of Administrative Services Department of Agriculture Department of Banking and Finance
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Department of Community Affairs Department of Community Health Department of Corrections Department of Community Supervision Department of Defense Department of Driver Services Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Department of Economic Development Department of Education State Forestry Commission Office of the Governor Department of Human Services Commissioner of Insurance Georgia Bureau of Investigation Department of Juvenile Justice Department of Labor Department of Law Department of Natural Resources State Board of Pardons and Paroles Georgia Public Defender Council Department of Public Health Department of Public Safety Public Service Commission Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Department of Revenue Secretary of State Georgia Student Finance Commission Technical College System of Georgia Department of Transportation Department of Veterans Service State Board of Workers' Compensation
TOTAL STATE FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS

Statewide Salary
Increase $195,385 82,981 1,520,650 328,156
27,176,955 260,066
1,563,779 21,234,185
6,987,901 1,371,313 2,117,139
277,617 653,740 2,072,737 1,608,833 1,448,993 15,252,511 735,249 4,130,663 7,790,550
35,001 1,233,510 3,235,909
602,718 2,052,749 15,073,341 6,051,793
346,637 97,670,439
3,264,931 803,398 334,025
11,291,594 11,124,440
675,686 494,451
$251,100,025

Risk Pool Adjustments
($1,356)
(20,331) (12,808)
(2,025,533) 3,348
437,042 2,646,737
62,284 126,643
9,005
5,072 62,759 13,166 (57,833) 344,346 72,608 (148,090) (815,233) (1,270) 121,325 253,505
(30,576) 52,571
1,520,710 98,042
2,144,251 108,296 36,596 3,246 422,207
2,799,857 32,148 33,211
$8,295,945

GBA Rental Rates
$84,235

Merit System Assessments

491,630

$1,888

330,186
325,543 43,890 42,888
69,968
162,626
284,274 413,977 215,855
476,286 240,588 203,497 210,928 479,724
16,297 290,106 440,860
5,328 148,849
89,886
$5,067,421

277,171
4,442 22,657 27,293
9,382
1,290 6,303 4,600 3,190 27,851 5,621 14,382 21,338
3,794 20,942
1,160 12,163 (6,295) 16,980
1,306 679
6,401 5,125 4,237 150,677
1,281 1,684
$647,542

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Summary of Statewide Budget Changes FY 2025

Departments/Agencies State Accounting Office Department of Administrative Services Department of Agriculture Department of Banking and Finance

GETS Adjustment

Law Enforcement TRS Adjustment Salary Increase

$35,549 2,858

$9,355

$20,113

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Department of Community Affairs Department of Community Health Department of Corrections Department of Community Supervision Department of Defense Department of Driver Services

1,306 (358) 1,589,697 157,233 13,916 1,053,239

42,859
315 1,307

100,569 21,682,547
6,838,651 5,028
50,284

Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Department of Economic Development Department of Education State Forestry Commission Office of the Governor Department of Human Services Commissioner of Insurance Georgia Bureau of Investigation Department of Juvenile Justice Department of Labor Department of Law Department of Natural Resources State Board of Pardons and Paroles Georgia Public Defender Council Department of Public Health Department of Public Safety Public Service Commission Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Department of Revenue Secretary of State Georgia Student Finance Commission Technical College System of Georgia Department of Transportation Department of Veterans Service State Board of Workers' Compensation

59,173 34,449
142,156 1,227,969
22,843 527,884 1,039,949
6,997 320,200
13,968 14,567 1,560,398 906,046 36,132 1,276,730 1,429,730 11,946
325,630 749,326
92,693 87,590

725,625 68,481,103
2,024 108
88,154
39,755 8,380,655
5,010 240,453
7,977

25,142 30,171 25,142 181,023 1,553,782 4,344,551
1,090,311 201,137 593,354
5,646,916
251,421 125,843
13,409
20,114

TOTAL STATE FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS

$13,451,865

$78,024,700

$42,799,508

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Surplus Funds by Department

Departments/Agencies
Legislative Branch Georgia Senate Georgia House of Representatives Georgia General Assembly Audits and Accounts, Department of
Judicial Branch Court of Appeals Judicial Council Juvenile Courts Prosecuting Attorneys Superior Courts Supreme Court
Executive Branch Accounting Office, State Administrative Services, Department of Agriculture, Department of Banking and Finance, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department of Community Affairs, Department of Community Health, Department of Community Supervision, Department of Corrections, Department of Defense, Department of Driver Services, Department of Early Care and Learning, Bright from the Start: Department of Economic Development, Department of Education, Department of Forestry Commission, State Governor, Office of the Human Services, Department of Insurance, Office of the Commissioner of Investigation, Georgia Bureau of Juvenile Justice, Department of Labor, Department of Law, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Pardons and Paroles, State Board of Properties Commission, State Public Defender Council, Georgia Public Health, Department of Public Safety, Department of Public Service Commission Regents, University System of Georgia Board of Revenue, Department of Secretary of State Student Finance Commission, Georgia Teachers Retirement System Technical College System of Georgia Transportation, Department of Veterans Service, Department of Workers' Compensation, State Board of
TOTAL STATE FUNDS SURPLUS
32

FY 2022
$2,033,710 259,856
2,805,158 529,099

FY 2023
$2,487,842 2,363,857 1,356,636 898,515

6,901 1,082,006
470,327 3,845,885
3,926 86

8,516 902,425 554,729 3,018,201
4,913 1

224,105 163,322
38,966 7,056
6,526,721 477,272
283,486,737 133,651 678,178 198,548 985,711
12,158,961 268,891
8,630,564 71,521
3,354,062 10,755,068
155,928 1,806,969 36,426,367
12,497 101,298 992,124
91,293 68,156 813,074 14,753,962 1,048,636
268 3,633,797 9,133,761 1,259,908 90,548,669
5,230 478,932 2,919,225 415,706 1,703,159

584,388 66,814
655,729 65,133
12,277,262 437,339
81,032,859 293,394 261,162 130,534 594,717
20,586,021 193,002
13,937,838 70,144
1,636,651 8,411,847 2,430,488 3,057,438 18,590,693
102,542 186,341 657,510
71,239 0
86,278 18,753,698
1,600,313 479
6,780,405 12,191,684
1,103,140 132,389,430
3,379 491,791 1,615,746 908,311 1,800,501

$505,565,242

$355,651,874

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Surplus Funds by Department

Departments/Agencies Surplus to Revenue Shortfall Reserve, June 30 Surplus to Lottery for Education Reserve, June 30 Surplus to Tobacco Settlement Reserve, June 30

FY 2022 $403,252,018
96,858,428 1,260,754

FY 2023 $197,485,557
151,053,169 1,925,915

Note: The surplus for Fiscal Year 2022 includes a lapse of unallotted funds totaling $4,194,042 in state general funds. For Fiscal Year 2023, the amount of unallotted funds was $4,917,399 in state general funds and $269,835 in lottery for education funds. The agency surplus that was returned to the State Treasury for deposit into the Revenue Shortfall Reserve was $407,446,059.92 in Fiscal Year 2022. For Fiscal Year 2023, the amount returned to the state treasury was $202,672,791. Surplus lottery funds and tobacco settlement funds are deposited into separate reserves.

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Revenue Shortfall Reserve

The 1976 session of the General Assembly created the Revenue Shortfall Reserve in lieu of the Working Reserve. This reserve acts as a savings account or "rainy day" fund for the state should revenue collections decline unexpectedly or uncontrollably. Current law provides that the reserve cannot exceed 15% of the previous fiscal year's net revenue. For each fiscal year, the General Assembly may appropriate an amount up to 1% of the net revenue collections of the preceding fiscal year for funding increased K-12 needs. In addition, the Governor has the authority to release funds from the reserve in excess of 4% of the net revenue of the preceding fiscal year. The chart for FY 2010 includes agency surplus collected after June 30, 2010 and does not include funds used for mid-year K-12 adjustment.

Fiscal Year
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

700,273,960 260,600,570
51,577,479 256,664,658 792,490,296 1,544,595,188 565,907,436 103,693,796 116,021,961 328,387,715 377,971,440 717,324,098 862,835,447 1,431,248,148 2,032,918,107 2,308,605,781 2,556,604,005 2,807,583,610 2,704,664,669 4,288,774,541 5,240,228,297 5,391,680,822

Revenue Shortfall Reserve
Partially filled Partially filled Partially filled (Statute changed to two tier method) Exceeds 4% of Net Revenue Collections Exceeds 4% of Net Revenue Collections Exceeds 4% of Net Revenue Collections Partially filled Partially filled Partially filled Partially filled Partially filled Exceeds 4% of Net Revenue Collections Exceeds 4% of Net Revenue Collections Exceeds 4% of Net Revenue Collections Exceeds 4% of Net Revenue Collections Exceeds 4% of Net Revenue Collections Exceeds 4% of Net Revenue Collections Exceeds 4% of Net Revenue Collections
Filled Filled Filled

Millions

5,500 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000
500 0

Revenue Shortfall Reserve Amounts by Fiscal Year

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State Debt Service as a Percentage of Prior Year Net Treasury Receipts

The following sets forth the highest aggregate annual debt service (including recommended debt) as a percentage of the net treasury receipts for the prior fiscal year. Prior to FY 1984 the maximum percentage allowed by the Constitution was 15 percent.

Fiscal Year 2025 (Est.) 2024 (Est.)
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010

Highest Annual Debt Service
$1,292,215,341 1,338,669,659 1,337,707,640 1,245,787,010 1,251,450,166 1,332,638,909 1,309,352,179 1,360,383,742 1,289,557,703 1,293,491,829 1,282,438,777 1,231,358,905 1,219,674,733 1,228,532,294 1,314,870,945 1,278,325,792

Prior Year Net Treasury Receipts
35,153,327,974 37,706,936,571 36,596,472,710 30,316,588,230 26,900,038,894 26,973,017,172 25,649,499,261 24,519,402,190 23,476,964,891 21,557,498,541 20,256,765,495 19,539,691,059 18,316,797,048 17,546,376,094 16,251,244,423 17,832,365,614

Percentage 3.7% 3.6% 3.7% 4.1% 4.7% 4.9% 5.1% 5.5% 5.5% 6.0% 6.3% 6.3% 6.7% 7.0% 8.1% 7.2%

Source: Debt service from Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission. Treasury receipts from State Accounting Office.

12.0% 11.0% 10.0%
9.0% 8.0% 7.0% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 3.0% 2.0% 1.0% 0.0%

Constitutional Debt Service Limit: 10% of Prior Year Receipts

8.1%

7.2%

7.0% 6.7% 6.3% 6.3% 6.0% 5.5% 5.5% 5.1% 4.9% 4.7% 4.1% 3.7% 3.6% 3.7%

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 (Est.) (Est.)

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Dedicated State Revenues
FY 2025

State Trust Funds Georgia Agricultural Trust Fund Hazardous Waste Trust Fund Fireworks Trust Fund Solid Waste Trust Fund State Children's Trust Fund Transit Trust Fund Transportation Trust Fund
Trauma Care Trust Fund Wildlife Endowment Trust Fund

Dedicated Fee Sources Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption Fees Solid Waste Tipping Fees Fireworks Excise Tax Scrap Tire Fees State Children's Trust Fund For-Hire Ground Transport Excise Tax Hotel - Motel Excise Tax Highway Impact Fees Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fee Excessive Speeding Fines Lifetime Sportsmen License Fees
Total Fee and Fine Collections

FY 2023 Revenues
2,133,856.00 14,679,767.00
2,739,494.00 7,866,886.00 1,316,070.00 32,412,973.00 200,199,407.00 13,427,066.00 14,988,051.00 16,227,940.00 1,776,800.00 $307,768,310

Agency/Program Department of Agriculture
Marketing and Promotion Department of Human Services
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Department of Natural Resources
Hazardous Waste Trust Fund Solid Waste Trust Fund Wildlife Resources Department of Public Health Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission Department of Revenue Local Government Services Department of Transportation Capital Construction Projects Capital Maintenance Projects Planning Transit Transit Payments to State Road and Tollway Authority Payments to Atlanta- Region Transit Link (ATL) Authority

Trust Fund Uses Georgia Agricultural Trust Funds

FY 2025 Budget $2,133,856

State Children's Trust Funds

1,316,070

Hazardous Waste Trust Funds Solid Waste Trust Funds Wildlife Endowment Trust Funds

14,679,767 7,866,886 1,776,800

Trauma Care Trust Funds

16,227,940

Fireworks Trust Funds

2,739,494

Transportation Trust Funds Transportation Trust Funds Transportation Trust Funds Transportation Trust Funds Transit Trust Funds Transportation Trust Funds Transportation Trust Funds
Total Use of Trust Funds

135,971,563 44,157,476 2,000,000 9,421,226 32,412,973 25,853,928 11,210,331
$307,768,310

Constitutional 1% Limitation on Dedication of State Revenues

FY 2025 Appropriation of Dedicated State Revenues

$307,768,310

FY 2023 General Fund Revenue Collections

$35,944,538,813

Percent of State Revenues Dedicated

0.86%

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Lottery Funds

Use of Lottery Funds
Early Care and Learning, Bright from the Start: Department of Pre-Kindergarten Program
Subtotal
Student Finance Commission, Georgia Commission Administration (GSFC) HOPE High School Equivalency Exam HOPE Grant HOPE Scholarships - Private Schools HOPE Scholarships - Public Schools College Completion Grants
Subtotal
TOTAL LOTTERY FUNDS

FY 2024 Current Budget
$443,790,064 $443,790,064
$10,784,999 1,345,510
80,603,880 91,218,629 874,902,233 12,000,000 $1,070,855,251
$1,514,645,315

Amended FY 2024
$459,723,462 $459,723,462
$10,905,567 1,345,510
80,603,880 74,451,586 874,902,233 10,000,000 $1,052,208,776
$1,511,932,238

FY 2025
$489,822,949 $489,822,949
$11,085,359 500,000
59,871,498 74,782,841 865,789,910 10,000,000 $1,022,029,608 $1,511,852,557

Lottery Reserves Georgia's lottery laws require maintenance of a single Shortfall Reserve. The Shortfall Reserve must equal at least 50% of the net proceeds for the preceding year. As of June 30, 2023, the required Shortfall Reserve balance was $737,001,500.

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Tobacco Settlement Funds

Use of Tobacco Settlement Funds
Direct Healthcare Low Income Medicaid Community Care Services Program Adult Developmental Disabilities Waiver Services Subtotal:

FY 2024 Original Budget

DCH DCH DBHDD

$117,870,545 6,191,806
10,255,138 $134,317,489

Cancer Treatment and Prevention Smoking Prevention and Cessation Cancer Screening Cancer Treatment for Low-Income Uninsured Cancer Registry Clinical Trials Outreach and Education Regional Cancer Coalitions Enforcement/Compliance for Underage Smoking Subtotal:

DPH DPH DPH DPH DPH DPH DOR

$2,379,106 2,922,247 6,689,810 117,776 500,000 1,204,740 433,783
$14,247,462

TOTAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS
SUMMARY BY AGENCY Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) Department of Community Health (DCH) Department of Public Health (DPH) Department of Revenue (DOR) Total

$148,564,951
$10,255,138 124,062,351
13,813,679 433,783
$148,564,951

Amended FY 2024
$117,870,545 6,191,806
10,255,138 $134,317,489
$2,379,106 2,922,247 6,697,346 117,776 500,000 1,204,740 433,783
$14,254,998
$148,572,487
$10,255,138 124,062,351
13,821,215 433,783
$148,572,487

FY 2025
$117,870,545 6,191,806
10,255,138 $134,317,489
$2,391,687 2,931,942 6,715,857 120,101 500,000 1,204,740 433,783
$14,298,110
$148,615,599
$10,255,138 124,062,351
13,864,327 433,783
$148,615,599

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Transportation Funds
Amended FY 2024

Transportation Funds Available Motor Fuel Funds (AFY 2024 Estimated)
Motor Fuel Undesignated, Unreserved Surplus Interest on Motor Fuel Deposits

Subtotal: Motor Fuel Funds Trust Funds (FY 2022 Collections)
Hotel/Motel Fees Highway Impact Fees Rideshare Fees

State General Funds State General Funds

Subtotal: Trust Funds

Subtotal: State General Funds

TOTAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS AVAILABLE

Original FY 2024

Changes

Amended FY 2024

$2,032,931,199
95,080,472 $2,128,011,671
$189,166,172 13,158,629 23,597,313
$225,922,114
$36,051,807 $36,051,807 $2,389,985,592

($476,302,199) 476,302,199 57,919,528 $57,919,528
$0 0 0
$0
$1,506,553,892 $1,506,553,892
$1,564,473,420

$1,556,629,000 476,302,199 153,000,000
$2,185,931,199
$189,166,172 13,158,629 23,597,313
$225,922,114
$1,542,605,699 $1,542,605,699
$3,954,459,012

Use of Motor Fuel Funds Department of Transportation
Capital Construction Projects Capital Maintenance Projects Data Collection, Compliance, and Reporting Departmental Administration (DOT) Local Maintenance and Improvement Grants Local Road Assistance Administration Planning Program Delivery Administration Routine Maintenance Traffic Management and Control Subtotal General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund GO Bonds Issued Subtotal
Total - Motor Fuel Funds

Original FY 2024
$884,846,617 150,588,167 3,103,354 83,848,101 212,801,168 4,346,461 2,845,171 126,906,966 493,397,670 56,128,198
$2,018,811,873
$109,199,798 $109,199,798 $2,128,011,671

Changes

Amended FY 2024

$8,554,482 0 0
3,757,935 5,791,952
0 0 4,000,000 32,408,079 3,407,080 $57,919,528
$0 $0 $57,919,528

$893,401,099 150,588,167 3,103,354 87,606,036 218,593,120 4,346,461 2,845,171 130,906,966 525,805,749 59,535,278
$2,076,731,401
$109,199,798 $109,199,798 $2,185,931,199

Use of Transportation Trust Funds Department of Transportation
Capital Construction Capital Maintenance Transit
Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

Original FY 2024
$128,471,563 8,785,819 6,744,694

Changes

Amended FY 2024

$0

$128,471,563

0

8,785,819

0

6,744,694

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Transportation Funds
Amended FY 2024

Payments to Atlanta-region Transit Link (ATL) Authority Payments to State Road and Tollway Authority Subtotal Total - Transportation Trust Funds

13,128,506 45,194,219 $202,324,801 $202,324,801

0

13,128,506

0

45,194,219

$0

$202,324,801

$0

$202,324,801

Use of Transit Trust Funds Department of Transportation
Transit Subtotal Total - Transit Trust Funds

Original FY 2024
$23,597,313 23,597,313
$23,597,313

Changes

Amended FY 2024

$0

$23,597,313

$0

23,597,313

$0

$23,597,313

Use of State General Funds Department of Transportation
Capital Construction Data Collection, Compliance, and Reporting Departmental Administration (DOT) Airport Aid Transit Rail Ports and Waterways Local Maintenance and Improvement Grants Planning Program Delivery Administration Routine Maintenance Traffic Management and Control Freight Infrastructure Projects Subtotal Total - State General Funds
TOTAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS

Original FY 2024
$0 0 0
26,359,425 0
8,305,308 1,387,074
0 0 0 0 0 0 $36,051,807 $36,051,807
$2,389,985,592

Changes

Amended FY 2024

$659,000,000 26,913
426,294 0
24,760 2,336,163
2,153 200,000,000
32,295 1,220,751 2,122,858
361,705 641,000,000 $1,506,553,892 $1,506,553,892
$1,564,473,420

$659,000,000 26,913
426,294 26,359,425
24,760 10,641,471
1,389,227 200,000,000
32,295 1,220,751 2,122,858
361,705 641,000,000 $1,542,605,699 $1,542,605,699
$3,954,459,012

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Transportation Funds
FY 2025

Transportation Revenues Motor Fuel Funds (FY 2025 Estimated)
Motor Fuel Interest on Motor Fuel Deposits

Subtotal: Motor Fuel Funds Trust Funds (FY 2023 Collections)
Hotel/Motel Fees Highway Impact Fees Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fees Rideshare Fees

State General Funds State General Funds

Subtotal: Trust Funds

Subtotal: State General Funds

TOTAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS AVAILABLE

Original FY 2024
$2,032,931,199 95,080,472
$2,128,011,671
$189,166,172 13,158,629 0 23,597,313
$225,922,114
$36,051,807 $36,051,807 $2,389,985,592

Use of Motor Fuel Funds Department of Transportation
Capital Construction Projects Capital Maintenance Projects Data Collection, Compliance, and Reporting Departmental Administration (DOT) Local Maintenance and Improvement Grants Local Road Assistance Administration Planning Program Delivery Administration Routine Maintenance Traffic Management and Control Subtotal General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund GO Bonds Issued Subtotal Total - Motor Fuel Funds
Use of Transportation Trust Funds
Department of Transportation Capital Construction Capital Maintenance Transit
Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

Original FY 2024
$884,846,617 150,588,167 3,103,354 83,848,101 212,801,168 4,346,461 2,845,171 126,906,966 493,397,670 56,128,198
$2,018,811,873
$109,199,798 $109,199,798 $2,128,011,671
Original FY 2024
$128,471,563 8,785,819 6,744,694

Changes
$34,534,801 38,919,528
$73,454,329
$11,033,235 268,437
14,988,051 8,815,660
$35,105,383
$4,792,761 $4,792,761 $113,352,473
Changes
$8,992,966 0
44,931 6,318,759 7,345,433
0 51,002 7,688,313 34,582,268 4,941,689 $69,965,361
$3,488,968 $3,488,968 $73,454,329
Changes
$7,500,000 35,371,657
2,676,532

FY 2025
$2,067,466,000 134,000,000
$2,201,466,000
$200,199,407 13,427,066 14,988,051 32,412,973
$261,027,497
$40,844,568 $40,844,568 $2,503,338,065
FY 2025
$893,839,583 150,588,167 3,148,285 90,166,860 220,146,601 4,346,461 2,896,173 134,595,279 527,979,938 61,069,887
$2,088,777,234
$112,688,766 $112,688,766 $2,201,466,000
FY 2025
$135,971,563 44,157,476 9,421,226 41

Transportation Funds
FY 2025

Planning Payments to Atlanta-region Transit Link (ATL) Authority Payments to State Road and Tollway Authority Subtotal Total - Transportation Trust Funds

0 13,128,506 45,194,219 $202,324,801 $202,324,801

Use of Transit Trust Funds Department of Transportation
Transit Subtotal Total - Transit Trust Funds

Original FY 2024
$23,597,313 $23,597,313 $23,597,313

Use of State General Funds Department of Transportation
Airport Aid Ports and Waterways Rail Subtotal Total - State General Funds
TOTAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS

Original FY 2024
26,359,425 1,387,074 8,305,308
$36,051,807 $36,051,807
$2,389,985,592

2,000,000 (1,918,175) (19,340,291) $26,289,723 $26,289,723

2,000,000 11,210,331 25,853,928 $228,614,524 $228,614,524

Changes
$8,815,660 $8,815,660 $8,815,660

FY 2025
$32,412,973 $32,412,973 $32,412,973

Changes
0 10,067 4,782,694 $4,792,761 $4,792,761
$113,352,473

FY 2025
26,359,425 1,397,141
13,088,002 $40,844,568 $40,844,568
$2,503,338,065

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Olmstead Related Services
Total Funds Financial Summary

Use of Olmstead Funds

FY 2022 Expenses

HOUSING Low Income Housing Tax Credit/Georgia Housing Tax Credit Rental Assistance to Permanent Support Housing
Permanent Supportive Housing Program
Rental Assistance - Money Follows the Person
Rental Assistance - Individuals transitioning from the Georgia Housing Voucher Program
Rental Assistance - Shelter Plus Care
Georgia Housing Search
Total - Housing

DCA
DCA DCA DCA DCA
DCA DCA

$50,134,112
222,248 375,000 222,478 2,221,444
13,789,626 193,950
$67,158,858

FY 2023 Expenses
$24,750,517
771,454 272,445 145,320 2,064,950
13,623,897 202,897
$41,831,480

FY 2024 Budget
$30,897,622
839,011 375,000
0 2,201,290
12,527,566 202,897
$47,043,386

HEALTH Support Services for the Elderly
Adult Protective Services Elder Abuse and Fraud Services Community Care Services Program for the Elderly1 SOURCE Service Delivery Program Home and Community Based Services for the Elderly Coordinated Transportation Senior Community Services - Employment Georgia Cares Senior Nutrition Services Health Promotion (Wellness) Other Support Services Subtotal:

DHS DHS DCH DCH DHS DHS DHS DHS DHS DHS DHS

$24,533,935 2,007,407
190,997,189 434,184,340 118,482,988
3,404,172 1,782,925 1,826,231 6,496,434 1,778,246 6,082,101 $791,575,969

$27,223,592 2,966,387
303,792,820 449,926,971
84,014,848 3,604,460 1,796,246 2,044,294 6,644,935 678,236 5,516,118
$888,208,907

$27,109,404 1,852,810
320,824,935 535,852,784
74,188,237 3,260,294 1,794,650 2,369,092 6,540,847 433,677 848,515
$975,075,245

Brain and Spinal Injury Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund2
Subtotal:

DPH

$902,455 $902,455

$806,729 $806,729

$1,107,000 $1,107,000

Medicaid Benefits Pharmacy Physician and Physician Extenders Outpatient Hospital Non-Waiver in Home Services Independent Care Waiver Program Therapeutic Services, DME, Orthotics and Prosthetics Outpatient Services Transportation Psychology Services All Other3
Subtotal:
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DCH DCH DCH DCH DCH DCH DCH DCH DCH DCH

$544,054,203 204,705,729 227,070,709
96,432,837 105,023,147
51,076,601 23,499,570 25,839,853 105,480,489
5,415,047 $1,388,598,186

$556,589,151 248,817,391 238,454,454 106,142,611 116,118,018
55,737,731 23,308,125 24,642,860 148,625,813
5,540,339 $1,523,976,492

$546,743,758 231,372,718 178,922,989 110,069,177 113,851,817
57,543,239 16,246,045 16,684,151 101,369,834
3,313,767 $1,376,117,495

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Use of Olmstead Funds

Olmstead Related Services
Total Funds Financial Summary
FY 2022 Expenses

FY 2023 Expenses

FY 2024 Budget

Comprehensive Support Waiver (COMP) and New Options Waiver (NOW) - Adult Developmental Disabilities

Community Residential Alternatives

DBHDD

$384,947,484

$420,554,305

Community Living Supports

DBHDD

182,680,293

199,866,563

Day Services/Community Access

DBHDD

182,270,429

208,976,976

Subtotal:

$749,898,206

$829,397,844

Community Services - Adult Developmental Disabilities Community Access Personal Living (Support)/Residential Prevocational Supported Employment General Family Support Mobile Crisis and Respite Education and Training Behavioral Support Autism Direct Support and Training Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
Subtotal:

DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD

$1,407,943 1,163,271 4,600,144
10,432,104 25,753,176
465,850 83,421
530,815 13,648,930
2,961,583 $61,047,236

$1,369,398 1,122,529
5,138,828 12,064,000 28,711,213
986,558 94,418
713,867 14,273,712
1,288,137 $65,762,660

Mental Health Support Services for Adults Residential Services Supported Employment Psycho-Social Rehabilitation Assertive Community Treatment Peer Supports Core Services Mental Health Mobile Crisis Georgia Crisis and Access Line (GCAL) Community Mental Health (Medicaid Rehab Option) Waiver Value in the Community 35 beds Crisis Stabilization Community Support Teams Intensive Case Management
Subtotal:

DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD

$21,567,605 11,070,820 2,328,480 16,117,380 4,133,448 37,924,524 19,377,039 10,740,349 33,552,335
107,166,632 21,468,537 60,204,371 2,880,145 4,860,116
$353,391,783

$20,808,444 10,700,920 3,804,296 14,169,506 3,535,994 35,626,926 16,741,988 10,114,877 32,642,761
180,097,500 30,243,510 53,454,223 2,316,978 4,725,806
$418,983,728

Coordinated Transportation - Adult Mental Health Coordinated Transportation
Subtotal:

DBHDD

$11,751,907 $11,751,907

$12,180,877 $12,180,877

$433,591,489 206,062,426 215,455,263
$855,109,177
$3,862,592 2,084,257
1,292,518 17,231,639 27,603,510
1,153,200 191,410 835,080
17,853,878 2,800,006
$74,908,089
$18,071,434 10,696,080 7,353,502 14,921,695 3,992,592 36,998,914 16,648,729 9,397,990 47,053,323
178,371,073 21,623,125 63,271,997 2,645,980 4,722,980
$435,769,415
$12,169,589 $12,169,589

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Olmstead Related Services
Total Funds Financial Summary

Use of Olmstead Funds

FY 2022 Expenses

Adult Addictive Diseases Crisis Stabilization Programs Core Substance Abuse Treatment Services Residential Services Detoxification Services TANF Residential Services TANF Transitional Housing
Subtotal: Total - Health

DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD DBHDD

$10,520,254 16,055,780 17,399,010 1,988,653 9,913,200 532,868
$56,409,765 $3,413,575,508

FY 2023 Expenses
$12,244,609 12,999,951 17,049,773 1,988,653 9,803,200 556,330
$54,642,516 $3,793,959,754

FY 2024 Budget
$10,520,254 17,000,000 17,331,909 1,988,653 10,507,200 660,600
$58,008,616 $3,788,264,627

TOTAL OLMSTEAD RELATED FUNDS4

$3,480,734,366 $3,835,791,234 $3,835,308,013

SUMMARY BY AGENCY (Total Funds) Department of Community Affairs Department of Community Health Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Department of Human Services Department of Public Health Total

$67,158,858 2,013,779,715 1,232,498,898
166,394,440 902,455
$3,480,734,366

$41,831,480 2,277,696,283 1,380,967,626
134,489,116 806,729
$3,835,791,234

$47,043,386 2,232,795,214 1,435,964,887
118,397,526 1,107,000
$3,835,308,013

1) The Community Care Services Program (CCSP) was transferred to from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Community Health in FY 2017. The amounts starting in FY 2017 represent both Federal and State funding sources.
2) Administratively attached agency to the Department of Public Health.
3) All other Medicaid benefit expenditures do not include inpatient hospital services.
4) Budget and expenditure data shown above is presented as submitted to the Office of Planning and Budget by state agencies.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision, Olmstead v. L.C (1999) declared that unnecessary segregation of individuals in institutions might constitute discrimination based on disability and be a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The decision affects qualified individuals with a physical, mental, or age-related disability who are receiving state-supported long-term care in a state hospital or nursing home that could also benefit from community placement and are not opposed to the move. It also affects people with disabilities who need state-supported community-based services to avoid going to state hospitals or nursing homes. Since the Olmstead decision, Georgia has taken steps to comply with the ruling by making more community services available and accessible to Georgians with disabilities.

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Georgia Senate
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Lieutenant Governor's Office 1. Increase funds for legislative operations, staff retention initiatives, and growth of field constituent programs. Total Change
Secretary of the Senate's Office 1. Increase funds for legislative operations. Total Change
Senate 1. Increase funds for legislative operations. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Lieutenant Governor's Office 1. Increase funds for legislative operations, staff retention initiatives, and growth of field constituent program. Total Change
Secretary of the Senate's Office 1. Increase funds for legislative operations. Total Change
Senate 1. Increase funds for legislative operations. Total Change

$53,737 $53,737
$44,590 $44,590
$250,000 $250,000
$35,825 $35,825
$29,727 $29,727
$250,000 $250,000

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Georgia Senate
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$15,918,856

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$15,918,856

State General Funds - Prior Year
Other Funds
TOTAL OTHER FUNDS

$0 $79,952 $79,952

Total Funds

$15,998,808

Changes
$348,327 $348,327
$0 ($79,952) ($79,952) $268,375

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$16,267,183 $16,267,183

$15,918,856 $15,918,856

$0 $0 $0
$16,267,183

$0 $79,952 $79,952
$15,998,808

Changes
$315,552 $315,552
$0 ($79,952) ($79,952) $235,600

FY 2024 Original Budget

Lieutenant Governor's Office

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

1,791,231 $1,791,231

Secretary of the Senate's Office

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

1,486,336 $1,486,336

Senate State General Funds

12,641,289

Other Funds

79,952

TOTAL FUNDS

$12,721,241

Changes
53,737 $53,737
44,590 $44,590
250,000 (79,952) $170,048

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

1,844,968 $1,844,968

1,791,231 $1,791,231

1,530,926 $1,530,926

1,486,336 $1,486,336

12,891,289 0
$12,891,289

12,641,289 79,952
$12,721,241

Changes
35,825 $35,825
29,727 $29,727
250,000 (79,952) $170,048

FY 2025 Budget
$16,234,408 $16,234,408
$0 $0 $0 $16,234,408
FY 2025 Budget
1,827,056 $1,827,056
1,516,063 $1,516,063
12,891,289 0
$12,891,289

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Georgia Senate
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Lieutenant Governor's Office Secretary of the Senate's Office Senate SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Other Funds Prior Year State Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$1,263,265 1,206,186 8,727,793
$11,197,244

FY 2023 Expenditures
$1,353,003 1,369,315 9,786,736
$12,509,054

FY 2024 Original Budget
$1,791,231 1,486,336
12,721,241
$15,998,808

$11,197,244

$12,509,054

$15,998,808

7,356 128,724 $136,080
11,061,163 $11,061,163

16,405 130,718 $147,123
12,361,931 $12,361,931

79,952
$79,952 15,918,856 $15,918,856

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$1,844,968 1,530,926
12,891,289 $16,267,183 $16,267,183
16,267,183 $16,267,183

FY 2025 Budget
$1,827,056 1,516,063
12,891,289 $16,234,408 $16,234,408
16,234,408 $16,234,408

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Georgia House of Representatives
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes

House of Representatives 1. Increase funds for legislative operations. Total Change

FY 2025 Budget Changes

House of Representatives 1. Increase funds for legislative operations. Total Change

$488,201 $488,201
$488,201 $488,201

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Georgia House of Representatives
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$24,410,039

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$24,410,039

Changes
$488,201 $488,201

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$24,898,240 $24,898,240

$24,410,039 $24,410,039

Total Funds

$24,410,039

$488,201

$24,898,240

$24,410,039

Changes
$488,201 $488,201 $488,201

House of Representatives State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

FY 2024 Original Budget
24,410,039 $24,410,039

Changes
488,201 $488,201

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

24,898,240 $24,898,240

24,410,039 $24,410,039

Changes
488,201 $488,201

FY 2025 Budget
$24,898,240 $24,898,240 $24,898,240
FY 2025 Budget
24,898,240 $24,898,240

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Program/Fund Sources House of Representatives SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Prior Year State Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

Georgia House of Representatives
Department Financial Summary

FY 2022 Expenditures
$20,391,965
$20,391,965

FY 2023 Expenditures
$21,616,191
$21,616,191

FY 2024 Original Budget
$24,410,039
$24,410,039

$20,391,965

$21,616,191

$24,410,039

363,356 $363,356
20,028,609 $20,028,609

509,054 $509,054
21,107,137 $21,107,137

24,410,039 $24,410,039

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$24,898,240 $24,898,240 $24,898,240
24,898,240 $24,898,240

FY 2025 Budget $24,898,240 $24,898,240 $24,898,240
24,898,240 $24,898,240

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General Assembly
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Ancillary Activities Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide services for the legislative branch of government. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for legislative operations. Total Change
Legislative Fiscal Office Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to act as the bookkeeper-comptroller for the legislative branch of
government and maintain an account of legislative expenditures and commitments. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for legislative operations. Total Change
Office of Legislative Counsel Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide bill-drafting services, advice and counsel for members of the
General Assembly. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for legislative operations. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Ancillary Activities Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide services for the legislative branch of government. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for legislative operations. Total Change
Legislative Fiscal Office Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to act as the bookkeeper-comptroller for the legislative branch of
government and maintain an account of legislative expenditures and commitments. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for legislative operations. Total Change
Office of Legislative Counsel Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide bill-drafting services, advice and counsel for members of the
General Assembly. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for legislative operations. Total Change

$229,515 $229,515
$30,314 $30,314
$106,019 $106,019
$229,515 $229,515
$30,314 $30,314
$106,019 $106,019

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General Assembly
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$18,292,346

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$18,292,346

Changes
$365,848 $365,848

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$18,658,194 $18,658,194

$18,292,346 $18,292,346

Total Funds

$18,292,346

$365,848

$18,658,194

$18,292,346

Changes
$365,848 $365,848 $365,848

FY 2024 Original Budget

Ancillary Activities

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

11,475,730 $11,475,730

Legislative Fiscal Office

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

1,515,680 $1,515,680

Office of Legislative Counsel State General Funds

5,300,936

TOTAL FUNDS

$5,300,936

Changes
229,515 $229,515
30,314 $30,314
106,019 $106,019

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

11,705,245 $11,705,245

11,475,730 $11,475,730

1,545,994 $1,545,994

1,515,680 $1,515,680

5,406,955 $5,406,955

5,300,936 $5,300,936

Changes
229,515 $229,515
30,314 $30,314
106,019 $106,019

FY 2025 Budget
$18,658,194 $18,658,194 $18,658,194
FY 2025 Budget
11,705,245 $11,705,245
1,545,994 $1,545,994
5,406,955 $5,406,955

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Program/Fund Sources Ancillary Activities Legislative Fiscal Office Office of Legislative Counsel SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Other Funds Prior Year State Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

General Assembly
Department Financial Summary

FY 2022 Expenditures
$10,393,996 1,159,641 4,360,377
$15,914,014

FY 2023 Expenditures
$10,807,201 1,281,259 4,539,566
$16,628,026

FY 2024 Original Budget
$11,475,730 1,515,680 5,300,936
$18,292,346

$15,914,014

$16,628,026

$18,292,346

2,197,950 36,817
$2,234,767
13,679,248 $13,679,248

1,558,697 44,732
$1,603,429
15,024,596 $15,024,596

18,292,346 $18,292,346

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$11,705,245 1,545,994 5,406,955
$18,658,194 $18,658,194
18,658,194 $18,658,194

FY 2025 Budget $11,705,245
1,545,994 5,406,955 $18,658,194 $18,658,194
18,658,194 $18,658,194

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Department of Audits and Accounts
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Audit and Assurance Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide audit and assurance services for State Agencies, Authorities,
Commissions, Bureaus, and higher education systems to facilitate Auditor's reports for the State of Georgia Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the State of Georgia Single Audit Report, and the State of Georgia Budgetary Compliance Report; to conduct audits of public school systems in Georgia; to conduct performance audits; to perform special examinations at the request of the General Assembly; to conduct reviews of audits reports conducted by other independent auditors of local governments and non-profit organizations contracting with the State; and to provide state financial information online to promote transparency in government. Recommended Change: 1. Provide funds for personal services for recruitment and merit-based retention initiatives effective April 1, 2024. 2. Provide one-time funds to invest in expanding DOAA's strategic data analytics capabilities to enhance operational efficiency and optimize our services to the legislature, clients, and the public. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DOAA) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all Department programs. Recommended Change:
1. Provide funds for personal services for recruitment and merit-based retention initiatives effective April 1, 2024. 2. Provide one-time funds to invest in expanding DOAA's strategic data analytics capabilities to enhance
operational efficiency and optimize our services to the legislature, clients, and the public. Total Change
Legislative Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to analyze proposed legislation affecting state retirement systems for
fiscal impact and review actuarial investigations and to prepare fiscal notes upon request on other legislation having a significant impact on state revenues and/or expenditures. Recommended Change: 1. Provide funds for personal services for recruitment and merit-based retention initiatives effective April 1, 2024. Total Change
Statewide Equalized Adjusted Property Tax Digest Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to establish an equalized adjusted property tax digest for each county and
for the State as a whole for use in allocating state funds for public school systems; to provide the Revenue Commissioner statistical data regarding county Tax Assessor compliance with requirements for both uniformity of assessment and level of assessment; and to establish the appropriate level of assessment for centrally assessed public utility companies. Recommended Change: 1. Provide funds for personal services for recruitment and merit-based retention initiatives effective April 1, 2024. 2. Provide one-time funds to invest in expanding DOAA's strategic data analytics capabilities to enhance operational efficiency and optimize our services to the legislature, clients, and the public. Total Change

$290,223 873,678
$1,163,901
$23,399 70,199
$93,598
$1,003 $1,003
$22,060 66,179
$88,239

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Department of Audits and Accounts
Program Budgets
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Audit and Assurance Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide audit and assurance services for State Agencies, Authorities,
Commissions, Bureaus, and higher education systems to facilitate Auditor's reports for the State of Georgia Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the State of Georgia Single Audit Report, and the State of Georgia Budgetary Compliance Report; to conduct audits of public school systems in Georgia; to conduct performance audits; to perform special examinations at the request of the General Assembly; to conduct reviews of audits reports conducted by other independent auditors of local governments and non-profit organizations contracting with the State; and to provide state financial information online to promote transparency in government. Recommended Change: 1. Provide annualized funds for personal services for recruitment and merit-based retention initiatives. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DOAA) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all Department programs. Recommended Change:
1. Provide annualized funds for personal services for recruitment and merit-based retention initiatives. Total Change
Legislative Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to analyze proposed legislation affecting state retirement systems for
fiscal impact and review actuarial investigations and to prepare fiscal notes upon request on other legislation having a significant impact on state revenues and/or expenditures. Recommended Change: 1. Provide annualized funds for personal services for recruitment and merit-based retention initiatives. Total Change
Statewide Equalized Adjusted Property Tax Digest Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to establish an equalized adjusted property tax digest for each county and
for the State as a whole for use in allocating state funds for public school systems; to provide the Revenue Commissioner statistical data regarding county Tax Assessor compliance with requirements for both uniformity of assessment and level of assessment; and to establish the appropriate level of assessment for centrally assessed public utility companies. Recommended Change: 1. Provide annualized funds for personal services for recruitment and merit-based retention initiatives. Total Change

$1,160,895 $1,160,895
$93,598 $93,598
$4,009 $4,009
$88,239 $88,239

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Department of Audits and Accounts
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$44,891,338

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$44,891,338

Changes
$1,346,741 $1,346,741

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$46,238,079 $46,238,079

$44,891,338 $44,891,338

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$60,000 $60,000
$44,951,338

$0 $0
$1,346,741

$60,000 $60,000
$46,298,079

$60,000 $60,000
$44,951,338

Changes
$1,346,741 $1,346,741
$0 $0 $1,346,741

FY 2024 Original Budget

Audit and Assurance Services

State General Funds

36,680,185

Other Funds

60,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$36,740,185

Departmental Administration (DOAA)

State General Funds

3,098,029

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,098,029

Legislative Services

State General Funds

2,243,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,243,000

Statewide Equalized Adjusted Property Tax Digest

State General Funds

2,870,124

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,870,124

Changes
1,163,901 0
$1,163,901
93,598 $93,598
1,003 $1,003
88,239 $88,239

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

37,844,086 60,000
$37,904,086

36,680,185 60,000
$36,740,185

3,191,627 $3,191,627

3,098,029 $3,098,029

2,244,003 $2,244,003

2,243,000 $2,243,000

2,958,363 $2,958,363

2,870,124 $2,870,124

Changes
1,160,895 0
$1,160,895
93,598 $93,598
4,009 $4,009
88,239 $88,239

FY 2025 Budget
$46,238,079 $46,238,079
$60,000 $60,000 $46,298,079
FY 2025 Budget
37,841,080 60,000
$37,901,080
3,191,627 $3,191,627
2,247,009 $2,247,009
2,958,363 $2,958,363

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Department of Audits and Accounts
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Audit and Assurance Services Departmental Administration (DOAA) Legislative Services Statewide Equalized Adjusted Property Tax Digest SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$30,426,207
2,406,721 242,722
2,502,923 $35,578,573

FY 2023 Expenditures
$35,811,468
3,039,917 1,469,731
2,797,395 $43,118,511

FY 2024 Original Budget
$36,740,185
3,098,029 2,243,000
2,870,124 $44,951,338

$35,578,573

$43,118,511

$44,951,338

26,171 $26,171
35,552,402 $35,552,402

48,468 $48,468
43,070,044 $43,070,044

60,000 $60,000
44,891,338 $44,891,338

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$37,904,086 3,191,627 2,244,003 2,958,363
$46,298,079
$46,298,079
60,000 $60,000
46,238,079 $46,238,079

FY 2025 Budget $37,901,080
3,191,627 2,247,009 2,958,363 $46,298,079
$46,298,079
60,000 $60,000
46,238,079 $46,238,079

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Court of Appeals
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Court of Appeals Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for this court to review and exercise appellate and certiorari jurisdiction
pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Georgia, Art. VI, Section V, Para. III, in all cases not reserved to the Supreme Court of Georgia or conferred on other courts by law. Recommended Change: 1. Annualize temporary senior judge's salary and commute cost. 2. Increase funds for cost of changes to docket necessitated by credit card service vendor. 3. Increase in annual cyber security insurance premium. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Georgia State-wide Business Court Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support a state-wide business court in matters of resolving commercial
dispute and litigation. Recommended Change:
1. Utilize existing funds to authorize expenditures to comply with OCGA 15-5A-9(a)(2) and 15-5A-9(a)(3). Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Court of Appeals Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for this court to review and exercise appellate and certiorari jurisdiction
pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Georgia, Art. VI, Section V, Para. III, in all cases not reserved to the Supreme Court of Georgia or conferred on other courts by law. Recommended Change: 1. Increase Judges' salaries to $212,230 annually in line with Judicial Compensation Committee's recommendation. 2. Increase in annual cyber security insurance premiums. 3. Increase funds for server room and data closet five-year battery replacement. 4. Annualize increase in utilization costs for online legal research tools. 5. Increase funds to reflect cost of redundant internet security. 6. Increase funds for required annual IT maintenance. 7. Annualize cost of moving disaster recovery and back up to a cloud based off-site vendor. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Georgia State-wide Business Court Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support a state-wide business court in matters of resolving commercial
dispute and litigation. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for a salary enhancement per the Judicial Council's judicial compensation reform proposal. 2. Utilize existing funds to authorize expenditures to comply with OCGA 15-5A-9(a)(2) and 15-5A-9(a)(3).
Total Change

$127,069 23,750 6,500
$157,319
Yes $0
$812,654 6,500
23,281 8,124
18,300 14,956 28,564 $912,379
$30,506 Yes
$30,506

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Court of Appeals
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$27,419,560

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$27,419,560

Changes
$157,319 $157,319

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$27,576,879 $27,576,879

$27,419,560 $27,419,560

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$150,000 $150,000
$27,569,560

$0 $0
$157,319

$150,000 $150,000
$27,726,879

$150,000 $150,000
$27,569,560

Changes
$942,885 $942,885
$0 $0 $942,885

Court of Appeals State General Funds Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

FY 2024 Original Budget
25,585,681 150,000
$25,735,681

Changes
157,319 0
$157,319

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Georgia State-wide Business Court

State General Funds

1,833,879

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,833,879

$0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

25,743,000 150,000
$25,893,000

25,585,681 150,000
$25,735,681

1,833,879 $1,833,879

1,833,879 $1,833,879

Changes 912,379 0
$912,379
30,506 $30,506

FY 2025 Budget
$28,362,445 $28,362,445
$150,000 $150,000 $28,512,445
FY 2025 Budget
26,498,060 150,000
$26,648,060
1,864,385 $1,864,385

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Court of Appeals
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Court of Appeals
SUBTOTAL (Excludes Attached Agencies) Attached Agencies

FY 2022 Expenditures
$23,741,568
$23,741,568

Georgia State-wide Business Court

1,761,123

SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES) $1,761,123

FY 2023 Expenditures
$27,664,366
$27,664,366

FY 2024 Original Budget
$25,735,681
$25,735,681

1,806,747 $1,806,747

$1,833,879 $1,833,879

Total Funds Less: Other Funds SUBTOTAL

$25,502,691
282,841 $282,841

$29,471,113
296,868 $296,868

$27,569,560
150,000 $150,000

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

25,219,850 $25,219,850

29,174,245 $29,174,245

27,419,560 $27,419,560

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$25,893,000 $25,893,000
$1,833,879 $1,833,879
$27,726,879
150,000 $150,000
27,576,879 $27,576,879

FY 2025 Budget $26,648,060 $26,648,060
$1,864,385 $1,864,385 $28,512,445
150,000 $150,000 28,362,445 $28,362,445

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Judicial Council
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Council of Accountability Court Judges Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support adult felony drug courts, DUI courts, juvenile drug courts,
family dependency treatment courts, mental health courts, and veteran's courts, as well as the Council of Accountability Court Judges. No state funds shall be provided to any accountability court where such court is delinquent in the required reporting and remittance of all fines and fees collected by such court. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to oversee the state's court-connected alternative dispute resolution
(ADR) services by promoting the establishment of new ADR court programs, providing support to existing programs, establishing and enforcing qualifications and ethical standards, registering ADR professionals and volunteers, providing training, administering statewide grants, and collecting statistical data to monitor program effectiveness. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Institute of Continuing Judicial Education Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide basic training and continuing education for Superior Court
Judges, Juvenile Court Judges, State Court Judges, Probate Court Judges, Magistrate Court Judges, Municipal Court Judges, Superior Court Clerks, Juvenile Court Clerks, Municipal Court Clerks, and other court personnel. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Judicial Council Purpose: The purpose of the appropriation is to support the Administrative Office of the Courts; to provide
administrative support for the councils of the Magistrate Court Judges, the Municipal Court Judges, the Probate Court Judges, the State Court Judges, and the Georgia Council of Court Administrators; to operate the Child Support E-Filing system, the Child Support Guidelines Commission, and the Commission on Interpreters; and to support the Committee on Justice for Children. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds for an economic impact study on access to justice initiatives. 2. Increase funds for Civil Legal Services for families of indigent patients. 3. Increase funds for Council of Municipal Court Judges operations. Total Change
Judicial Qualifications Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to investigate complaints filed against a judicial officer, impose and
recommend disciplinary sanctions against any judicial officer, and when necessary, file formal charges against that officer and provide a formal trial or hearing. The purpose of this appropriation is also to produce formal and informal advisory opinions; provide training and guidance to judicial candidates regarding the Code of Judicial Conduct; and investigate allegations of unethical campaign practices. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
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$0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0
$125,000 419,000 18,951
$562,951
$0 $0
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Program Budgets
Resource Center Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide direct representation to death penalty sentenced inmates and
to recruit and assist private attorneys to represent plaintiffs in habeas corpus proceedings. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Council of Accountability Court Judges Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support adult felony drug courts, DUI courts, juvenile drug courts,
family dependency treatment courts, mental health courts, and veteran's courts, as well as the Council of Accountability Court Judges. No state funds shall be provided to any accountability court where such court is delinquent in the required reporting and remittance of all fines and fees collected by such court. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to annualize one Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) statewide coordinator position. Total Change
Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to oversee the state's court-connected alternative dispute resolution
(ADR) services by promoting the establishment of new ADR court programs, providing support to existing programs, establishing and enforcing qualifications and ethical standards, registering ADR professionals and volunteers, providing training, administering statewide grants, and collecting statistical data to monitor program effectiveness. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Institute of Continuing Judicial Education Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide basic training and continuing education for Superior Court
Judges, Juvenile Court Judges, State Court Judges, Probate Court Judges, Magistrate Court Judges, Municipal Court Judges, Superior Court Clerks, Juvenile Court Clerks, Municipal Court Clerks, and other court personnel. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Judicial Council Purpose: The purpose of the appropriation is to support the Administrative Office of the Courts; to provide
administrative support for the councils of the Magistrate Court Judges, the Municipal Court Judges, the Probate Court Judges, the State Court Judges, and the Georgia Council of Court Administrators; to operate the Child Support E-Filing system, the Child Support Guidelines Commission, and the Commission on Interpreters; and to support the Committee on Justice for Children. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds for personnel for one project coordinator position. 2. Increase funds for Civil Legal Services for families of indigent patients. 3. Increase funds for Council of Municipal Court Judges operations. 4. Increase funds for Council of Magistrate Court Judges operations. 5. Transfer funds from the Supreme Court to the Judicial Council for the National Center for State Courts statewide dues. Total Change

$0 $0
$32,444 $32,444
$0 $0
$0 $0
$83,807 419,000
18,951 10,723 262,635 $795,116

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Program Budgets
Judicial Qualifications Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to investigate complaints filed against a judicial officer, impose and
recommend disciplinary sanctions against any judicial officer, and when necessary, file formal charges against that officer and provide a formal trial or hearing. The purpose of this appropriation is also to produce formal and informal advisory opinions; provide training and guidance to judicial candidates regarding the Code of Judicial Conduct; and investigate allegations of unethical campaign practices. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds for one legal assistant position. Total Change
Resource Center Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide direct representation to death penalty sentenced inmates and
to recruit and assist private attorneys to represent plaintiffs in habeas corpus proceedings. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for one staff attorney position. Total Change

$117,330 $117,330
$100,000 $100,000

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Judicial Council
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$20,187,869

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$20,187,869

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$1,627,367 $1,627,367

Changes
$562,951 $562,951
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$20,750,820 $20,750,820

$20,187,869 $20,187,869

$1,627,367 $1,627,367

$1,627,367 $1,627,367

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$2,829,320 $2,829,320
$24,644,556

$0 $0
$562,951

$2,829,320 $2,829,320
$25,207,507

$2,829,320 $2,829,320
$24,644,556

Changes
$1,044,890 $1,044,890
$0 $0 $0 $0 $1,044,890

FY 2024 Original Budget

Council of Accountability Court Judges

State General Funds

926,606

TOTAL FUNDS

$926,606

Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution

Other Funds

487,212

TOTAL FUNDS

$487,212

Institute of Continuing Judicial Education

State General Funds

822,352

Other Funds

953,203

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,775,555

Judicial Council

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

16,341,232 1,627,367

Other Funds

1,388,905

TOTAL FUNDS

$19,357,504

Judicial Qualifications Commission

State General Funds

1,297,679

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,297,679

Resource Center

State General Funds

800,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$800,000

Changes
0 $0
0 $0
0 0 $0
562,951 0 0
$562,951
0 $0
0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

926,606 $926,606

926,606 $926,606

487,212 $487,212

487,212 $487,212

822,352 953,203 $1,775,555

822,352 953,203 $1,775,555

16,904,183
1,627,367 1,388,905 $19,920,455

16,341,232
1,627,367 1,388,905 $19,357,504

1,297,679 $1,297,679

1,297,679 $1,297,679

800,000 $800,000

800,000 $800,000

Changes
32,444 $32,444
0 $0
0 0 $0
795,116 0 0
$795,116
117,330 $117,330
100,000 $100,000

FY 2025 Budget
$21,232,759 $21,232,759
$1,627,367 $1,627,367 $2,829,320 $2,829,320 $25,689,446
FY 2025 Budget
959,050 $959,050
487,212 $487,212
822,352 953,203 $1,775,555
17,136,348 1,627,367 1,388,905
$20,152,620
1,415,009 $1,415,009
900,000 $900,000

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Judicial Council
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Council of Accountability Court Judges Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution Institute of Continuing Judicial Education
Judicial Council

FY 2022 Expenditures
$704,996
628,642
2,045,534 19,349,675

Judicial Qualifications Commission Resource Center SUBTOTAL

1,083,450 775,000
$24,587,297

FY 2023 Expenditures
$798,440
643,785
2,795,636 35,949,121
1,017,534 800,000
$42,004,516

FY 2024 Original Budget
$926,606
487,212
1,775,555 19,357,504
1,297,679 800,000
$24,644,556

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$24,587,297
1,391,516 1,341,680 6,085,552 $8,818,748

$42,004,516
1,495,876 15,737,448
5,966,613 $23,199,937

$24,644,556
1,627,367 2,829,320 $4,456,687

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

15,768,549 $15,768,549

18,804,579 $18,804,579

20,187,869 $20,187,869

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$926,606 487,212
1,775,555 19,920,455
1,297,679 800,000
$25,207,507
$25,207,507
1,627,367
2,829,320 $4,456,687
20,750,820 $20,750,820

FY 2025 Budget
$959,050 487,212
1,775,555 20,152,620
1,415,009 900,000
$25,689,446
$25,689,446
1,627,367
2,829,320 $4,456,687
21,232,759 $21,232,759

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Juvenile Courts
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Council of Juvenile Court Judges Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for the Council of Juvenile Court Judges to represent all the juvenile
judges in Georgia. Jurisdiction in cases involving children includes delinquencies, status offenses, and deprivation. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Grants to Counties for Juvenile Court Judges Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for payment of state funds to circuits to pay for juvenile court judges
salaries. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for grants to counties for the Atlantic Judicial Circuit pursuant to OCGA 15-11-52 effective January 1, 2024.
2. Increase funds for grants to counties for the Coweta Judicial Circuit pursuant to OCGA 15-11-52 effective January 1, 2024.
3. Provide funding for the Juvenile Court Judges' salary supplement pursuant to the General Appropriations for FY 2023 (Act 865, HB 911). Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Council of Juvenile Court Judges Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for the Council of Juvenile Court Judges to represent all the juvenile
judges in Georgia. Jurisdiction in cases involving children includes delinquencies, status offenses, and deprivation. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Grants to Counties for Juvenile Court Judges Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for payment of state funds to circuits to pay for juvenile court judges
salaries. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for grants to counties for the Atlantic Judicial Circuit pursuant to OCGA 15-11-52 effective January 1, 2024.
2. Increase funds for the grants to counties for the Coweta Judicial Circuit pursuant to OCGA 15-11-52 effective January 1, 2024.
3. Provide funding for the Juvenile Court Judges' salary supplement pursuant to the General Appropriations for FY 2023 (Act 865, HB 911). Total Change

$0 $0
$12,500 12,500
218,000 $243,000
$0 $0
$25,000 25,000
218,000 $268,000

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Juvenile Courts
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$9,501,119

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$9,501,119

Changes
$243,000 $243,000

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$9,744,119 $9,744,119

$9,501,119 $9,501,119

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$67,486 $67,486
$9,568,605

$0 $0
$243,000

$67,486 $67,486
$9,811,605

$67,486 $67,486
$9,568,605

Changes
$268,000 $268,000
$0 $0 $268,000

FY 2024 Original Budget

Council of Juvenile Court Judges

State General Funds

1,986,522

Other Funds

67,486

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,054,008

Grants to Counties for Juvenile Court Judges

State General Funds

7,514,597

TOTAL FUNDS

$7,514,597

Changes
0 0 $0
243,000 $243,000

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

1,986,522 67,486
$2,054,008

1,986,522 67,486
$2,054,008

7,757,597 $7,757,597

7,514,597 $7,514,597

Changes
0 0 $0
268,000 $268,000

FY 2025 Budget
$9,769,119 $9,769,119
$67,486 $67,486 $9,836,605
FY 2025 Budget
1,986,522 67,486
$2,054,008
7,782,597 $7,782,597

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Juvenile Courts
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Council of Juvenile Court Judges Grants to Counties for Juvenile Court Judges
SUBTOTAL

FY 2022 Expenditures
$1,580,617
6,970,506 $8,551,123

FY 2023 Expenditures
$1,552,594
7,402,138 $8,954,732

FY 2024 Original Budget
$2,054,008
7,514,597 $9,568,605

Total Funds Less: Other Funds SUBTOTAL

$8,551,123

$8,954,732

$9,568,605
67,486 $67,486

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

8,551,123 $8,551,123

8,954,732 $8,954,732

9,501,119 $9,501,119

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$2,054,008 7,757,597
$9,811,605
$9,811,605
67,486 $67,486
9,744,119 $9,744,119

FY 2025 Budget
$2,054,008 7,782,597
$9,836,605
$9,836,605
67,486 $67,486
9,769,119 $9,769,119

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Prosecuting Attorneys
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Council of Superior Court Clerks Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist superior court clerks throughout the state in the execution of
their duties and to promote and assist in the training of superior court clerks. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Conflict Case 1. No change. Total Change
District Attorneys Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for the District Attorney to represent the State of Georgia in the trial and
appeal of criminal cases in the Superior Court for the judicial circuit and delinquency cases in the juvenile courts per Ga. Const., Art. VI, Sec. VIII. Para I and OCGA 15-18. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Prosecuting Attorney's Council Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist Georgia's District Attorneys and State Court Solicitors. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Council of Superior Court Clerks Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist superior court clerks throughout the state in the execution of
their duties and to promote and assist in the training of superior court clerks. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for operations. Total Change
Conflict Case 1. Increase funds for prosecution to support recruitment and retention needs. 2. Increase funds to allow eligible state employees to withdraw up to 40 hours of earned leave annually from their accrued leave balance. Total Change

$0 $0 $0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0
$5,555 $5,555 $85,427 10,592 $96,019

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Prosecuting Attorneys
Program Budgets
District Attorneys Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for the District Attorney to represent the State of Georgia in the trial and
appeal of criminal cases in the Superior Court for the judicial circuit and delinquency cases in the juvenile courts per Ga. Const., Art. VI, Sec. VIII. Para I and OCGA 15-18. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds for prosecution to support recruitment and retention needs. 2. Increase funds to allow eligible state-paid victim advocates to withdraw up to 40 hours of earned leave annually from their accrued leave balance. 3. Increase funds to annualize additional assistant district attorney positions for the new judgeships in Atlantic, Coweta, and Dougherty Judicial Circuits. 4. Increase funds for travel to support prosecution. 5. Increase intra-state government transfers in Department of Human Services Child Support Services contract to support recruitment and retention needs. Total Change
Prosecuting Attorney's Council Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist Georgia's District Attorneys and State Court Solicitors. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for prosecution to support recruitment and retention needs. 2. Increase funds for office rent. 3. Increase funds for Solicitor General training and travel. 4. Transfer $1,125,000 to establish a new Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission program.
Total Change

$15,215,681 59,822
234,088 138,709
Yes $15,648,300
$468,556 260,863 20,000 Yes
$749,419

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Prosecuting Attorneys
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$116,266,535

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$116,266,535

Changes
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$116,266,535 $116,266,535

$116,266,535 $116,266,535

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$2,128,705 $2,128,705
$118,395,240

$0

$2,128,705

$2,128,705

$0

$2,128,705

$2,128,705

$0

$118,395,240

$118,395,240

Changes
$16,499,293 $16,499,293
$203,611 $203,611 $16,702,904

FY 2024 Original Budget

Council of Superior Court Clerks

State General Funds

185,166

TOTAL FUNDS

$185,166

Conflict Case

State General Funds

1,801,727

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,801,727

District Attorneys

State General Funds

104,321,999

Other Funds

2,128,705

TOTAL FUNDS

$106,450,704

Prosecuting Attorney's Council

State General Funds

9,957,643

TOTAL FUNDS

$9,957,643

Changes
0 $0
0 $0
0 0 $0
0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

185,166 $185,166

185,166 $185,166

1,801,727 $1,801,727

1,801,727 $1,801,727

104,321,999 2,128,705
$106,450,704

104,321,999 2,128,705
$106,450,704

9,957,643 $9,957,643

9,957,643 $9,957,643

Changes
5,555 $5,555
96,019 $96,019
15,648,300 203,611
$15,851,911
749,419 $749,419

FY 2025 Budget
$132,765,828 $132,765,828
$2,332,316 $2,332,316 $135,098,144
FY 2025 Budget
190,721 $190,721
1,897,746 $1,897,746
119,970,299 2,332,316
$122,302,615
10,707,062 $10,707,062

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Prosecuting Attorneys
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Council of Superior Court Clerks

FY 2022 Expenditures
$165,166

Council of Superior Court Clerks - Special Project

Conflict Case

District Attorneys

111,020,600

Prosecuting Attorney's Council

10,515,760

SUBTOTAL

$121,701,526

FY 2023 Expenditures
$185,166
345,000
123,642,494 11,442,555
$135,615,215

FY 2024 Original Budget
$185,166
1,801,727 106,450,704
9,957,643 $118,395,240

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$121,701,526
14,472,557 1,371,082
17,587,553 $33,431,192

$135,615,215
14,261,135 1,856,247
18,489,347 $34,606,729

$118,395,240
2,128,705 $2,128,705

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

88,270,334 $88,270,334

101,008,485 $101,008,485

116,266,535 $116,266,535

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$185,166
1,801,727 106,450,704
9,957,643 $118,395,240
$118,395,240
2,128,705 $2,128,705
116,266,535 $116,266,535

FY 2025 Budget
$190,721
1,897,746 122,302,615
10,707,062 $135,098,144
$135,098,144
2,332,316 $2,332,316
132,765,828 $132,765,828

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Superior Courts
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Council of Superior Court Judges Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for the operations of the Council of Superior Court Judges and is to
further the improvement of the Superior Court in the administration of justice through leadership, training, policy development and budgetary and fiscal administration. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Judicial Administrative Districts Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide regional administrative support to the judges of the superior
court. This support includes managing budgets, policy, procedure, and providing a liaison between local and state courts. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Superior Court Judges Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enable Georgia's Superior Courts to be the general jurisdiction trial
court and exercise exclusive, constitutional authority over felony cases, divorce, equity and cases regarding title to land, provided that law clerks over the fifty provided by law are to be allocated back to the circuits by caseload ranks. Recommended Change: 1. Reduce the initial equipment set-up funds for the first six months of funding added for the South Georgia circuit new judgeship created in HB 624 (2022 Legislative Session). 2. Reduce the initial equipment set-up funds for the first six months of funding added for the Blue Ridge circuit new judgeship created in HB 56 (2022 Legislative Session). 3. Reduce the initial equipment set-up funds for the first six months of funding added for the Mountain circuit new judgeship created in SB 395 (2022 Legislative Session). Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Council of Superior Court Judges Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for the operations of the Council of Superior Court Judges and is to
further the improvement of the Superior Court in the administration of justice through leadership, training, policy development and budgetary and fiscal administration. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Judicial Administrative Districts Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide regional administrative support to the judges of the superior
court. This support includes managing budgets, policy, procedure, and providing a liaison between local and state courts. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change

$0 $0
$0 $0
($15,125) (15,125) (15,125)
($45,375)
$0 $0
$0 $0

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Superior Courts
Program Budgets
Superior Court Judges
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enable Georgia's Superior Courts to be the general jurisdiction trial court and exercise exclusive, constitutional authority over felony cases, divorce, equity and cases regarding title to land, provided that law clerks over the fifty provided by law are to be allocated back to the circuits by caseload ranks.
Recommended Change: 1. Decrease in the employer contribution rate for Judicial Retirement System from 6.90% to 6.43%. 2. Annualize the cost of the new judgeship in the Dougherty Circuit created in HB 77 (2023 Legislative Session). 3. Annualize the cost of the new judgeship in the Coweta Circuit created in HB 243 (2023 Legislative Session). 4. Annualize the cost of the new judgeship in the Atlantic Circuit created in SB 66 (2023 Legislative Session). 5. Provide funds to implement the Judicial Salary Restructuring plan. 6. Provide funds for the creation of one additional judgeship in the Tifton Circuit effective July 1, 2024. 7. Provide funds for the creation of one additional judgeship in the Houston Circuit effective July 1, 2024. 8. Provide funds for the creation of one additional judgeship in the Douglas Circuit effective July 1, 2024. 9. Reduce the initial equipment set-up funds for the South Georgia Circuit new judgeship created in HB 624 (2022 Legislative Session). 10. Reduce the initial equipment set-up funds for the Blue Ridge Circuit new judgeship created in HB 56. (2022 Legislative Session). 11. Reduce the initial equipment set-up funds for the Mountain Circuit new judgeship created in SB 395 (2022 Legislative Session). Total Change

($148,943) 214,069 214,069 214,069
19,808,123 437,110 437,110 437,110 (30,250)
(30,250)
(30,250)
$21,521,967

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Superior Courts
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$88,790,503

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$88,790,503

Changes
($45,375) ($45,375)

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$88,745,128 $88,745,128

$88,790,503 $88,790,503

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$81,125 $81,125
$88,871,628

$0 $0
($45,375)

$81,125 $81,125
$88,826,253

$81,125 $81,125
$88,871,628

Changes
$21,521,967 $21,521,967
$0 $0 $21,521,967

FY 2024 Original Budget

Council of Superior Court Judges

State General Funds

1,861,834

Other Funds

25,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,886,834

Judicial Administrative Districts

State General Funds

3,396,756

Other Funds

11,125

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,407,881

Superior Court Judges

State General Funds

83,531,913

Other Funds

45,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$83,576,913

Changes
0 0 $0
0 0 $0
(45,375) 0
($45,375)

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

1,861,834 25,000
$1,886,834

1,861,834 25,000
$1,886,834

3,396,756 11,125
$3,407,881

3,396,756 11,125
$3,407,881

83,486,538 45,000
$83,531,538

83,531,913 45,000
$83,576,913

Changes
0 0 $0
0 0 $0
21,521,967 0
$21,521,967

FY 2025 Budget
$110,312,470 $110,312,470
$81,125 $81,125 $110,393,595
FY 2025 Budget
1,861,834 25,000
$1,886,834
3,396,756 11,125
$3,407,881
105,053,880 45,000
$105,098,880

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Superior Courts
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Council of Superior Court Judges Judicial Administrative Districts Superior Court Judges
SUBTOTAL

FY 2022 Expenditures
$1,831,207 2,999,799
74,596,854
$79,427,860

FY 2023 Expenditures
$1,849,123 3,330,933
80,849,847
$86,029,903

FY 2024 Original Budget
$1,886,834 3,407,881
83,576,913
$88,871,628

Total Funds
Less: Federal COVID Funds Other Funds SUBTOTAL

$79,427,860
235,291 131,262 $366,553

$86,029,903
1,120,604 83,039
$1,203,643

$88,871,628
81,125 $81,125

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

79,061,307 $79,061,307

84,826,261 $84,826,261

88,790,503 $88,790,503

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$1,886,834 3,407,881
83,531,538 $88,826,253
$88,826,253
81,125 $81,125
88,745,128 $88,745,128

FY 2025 Budget
$1,886,834 3,407,881
105,098,880 $110,393,595
$110,393,595
81,125 $81,125
110,312,470 $110,312,470

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Supreme Court
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support the Supreme Court of Georgia which exercises exclusive appellate jurisdiction in all cases involving: the construction of a treaty, the Constitution of the State of Georgia or of the United States, the constitutionality of a law, ordinance, or constitutional provision that has been drawn in question, and all cases of election contest per Ga. Const. Art. VI, Section VI, Para. II. The purpose of this appropriation is also to support the Supreme Court of Georgia in its exercise of jurisdiction in cases per Ga. Const. Art. VI, Section VI, Para. III and its administration of the Bar Exam and oversight of the Office of Reporter of Decisions.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds for the Georgia State Patrol (DPS) Trooper agreement, with the Supreme Court. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) administered self-insurance programs. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support the Supreme Court of Georgia which exercises exclusive appellate jurisdiction in all cases involving: the construction of a treaty, the Constitution of the State of Georgia or of the United States, the constitutionality of a law, ordinance, or constitutional provision that has been drawn in question, and all cases of election contest per Ga. Const. Art. VI, Section VI, Para. II. The purpose of this appropriation is also to support the Supreme Court of Georgia in its exercise of jurisdiction in cases per Ga. Const. Art. VI, Section VI, Para. III and its administration of the Bar Exam and oversight of the Office of Reporter of Decisions.
Recommended Change: 1. Annualize funds for the Department of Public Safety Georgia State Patrol Trooper agreement. 2. Annualize an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) administered self-insurance programs. 3. Transfer funds for the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) dues to the Judicial Council. 4. Increase funds for personnel for a salary enhancement, consistent with Judicial Council proposal. Total Change

$10,067 16,257
$26,324
$10,067 16,257
(262,635) 654,117
$417,806

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Supreme Court
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$18,272,137

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$18,272,137

Changes
$26,324 $26,324

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$18,298,461 $18,298,461

$18,272,137 $18,272,137

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$1,859,823 $1,859,823
$20,131,960

$0 $0
$26,324

$1,859,823 $1,859,823
$20,158,284

$1,859,823 $1,859,823
$20,131,960

Changes
$417,806 $417,806
$0 $0 $417,806

Supreme Court of Georgia State General Funds Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

FY 2024 Original Budget
18,272,137 1,859,823
$20,131,960

Changes
26,324 0
$26,324

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

18,298,461 1,859,823
$20,158,284

18,272,137 1,859,823
$20,131,960

Changes
417,806 0
$417,806

FY 2025 Budget
$18,689,943 $18,689,943
$1,859,823 $1,859,823 $20,549,766
FY 2025 Budget
18,689,943 1,859,823
$20,549,766

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Program/Fund Sources Supreme Court of Georgia SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

Supreme Court
Department Financial Summary

FY 2022 Expenditures
$18,617,642
$18,617,642

FY 2023 Expenditures
$21,823,966
$21,823,966

FY 2024 Original Budget
$20,131,960
$20,131,960

$18,617,642

$21,823,966

$20,131,960

2,356,157 $2,356,157
16,261,485 $16,261,485

2,595,913 $2,595,913
19,228,053 $19,228,053

1,859,823 $1,859,823
18,272,137 $18,272,137

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$20,158,284 $20,158,284
$20,158,284
1,859,823 $1,859,823
18,298,461 $18,298,461

FY 2025 Budget $20,549,766 $20,549,766
$20,549,766
1,859,823 $1,859,823
18,689,943 $18,689,943

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State Accounting Office
Roles and Responsibilities

The State Accounting Office prescribes statewide accounting policies, procedures, and practices; prepares the state's annual audited financial statements, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), Budgetary Compliance Report (BCR), and other statewide financial information; manages the state's accounting, payroll, and human capital systems; develops processes and systems to improve accountability and enhance efficiency for disbursement of funds and management of accounts payable including the manner in which disbursements shall be made; and develops systems to improve collection of accounts receivable.
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS The Financial Systems program provides customer service
and operates, supports, monitors, and continually improves the state's enterprise financial accounting, payroll, and human capital management systems, which are available for use by all state organizations in Georgia.
SHARED SERVICES The Shared Services program executes financial
transactions for client agencies while balancing efficiency and customer service to add value through lower cost and improved effectiveness. The Shared Services activities include establishing and linking account structures to support financial information needs, processing payroll and financial transactions for multiple client agencies, reporting of financial information to agency management, and meeting statewide financial information reporting requirements. In addition, the division supports the implementation and deployment of the Statewide Travel Consolidation initiative, which serves to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the state's travel services activities.

STATEWIDE ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING The Statewide Accounting and Reporting program provides
statewide leadership with respect to financial reporting, accounting policy, and business process improvement. The division prepares and distributes the ACFR, BCR, and other statewide regulatory reports. Additionally, the program maintains a framework for agency internal control assessments to more effectively manage risk and maintain accountability.
ATTACHED AGENCIES The Georgia State Ethics Commission protects the integrity
of the democratic process and ensures fair elections with the public disclosure of campaign financing and significant private interests of public officers and candidates for public office.
The Georgia State Board of Accountancy protects public financial, fiscal, and economic interests by licensing certified public accountants and public accountancy firms; regulating public accountancy practices; investigating complaints; and taking appropriate legal and disciplinary actions, when warranted.
AUTHORITY Titles 21, 43, and 50-5B of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated.

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State Accounting Office
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Administration (SAO) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all department programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Financial Systems Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to operate, support, monitor, and improve the State's enterprise financial
accounting, payroll, and human capital management systems. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Shared Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support client agencies in processing payroll and other financial
transactions and to implement and support the Statewide Travel Consolidation Program. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Statewide Accounting and Reporting Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide financial reporting, accounting policy, business process
improvement, and compliance with state and federal fiscal reporting requirements. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds for the consolidation of data collection systems used to develop the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report to prepare for NextGen project implementation. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: State Ethics Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the integrity of the democratic process and ensure compliance
by candidates, public officials, non-candidate campaign committees, lobbyists and vendors with Georgia's Campaign and Financial Disclosure requirements. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds to enhance the e-filing system to improve customer service and transparency in reporting. 3. Change program name from Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission to State Ethics Commission pursuant to HB 572 (2023 Session). Total Change

$5,383 $5,383
$0 $0
$25,836 $25,836
$18,301 560,000 $578,301
$18,301 35,000 Yes
$53,301

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Program Budgets
Georgia State Board of Accountancy Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect public financial, fiscal, and economic interests by licensing
certified public accountants and public accountancy firms; regulating public accountancy practices; and investigating complaints and taking appropriate legal and disciplinary actions when warranted. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Utilize existing funds ($26,476) for costs related to office relocation and administrative hearings. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Administration (SAO) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all department programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. Total Change
Financial Systems Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to operate, support, monitor, and improve the State's enterprise financial
accounting, payroll, and human capital management systems. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Transfer TeamWorks billings ($247,055) to Statewide Accounting and Reporting for two internal controls
positions. Total Change
Shared Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support client agencies in processing payroll and other financial
transactions and to implement and support the Statewide Travel Consolidation Program. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. Total Change
Statewide Accounting and Reporting Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide financial reporting, accounting policy, business process
improvement, and compliance with state and federal fiscal reporting requirements. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 3. Transfer TeamWorks billings ($247,055) from Financial Systems for two internal controls positions.
Total Change

$4,306 Yes
$4,306
$5,941 9,617
$15,558
$5,970 Yes
$5,970
$24,487 (2,387)
6,098 $28,198
$73,712 12,895 Yes
$86,607

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State Accounting Office
Program Budgets
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: State Ethics Commission
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the integrity of the democratic process and ensure compliance by candidates, public officials, non-candidate campaign committees, lobbyists and vendors with Georgia's Campaign and Financial Disclosure requirements.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses.
4. Increase funds to enhance the e-filing system to improve customer service and transparency in reporting. 5. Change program name from Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission to
State Ethics Commission pursuant to HB 572 (2023 Session). Total Change
Georgia State Board of Accountancy
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect public financial, fiscal, and economic interests by licensing certified public accountants and public accountancy firms; regulating public accountancy practices; and investigating complaints and taking appropriate legal and disciplinary actions when warranted.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 3. Utilize existing funds ($26,476) for costs related to office relocation and administrative hearings. Total Change

$69,174 1,031
53,658 50,000
Yes $173,863
$16,101 1,967 Yes
$18,068

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State Accounting Office
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$7,951,047

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$7,951,047

Changes
$667,127 $667,127

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$8,618,174 $8,618,174

$7,951,047 $7,951,047

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$26,586,165 $26,586,165
$34,537,212

$0 $0
$667,127

$26,586,165 $26,586,165
$35,204,339

$26,586,165 $26,586,165
$34,537,212

Changes
$328,264 $328,264
$0 $0 $328,264

FY 2024 Original Budget

Administration (SAO)

State General Funds

355,246

Other Funds

913,372

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,268,618

Financial Systems

State General Funds

0

Other Funds

23,674,250

TOTAL FUNDS

$23,674,250

Shared Services

State General Funds

938,390

Other Funds

1,863,786

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,802,176

Statewide Accounting and Reporting

State General Funds

2,792,418

Other Funds

134,757

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,927,175

Changes
5,383 0
$5,383
0 0 $0
25,836 0
$25,836
578,301 0
$578,301

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

State Ethics Commission

State General Funds

2,982,449

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,982,449

Georgia State Board of Accountancy

State General Funds

882,544

TOTAL FUNDS

$882,544

53,301 $53,301
4,306 $4,306

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

360,629 913,372 $1,274,001

355,246 913,372 $1,268,618

0 23,674,250 $23,674,250

0 23,674,250 $23,674,250

964,226 1,863,786 $2,828,012

938,390 1,863,786 $2,802,176

3,370,719 134,757
$3,505,476

2,792,418 134,757
$2,927,175

Changes
15,558 0
$15,558
5,970 (247,055) ($241,085)
28,198 0
$28,198
86,607 247,055 $333,662

3,035,750 $3,035,750
886,850 $886,850

2,982,449 $2,982,449
882,544 $882,544

173,863 $173,863
18,068 $18,068

FY 2025 Budget
$8,279,311 $8,279,311 $26,586,165 $26,586,165 $34,865,476
FY 2025 Budget
370,804 913,372 $1,284,176
5,970 23,427,195 $23,433,165
966,588 1,863,786 $2,830,374
2,879,025 381,812
$3,260,837
3,156,312 $3,156,312
900,612 $900,612

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State Accounting Office
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Administration (SAO) Financial Systems Shared Services Statewide Accounting and Reporting
SUBTOTAL
(Excludes Attached Agencies) Attached Agencies
State Ethics Commission

FY 2022 Expenditures
$1,102,301 20,527,487
3,097,602 2,594,874 $27,322,264
$3,992,906

Georgia State Board of Accountancy
SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

$3,992,906

FY 2023 Expenditures
$1,854,310 25,784,865
3,473,571
2,858,828
$33,971,574

FY 2024 Original Budget
$1,268,618 23,674,250
2,802,176
2,927,175
$30,672,219

$3,345,934 $3,345,934

$2,982,449 882,544
$3,864,993

Total Funds Less: Other Funds SUBTOTAL

$31,315,170
23,682,955 $23,682,955

$37,317,508
29,180,448 $29,180,448

$34,537,212
26,586,165 $26,586,165

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

7,632,215 $7,632,215

8,137,060 $8,137,060

7,951,047 $7,951,047

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$1,274,001 23,674,250
2,828,012 3,505,476 $31,281,739
$3,035,750 886,850
$3,922,600
$35,204,339
26,586,165 $26,586,165
8,618,174 $8,618,174

FY 2025 Budget
$1,284,176 23,433,165
2,830,374 3,260,837 $30,808,552
$3,156,312 900,612
$4,056,924
$34,865,476
26,586,165 $26,586,165
8,279,311 $8,279,311

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Department of Administrative Services
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) provides business solutions for state and local governments. DOAS' product and service offerings encompass a broad spectrum that includes purchasing, risk management, enterprise human resources, fleet support services, and surplus property.

CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPEAL PANEL The Certificate of Need Appeal Panel consists of independent
hearing officers appointed by the Governor to review the Department of Community Health's initial decisions to grant or deny a Certificate of Need.

STATE PURCHASING State Purchasing is responsible for procuring a wide range of
commodities and services for state government. Purchasing negotiates statewide contracts for the benefit of state and local governments and offers technical assistance in conducting and assessing competitive bids. Purchasing provides cost reduction through aggregation of purchasing demand, competitive procurement, efficient purchasing systems, standards, specifications, and practices.
RISK MANAGEMENT Risk Management directs the State's internal workers'
compensation, liability, property, unemployment insurance, and cyber security programs and manages the Georgia State Indemnification programs for public officers and educators. Risk Management oversees the claims administration process and assists state entities in identifying unique loss exposures and works to develop strategies to reduce the cost of risk associated with individual business operations.
HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION Human Resources Administration provides expertise in
personnel policy and practices to help agencies attract, develop, and retain a high performing workforce. Core talent management consulting services currently include recruiting, selection, onboarding, compensation, performance management practices, policy compliance with the State Personnel Board rules and employment laws, and administration of the Flexible Benefits initiative.
FLEET MANAGEMENT The Office of Fleet Management provides guidance on vehicle
purchases, assignment, usage, maintenance, operation, and disposal in accordance with state policies.
SURPLUS PROPERTY Surplus Property is responsible for the identification,
redistribution and/or disposal of state and federal surplus property to state and local governments, eligible non-profits, and to the public. Sales to the public are accomplished through internet sales service providers. Surplus Property also aids local governments with the disposition of property.

ATTACHED AGENCIES The Office of the State Treasurer manages, invests and
disburses state revenues and local deposits; creates prudent and effective cash management strategies; and ensures efficient and effective implementation of banking services for state entities, while preserving the state's capital and public trust
The Office of State Administrative Hearings conducts administrative hearings and issues decisions in cases that involve disputes between individuals and state entities in accordance with state laws and procedures.
The Georgia Tax Tribunal hears contested cases involving the Georgia Department of Revenue, including decisions regarding Georgia income tax, Georgia sales and use tax, withholding taxes and other taxes.
The Georgia Technology Authority is responsible for negotiating and managing state contracts to deliver information technology infrastructure and network services to executive branch agencies, as well as state and local entities through the Georgia Enterprise Technology Services program. In addition to IT infrastructure and network services, the authority coordinates with agencies under its purview to provide statewide policies governing technology use and management, as well as the state's cybersecurity and information security initiatives.
The Georgia Aviation Authority (GAA) provides aviation services to state employees traveling on official business. GAA administers logistical support of aviation transport for state business functions and develops standards for state-agency air travel.
AUTHORITY Title 15-5, 15-18, 15-19, 17-2, 17-12, 20-2, 20-3, 31-6, 45-9,
50-5, 50-13, 50-15, 50-16, 50-19, 50-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

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Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Certificate of Need Appeal Panel Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to review decisions made by the Department of Community Health on
Certificate of Need applications. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Compensation Per General Assembly Resolutions Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to purchase annuities and other products for wrongfully convicted inmates
when directed by the General Assembly upon passage of the required House Resolutions. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DOAS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all department programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Fleet Management Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide and manage a fuel card program for state and local
governments, to implement the Motor Vehicle Contract Maintenance program to provide repairs, roadside assistance, and maintenance for state and local government fleets, and to establish a motor pool for traveling state employees. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Human Resources Administration Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide centralized services for statewide human resources in support
of state agencies, the State Personnel Board, and employees; develop human resource policies, create job descriptions and classification, develop fair and consistent compensation practices, and administer the employee benefits program. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Risk Management Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer a liability insurance program to protect state government
and employees from work-related claims, to provide indemnification funds for public officers and public school personnel in case of disability or death, to identify and control risks and hazards to minimize loss, to insure state-owned buildings and property against damage or destruction, to partner with the Department of Labor in administering unemployment claims, and to administer the Workers Compensation Program. Recommended Change: 1. Utilize existing funds ($2,000,000) and increase funds to pay negotiated Workers' Compensation settlements to reduce outstanding claims and associated costs. (Total Funds: $125,000,000)
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$0 $0
$0 $0
$51,672 $51,672
$0 $0
$25,836 $25,836
$123,000,000 91

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Program Budgets
2. Increase funds to reduce outstanding obligations relating to the State Liability program. 3. Increase funds to meet the costs of excess insurance and projected future claims expenses for the property
risk pool. Total Change
State Purchasing Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to publicize government contract opportunities on the Georgia
Procurement Registry; to maintain a comprehensive listing of all agency contracts; to manage bids, Requests For Proposals, and Requests For Quotes; to provide and oversee Purchasing Cards; to conduct reverse auctions for non-construction goods and services valued above $100,000; to leverage the state's purchasing power in obtaining contracts; to train vendors seeking contract opportunities; and to certify small and/or minority business vendors. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Surplus Property Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to reduce cost through maximization of the useful life of state-owned
equipment and redistribution of property to state and local governments, qualifying non-profits, and to the public through auction. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Office of State Administrative Hearings Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide an independent forum for the impartial and timely resolution of
disputes between the public and state agencies. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Georgia Tax Tribunal Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide an independent trial court with jurisdiction over appeals of tax
matters involving the Georgia Department of Revenue. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds to purchase tax law research software. Total Change
Office of the State Treasurer Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to set cash management policies for state agencies; assist agencies with
bank services and accounts; monitor agency deposits and disbursement patterns; to invest funds for state and local entities; to track warrants, fund agency allotments, and pay state debt service; and to manage state revenue collections; and to manage the Path2College 529 Plan. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change

75,000,000 50,000,000 $248,000,000
$0 $0
$0 $0
$27,989 $27,989
$3,230 3,400
$6,630
$0 $0

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Program Budgets
Payments to Georgia Technology Authority Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to set the direction for the state's use of technology and promote efficient,
secure, and cost-effective delivery of information technology services. Recommended Change:
1. Pursuant to OCGA 50-25-7.1, provide funding for the modernization of the NextGen ERP system, the Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance system, the Professional Standards Commission Educator Certification Case Management system, the Board of Regents ERP system, and the Department of Human Services $TARS Case Management system. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Certificate of Need Appeal Panel Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to review decisions made by the Department of Community Health on
Certificate of Need applications. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Compensation Per General Assembly Resolutions Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to purchase annuities and other products for wrongfully convicted inmates
when directed by the General Assembly upon passage of the required House Resolutions. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DOAS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all department programs. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Fleet Management Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide and manage a fuel card program for state and local
governments, to implement the Motor Vehicle Contract Maintenance program to provide repairs, roadside assistance, and maintenance for state and local government fleets, and to establish a motor pool for traveling state employees. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Human Resources Administration Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide centralized services for statewide human resources in support
of state agencies, the State Personnel Board, and employees; develop human resource policies, create job descriptions and classification, develop fair and consistent compensation practices, and administer the employee benefits program. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to recognize additional revenue from merit system assessments to support statewide human resources initiatives. (Total Funds: $884,153) Total Change

$158,554,572 $158,554,572
$0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0
Yes $0

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Department of Administrative Services
Program Budgets
Risk Management Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer a liability insurance program to protect state government
and employees from work-related claims, to provide indemnification funds for public officers and public school personnel in case of disability or death, to identify and control risks and hazards to minimize loss, to insure state-owned buildings and property against damage or destruction, to partner with the Department of Labor in administering unemployment claims, and to administer the Workers Compensation Program. Recommended Change: 1. Reduce one-time funds to pay negotiated Workers Compensation settlements. 2. Increase billings for liability insurance premiums to reflect claims expenses. (Total Funds: $13,300,000) Total Change
State Purchasing Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to publicize government contract opportunities on the Georgia
Procurement Registry; to maintain a comprehensive listing of all agency contracts; to manage bids, Requests For Proposals, and Requests For Quotes; to provide and oversee Purchasing Cards; to conduct reverse auctions for non-construction goods and services valued above $100,000; to leverage the state's purchasing power in obtaining contracts; to train vendors seeking contract opportunities; and to certify small and/or minority business vendors. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Surplus Property Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to reduce cost through maximization of the useful life of state-owned
equipment and redistribution of property to state and local governments, qualifying non-profits, and to the public through auction. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Office of State Administrative Hearings Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide an independent forum for the impartial and timely resolution of
disputes between the public and state agencies. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Georgia Tax Tribunal Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide an independent trial court with jurisdiction over appeals of tax
matters involving the Georgia Department of Revenue. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds to purchase tax law research software.
Total Change

($2,000,000) Yes
($2,000,000)
$0 $0
$0 $0
$69,934 $69,934
$13,047 3,400
$16,447

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Program Budgets
Office of the State Treasurer Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to set cash management policies for state agencies; assist agencies with
bank services and accounts; monitor agency deposits and disbursement patterns; to invest funds for state and local entities; to track warrants, fund agency allotments, and pay state debt service; and to manage state revenue collections; and to manage the Path2College 529 Plan. Recommended Change: 1. No change.
Total Change
Payments to Georgia Technology Authority Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to set the direction for the state's use of technology and promote efficient,
secure, and cost-effective delivery of information technology services. Recommended Change:
1. Utilize existing funds ($9,000,000) and increase funds to enhance and standardize cybersecurity services for executive branch agencies. (Total Funds: $24,000,000)
2. Recognize an increase in telecommunications and infrastructure rates to offset increased costs of service. (Total Funds: $19,427,715) Total Change

$0 $0
$15,000,000 Yes
$15,000,000

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Department of Administrative Services
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$6,520,988

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$6,520,988

Changes
$406,666,699 $406,666,699

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$413,187,687 $413,187,687

$6,520,988 $6,520,988

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$266,565,000 $266,565,000
$273,085,988

$0 $0
$406,666,699

$266,565,000 $266,565,000
$679,752,687

$266,565,000 $266,565,000
$273,085,988

Changes
$13,086,381 $13,086,381 $14,184,153 $14,184,153 $27,270,534

FY 2024 Original Budget

Certificate of Need Appeal Panel

State General Funds

39,506

TOTAL FUNDS

$39,506

Departmental Administration (DOAS)

State General Funds

810,000

Other Funds

8,422,324

TOTAL FUNDS

$9,232,324

Fleet Management

Other Funds

1,564,739

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,564,739

Human Resources Administration

State General Funds

0

Other Funds

13,079,059

TOTAL FUNDS

$13,079,059

Risk Management

State General Funds

2,430,000

Other Funds

208,074,783

TOTAL FUNDS

$210,504,783

State Purchasing

Other Funds

19,888,184

TOTAL FUNDS

$19,888,184

Surplus Property

Other Funds

2,266,548

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,266,548

Changes
0 $0
51,672 0
$51,672
0 $0
25,836 0
$25,836
248,000,000 0
$248,000,000
0 $0
0 $0

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Office of State Administrative Hearings

State General Funds

2,675,240

Other Funds

3,075,101

TOTAL FUNDS

$5,750,341

Georgia Tax Tribunal

State General Funds

566,242

TOTAL FUNDS

$566,242

Payments to Georgia Technology Authority

State General Funds

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$0

27,989 0
$27,989
6,630 $6,630
158,554,572 $158,554,572

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

39,506 $39,506

39,506 $39,506

861,672 8,422,324 $9,283,996

810,000 8,422,324 $9,232,324

1,564,739 $1,564,739

1,564,739 $1,564,739

25,836 13,079,059 $13,104,895

0 13,079,059 $13,079,059

250,430,000 208,074,783 $458,504,783

2,430,000 208,074,783 $210,504,783

19,888,184 $19,888,184

19,888,184 $19,888,184

2,266,548 $2,266,548

2,266,548 $2,266,548

2,703,229 3,075,101 $5,778,330
572,872 $572,872
158,554,572 $158,554,572

2,675,240 3,075,101 $5,750,341
566,242 $566,242
0 $0

Changes
0 $0
0 0 $0
0 $0
0 884,153 $884,153
(2,000,000) 13,300,000 $11,300,000
0 $0
0 $0
69,934 0
$69,934
16,447 $16,447
15,000,000 $15,000,000

FY 2025 Budget
$19,607,369 $19,607,369 $280,749,153 $280,749,153 $300,356,522
FY 2025 Budget
39,506 $39,506
810,000 8,422,324 $9,232,324
1,564,739 $1,564,739
0 13,963,212 $13,963,212
430,000 221,374,783 $221,804,783
19,888,184 $19,888,184
2,266,548 $2,266,548
2,745,174 3,075,101 $5,820,275
582,689 $582,689
15,000,000 $15,000,000

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Department of Administrative Services
Program Budget Financial Summary

Office of the State Treasurer Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

FY 2024 Original Budget
10,194,262 $10,194,262

Changes
0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

10,194,262 $10,194,262

10,194,262 $10,194,262

Changes
0 $0

FY 2025 Budget
10,194,262 $10,194,262

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Department of Administrative Services
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Certificate of Need Appeal Panel Compensation Per General Assembly Resolutions Departmental Administration (DOAS) Fleet Management Human Resources Administration Risk Management State Purchasing Surplus Property
SUBTOTAL
(Excludes Attached Agencies) Attached Agencies
Office of State Administrative Hearings Georgia Tax Tribunal Payments to Georgia Technology Authority Office of the State Treasurer
SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

FY 2022 Expenditures
$36,068 2,428,709 6,565,740 1,328,144 11,274,725 247,199,463 14,712,286 1,739,548 $285,284,683
$6,097,405
3,000,000 8,636,748
$17,734,153

FY 2023 Expenditures
$36,498
1,310,103
8,767,541 1,526,536 12,515,587 311,483,175 17,396,584 2,050,082
$355,086,106

FY 2024 Original Budget
$39,506
9,232,324 1,564,739 13,079,059 210,504,783 19,888,184 2,266,548 $256,575,143

$6,464,133
54,730,000 10,207,254 $71,401,387

$5,750,341 566,242
10,194,262 $16,510,845

Total Funds
Less: Federal COVID Funds Other Funds Prior Year State Funds
SUBTOTAL

$303,018,836
242,873 228,724,871
2,260,551 $231,228,295

$426,487,493
3,997,778 250,261,561 106,633,382 $360,892,721

$273,085,988 266,565,000
$266,565,000

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

71,790,541 $71,790,541

65,594,772 $65,594,772

6,520,988 $6,520,988

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$39,506
9,283,996 1,564,739 13,104,895 458,504,783 19,888,184 2,266,548 $504,652,651
$5,778,330 572,872
158,554,572 10,194,262
$175,100,036
$679,752,687
266,565,000
$266,565,000
413,187,687 $413,187,687

FY 2025 Budget
$39,506
9,232,324 1,564,739 13,963,212 221,804,783 19,888,184 2,266,548 $268,759,296
$5,820,275 582,689
15,000,000 10,194,262 $31,597,226
$300,356,522
280,749,153
$280,749,153
19,607,369 $19,607,369

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Department of Agriculture
Roles and Responsibilities

The Georgia Department of Agriculture administers programs to maintain the state's viable farm industry and protect the consuming public. These programs affect all Georgians as well as countless others throughout the United States and the world where Georgia agribusiness products are consumed.
PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION The Plant Industry division administers and enforces federal
and state laws relating to fertilizers, feeds, grains, seeds, pesticides and pest control, industrial hemp, nursery and plant certification, honeybees, organic agriculture, and other environmental protection programs. The division inspects and tests sufficient quantities of each agricultural commodity to guarantee that commodities reaching the consumer meet minimum standards and are correctly labeled.
ANIMAL INDUSTRY DIVISION The Animal Industry division monitors, detects, and controls
animal diseases that can have a significant impact on the agricultural economy and can be contagious to both animals and people. It works to ensure the continued protection of animal and public health, food safety, animal welfare, and successful livestock production. The division is organized in the sections of Animal Health, Companion Animal and Equine Health, Livestock and Poultry Health, Meat Inspection, and Poultry Market News.
FUEL AND MEASURES DIVISION The Fuel and Measures division primarily ensures equity in
the marketplace by verifying the accuracy of weighing and measuring devices. It inspects measuring devices used for commerce by conducting on-site inspections and tests of commercial weighing devices. Its responsibilities also include operating the state fuel oil laboratory and the state weights laboratory, both of which ensure that Georgia's regulated consumer products meet required quality standards.
FOOD SAFETY DIVISION The Food Safety division primarily prevents the sale and
distribution of adulterated or misbranded foods to consumers. The division administers state laws, rules, and regulations for retail and wholesale grocery stores, retail seafood stores, places in the business of food processing, and plants which are currently required to obtain a license from the Commissioner under any other provision of law.
MARKETING DIVISION The Marketing division promotes the state's agricultural
commodities, ensures prompt and complete payment for products, and ensures safe storage of farmers' products. These efforts are supported by the Department's State Farmers Markets Network, Commodity Promotion Program Office, Business Development Office, Bonding and Warehouse Licensing, and the Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin publication. The

Marketing division also provides a number of specific marketing programs to benefit Georgia farmers, including: the Georgia Grown program, the Vidalia onion certification mark, and agritourism signage.
LABORATORIES The Athens and Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic Labs ensure a
safe food supply and the health of animals and people within Georgia by providing diagnostic support, investigative resources, and disease surveillance for naturally occurring and foreign animal diseases and bioterrorism. The labs address the concerns of veterinarians, regulatory agencies, animal owners, and wildlife groups.
The Poultry Veterinary Diagnostic Labs carry out the USDA's National Poultry Improvement Plan and provide diagnostic and monitoring services for Georgia's poultry industry and private poultry owners in the state. The labs also certify that flocks are free from poultry diseases such as avian influenza. These activities ensure that Georgia has the healthiest flocks possible and can continue to produce and export more poultry products annually than any other state.
ATTACHED AGENCIES The Georgia Agriculture Exposition Authority promotes,
develops, and serves agriculture and agriculture business interests in the state, produces and operates the Georgia National Fair, and encourages the agricultural accomplishments of Georgia's youth.
The Georgia Seed Development Commission is the agency responsible for foundation plant material production in Georgia. It is designated as the recipient of breeder seed from University of Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations.
The Georgia Development Authority is an insured farm loan program created in 1953 to assist and provide low interest loans for Georgia's farmers.
The Agricultural Commodity Commissions are farmer-funded support programs for numerous commodities. Assessments collected by each Commission assist in areas of research, education, and promotion on behalf of the respective commodity.
The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission (SSWCC) was formed to protect, conserve, and improve the soil and water resources of the State of Georgia. The Commission's primary goal is to promote the wise use and protection of basic soil and water resources, and to achieve practical water quality goals through agricultural and urban best practices.
AUTHORITY Title 2, 4, 12, and 26 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated.

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Department of Agriculture
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Athens and Tifton Veterinary Laboratories Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide payment to the Board of Regents for diagnostic laboratory
testing, for veterinary consultation and assistance, for disease surveillance, and for outreach to veterinarians, animal industries, and pet owners within the State of Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Consumer Protection Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for public health and safety by monitoring, inspecting, and
regulating the cultivation, processing, and production of livestock, meat, poultry, and other food products; by inspecting establishments that sell food for offsite consumption, food warehouses, wholesale and mobile meat and seafood vendors, dairy farms, and food banks; by certifying organic products, shellfish, and bottled water; by monitoring, inspecting, and regulating the companion animal, bird, and equine industries (including reports of abuse by private owners); by monitoring, inspecting, and regulating the plant and apiary industries, including performing phytosanitary inspections; by monitoring, inspecting, and regulating the pesticide and wood treatment industries; and by monitoring, inspecting, and regulating animal feed, pet food, and grains. The purpose of this appropriation is also to ensure accurate commercial transactions by monitoring, inspecting, and regulating weights and measures and fuel sales. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Transfer funds from Payments to Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority ($322,800) and increase funds for equipment and vehicles to implement the Georgia Electric Vehicle Charging Program pursuant to SB 146 (2023 Session). Total Change
Departmental Administration (DOA) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for all programs of the department. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Marketing and Promotion Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to manage the state's farmers markets, to promote Georgia's agricultural
products domestically and internationally, to administer relevant certification marks, to provide poultry and livestock commodity data, to administer surety bonds, to provide information to the public, and to publish the Market Bulletin. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Poultry Veterinary Diagnostic Labs Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to pay for operation of the Poultry Diagnostic Veterinary Labs, which
conduct disease diagnoses and monitoring. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change

$0 $0
$412,300 3,315,000 $3,727,300
$59,208 $59,208
$34,448 $34,448
$0 $0

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Department of Agriculture
Program Budgets
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Payments to Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to reduce the rates charged by the Georgia Agricultural Exposition
Authority for youth and livestock events. Recommended Change:
1. Transfer funds to the Consumer Protection program to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
State Soil and Water Conservation Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect, conserve, and improve the soil and water resources of the
State of Georgia by administering the use of state and federal resources to inspect, maintain, and provide assistance to owners of USDA flood control structures in order to comply with the state Safe Dams Act and to provide planning and research assistance to landowners and local governments on water management, erosion, and sedimentation control. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for the replacement of one vehicle. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Athens and Tifton Veterinary Laboratories Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide payment to the Board of Regents for diagnostic laboratory
testing, for veterinary consultation and assistance, for disease surveillance, and for outreach to veterinarians, animal industries, and pet owners within the State of Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Increase funds for the employer share of health insurance benefits for University System of Georgia Board of Regents contracted employees. Total Change
Consumer Protection Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for public health and safety by monitoring, inspecting, and
regulating the cultivation, processing, and production of livestock, meat, poultry, and other food products; by inspecting establishments that sell food for offsite consumption, food warehouses, wholesale and mobile meat and seafood vendors, dairy farms, and food banks; by certifying organic products, shellfish, and bottled water; by monitoring, inspecting, and regulating the companion animal, bird, and equine industries (including reports of abuse by private owners); by monitoring, inspecting, and regulating the plant and apiary industries, including performing phytosanitary inspections; by monitoring, inspecting, and regulating the pesticide and wood treatment industries; and by monitoring, inspecting, and regulating animal feed, pet food, and grains. The purpose of this appropriation is also to ensure accurate commercial transactions by monitoring, inspecting, and regulating weights and measures and fuel sales. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses.
4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law
enforcement officers.
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($322,800) ($322,800)
$31,219 30,730
$61,949
$86,187 9,355
17,773 $113,315
$1,019,194 (23,782) 307,213 10,652 1,888 20,113 101

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Program Budgets
7. Transfer funds from Payments to Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority ($322,800) and increase funds for ten inspector positions to implement the Georgia Electric Vehicle Charging Program pursuant to SB 146 (2023 Session).
8. Provide funds for the Feral Hog Task Force, in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources and the United States Department of Agriculture.
9. Increase funds to provide an additional $2,000 targeted salary enhancement for Consumer Protection positions. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DOA) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for all programs of the department. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
Total Change
Marketing and Promotion Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to manage the state's farmers markets, to promote Georgia's agricultural
products domestically and internationally, to administer relevant certification marks, to provide poultry and livestock commodity data, to administer surety bonds, to provide information to the public, and to publish the Market Bulletin. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for the Agricultural Trust Fund to reflect FY 2023 collections of the Agricultural Tax Exemption fee pursuant to HB 511 (2021 Session). Total Change
Poultry Veterinary Diagnostic Labs Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to pay for operation of the Poultry Diagnostic Veterinary Labs, which
conduct disease diagnoses and monitoring. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Payments to Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to reduce the rates charged by the Georgia Agricultural Exposition
Authority for youth and livestock events. Recommended Change:
1. Transfer funds to Consumer Protection to align budget with expenditures. Total Change

1,058,400 150,000
1,200,583 $3,744,261
$223,410 (8,061) 158,563 1,748
$375,660
$96,155 1,392
25,854 10,147
6,128 $139,676
$0 $0
($322,800) ($322,800)

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Department of Agriculture
Program Budgets
State Soil and Water Conservation Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect, conserve, and improve the soil and water resources of the
State of Georgia by administering the use of state and federal resources to inspect, maintain, and provide assistance to owners of USDA flood control structures in order to comply with the state Safe Dams Act and to provide planning and research assistance to landowners and local governments on water management, erosion, and sedimentation control. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change

$95,704 10,120
13,002 $118,826

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Department of Agriculture
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds Georgia Agricultural Trust Fund

$59,615,358 2,127,728

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$61,743,086

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$8,601,145 $8,601,145

Changes
$3,560,105 0
$3,560,105
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$63,175,463
2,127,728 $65,303,191

$59,615,358
2,127,728 $61,743,086

$8,601,145 $8,601,145

$8,601,145 $8,601,145

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$2,975,701 $2,975,701
$73,319,932

$0 $0
$3,560,105

$2,975,701 $2,975,701
$76,880,037

$2,975,701 $2,975,701
$73,319,932

Changes
$4,162,810 6,128
$4,168,938
$0 $0 $0 $0 $4,168,938

FY 2024 Original Budget

Athens and Tifton Veterinary Laboratories

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

4,048,552 $4,048,552

Consumer Protection

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

34,571,608 7,751,145

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

1,920,000 $44,242,753

Departmental Administration (DOA)

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

7,663,878 850,000

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

200,000 $8,713,878

Marketing and Promotion

State General Funds Georgia Agricultural Trust Fund

5,902,013 2,127,728

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

855,701 $8,885,442

Poultry Veterinary Diagnostic Labs

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

3,049,057 $3,049,057

Changes
0 $0
3,727,300 0 0
$3,727,300
59,208 0 0
$59,208
34,448 0 0
$34,448
0 $0

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Payments to Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority

State General Funds

1,222,578

(322,800)

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,222,578

($322,800)

State Soil and Water Conservation Commission

State General Funds

3,157,672

61,949

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,157,672

$61,949

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

4,048,552 $4,048,552

4,048,552 $4,048,552

38,298,908
7,751,145 1,920,000 $47,970,053

34,571,608
7,751,145 1,920,000 $44,242,753

7,723,086
850,000 200,000 $8,773,086

7,663,878
850,000 200,000 $8,713,878

5,936,461
2,127,728 855,701
$8,919,890

5,902,013
2,127,728 855,701
$8,885,442

3,049,057 $3,049,057

3,049,057 $3,049,057

899,778 $899,778
3,219,621 $3,219,621

1,222,578 $1,222,578
3,157,672 $3,157,672

Changes
113,315 $113,315
3,744,261 0 0
$3,744,261
375,660 0 0
$375,660
133,548 6,128 0
$139,676
0 $0
(322,800) ($322,800)
118,826 $118,826

FY 2025 Budget
$63,778,168 2,133,856
$65,912,024
$8,601,145 $8,601,145 $2,975,701 $2,975,701 $77,488,870
FY 2025 Budget
4,161,867 $4,161,867
38,315,869 7,751,145 1,920,000
$47,987,014
8,039,538 850,000 200,000
$9,089,538
6,035,561 2,133,856
855,701 $9,025,118
3,049,057 $3,049,057
899,778 $899,778
3,276,498 $3,276,498

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Department of Agriculture
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Athens and Tifton Veterinary Laboratories
Consumer Protection Departmental Administration (DOA)
Marketing and Promotion

FY 2022 Expenditures
$3,362,035 39,310,685
8,809,327 8,695,902

Poultry Veterinary Diagnostic Labs

2,824,057

Marketing and Promotion - Special Project

SUBTOTAL

$63,002,006

(Excludes Attached Agencies)
Attached Agencies
Payments to Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority State Soil and Water Conservation Commission
SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

$10,402,540 2,358,200
$12,760,740

FY 2023 Expenditures
$3,704,106 43,789,388
9,449,953 9,127,737
3,298,857
55,000 $69,425,041

FY 2024 Original Budget
$4,048,552 44,242,753
8,713,878 8,885,442 3,049,057
$68,939,682

$899,778 3,436,049 $4,335,827

$1,222,578 3,157,672
$4,380,250

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Other Funds SUBTOTAL

$75,762,746
9,040,303 5,186,577 $14,226,880

$73,760,868
11,030,976 3,817,562
$14,848,538

$73,319,932
8,601,145 2,975,701 $11,576,846

State General Funds Georgia Agricultural Trust Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

61,535,867 $61,535,867

57,027,555 1,884,774
$58,912,329

59,615,358 2,127,728
$61,743,086

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$4,048,552 47,970,053
8,773,086 8,919,890 3,049,057
$72,760,638
$899,778 3,219,621 $4,119,399
$76,880,037
8,601,145 2,975,701 $11,576,846
63,175,463 2,127,728
$65,303,191

FY 2025 Budget
$4,161,867 47,987,014
9,089,538 9,025,118 3,049,057
$73,312,594
$899,778 3,276,498 $4,176,276
$77,488,870
8,601,145 2,975,701 $11,576,846
63,778,168 2,133,856
$65,912,024

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Department of Banking and Finance
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Banking and Finance (DBF) enforces and administers all state laws, rules, and regulations governing the operation of state-chartered financial institutions in Georgia. The Department regulates and examines Georgia state-chartered banks, state-chartered credit unions, and state-chartered trust companies.
DBF also has responsibility for the supervision, regulation, and examination of merchant acquirer limited purpose banks (MALPB) chartered in Georgia, as well as international banking organizations, and bank holding companies conducting business in Georgia. DBF has regulatory and licensing authority over mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers, mortgage loan originators, installment lenders (loan companies making small dollar loans of $3,000 or less), and money service businesses, which consists of sellers of payment instruments, money transmitters, and check cashers.
The Department is authorized to issue and enforce orders requiring financial institutions to correct unacceptable conditions discovered through examinations. The Department approves proposals to incorporate as a state-chartered financial institution, requests to change existing articles of incorporation, and mergers and consolidations of financial institutions. The Department investigates possible violations of state interest and usury laws.
SUPERVISION AND REGULATION The Department has the authority to adopt rules and
regulations regarding the operation of financial institutions that allow state-chartered financial institutions to compete fairly with those chartered by the federal government, other states, or foreign governments; protect Georgia financial institutions threatened by economic conditions or technological developments; and prevent unfair, misleading, or deceptive business practices by financial services providers.

LICENSING AND REGISTRATION Article 13 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated
requires mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers, as well as loan originators, to be licensed or registered with the Department to transact business in Georgia. The Department is also responsible for licensing money service businesses (check sellers, check cashers, and money transmitters) and installment loan companies (loan companies making small dollar loans of $3,000 or less). The Department also conducts investigations of residential mortgage lending, installment lending, and money service businesses.
FINANCIAL EXAMINATIONS The Department is responsible for examining all financial
institutions at least once each year. Mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers, money service businesses, and installment lenders must be examined every five years or less. Exceptions to these examination frequencies are allowed under specific conditions as provided by law and/or policy. If necessary, the Department may require extra reports and conduct additional examinations to obtain essential information. The Department is authorized to issue and enforce orders requiring financial institutions to correct unacceptable conditions discovered through examinations.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES Other responsibilities of the Department include approval of
all proposals to incorporate as a state-chartered financial institution, approval of requests to change existing articles of incorporation, and approval of mergers and consolidations of financial institutions to include possible violations of state interest and usury laws.
AUTHORITY Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

The Department is also responsible for regulating and monitoring the condition of state-chartered banks, credit unions, holding companies, merchant acquirer limited purpose banks, international bank agencies, mortgage brokers and lenders, check cashers, check sellers, and money transmitters.

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Department of Banking and Finance
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DBF) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all department programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds for database upgrades to process applications for merchant acquirer limited purpose banks and foreign banks and to improve efficiency. Total Change
Financial Institution Supervision Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to examine and regulate depository financial institutions, state-chartered
banks, trust companies, credit unions, bank holding companies, and international banking organizations; to track performance of financial service providers operating in Georgia, to monitor industry trends, respond to negative trends, and establish operating guidelines; and to collaborate with law enforcement, federal regulators, and other regulatory agencies on examination findings. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Non-Depository Financial Institution Supervision Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent money service
businesses and residential mortgage and installment loan lending practices, protect consumers by licensing, regulating, and enforcing applicable laws and regulations, and provide efficient and flexible application, registration, and notification procedures for non-depository financial institutions. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DBF) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all department programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
Total Change
Financial Institution Supervision Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to examine and regulate depository financial institutions, state-chartered
banks, trust companies, credit unions, bank holding companies, and international banking organizations; to track performance of financial service providers operating in Georgia, to monitor industry trends, respond to negative trends, and establish operating guidelines; and to collaborate with law enforcement, federal regulators, and other regulatory agencies on examination findings. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
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$13,995 64,536
$78,531
$50,596 $50,596
$23,683 $23,683
$63,118 (4,236)
1,258 $60,140
$207,256
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2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
3. Increase funds to provide an additional $2,000 targeted salary enhancement for Financial Institution Supervision examiners. Total Change
Non-Depository Financial Institution Supervision
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent money service businesses and residential mortgage and installment loan lending practices, protect consumers by licensing, regulating, and enforcing applicable laws and regulations, and provide efficient and flexible application, registration, and notification procedures for non-depository financial institutions.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for two examiners to address increased workload. Total Change

(7,280) 152,586 $352,562
$57,782 (1,292)
1,600 148,675 $206,765

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Department of Banking and Finance
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$14,266,948

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$14,266,948

Changes
$152,810 $152,810

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$14,419,758 $14,419,758

$14,266,948 $14,266,948

Total Funds

$14,266,948

$152,810

$14,419,758

$14,266,948

Changes
$619,467 $619,467 $619,467

FY 2024 Original Budget

Departmental Administration (DBF)

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

2,878,917 $2,878,917

Financial Institution Supervision

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

8,174,531 $8,174,531

Non-Depository Financial Institution Supervision

State General Funds

3,213,500

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,213,500

Changes
78,531 $78,531
50,596 $50,596
23,683 $23,683

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

2,957,448 $2,957,448

2,878,917 $2,878,917

8,225,127 $8,225,127

8,174,531 $8,174,531

3,237,183 $3,237,183

3,213,500 $3,213,500

Changes
60,140 $60,140
352,562 $352,562
206,765 $206,765

FY 2025 Budget
$14,886,415 $14,886,415 $14,886,415
FY 2025 Budget
2,939,057 $2,939,057
8,527,093 $8,527,093
3,420,265 $3,420,265

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Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Departmental Administration (DBF) Financial Institution Supervision Non-Depository Financial Institution Supervision SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$2,558,223 7,562,128
2,909,302 $13,029,653

FY 2023 Expenditures
$2,827,571 7,995,530
3,557,646 $14,380,747

FY 2024 Original Budget
$2,878,917 8,174,531
3,213,500 $14,266,948

$13,029,653

$14,380,747

$14,266,948

13,029,653 $13,029,653

7,271 $7,271
14,373,476 $14,373,476

14,266,948 $14,266,948

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$2,957,448 8,225,127 3,237,183
$14,419,758 $14,419,758
14,419,758 $14,419,758

FY 2025 Budget
$2,939,057 8,527,093 3,420,265
$14,886,415 $14,886,415
14,886,415 $14,886,415

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Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) provides treatment and support services to people with mental illnesses and addictive diseases and support to people with developmental disabilities. DBHDD operates five state regional hospitals and provides community-based services through 22 Community Service Boards and various other private providers.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH The Division of Behavioral Health provides mental health
services, including community and inpatient services, to children, adolescents, and adults at five state hospitals and through community providers, including Community Service Boards.
The Division of Behavioral Health also provides services to children, adolescents, and adults with substance abuse disorders and addictive disease issues, focusing on promoting and delivering effective, recovery-oriented services. Services are delivered through community-based programs in residential settings. The division includes programs related to substance abuse treatment, prevention, and DUI intervention.

ATTACHED AGENCIES The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities is the
state planning council created by a federal mandate through the Developmental Disabilities Act and is charged with creating systems change for people with developmental disabilities and their families to increase independence, inclusion, integration, and productivity for people with disabilities.
The Sexual Offender Risk Review Board helps protect Georgia's citizens by determining the likelihood that a sexual offender will reoffend.
AUTHORITY Titles 37; also referenced in 15-11, 16, 17-7-130, 17-7-131,
17-18-1, 26, 31, 40, 42, 43, 45, 48, 49, Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
The Developmental Disabilities division provides services to consumers with developmental disabilities, who have chronic conditions that developed before age 22 and that limit an individual's ability to function mentally and/or physically. Georgia's state-supported services are aimed at helping families to continue to care for a relative in their homes when possible, serving people who do not live with their families in a home setting, and promoting independence and self-determination.

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Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes

Adult Addictive Diseases Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide a continuum of programs, services and supports for adults who abuse alcohol and other drugs, have a chemical dependency and who need assistance for compulsive gambling.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$19,377 $19,377

Adult Developmental Disabilities Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote independence of adults with significant developmental disabilities through institutional care, community support and respite, job readiness, training, and a crisis and access line.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds to Direct Care Support Services to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change

$683,581
(278,197) $405,384

Adult Forensic Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide psychological evaluations of defendants, mental health screening and evaluations, inpatient mental health treatment, competency remediation, forensic evaluation services, and supportive housing for forensic consumers.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds to Direct Care Support Services to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change

$1,169,079
(2,589,607) ($1,420,528)

Adult Mental Health Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide evaluation, treatment, crisis stabilization, and residential services to facilitate rehabilitation and recovery for adults with mental illnesses.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds to Direct Care Support Services to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change

$6,575,268
(3,074,118) $3,501,150

Child and Adolescent Addictive Diseases Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide services to children and adolescents for the safe withdrawal from abused substances and promote a transition to productive living.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$1,077 $1,077

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Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Program Budgets
Child and Adolescent Developmental Disabilities Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide evaluation, residential, support, and education services to
promote independence for children and adolescents with developmental disabilities.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$36,601 $36,601

Child and Adolescent Forensic Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide evaluation, treatment and residential services to children and adolescents clients referred by Georgia's criminal justice or corrections system.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds to Direct Care Support Services to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change

$31,219
(17,298) $13,921

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide evaluation, treatment, crisis stabilization, and residential services to children and adolescents with mental illness.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds to Direct Care Support Services to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change

$19,377
(1,001,541) ($982,164)

Departmental Administration (DBHDD)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for all mental health, developmental disabilities and addictive diseases programs of the department.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds to Direct Care Support Services to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change

$307,879
(650,000) ($342,121)

Direct Care Support Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to operate five state-owned and operated hospitals.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Recognize agency-wide transfers ($7,610,761), utilize existing funds ($461,188), and increase funds to address Regional State Hospitals' urgent and significant capital needs according to the 2023 GSFIC campus survey. (Total Funds $60,000,000) Total Change

$976,386 59,538,812
$60,515,198

Substance Abuse Prevention
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote the health and well-being of children, youth, families and communities through preventing the use and/or abuse of alcohol, tobacco and drugs.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$16,148 $16,148

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Program Budgets
Adult Developmental Disabilities Respite Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to increase funds for respite services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote quality services and support for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$0 $0
$10,765 $10,765

Sexual Offender Risk Review Board Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect Georgia's children by identifying convicted sexual offenders that
present the greatest risk of sexually reoffending. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Adult Addictive Diseases Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide a continuum of programs, services and supports for adults who
abuse alcohol and other drugs, have a chemical dependency and who need assistance for compulsive gambling. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change

$9,689 $9,689
$21,925 5,295
$27,220

Adult Developmental Disabilities Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote independence of adults with significant developmental disabilities through institutional care, community support and respite, job readiness, training, and a crisis and access line.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%.
3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
5. Increase funds to annualize the cost of 500 New Options Waiver (NOW) and Comprehensive Supports Waiver Program (COMP) slots for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
6. Increase funds for 100 additional slots for the New Options Waiver (NOW) and Comprehensive Supports Waiver Program (COMP) for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
7. Recognize agency-wide transfers ($4,947,743) and increase funds ($74,953,932) to implement the New Option Waiver (NOW) and Comprehensive Supports Option Waiver Program (COMP) provider rate study. (Total Funds: $316,462,570)
8. Reduce funds to reflect an adjustment in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) from 65.89% to 66.04%. Total Change

$1,664,498 240
(887,697) 90,712
9,377,302 2,345,692 79,901,675
(717,268) $91,775,154

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Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Program Budgets

Adult Forensic Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide psychological evaluations of defendants, mental health screening and evaluations, inpatient mental health treatment, competency remediation, forensic evaluation services, and supportive housing for forensic consumers.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds to staff and operate a forensic step-down unit to address the statewide waitlist. 3. Transfer funds to Adult Developmental Disabilities Services to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Adult Mental Health Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide evaluation, treatment, crisis stabilization, and residential services to facilitate rehabilitation and recovery for adults with mental illnesses.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Reduce funds to reflect decreased demand for core adult mental health services. 7. Increase funds for a behavioral health crisis center in DBHDD's Region 1. 8. Increase funds to annualize the operations of a behavioral health crisis center in Fulton County. 9. Increase funds to annualize the operations of a behavioral health crisis center for the Community Service Board of Middle Georgia in Dublin. 10. Increase funds to annualize the operations of a behavioral health crisis center for Serenity Behavioral Health Systems in Augusta. 11. Transfer funds to Adult Developmental Disabilities Services to align budget with expenditures. 12. Eliminate one-time funds to coordinate outreach to address homelessness in the Atlanta area. 13. Reduce funds to reflect an adjustment in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) from 65.89% to 66.04%. 14. Increase funds to match rate implementation of the Community Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (CBHRS) provider rate study for uninsured Georgians. Total Change
Child and Adolescent Addictive Diseases Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide services to children and adolescents for the safe withdrawal from abused substances and promote a transition to productive living.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change
Child and Adolescent Developmental Disabilities
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide evaluation, residential, support, and education services to promote independence for children and adolescents with developmental disabilities.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change

$3,378,223 3,218,210
(1,495,370) $5,101,063
$17,576,246
(1,234,726) 164,078 189,251
(11,420,218) 9,481,532 3,792,613 1,586,056 1,221,116 (1,802,373) (825,000) (121,126)
22,430,804 $41,038,253
$4,380 838
$5,218
$61,036 2,627
$63,663

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Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Program Budgets

Child and Adolescent Forensic Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide evaluation, treatment and residential services to children and adolescents clients referred by Georgia's criminal justice or corrections system.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide evaluation, treatment, crisis stabilization, and residential services to children and adolescents with mental illness.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Transfer funds to Adult Developmental Disabilities Services to align budget with expenditures. 4. Eliminate one-time funds for Georgia psychiatric residential treatment facilities receiving less than $500 per patient day while under current cost report reimbursement methodology. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DBHDD)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for all mental health, developmental disabilities and addictive diseases programs of the department.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Transfer funds to Adult Developmental Disabilities Services to align budget with expenditures. 7. Reduce funds to reflect technology cost savings. Total Change
Direct Care Support Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to operate five state-owned and operated hospitals. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined
employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for the employer share of health insurance benefits for University System of Georgia Board of
Regents contracted employees. Total Change

$121,233 1,880
$123,113
$70,259 3,631
(1,000,000) (600,000)
($1,526,110)
$1,208,140 130,106 330,186 43,325 87,920
(650,000) (2,016,954) ($867,277)
$3,022,741 42,619
(33,216) 372,985
80,299 $3,485,428

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Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Program Budgets
Substance Abuse Prevention Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote the health and well-being of children, youth, families and
communities through preventing the use and/or abuse of alcohol, tobacco and drugs.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change

$6,852 $6,852

Adult Developmental Disabilities Respite Services

Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to increase funds for respite services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Recommended Change:

1. No change.

$0

Total Change

$0

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:
Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote quality services and support for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change

$5,978 $5,978

Sexual Offender Risk Review Board
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect Georgia's children by identifying convicted sexual offenders that present the greatest risk of sexually reoffending.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Provide funds for two new evaluator positions to address the growth of the existing caseload backlog.
Total Change

$35,444 212,943 $248,387

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Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$1,487,957,802

Tobacco Settlement Funds

10,255,138

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$1,498,212,940

Community Mental Health Service Block Grant
Medical Assistance Program Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Block Grant
Social Services Block Grant Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$14,163,709 29,958,095
47,482,075 40,481,142
12,096,720
5,081,397 $149,263,138

Changes

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$61,784,497 0
$61,784,497

$1,549,742,299 10,255,138
$1,559,997,437

$1,487,957,802 10,255,138
$1,498,212,940

$0

$14,163,709

$14,163,709

0

29,958,095

29,958,095

0

47,482,075

47,482,075

0

40,481,142

40,481,142

0

12,096,720

12,096,720

0

5,081,397

5,081,397

$0

$149,263,138

$149,263,138

Changes
$128,070,415 0
$128,070,415
$0 155,120,533
0 0 0 81,440,362 $236,560,895

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$28,391,672 $28,391,672
$1,675,867,750

$0 $0
$61,784,497

$28,391,672 $28,391,672
$1,737,652,247

$28,391,672 $28,391,672
$1,675,867,750

$0 $0
$364,631,310

FY 2025 Budget
$1,627,444,744 10,255,138
$1,637,699,882
$14,163,709 185,078,628
47,482,075 40,481,142
12,096,720
86,521,759 $385,824,033
$28,391,672 $28,391,672 $2,051,915,587

FY 2024 Original Budget

Adult Addictive Diseases Services

State General Funds
Medical Assistance Program
Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Block Grant Social Services Block Grant Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant

56,133,411 50,000
29,607,511 2,500,000
12,096,720

Other Funds

434,903

TOTAL FUNDS

$100,822,545

Adult Developmental Disabilities Services

State General Funds

418,909,637

Tobacco Settlement Funds
Medical Assistance Program Social Services Block Grant
Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

10,255,138 12,336,582 37,981,142
0

Other Funds

22,860,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$502,342,499

Adult Forensic Services

State General Funds

141,815,480

Other Funds

26,500

TOTAL FUNDS

$141,841,980

Adult Mental Health Services

State General Funds Community Mental Health Service Block Grant

596,965,329 6,726,178

Changes
19,377 0
0 0
0 0 $19,377
405,384 0 0 0 0 0
$405,384
(1,420,528) 0
($1,420,528)
3,501,150 0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

56,152,788 50,000

56,133,411 50,000

29,607,511 2,500,000

29,607,511 2,500,000

12,096,720 434,903
$100,841,922
419,315,021 10,255,138 12,336,582 37,981,142 0 22,860,000
$502,747,883
140,394,952 26,500
$140,421,452
600,466,479 6,726,178

12,096,720 434,903
$100,822,545
418,909,637 10,255,138 12,336,582 37,981,142 0 22,860,000
$502,342,499
141,815,480 26,500
$141,841,980
596,965,329 6,726,178

Changes 27,220 0

FY 2025 Budget
56,160,631 50,000

0

29,607,511

0

2,500,000

0 0 $27,220

12,096,720 434,903
$100,849,765

91,775,154 0
155,120,533
0
81,440,362 0
$328,336,049

510,684,791 10,255,138
167,457,115
37,981,142
81,440,362 22,860,000 $830,678,548

5,101,063 0
$5,101,063

146,916,543 26,500
$146,943,043

29,621,726 0

638,003,582 6,726,178

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Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Program Budget Financial Summary

Medical Assistance Program
Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

FY 2024 Original Budget
2,070,420
3,062,355

Other Funds

1,090,095

TOTAL FUNDS

$609,914,377

Child and Adolescent Addictive Diseases Services

State General Funds Medical Assistance Program Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Block Grant

3,325,741 50,000
7,878,149

TOTAL FUNDS

$11,253,890

Child and Adolescent Developmental Disabilities

State General Funds Medical Assistance Program

16,226,511 3,285,496

TOTAL FUNDS

$19,512,007

Child and Adolescent Forensic Services

State General Funds

7,185,031

TOTAL FUNDS

$7,185,031

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

State General Funds Community Mental Health Service Block Grant Medical Assistance Program

56,984,605 7,437,531 2,886,984

Other Funds

85,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$67,394,120

Departmental Administration (DBHDD)

State General Funds Medical Assistance Program

31,964,012 9,278,613

Other Funds

22,133

TOTAL FUNDS

$41,264,758

Direct Care Support Services

State General Funds

154,255,108

Other Funds

3,873,041

TOTAL FUNDS

$158,128,149

Substance Abuse Prevention

State General Funds
Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Block Grant

352,378 9,996,415

TOTAL FUNDS

$10,348,793

Adult Developmental Disabilities Respite Services

State General Funds

2,100,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,100,000

Changes 0 0 0
$3,501,150
1,077 0
0 $1,077
36,601 0
$36,601
13,921 $13,921
(982,164) 0 0 0
($982,164)
(342,121) 0 0
($342,121)
60,515,198 0
$60,515,198
16,148
0 $16,148
0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

2,070,420

2,070,420

3,062,355 1,090,095 $613,415,527

3,062,355 1,090,095 $609,914,377

3,326,818 50,000

3,325,741 50,000

Changes 0 0 0
$29,621,726
5,218 0

7,878,149 $11,254,967
16,263,112 3,285,496
$19,548,608
7,198,952 $7,198,952
56,002,441 7,437,531 2,886,984 85,000
$66,411,956
31,621,891 9,278,613 22,133
$40,922,637
214,770,306 3,873,041
$218,643,347
368,526

7,878,149 $11,253,890
16,226,511 3,285,496
$19,512,007
7,185,031 $7,185,031
56,984,605 7,437,531 2,886,984 85,000
$67,394,120
31,964,012 9,278,613 22,133
$41,264,758
154,255,108 3,873,041
$158,128,149
352,378

0 $5,218
63,663 0
$63,663
123,113 $123,113
(1,526,110) 0 0 0
($1,526,110)
(867,277) 0 0
($867,277)
3,485,428 0
$3,485,428
6,852

9,996,415 $10,364,941
2,100,000 $2,100,000

9,996,415 $10,348,793
2,100,000 $2,100,000

0 $6,852
0 $0

FY 2025 Budget
2,070,420 3,062,355 1,090,095 $650,952,630
3,330,959 50,000
7,878,149 $11,259,108
16,290,174 3,285,496
$19,575,670
7,308,144 $7,308,144
55,458,495 7,437,531 2,886,984 85,000
$65,868,010
31,096,735 9,278,613 22,133
$40,397,481
157,740,536 3,873,041
$161,613,577
359,230
9,996,415 $10,355,645
2,100,000 $2,100,000

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Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

780,964 2,019,042

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,800,006

Sexual Offender Risk Review Board State General Funds

959,595

TOTAL FUNDS

$959,595

Changes
10,765 0
$10,765
9,689 $9,689

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

791,729 2,019,042 $2,810,771
969,284 $969,284

780,964 2,019,042 $2,800,006
959,595 $959,595

Changes
5,978 0
$5,978
248,387 $248,387

FY 2025 Budget
786,942 2,019,042 $2,805,984
1,207,982 $1,207,982

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Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources

FY 2022 Expenditures

Adult Addictive Diseases Services Adult Developmental Disabilities Services
Adult Forensic Services
Adult Mental Health Services Child and Adolescent Addictive Diseases Services Child and Adolescent Developmental Disabilities Child and Adolescent Forensic Services Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Departmental Administration (DBHDD)
Direct Care Support Services
Substance Abuse Prevention

$152,660,192
452,089,756 116,260,018 558,035,306
13,211,803
17,947,107
6,662,035
71,118,314
37,364,973 136,265,701
22,428,024

Adult Developmental Disabilities Respite Services

SUBTOTAL

$1,584,043,229

(Excludes Attached Agencies) Attached Agencies
Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities Sexual Offender Risk Review Board
SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

$2,961,583 1,076,730
$4,038,313

FY 2023 Expenditures

FY 2024 Original Budget

$158,189,104

$100,822,545

498,594,394 132,203,457 575,023,812

502,342,499 141,841,980 609,914,377

10,622,574

11,253,890

20,292,217

19,512,007

6,704,150

7,185,031

72,695,141

67,394,120

41,631,408 155,659,617
24,614,379

41,264,758 158,128,149
10,348,793

2,100,000 $1,698,330,253

2,100,000 $1,672,108,149

$3,973,720 1,222,743
$5,196,463

$2,800,006 959,595
$3,759,601

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$1,588,081,542
283,960,931 2,641,646
46,116,287 $332,718,864

$1,703,526,716
248,261,836 1,030,442
64,488,343 $313,780,621

$1,675,867,750
149,263,138 28,391,672
$177,654,810

State General Funds Tobacco Settlement Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

1,245,107,539 10,255,138
$1,255,362,677

1,379,490,957 10,255,138
$1,389,746,095

1,487,957,802 10,255,138
$1,498,212,940

Amended FY 2024 Budget $100,841,922
502,747,883 140,421,452 613,415,527
11,254,967 19,548,608
7,198,952 66,411,956 40,922,637 218,643,347 10,364,941
2,100,000 $1,733,872,192
$2,810,771 969,284
$3,780,055
$1,737,652,247
149,263,138
28,391,672 $177,654,810
1,549,742,299 10,255,138
$1,559,997,437

FY 2025 Budget $100,849,765 830,678,548 146,943,043 650,952,630
11,259,108 19,575,670
7,308,144 65,868,010 40,397,481 161,613,577 10,355,645
2,100,000 $2,047,901,621
$2,805,984 1,207,982
$4,013,966
$2,051,915,587
385,824,033
28,391,672 $414,215,705
1,627,444,744 10,255,138
$1,637,699,882

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Department of Community Affairs
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Community Affairs (DCA) serves as the state's lead agency in local government assistance, safe and affordable housing, and community and economic development.
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DCA's community development initiatives aim to help the
state's communities with job growth and creation. DCA offers economic development and redevelopment incentives and tools designed to help promote growth and job creation throughout the state. Historic preservation services are coordinated by DCA and include proposing properties for nomination to both the National and the Georgia Register of Historic Places, providing grants to support state and local preservation projects, and offering technical assistance on tax incentives. The Department also partners with the Georgia Department of Economic Development to promote economic development through the regional economic business assistance initiative.
Additionally, comprehensive planning assistance is aimed at helping communities address issues of growth, development, and quality of life through implementation of recognized best practices for planning and growth management.
SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DCA supports Georgia communities in addressing their
housing needs by offering funding and expertise to communities, organizations, and individuals. The agency provides financing for affordable housing development, mortgages, and down payment loans for moderate-income first-time homebuyers, rental housing assistance to low and moderate-income individuals, and financing for housing for people with special needs.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE Local government assistance involves partnerships with
local, regional, state, and federal organizations and agencies and facilitates community issue identification, goal development, and implementation of best practices. Regional field teams assist customers with project development and technical assistance needs while also connecting them to housing and community and economic development programs.

The Department administers local government surveys related to topics including finance, solid waste, and wages and salaries. It also publishes and maintains information and data about local governments and prepares local government fiscal notes for the General Assembly.
ATTACHED AGENCIES The Georgia Housing and Finance Authority was created to
provide financing and financial assistance for affordable housing statewide. The Authority's programs are designed to provide low and moderate-income earners safe and affordable rental housing, to aid in maintaining housing for homeownership, and to help abate homelessness in the state.
The Georgia Regional Transportation Authority conducts transportation improvement studies and reviews developments of regional impact to improve Georgia's mobility, air quality, and land use practices.
The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority provides loans for water, sewer, and solid waste infrastructure; manages energy efficiency and renewable energy programs; oversees land conservation projects; and manages and monitors state-owned fuel storage tanks.
The OneGeorgia Authority provides grants and loans to promote rural economic development and job creation in Georgia. Eligible local governments and local development authorities are awarded financial assistance to help ensure that rural communities have the infrastructure required to attract growth and to respond to the needs of the private sector.
The State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Commission provides funds to support homeless assistance programs operated by local governments and nonprofit organizations throughout the state.
AUTHORITY Titles 8, 12, 32, 36, 48 and 50 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated.

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Department of Community Affairs
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Building Construction Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to maintain up-to-date minimum building construction standards for all
new structures built in the state; to inspect factory built (modular) buildings to ensure Georgia's minimum construction codes are met; to review proposed enhancements to local government construction codes; and to provide professional training to building inspectors and builders on Georgia's construction codes. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Coordinated Planning Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure that county and city governments meet the requirements of the
Georgia Planning Act of 1989 by establishing standards and procedures for comprehensive plans and reviewing plans submitted by local governments; to provide training and assistance to local governments in completing comprehensive plans for quality growth by offering mapping and Geographical Information System (GIS) services, online planning tools, and resource teams, and funding the regional planning efforts of Regional Commissions; and to provide annexation reports from Georgia cities to the U.S. Census Bureau. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DCA) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for all programs of the department. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Federal Community and Economic Development Programs Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer federal grant and loan programs to promote volunteerism
and community and economic development among local governments, development authorities, and private entities. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Homeownership Programs Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to expand the supply of affordable housing through rehabilitation and
construction financing, and to promote homeownership for low and moderate- income individuals by providing sustainable housing grants to local governments, administering mortgage and down payment assistance programs for low and moderate income homebuyers, and offering homeownership counseling and home buyer education programs through a partnership with private providers. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$4,306 $4,306
$11,842 $11,842
$82,891 $82,891
$39,831 $39,831
$69,973 $69,973

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Department of Community Affairs
Program Budgets
Regional Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote access to department services and assistance through a
statewide network of regional representatives; to provide technical assistance and grants to local communities to achieve goals relating to housing and community and economic development projects and services that are in-line with the community's comprehensive plan; and to develop leadership infrastructure across local governments. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Rental Housing Programs
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide affordable rental housing to very low, and moderate-income households by allocating federal and state housing tax credits on a competitive basis, administering lowinterest loans for affordable rental housing, researching affordable housing issues, and providing tenantbased assistance to low-income individuals and families allowing them to rent safe, decent, and sanitary dwelling units in the private rental market.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Research and Surveys
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to conduct surveys and collect financial and management data from local governments and authorities in accordance with Georgia law.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Special Housing Initiatives
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund the State Housing Trust Fund; to provide grants for providers of shelter and services to the homeless; to administer loans and grants for affordable housing; to offer local communities collaboration and technical assistance in the development and implementation of an affordable housing plan; and to provide for other special housing initiatives.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Utilize existing funds ($800,000), transfer funds from State Community Development Programs ($400,000), and increase funds to the State Housing Trust Fund to leverage federal grant funds for the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program. (Total Funds: $2,924,806) Total Change
State Community Development Programs
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist Georgia cities, small towns, and neighborhoods in the development of their core commercial areas, and to champion new development opportunities for rural Georgia.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Transfer funds to Special Housing Initiatives to align budget with expenditures. Total Change

$12,918 $12,918
$174,394 $174,394
$3,230 $3,230
$90,427 2,124,806 $2,215,233
$29,066 (400,000) ($370,934)

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Department of Community Affairs
Program Budgets
State Economic Development Programs Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide grants and loans to local governments and businesses and to
leverage private investment in order to attract and promote economic development and job creation. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds for the projected cost of economic development projects receiving Regional Economic Business Assistance. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Payments to Georgia Environmental Finance Authority Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funds for water, wastewater, solid waste, energy, and land
conservation projects. Recommended Change:
1. Provide funds to the Georgia Fund to support water and wastewater infrastructure development through lowinterest loans to local communities. Total Change
Payments to OneGeorgia Authority Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funds for the OneGeorgia Authority. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to support rural economic development projects and expand grant opportunities for rural site development.
2. Utilize existing funds ($26,078,821) and increase funds for the Rural Workforce Housing Program. (Total Funds: $50,000,000) Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Building Construction Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to maintain up-to-date minimum building construction standards for all
new structures built in the state; to inspect factory built (modular) buildings to ensure Georgia's minimum construction codes are met; to review proposed enhancements to local government construction codes; and to provide professional training to building inspectors and builders on Georgia's construction codes. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Coordinated Planning Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure that county and city governments meet the requirements of the
Georgia Planning Act of 1989 by establishing standards and procedures for comprehensive plans and reviewing plans submitted by local governments; to provide training and assistance to local governments in completing comprehensive plans for quality growth by offering mapping and Geographical Information System (GIS) services, online planning tools, and resource teams, and funding the regional planning efforts of Regional Commissions; and to provide annexation reports from Georgia cities to the U.S. Census Bureau. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DCA) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for all programs of the department. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs.
Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

$9,689 100,000,000 $100,009,689
$250,000,000 $250,000,000
$100,000,000 23,921,179
$123,921,179
$9,074 $9,074
$40,441 $40,441
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Program Budgets
3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change
Federal Community and Economic Development Programs Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer federal grant and loan programs to promote volunteerism
and community and economic development among local governments, development authorities, and private entities. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Homeownership Programs Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to expand the supply of affordable housing through rehabilitation and
construction financing, and to promote homeownership for low and moderate- income individuals by providing sustainable housing grants to local governments, administering mortgage and down payment assistance programs for low and moderate income homebuyers, and offering homeownership counseling and home buyer education programs through a partnership with private providers. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Regional Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote access to department services and assistance through a
statewide network of regional representatives; to provide technical assistance and grants to local communities to achieve goals relating to housing and community and economic development projects and services that are in-line with the community's comprehensive plan; and to develop leadership infrastructure across local governments. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Rental Housing Programs Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide affordable rental housing to very low, and moderate-income
households by allocating federal and state housing tax credits on a competitive basis, administering lowinterest loans for affordable rental housing, researching affordable housing issues, and providing tenantbased assistance to low-income individuals and families allowing them to rent safe, decent, and sanitary dwelling units in the private rental market. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Research and Surveys Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to conduct surveys and collect financial and management data from local
governments and authorities in accordance with Georgia law. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change

1,306 $23,006
$51,199 $51,199
$0 $0
$45,334 $45,334
$0 $0
$12,937 $12,937

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Department of Community Affairs
Program Budgets
Special Housing Initiatives
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund the State Housing Trust Fund; to provide grants for providers of shelter and services to the homeless; to administer loans and grants for affordable housing; to offer local communities collaboration and technical assistance in the development and implementation of an affordable housing plan; and to provide for other special housing initiatives.
Recommended Change: 1. Utilize existing funds ($800,000), transfer funds from State Community Development Programs ($400,000) and provide one-time funds to the State Housing Trust Fund to improve homelessness services and pursue new federal grant opportunities. (Total Funds: $4,597,416) Total Change
State Community Development Programs Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist Georgia cities, small towns, and neighborhoods in the
development of their core commercial areas, and to champion new development opportunities for rural Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Eliminate remaining funds for state broadband programs. 3. Transfer funds to Special Housing Initiatives to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
State Economic Development Programs Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide grants and loans to local governments and businesses and to
leverage private investment in order to attract and promote economic development and job creation. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Payments to Georgia Environmental Finance Authority Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funds for water, wastewater, solid waste, energy, and land
conservation projects. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Payments to OneGeorgia Authority Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funds for the OneGeorgia Authority. Recommended Change:
1. Transfer funds for the Governor's Rural Strike Force to the Department of Economic Development Rural Development program to align budgets with program expenditures.
2. Utilize existing funds ($6,000,000) for the Rural Workforce Housing Program. Total Change

$3,797,416 $3,797,416
$59,416 (302,087) (400,000) ($642,671)
$23,313 $23,313
$0 $0
($450,000) Yes
($450,000)

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Department of Community Affairs
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$58,372,566

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$58,372,566

State General Funds - Prior Year Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$0
$169,081,824 $169,081,824

Changes
$476,174,552 $476,174,552
$0 $0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$534,547,118 $534,547,118

$58,372,566 $58,372,566

$0
$169,081,824 $169,081,824

$0
$169,081,824 $169,081,824

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$14,948,980 $14,948,980
$242,403,370

$0 $0
$476,174,552

$14,948,980 $14,948,980
$718,577,922

$14,948,980 $14,948,980
$242,403,370

Changes
$2,910,049 $2,910,049
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,910,049

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

Building Construction

State General Funds

306,335

4,306

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

232,353 $538,688

0 $4,306

Coordinated Planning State General Funds

3,745,918

11,842

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,745,918

$11,842

Departmental Administration (DCA)

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
Other Funds
TOTAL FUNDS

1,790,639
2,933,711 2,974,724 $7,699,074

82,891
0 0 $82,891

Federal Community and Economic Development Programs

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

1,782,656 47,503,822

39,831 0

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

631,978 $49,918,456

0 $39,831

Homeownership Programs
State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

0 2,518,296

69,973 0

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

5,600,238 $8,118,534

0 $69,973

Regional Services

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

1,264,767 200,000

12,918 0

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

140,752 $1,605,519

0 $12,918

Rental Housing Programs

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

0 111,873,539

174,394 0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

310,641 232,353 $542,994

306,335 232,353 $538,688

3,757,760 $3,757,760

3,745,918 $3,745,918

1,873,530
2,933,711 2,974,724 $7,781,965

1,790,639
2,933,711 2,974,724 $7,699,074

1,822,487
47,503,822 631,978
$49,958,287

1,782,656
47,503,822 631,978
$49,918,456

69,973
2,518,296 5,600,238 $8,188,507

0
2,518,296 5,600,238 $8,118,534

1,277,685
200,000 140,752 $1,618,437

1,264,767
200,000 140,752 $1,605,519

174,394 111,873,539

0 111,873,539

Changes
9,074 0
$9,074
40,441 $40,441
23,006 0 0
$23,006
51,199 0 0
$51,199
0 0 0 $0
45,334 0 0
$45,334
0 0

FY 2025 Budget
$61,282,615 $61,282,615
$0 $169,081,824 $169,081,824
$14,948,980 $14,948,980 $245,313,419
FY 2025 Budget
315,409 232,353 $547,762
3,786,359 $3,786,359
1,813,645 2,933,711 2,974,724 $7,722,080
1,833,855 47,503,822
631,978 $49,969,655
0 2,518,296 5,600,238 $8,118,534
1,310,101 200,000 140,752
$1,650,853
0 111,873,539

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Department of Community Affairs
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Other Funds

4,145,738

TOTAL FUNDS

$116,019,277

Research and Surveys

State General Funds

397,224

Other Funds

50,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$447,224

Special Housing Initiatives

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

4,031,329 3,050,864

Other Funds

451,588

TOTAL FUNDS

$7,533,781

State Community Development Programs

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

3,184,467 1,001,592

Other Funds

100,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$4,286,059

State Economic Development Programs

State General Funds

13,705,396

Other Funds

476,088

TOTAL FUNDS

$14,181,484

Changes 0
$174,394
3,230 0
$3,230
2,215,233
0 0 $2,215,233
(370,934)
0 0 ($370,934)
100,009,689 0
$100,009,689

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Payments to Georgia Environmental Finance Authority

State General Funds

1,253,495

250,000,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,253,495

$250,000,000

Payments to OneGeorgia Authority

State General Funds

26,910,340

123,921,179

Other Funds

145,521

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$27,055,861

$123,921,179

Amended FY 2024 Budget
4,145,738
$116,193,671

FY 2024 Original Budget
4,145,738 $116,019,277

400,454 50,000
$450,454

397,224 50,000
$447,224

6,246,562
3,050,864 451,588
$9,749,014

4,031,329
3,050,864 451,588
$7,533,781

2,813,533
1,001,592 100,000
$3,915,125

3,184,467
1,001,592 100,000
$4,286,059

113,715,085 476,088
$114,191,173

13,705,396 476,088
$14,181,484

251,253,495 $251,253,495
150,831,519 145,521
$150,977,040

1,253,495 $1,253,495
26,910,340 145,521
$27,055,861

Changes 0
$0
12,937 0
$12,937
3,797,416 0 0
$3,797,416
(642,671) 0 0
($642,671)
23,313 0
$23,313
0 $0
(450,000) 0
($450,000)

FY 2025 Budget
4,145,738 $116,019,277
410,161 50,000
$460,161
7,828,745 3,050,864
451,588 $11,331,197
2,541,796 1,001,592
100,000 $3,643,388
13,728,709 476,088
$14,204,797
1,253,495 $1,253,495
26,460,340 145,521
$26,605,861

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Department of Community Affairs
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources
Building Construction
Coordinated Planning Departmental Administration (DCA)

FY 2022 Expenditures
$476,314 5,503,203
11,964,127

Federal Community and Economic Development Programs
Homeownership Programs
Regional Services
Rental Housing Programs
Research and Surveys
Special Housing Initiatives State Community Development Programs State Economic Development Programs
SUBTOTAL
(Excludes Attached Agencies)
Attached Agencies
Payments to Georgia Environmental Finance Authority Payments to Georgia Regional Transportation Authority Payments to OneGeorgia Authority
SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

163,160,774 7,304,095 1,357,592
123,143,141 355,266
25,291,810 22,738,432 142,253,573 $503,548,327
$1,179,922 345,611
66,531,784
$68,057,317

FY 2023 Expenditures
$517,363 4,558,151
13,141,912

FY 2024 Original Budget
$538,688 3,745,918
7,699,074

70,364,407 8,743,483 1,488,893
132,793,875 391,031
34,595,873
7,819,892
181,525,712 $455,940,592

49,918,456 8,118,534 1,605,519
116,019,277 447,224
7,533,781
4,286,059
14,181,484 $214,094,014

$997,068
51,169,139 $52,166,207

$1,253,495
27,055,861 $28,309,356

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$571,605,644
224,332,666 87,977,664 15,856,315
$328,166,645

$508,106,799
198,126,391 41,041,223 17,547,243
$256,714,857

$242,403,370
169,081,824 14,948,980
$184,030,804

State General Funds Governor's Emergency Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

227,938,999 15,500,000
$243,438,999

251,391,943 $251,391,943

58,372,566 $58,372,566

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$542,994 3,757,760 7,781,965
49,958,287 8,188,507 1,618,437
116,193,671 450,454
9,749,014 3,915,125 114,191,173 $316,347,387
$251,253,495
150,977,040 $402,230,535
$718,577,922
169,081,824
14,948,980 $184,030,804
534,547,118
$534,547,118

FY 2025 Budget
$547,762 3,786,359 7,722,080
49,969,655 8,118,534 1,650,853
116,019,277 460,161
11,331,197 3,643,388
14,204,797 $217,454,063
$1,253,495
26,605,861 $27,859,356
$245,313,419
169,081,824
14,948,980 $184,030,804
61,282,615
$61,282,615

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Department of Community Health
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Community Health (DCH) was created in 1999 to serve as the lead agency for health care planning and purchasing issues in Georgia. A nine-person board appointed by the Governor has policy-making authority for DCH. The Department has three major divisions: Medicaid, State Health Benefit Plan, and Healthcare Facility Regulation.
MEDICAID DCH is designated as the single state agency for Medicaid.
The largest division in the department, the Medicaid Division, purchases health care on behalf of over 2 million persons who are aged, blind, disabled, or low-income. Program participants utilize a broad array of health care services including: hospital, physician, pharmacy, and nursing home services. Aged, blind, and disabled Medicaid members utilize a fee-for-service delivery system. Most low-income Medicaid members enroll in the Care Management Organizations (CMO) system for the management of their health care services.
State and federal dollars fund Medicaid with the federal government traditionally paying between 65% and 69% of health care costs each fiscal year.
The Division is also responsible for the PeachCare for Kids program, Georgia's version of the federal Children's Health Insurance Program. PeachCare provides medical and dental coverage for approximately 145,000 children whose parents' income is too high to qualify for Medicaid, but who cannot afford private health insurance. Participants pay a monthly premium based on income and family size. Current eligibility allows children in families with incomes between 138% and 247% of the federal poverty level to participate in the program. Most PeachCare members are enrolled in the CMO system.
The Division administers the state's Indigent Care Trust Fund (ICTF). Using intergovernmental transfers and federal matching funds, the ICTF reimburses hospitals serving a disproportionate share of medically indigent Georgians.
STATE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN The State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) Division manages the
health insurance coverage for almost 665,000 state employees, school system employees, retirees, and their dependents. The SHBP offers members several coverage options managed by two statewide vendors and one regional vendor, including Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA), Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO), High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP), and standard and premium Medicare Advantage Plans.
HEALTHCARE FACILITY REGULATON The Division of Healthcare Facility Regulation inspects,
monitors, licenses, registers, and certifies a variety of health and long-term care programs to ensure that facilities operate at

acceptable levels, as mandated by state statutes and by rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Community Health.
HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND IMPROVEMENT The Health Care Access and Improvement program provides
grants and other support services for programs that improve health access and outcomes in rural and underserved areas through the State Office of Rural Health and Office of Health Improvement. The program also includes the Office of Health Information Technology, which leads the strategic initiatives for the state regarding health information technology adoption and health information exchange (HIE).
ADMINISTRATION The Division includes the Office of General Counsel, which
provides legal assistance to the department and administers the Certificate of Need (CON) process, the Office of the Inspector General, Operations, Information Technology, Communications, and Financial Management.
GEORGIA BOARD OF DENTISTRY The Georgia Board of Dentistry is responsible for the
regulation of dentists and dental hygienists in Georgia. The Board reviews applications, administers examinations, licenses qualified applicants, and regulates the practice of licenses throughout the state.
GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy is responsible for the
regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies in Georgia. The Board reviews applications, administers examinations, licenses qualified applicants, and regulates the practice of licenses statewide.
ATTACHED AGENCIES The Georgia Composite Medical Board licenses physicians
and other health care practitioners and enforces the Medical Practice Act.
The Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce provides financial support to medical schools and residency training programs. The board offers a physician loan repayment program in exchange for practice in rural and underserved areas.
The Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency was created to ensure and protect the health, safety, and welfare of Georgia citizens by enforcing laws pertaining to manufactured or compounded drugs, and to ensure only licensed facilities or persons dispensed or distributed pharmaceuticals.
AUTHORITY Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act; Title 31 and 33, Official Code of Georgia Annotated. See also OCGA Titles 9-10, 12, 15-17, 19-20, 24-26, 32, 34, 36-37, 40, and 42-52.

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Department of Community Health
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DCH) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all departmental programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Georgia Board of Dentistry Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect public health by licensing qualified applicants as dentists and
dental hygienists, regulating the practice of dentistry, investigating complaints, and taking appropriate disciplinary action when warranted. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Utilize existing funds ($81,221) for investigative software. 3. Utilize existing funds ($65,000) to replace two vehicles. Total Change
Georgia State Board of Pharmacy Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect public health by licensing qualified pharmacists and
pharmacies, regulating the practice of pharmacy, investigating complaints, and taking appropriate disciplinary actions when warranted. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Utilize existing funds ($25,483) for an electronic documentation storage system. Total Change
Health Care Access and Improvement Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide grants and other support services for programs that seek to
improve health access and outcomes in rural and underserved areas of Georgia through the State Office of Rural Health, the various commissions of the Office of Health Improvement, and the Office of Health Information Technology and Transparency. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Transfer funds to PeachCare to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Healthcare Facility Regulation Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to inspect and license long term care and health care facilities. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$466,125 $466,125
$7,536 Yes Yes
$7,536
$8,612 Yes
$8,612
$9,689 (459,000) ($449,311)
$205,612 $205,612

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Program Budgets
Indigent Care Trust Fund Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support rural and other healthcare providers, primarily hospitals that
serve medically indigent Georgians. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Medicaid- Aged Blind and Disabled Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide health care access primarily to elderly and disabled individuals.
There is also hereby appropriated to the Department of Community Health a specific sum of money equal to all the provider fees paid to the Indigent Care Trust Fund created pursuant to Article 6A of chapter 8 of Title 31. The sum of money is appropriated for payments for nursing homes pursuant to Article 6A. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds for growth in Medicaid based on projected utilization. (Total Funds: $365,687,998) 2. Increase funds for the hold harmless provision in Medicare Part B premiums. (Total Funds: $62,067,415) 3. Increase funds for skilled nursing centers to reflect 2021 cost reports. (Total Funds: $280,926,801) 4. Increase funds for the Medicare Part D Clawback payment. 5. Replace $2,237,205 in state general funds with hospital provider fees. (Total Funds: $0) 6. Replace $2,981,404 in state general funds with nursing home provider fees. (Total Funds: $0) 7. Increase funds to recognize ambulance provider fees. Total Change
Medicaid- Low-Income Medicaid Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide healthcare access primarily to low-income individuals. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds for Medicaid based on projected utilization. (Total Funds: ($462,529,983)) 2. Replace $20,134,839 in state general funds with hospital provider fees. (Total Funds: $0)
Total Change
PeachCare Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide health insurance coverage for qualified low-income Georgia
children. Recommended Change:
1. Transfer funds from Health Care Access and Improvement ($459,000) and increase funds ($3,569,736) for growth in Medicaid based on projected utilization. (Total Funds: $12,179,687) Total Change
State Health Benefit Plan Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide a healthcare benefit for teachers and state employees that is
competitive with other commercial benefit plans in quality of care and access to providers; and to provide for the efficient management of provider fees and utilization rates. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Board Administration Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all agency programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Reduce funds for operations to align budget to expenditures.
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$0 $0
$120,960,448 20,530,349 92,923,563 39,489,850 Yes Yes 226,770
$274,130,980
($152,993,355) Yes
($152,993,355)
$4,028,736 $4,028,736
$0 $0
$8,612 (15,062)
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Program Budgets
3. Utilize existing funds ($168,738) for one data analyst and data management software. 4. Utilize existing funds ($100,000) for statewide healthcare specialty assessments to evaluate gaps in
healthcare services. Total Change
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Graduate Medical Education Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to address the physician workforce needs of Georgia communities
through the support and development of medical education programs. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Mercer School of Medicine Grant Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for the Mercer University School of Medicine to help
ensure an adequate supply of primary and other needed physician specialists through a public/private partnership with the State of Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Morehouse School of Medicine Grant Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for the Morehouse School of Medicine and affiliated
hospitals to help ensure an adequate supply of primary and other needed physician specialists through a public/private partnership with the State of Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Physicians for Rural Areas Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure an adequate supply of physicians in rural areas of the state,
and to provide a program of aid to promising medical students. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures until authorizing legislation is passed to establish a loan repayment program for mental health professionals. Total Change
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Undergraduate Medical Education Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure an adequate supply of primary care and other needed physician
specialists through a public/private partnership with medical schools in Georgia. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Composite Medical Board Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to license qualified applicants as physicians, physician's assistants,
respiratory care professionals, perfusionists, acupuncturists, orthotists, prosthetists, and auricular (ear) detoxification specialists. Also, investigate complaints and discipline those who violate the Medical Practice Act or other laws governing the professional behavior of the Board licensees. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.

Yes Yes ($6,450)
$0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0
($850,000) ($850,000)
$0 $0
$27,989

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Department of Community Health
Program Budgets
2. Utilize existing funds ($275,000) to upgrade licensure application software and fully digitize the application process.
3. Utilize existing funds ($62,790) to upgrade technology and equipment. Total Change
Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the general public by providing an enforcement presence to oversee all laws and regulations pertaining to controlled substances and dangerous drugs.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds to reflect the full cost of the database management agreement funded by HB 19 (2023 Session). Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DCH)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all departmental programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined
employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 7. Increase funds for 20 positions to monitor, evaluate, and improve Care Management Organization oversight. 8. Reduce funds for savings resulting from the implementation of the Medicaid Enterprise System
Transformation Program. 9. Reduce funds for rent to reflect savings from office space consolidation.
Total Change
Georgia Board of Dentistry
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect public health by licensing qualified applicants as dentists and dental hygienists, regulating the practice of dentistry, investigating complaints, and taking appropriate disciplinary action when warranted.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 5. Utilize existing funds ($20,065) for investigative software. Total Change

Yes Yes $27,989
$18,301 5,250
$23,551
$746,927 315
405,510 266,792
(358) 3,516 1,527,825 (1,372,082) (417,212) $1,161,233
$23,956 3,425 5,361
10,057 Yes
$42,799

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Department of Community Health
Program Budgets
Georgia State Board of Pharmacy Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect public health by licensing qualified pharmacists and
pharmacies, regulating the practice of pharmacy, investigating complaints, and taking appropriate disciplinary actions when warranted. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. Total Change
Health Care Access and Improvement
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide grants and other support services for programs that seek to improve health access and outcomes in rural and underserved areas of Georgia through the State Office of Rural Health, the various commissions of the Office of Health Improvement, and the Office of Health Information Technology and Transparency.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Eliminate one-time funds for grants up to $1,000,000 for hospitals with graduate medical education programs. 4. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Healthcare Facility Regulation
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to inspect and license long term care and health care facilities. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds to provide a $2,000 additional salary enhancement for nurse managers, compliance
specialists, quality assurance specialists, and regulatory compliance managers. Total Change
Indigent Care Trust Fund
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support rural and other healthcare providers, primarily hospitals that serve medically indigent Georgians.
Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Medicaid- Aged Blind and Disabled
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide health care access primarily to elderly and disabled individuals. There is also hereby appropriated to the Department of Community Health a specific sum of money equal to all the provider fees paid to the Indigent Care Trust Fund created pursuant to Article 6A of chapter 8 of Title 31. The sum of money is appropriated for payments for nursing homes pursuant to Article 6A.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds for growth in Medicaid based on projected utilization. (Total Funds: $201,316,650) 2. Restore funds to reflect the termination of temporary Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) increase provided by the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Extension through December 31, 2023. 3. Increase funds for the hold harmless provision in Medicare Part B premiums. (Total Funds: $86,926,097) 4. Reduce funds to reflect an adjustment in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) from 65.89% to 60.04%. (Total Funds: $0) 5. Increase funds for skilled nursing centers to reflect 2022 cost reports. (Total Funds: $347,628,297) 6. Increase funds for the Medicare Part D Clawback payment.

$26,218 1,712 5,361
$33,291
$20,148 4,712
(4,000,000) (50,000)
($4,025,140)
$547,524 382,965
$930,489
$0 $0
$68,442,628 137,715,755
29,552,700 (6,869,541) 118,184,930 63,669,553

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Department of Community Health
Program Budgets
7. Replace $2,541,738 in state general funds with hospital provider fees. (Total Funds: $0) 8. Replace $201,221 in state general funds with nursing home provider fees. (Total Funds: $0) 9. Increase funds to recognize ambulance provider fees. 1100. Increase funds to implement the Independent Care Waiver Program (ICWP) and Elderly and Disabled Waiver
Program (EDWP) provider rate study. (Total Funds: $116,470,036) 11. Increase funds to implement the Community Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (CBHRS) provider rate
study. (Total Funds: $49,736,449) Total Change
Medicaid- Low-Income Medicaid Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide healthcare access primarily to low-income individuals. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds for Medicaid based on projected utilization. (Total Funds: $98,055,748) 2. Restore funds to reflect the termination of temporary Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)
increase provided by the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) extension through December 31, 2023. 3. Reduce funds to reflect an adjustment in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) from 65.89% to
66.04%. (Total Funds: $0) 4. Replace $22,875,637 in state general funds with hospital provider fees. (Total Funds: $0)
Total Change
PeachCare Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide health insurance coverage for qualified low-income Georgia
children. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for growth in Medicaid based on projected utilization. (Total Funds: $6,841,888) 2. Restore funds to reflect the termination of temporary Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)
increase provided by the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) extension through December 31, 2023. 3. Reduce funds to reflect an adjustment in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) from 65.89% to
66.04%. (Total Funds: $0) Total Change
State Health Benefit Plan Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide a healthcare benefit for teachers and state employees that is
competitive with other commercial benefit plans in quality of care and access to providers; and to provide for the efficient management of provider fees and utilization rates. Recommended Change: 1. Recognize an increase in formula funds ($246,673,169) in the Department of Education, Department of Early Care and Learning, and Georgia Military College, to reflect an increase in the employer healthcare contribution per-member per-month (PMPM) rate for certified school employees and lead and assistant teachers to $1,760, effective July 1, 2024. 2. Increase the employer health care contribution per-member per-month (PMPM) for non-certified school employees to match the PMPM for certified school employees, effective January 1, 2027. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Board Administration Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all agency programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Reduce funds for operations to align budget to expenditures.
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Yes Yes 611,694 39,596,901 4,227,287 $455,131,907
($104,160,297) 135,038,841 (4,925,355) Yes $25,953,189
$2,326,071 624,566
(262,407) $2,688,230
Yes
Yes $0
$31,124 2,997 9,197 226
(11,262)
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Program Budgets
6. Utilize existing funds ($168,738) for one data analyst and data management software. 7. Utilize existing funds ($100,000) for statewide healthcare specialty assessments to evaluate gaps in
healthcare services. Total Change
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Graduate Medical Education Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to address the physician workforce needs of Georgia communities
through the support and development of medical education programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for 79 new residency slots in primary care medicine. 2. Reduce funds to reflect an adjustment in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) from 65.89% to
66.04%. Total Change
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Mercer School of Medicine Grant Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for the Mercer University School of Medicine to help
ensure an adequate supply of primary and other needed physician specialists through a public/private partnership with the State of Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds for the fifth year of the seven-year plan for Mercer School of Medicine's medical school campus in Columbus. Total Change
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Morehouse School of Medicine Grant Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for the Morehouse School of Medicine and affiliated
hospitals to help ensure an adequate supply of primary and other needed physician specialists through a public/private partnership with the State of Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Physicians for Rural Areas Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure an adequate supply of physicians in rural areas of the state,
and to provide a program of aid to promising medical students. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Undergraduate Medical Education Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure an adequate supply of primary care and other needed physician
specialists through a public/private partnership with medical schools in Georgia. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change

Yes Yes $32,282
$1,494,596 (62,870)
$1,431,726
$850,055 $850,055
$0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0

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Program Budgets
Georgia Composite Medical Board
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to license qualified applicants as physicians, physician's assistants, respiratory care professionals, perfusionists, acupuncturists, orthotists, prosthetists, and auricular (ear) detoxification specialists. Also, investigate complaints and discipline those who violate the Medical Practice Act or other laws governing the professional behavior of the Board licensees.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 4. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law
enforcement officers. 5. Utilize existing funds ($94,542) to replace three vehicles. 6. Utilize existing funds ($31,514) for one customer service specialist.
Total Change
Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the general public by providing an enforcement presence to oversee all laws and regulations pertaining to controlled substances and dangerous drugs.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds to reflect the full cost of the database management agreement funded by HB 19 (2023 Session). 7. Provide funds for tablets to enhance inspection and investigation efficiency. 8. Utilize existing funds ($30,000) to digitize existing license, complaint, inspection, and investigative records into the data management system. 9. Utilize existing funds ($5,000) to replenish and maintain law enforcement body armor. 10. Utilize existing funds ($3,000) to properly dispose of seized drugs and other evidence as required by law. Total Change

$88,339 11,837 391 30,171 Yes Yes
$130,738
$79,543 6,849
38,832 309
60,341 21,000 35,000
Yes Yes Yes $241,874

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Department of Community Health
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$4,084,880,864

Tobacco Settlement Funds

124,062,351

Nursing Home Provider Fees

152,685,494

Hospital Provider Payment

385,573,177

Ambulance Provider Fees

8,769,315

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$4,755,971,201

Changes
$99,019,807 0
2,981,404 22,372,044
226,770 $124,600,025

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$4,183,900,671 124,062,351 155,666,898 407,945,221 8,996,085
$4,880,571,226

$4,084,880,864 124,062,351 152,685,494 385,573,177 8,769,315
$4,755,971,201

Changes
$458,372,383 0
201,221 25,417,375
611,694 $484,602,673

FY 2025 Budget
$4,543,253,247 124,062,351 152,886,715 410,990,552 9,381,009
$5,240,573,874

Medical Assistance Program State Children's Insurance Program Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$9,193,039,021 468,210,759 26,684,102
$9,687,933,882

$172,882,177 0 0
$172,882,177

$9,365,921,198 468,210,759 26,684,102
$9,860,816,059

$9,193,039,021 468,210,759 26,684,102
$9,687,933,882

$711,502,607 0
37,302,338 $748,804,945

$9,904,541,628 468,210,759 63,986,440
$10,436,738,827

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$5,344,505,729 $5,344,505,729
$19,788,410,812

$0 $0
$297,482,202

$5,344,505,729 $5,344,505,729
$20,085,893,014

$5,344,505,729 $5,344,505,729
$19,788,410,812

$0 $0
$1,233,407,618

$5,344,505,729 $5,344,505,729
$21,021,818,430

FY 2024 Original Budget

Departmental Administration (DCH)

State General Funds Medical Assistance Program State Children's Insurance Program Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

91,078,435 329,743,048
29,454,740 17,778,946

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

25,596,354 $493,651,523

Georgia Board of Dentistry State General Funds

874,037

TOTAL FUNDS

$874,037

Georgia State Board of Pharmacy

State General Funds

849,432

TOTAL FUNDS

$849,432

Health Care Access and Improvement

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

18,992,849 172,588

TOTAL FUNDS

$19,165,437

Healthcare Facility Regulation

State General Funds Medical Assistance Program Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

27,136,965 6,060,223 5,945,354

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

100,000 $39,242,542

Indigent Care Trust Fund

State General Funds

52,882,042

Changes
466,125 0 0 0 0
$466,125
7,536 $7,536
8,612 $8,612
(449,311) 0
($449,311)
205,612 0 0 0
$205,612
0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

91,544,560
329,743,048
29,454,740
17,778,946 25,596,354 $494,117,648

91,078,435
329,743,048
29,454,740
17,778,946 25,596,354 $493,651,523

881,573 $881,573

874,037 $874,037

858,044 $858,044

849,432 $849,432

18,543,538
172,588 $18,716,126

18,992,849
172,588 $19,165,437

27,342,577
6,060,223
5,945,354 100,000
$39,448,154

27,136,965
6,060,223
5,945,354 100,000
$39,242,542

52,882,042

52,882,042

Changes

FY 2025 Budget

1,161,233
0
0
0 0 $1,161,233

92,239,668
329,743,048
29,454,740
17,778,946 25,596,354 $494,812,756

42,799 $42,799

916,836 $916,836

33,291 $33,291

882,723 $882,723

(4,025,140)
0 ($4,025,140)

14,967,709
172,588 $15,140,297

930,489
0
0 0 $930,489

28,067,454
6,060,223
5,945,354 100,000
$40,173,031

0

52,882,042

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Department of Community Health
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Medical Assistance Program

358,801,173

Other Funds

142,586,524

TOTAL FUNDS

$554,269,739

Medicaid- Aged Blind and Disabled

State General Funds

2,122,710,631

Tobacco Settlement Funds

6,191,806

Hospital Provider Payment Nursing Home Provider Fees

39,298,703 152,685,494

Ambulance Provider Fees Medical Assistance Program Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

8,769,315 4,437,362,527
2,787,214

Other Funds

329,631,620

TOTAL FUNDS

$7,099,437,310

Medicaid- Low-Income Medicaid

State General Funds

1,549,762,233

Tobacco Settlement Funds

117,870,545

Hospital Provider Payment Medical Assistance Program

346,274,474 4,061,067,485

Other Funds

25,745,163

TOTAL FUNDS

$6,100,719,900

PeachCare

State General Funds Medical Assistance Program State Children's Insurance Program

100,953,107 4,565
438,756,019

Other Funds

151,783

TOTAL FUNDS

$539,865,474

State Health Benefit Plan

Other Funds

4,820,394,285

TOTAL FUNDS

$4,820,394,285

Changes
0 0 $0
268,685,601 0
2,237,205
2,981,404 226,770
474,267,854
0 0 $748,398,834
(173,128,194) 0
20,134,839
(309,536,628) 0
($462,529,983)
4,028,736
8,150,951
0 0 $12,179,687
0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

358,801,173 142,586,524 $554,269,739

358,801,173 142,586,524 $554,269,739

2,391,396,232 6,191,806
41,535,908
155,666,898 8,996,085
4,911,630,381
2,787,214 329,631,620 $7,847,836,144

2,122,710,631 6,191,806
39,298,703
152,685,494 8,769,315
4,437,362,527
2,787,214 329,631,620 $7,099,437,310

1,376,634,039 117,870,545 366,409,313
3,751,530,857 25,745,163
$5,638,189,917

1,549,762,233 117,870,545 346,274,474
4,061,067,485 25,745,163
$6,100,719,900

104,981,843
8,155,516
438,756,019 151,783
$552,045,161

100,953,107
4,565
438,756,019 151,783
$539,865,474

4,820,394,285 $4,820,394,285

4,820,394,285 $4,820,394,285

Changes
0 0 $0
451,777,254 0
2,541,738
201,221 611,694
504,770,745
37,302,338 0
$997,204,990
3,077,552 0
22,875,637
202,216,045 0
$228,169,234
2,688,230
4,515,817
0 0 $7,204,047
0 $0

FY 2025 Budget
358,801,173 142,586,524 $554,269,739
2,574,487,885 6,191,806
41,840,441
152,886,715 9,381,009
4,942,133,272
40,089,552 329,631,620 $8,096,642,300
1,552,839,785 117,870,545 369,150,111
4,263,283,530 25,745,163
$6,328,889,134
103,641,337
4,520,382
438,756,019 151,783
$547,069,521
4,820,394,285 $4,820,394,285

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Board Administration

State General Funds

1,779,001

(6,450)

1,772,551

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,779,001

($6,450)

$1,772,551

Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Graduate Medical Education

State General Funds

34,198,231

0

34,198,231

TOTAL FUNDS

$34,198,231

$0

$34,198,231

Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Mercer School of Medicine Grant

State General Funds

31,928,552

0

31,928,552

TOTAL FUNDS

$31,928,552

$0

$31,928,552

1,779,001 $1,779,001
34,198,231 $34,198,231
31,928,552 $31,928,552

32,282 $32,282
1,431,726 $1,431,726
850,055 $850,055

1,811,283 $1,811,283
35,629,957 $35,629,957
32,778,607 $32,778,607

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Department of Community Health
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

Amended FY 2024 Budget

Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Morehouse School of Medicine Grant

State General Funds

32,929,696

0

32,929,696

TOTAL FUNDS

$32,929,696

$0

$32,929,696

Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Physicians for Rural Areas

State General Funds

5,065,000

(850,000)

4,215,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$5,065,000

($850,000)

$4,215,000

Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Undergraduate Medical Education

State General Funds

7,445,783

0

7,445,783

TOTAL FUNDS

$7,445,783

$0

$7,445,783

Georgia Composite Medical Board State General Funds Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

3,151,410 300,000
$3,451,410

27,989 0
$27,989

3,179,399 300,000
$3,479,399

Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency

State General Funds

3,143,460

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,143,460

23,551 $23,551

3,167,011 $3,167,011

FY 2024 Original Budget
32,929,696 $32,929,696
5,065,000 $5,065,000
7,445,783 $7,445,783
3,151,410 300,000
$3,451,410
3,143,460 $3,143,460

Changes
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
130,738 0
$130,738
241,874 $241,874

FY 2025 Budget
32,929,696 $32,929,696
5,065,000 $5,065,000
7,445,783 $7,445,783
3,282,148 300,000
$3,582,148
3,385,334 $3,385,334

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Department of Community Health
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Departmental Administration (DCH)
Georgia Board of Dentistry
Georgia State Board of Pharmacy Health Care Access and Improvement
Healthcare Facility Regulation
Indigent Care Trust Fund Medicaid- Aged Blind and Disabled
Medicaid- Low-Income Medicaid
PeachCare
State Health Benefit Plan
SUBTOTAL
(Excludes Attached Agencies)
Attached Agencies
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Board Administration Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Graduate Medical Education Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Mercer School of Medicine Grant Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Morehouse School of Medicine Grant Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Physicians for Rural Areas Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce: Undergraduate Medical Education

FY 2022 Expenditures
$772,783,878 704,243 700,224
40,432,436 30,145,810 533,671,468 7,711,214,744 6,291,131,200 447,312,198 4,026,995,301 $19,855,091,502
$794,566
26,525,550
30,207,794
29,431,713
1,782,249
6,820,783

Georgia Composite Medical Board Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency
SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

2,731,347 2,289,315 $100,583,317

FY 2023 Expenditures
$482,627,852 818,325 790,608
34,112,281 37,365,071 1,004,526,254
8,062,930,198 7,885,957,027
501,078,758 3,970,555,070
$21,980,761,444

FY 2024 Original Budget
$493,651,523 874,037 849,432
19,165,437 39,242,542 554,269,739
7,099,437,310 6,100,719,900
539,865,474 4,820,394,285
$19,668,469,679

$978,815 30,526,171 31,265,438 32,307,713
1,829,196 10,751,773
2,852,817 2,862,577 $113,374,500

$1,779,001 34,198,231 31,928,552 32,929,696
5,065,000 7,445,783 3,451,410 3,143,460 $119,941,133

Amended FY 2024 Budget $494,117,648
881,573 858,044 18,716,126 39,448,154 554,269,739 7,847,836,144 5,638,189,917 552,045,161 4,820,394,285 $19,966,756,791
$1,772,551
34,198,231
31,928,552
32,929,696
4,215,000
7,445,783 3,479,399 3,167,011
$119,136,223

FY 2025 Budget $494,812,756
916,836 882,723 15,140,297 40,173,031 554,269,739 8,096,642,300 6,328,889,134 547,069,521 4,820,394,285 $20,899,190,622
$1,811,283
35,629,957
32,778,607
32,929,696
5,065,000
7,445,783 3,582,148 3,385,334 $122,627,808

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds Prior Year State Funds
SUBTOTAL

$19,955,674,819

$22,094,135,944

$19,788,410,812

$20,085,893,014

$21,021,818,430

11,515,812,311 463,905,979
4,225,363,499 212,575,751
$16,417,657,540

12,848,759,716 5,055,603
5,112,993,232 278,043,187
$18,244,851,738

9,687,933,882 5,344,505,729 $15,032,439,611

9,860,816,059 5,344,505,729 $15,205,321,788

10,436,738,827 5,344,505,729
$15,781,244,556

State General Funds Tobacco Settlement Funds Nursing Home Provider Fees Hospital Provider Payments Ambulance Provider Fees
TOTAL STATE FUNDS

2,880,586,735 124,062,351 144,697,456 388,670,737
$3,538,017,279

3,185,033,861 124,062,351 144,713,035 387,434,224 8,040,734
$3,849,284,205

Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

4,084,880,864 124,062,351 152,685,494 385,573,177 8,769,315
$4,755,971,201

4,183,900,671 124,062,351 155,666,898 407,945,221 8,996,085
$4,880,571,226

4,543,253,247 124,062,351 152,886,715 410,990,552 9,381,009
$5,240,573,874
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Department of Community Supervision
Roles and Responsibilities

The Georgia General Assembly passed House Bill (HB) 310, and on May 7, 2015, Governor Deal signed HB 310 into law thereby creating the Department of Community Supervision (DCS). HB 310 transferred the responsibilities of the community supervision of parolees from the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and probationers from the Department of Corrections to DCS. The bill also transferred oversight of private and governmental misdemeanor probation entities from the County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council (CMPAC) to DCS.
Commencing operations on July 1, 2015, as a part of the executive branch of Georgia's government, the Department of Community Supervision is responsible for the effective and efficient supervision of approximately 190,000 adult felony offenders.
AGENCY OPERATIONS The Field Operations Division is the largest within DCS. DCS
Field Offices are aligned with the 10 judicial districts and 50 judicial circuits. The agency employs evidence-based practices to hold offenders accountable and reduce the state's recidivism rate. The department utilizes a holistic approach to offender supervision that involves all facets of the community, which includes victims and their families, programs for offenders and their families, involvement in community activities and partnerships with other criminal justice agencies.
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF TRANSITION, SUPPORT, AND REENTRY
The Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry (GOTSR) is tasked with promoting successful offender reentry and reducing recidivism in order to enhance public safety. Through collaboration with other state agencies, as well as nongovernmental stakeholders, GOTSR works to develop and execute robust and systematic reentry plans for Georgia offenders and to ensure the delivery of appropriate services to offenders reentering society.

COURT, BOARD, AND FIELD SERVICES The Court, Board, and Field Services Division offers several
initiatives and programs that advance the operational priorities of the Field Operations Division, including:
Parole Board Services, Warrants, and Revocation Superior Court Accountability Court Services Sentencing Alternatives Day Reporting Centers Electronic and Voice Monitoring Community Counseling Services
ATTACHED AGENCIES The Georgia Commission on Family Violence was created by
the General Assembly in 1992 and tasked to develop a comprehensive state plan to end family violence in Georgia. The Commission conducts research and provides training to law enforcement, family violence task forces, advocates, Family Violence Intervention Programs and other criminal justice system personnel about domestic violence. The agency also monitors legislation and other policies impacting victims of domestic violence, certifies all of Georgia's Family Violence Intervention Programs, and co-coordinates the statewide Domestic Violence Fatality Review Project.
AUTHORITY Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

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Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DCS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for the agency. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Field Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect and serve Georgia citizens through effective and efficient
offender supervision in communities, while providing opportunities for successful outcomes. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Misdemeanor Probation Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide regulation of all governmental and private misdemeanor
providers through inspection and investigation. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide a collaboration of governmental and non-governmental
stakeholders to develop and execute a systematic reentry plan for Georgia offenders and ensure the delivery of services to reduce recidivism and support the success of returning citizens. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Georgia Commission on Family Violence Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the study and evaluation of needs and services relating to
family violence in Georgia, develop models for community task forces on family violence, provide training and continuing education on the dynamics of family violence, and develop standards to be used in the certification and regulation of Family Violence Intervention Programs. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds to update the Georgia State Plan for Ending Family Violence. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DCS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for the agency. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

$73,202 $73,202
$1,905,404 $1,905,404
$7,536 $7,536
$26,913 $26,913
$8,612 40,250 $48,862
$301,729 145

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Program Budgets
2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses.
4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law
enforcement officers. Total Change
Field Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect and serve Georgia citizens through effective and efficient offender supervision in communities, while providing opportunities for successful outcomes.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 7. Increase funds to create a Centralized Reporting Unit with eight virtual agent positions. 8. Reduce funds to reflect a reduction in leased office space. 9. Increase funds for 25 community supervision aide positions. Total Change
Misdemeanor Probation
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide regulation of all governmental and private misdemeanor providers through inspection and investigation.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. Total Change
Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide a collaboration of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders to develop and execute a systematic reentry plan for Georgia offenders and ensure the delivery of services to reduce recidivism and support the success of returning citizens.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.

4,279 2,372 14,762 1,100 25,142 $349,384
$6,536,471 55,737 39,284
142,019 25,622
6,793,395 641,204
(302,865) 1,731,656 $15,662,523
$26,157 255 213 126
10,057 $36,808
$92,707 992 871 168 361

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Program Budgets
6. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers.
7. Increase funds for seven additional community coordinator positions. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:
Georgia Commission on Family Violence
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the study and evaluation of needs and services relating to family violence in Georgia, develop models for community task forces on family violence, provide training and continuing education on the dynamics of family violence, and develop standards to be used in the certification and regulation of Family Violence Intervention Programs.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Increase funds for training, research, and data development. Total Change

10,057 527,905 $633,061
$30,837 1,021 148 284 84
20,578 $52,952

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Department of Community Supervision
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$206,256,998

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$206,256,998

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$1,250,346 $1,250,346

Changes
$2,061,917 $2,061,917
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$208,318,915 $208,318,915

$206,256,998 $206,256,998

$1,250,346 $1,250,346

$1,250,346 $1,250,346

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$1,136,062 $1,136,062
$208,643,406

$0 $0
$2,061,917

$1,136,062 $1,136,062
$210,705,323

$1,136,062 $1,136,062
$208,643,406

Changes
$16,734,728 $16,734,728
$0 $0 $0 $0 $16,734,728

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

Departmental Administration (DCS)

State General Funds

10,770,766

73,202

Other Funds

1,200

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$10,771,966

$73,202

Field Services

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

189,869,483 1,062,222

1,905,404 0

Other Funds

973,633

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$191,905,338

$1,905,404

Misdemeanor Probation

State General Funds

978,962

7,536

TOTAL FUNDS

$978,962

$7,536

Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry

State General Funds

3,951,840

26,913

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,951,840

$26,913

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Georgia Commission on Family Violence

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

685,947 188,124

Other Funds

161,229

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,035,300

48,862
0 0 $48,862

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

10,843,968 1,200
$10,845,168

10,770,766 1,200
$10,771,966

191,774,887
1,062,222 973,633
$193,810,742

189,869,483
1,062,222 973,633
$191,905,338

986,498 $986,498

978,962 $978,962

3,978,753 $3,978,753

3,951,840 $3,951,840

734,809
188,124 161,229 $1,084,162

685,947
188,124 161,229 $1,035,300

Changes
349,384 0
$349,384
15,662,523 0 0
$15,662,523
36,808 $36,808
633,061 $633,061
52,952 0 0
$52,952

FY 2025 Budget
$222,991,726 $222,991,726
$1,250,346 $1,250,346 $1,136,062 $1,136,062 $225,378,134
FY 2025 Budget
11,120,150 1,200
$11,121,350
205,532,006 1,062,222 973,633
$207,567,861
1,015,770 $1,015,770
4,584,901 $4,584,901
738,899 188,124 161,229 $1,088,252

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Department of Community Supervision
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Departmental Administration (DCS) Field Services Misdemeanor Probation Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry
SUBTOTAL
(Excludes Attached Agencies) Attached Agencies Georgia Commission on Family Violence SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)
Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL
State General Funds Governor's Emergency Funds
TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$9,901,353 167,853,445
861,539
3,663,558 $182,279,895

FY 2023 Expenditures
$10,490,889 181,316,490
894,299
3,829,394 $196,531,072

FY 2024 Original Budget
$10,771,966 191,905,338
978,962
3,951,840 $207,608,106

$983,167
$983,167
$183,263,062
767,918 1,363,385 1,518,499 $3,649,802
179,402,243 211,019
$179,613,262

$1,287,325
$1,287,325
$197,818,397
941,408 19,860
6,811,733 $7,773,001
189,858,677 186,718
$190,045,395

$1,035,300 $1,035,300 $208,643,406
1,250,346 1,136,062 $2,386,408 206,256,998 $206,256,998

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$10,845,168 193,810,742
986,498 3,978,753 $209,621,161
$1,084,162 $1,084,162
$210,705,323
1,250,346
1,136,062 $2,386,408
208,318,915
$208,318,915

FY 2025 Budget $11,121,350 207,567,861
1,015,770 4,584,901 $224,289,882
$1,088,252 $1,088,252 $225,378,134
1,250,346 1,136,062 $2,386,408 222,991,726
$222,991,726

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Department of Corrections
Roles and Responsibilities

The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) administers the prison sentences of offenders adjudicated by Georgia courts. More than 40,000 of these offenders are serving prison sentences. The Department serves the state in the following ways:
Protecting citizens from incarcerated and supervised inmates; correctional environments will be safe, secure, and disciplined for all staff and offenders.
Implementing sound correctional practices founded upon reliable and timely information; communications are enhanced through public awareness, collaborative partnerships, and effective departmental teamwork leading to a continuum of balanced sanctions available to the whole criminal justice system.
Preparing inmates to accept responsibility for their offenses, to restore harm done to the community, and to lead productive, crime-free lives. This involves providing rehabilitative services in the areas of mental health, substance abuse, behavioral counseling, education, and job training.
Developing a highly trained and professional workforce available to achieve the Department's mission, both today and in years to come.
AGENCY OPERATIONS Incarceration offers a highly structured and secure
environment, which removes offenders who pose a high risk from the community. GDC provides legally mandated services in the areas of physical, dental, and mental health, counseling, education, vocational training, chaplain services, and recreation.
GDC requires offenders in its facilities to work to support the prison system and the community. Inmates work in prison farm operations, food preparation, laundry, construction, facility and landscape maintenance, and perform factory work in Georgia Correctional Industries' manufacturing plants. The types of GDC institutions include the following facilities:
State Prisons: These institutions are typically reserved for felony inmates with more than one year of incarceration to serve.
County Prisons: The state pays a subsidy to county institutions to house and supervise state inmates. Inmates assigned to the county prisons typically work on roadway or construction projects for the county in which they are housed.
Probation Detention Centers: This program offers a shortterm, intensive incarceration period that enforces strict discipline and para-military protocol.
Transition Centers: These community-based centers are designed to allow inmates nearing the end of their prison term to prepare for life in the community. GDC requires residents to have jobs in the local community, pay room and board to the center, and support their families.

Private Prisons: CoreCivic and GEO Group, Inc. owns and operates select facilities in the state. Like state prisons, these facilities are typically reserved for felony offenders with more than one year of incarceration to serve.
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Centers: RSAT is a nine-month, highly structured program that targets high risk, high needs inmates nearing release, probationers sentenced by the courts, parole revocators and other court or GDC-referred inmates who have a need for intensive substance abuse programming.
Integrated Treatment Facilities: ITF is a nine-month, highly structured program that actively combines interventions intended to address both mental health and substance abuse issues in persons with co-occurring disorders with the intention of treating both disorders, related problems, and the whole person more effectively.
Re-Entry Facility: GDC has reopened a state prison facility that has been remissioned to function as a re-entry facility for the Metro Atlanta area. The facility focuses on rehabilitating offenders to achieve recidivism reduction and accommodate re-entry needs. Offenders are connected, pre- and postrelease, with local stakeholders in the areas of employment, housing, education, treatment, and other services needed to successfully transition back into society.
Other agency operations critical to the state correctional system include the following programs: Health Services: Provides the required constitutional level of
health care in the most efficient, cost-effective, and humane manner possible, while protecting the public health interests of the citizens of Georgia through planning, implementing, and coordinating physical, dental, and mental health services as required, across GDC. Food and Farm Operations: Provides meals for offenders through raising crops and livestock, managing timber, and producing dairy items that will be used in the preparing of meals for offenders. Offender Management: Coordinates and operates the following agency wide support services to ensure public safety: canine units, the County Correctional Institutions program, the County Jail Subsidy program, Correctional Emergency Response Teams, inmate classification, inmate diagnostics, the jail coordination unit, the release and agreements unit, and tactical squads.
AUTHORITY Titles 9, 17, and 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

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Department of Corrections
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DOC) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect and serve the citizens of Georgia by providing an effective and
efficient department that administers a balanced correctional system. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds from Offender Management program ($3,551,094) and increase funds ($2,574,744) for a recruitment advertising campaign and work culture review. (Total Funds: $6,125,838) Total Change
Detention Centers Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide housing, academic education, vocational training, work details,
counseling, and substance abuse treatment for probationers who require more security or supervision than provided by regular community supervision. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Utilize existing funds ($94,646) to establish a correctional officer 3 rank to enhance recruitment and retention of critical positions. Total Change
Food and Farm Operations Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to manage timber, raise crops and livestock, and produce dairy items
used in preparing meals for offenders. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Utilize existing funds ($5,676) to establish a correctional officer 3 rank to enhance recruitment and retention of critical positions. Total Change
Health Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide the required constitutional level of physical, dental, and mental
health care to all inmates of the state correctional system. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds for physical health and pharmacy service contracts. Total Change
Offender Management
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to coordinate and operate the following agency-wide support services to ensure public safety: canine units, the County Correctional Institutions program, Correctional Emergency Response Teams, inmate classification, inmate diagnostics, the jail coordination unit, the release and agreements unit, and tactical squads.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Transfer funds to Departmental Administration (DOC) program to align budget with expenditures. Total Change

$246,519 6,125,838 $6,372,357
$716,950 Yes
$716,950
$16,148 Yes
$16,148
$30,143 65,268,881 $65,299,024
$60,284 (3,551,094) ($3,490,810)

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Department of Corrections
Program Budgets
Private Prisons Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to contract with private companies to provide cost effective prison
facilities that ensure public safety. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
State Prisons Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide housing, academic education, religious support, vocational
training, counseling, and substance abuse treatment for violent and/or repeat offenders, or nonviolent offenders who have exhausted all other forms of punishment in a secure, well-supervised setting; to assist in the reentry of these offenders back into society; and to provide fire services and work details to the Department, state agencies, and local communities. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds for Technical College System of Georgia vocational education contracts. 3. Increase funds for safety, security, and technology initiatives. 4. Increase funds for offender call monitoring at facilities, statewide. 5. Increase funds for radio communications at facilities, statewide. 6. Utilize existing funds ($947,656) to establish a correctional officer 3 rank to enhance recruitment and retention of critical positions. Total Change
Transition Centers Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide "work release," allowing inmates to obtain and maintain a
paying job in the community, while still receiving housing, academic education, counseling, and substance abuse treatment in a structured center. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for six months of operational cost for the Metro Re-Entry Phase IV to add 400 transition center beds. 3. Utilize existing funds ($40,192) to establish a correctional officer 3 rank to enhance recruitment and retention of critical positions. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DOC) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect and serve the citizens of Georgia by providing an effective and
efficient department that administers a balanced correctional system. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.

$0 $0
$5,667,770 172,200
5,604,789 600,000 250,000 Yes
$12,294,759
$355,245 4,669,897
Yes $5,025,142
$897,790 22,395 43,890
310,612 606

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Department of Corrections
Program Budgets
6. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers.
7. Transfer funds from Offender Management program ($3,551,094) and increase funds ($2,574,744) for an advertising campaign and culture review. (Total Funds: $6,125,838) Total Change
Detention Centers
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide housing, academic education, vocational training, work details, counseling, and substance abuse treatment for probationers who require more security or supervision than provided by regular community supervision.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds for operational cost at facilities, statewide. 7. Utilize existing funds ($378,582) to establish a correctional officer 3 rank to enhance recruitment and retention of critical positions. Total Change
Food and Farm Operations
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to manage timber, raise crops and livestock, and produce dairy items used in preparing meals for offenders.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 5. Increase funds to provide additional meals on weekends. 6. Utilize existing funds ($22,702) to establish a correctional officer 3 rank to enhance recruitment and retention of critical positions. Total Change
Health
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide the required constitutional level of physical, dental, and mental health care to all inmates of the state correctional system.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law
enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds for physical health and pharmacy service contracts.
Total Change

15,085 6,125,838 $7,416,216
$2,000,529 61,594
106,723 1,615
2,544,381 302,271 Yes
$5,017,113
$47,890 2,079 1,434
80,455 1,234,218
Yes $1,366,076
$119,316 4,938
52,087 129
5,028 71,974,388 $72,155,886

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Department of Corrections
Program Budgets
Offender Management
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to coordinate and operate the following agency-wide support services to ensure public safety: canine units, the County Correctional Institutions program, Correctional Emergency Response Teams, inmate classification, inmate diagnostics, the jail coordination unit, the release and agreements unit, and tactical squads.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Transfer funds to Departmental Administration (DOC) program to align budget with expenditures. 6. Reduce funds for virtual courts technology efficiencies. Total Change
Private Prisons
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to contract with private companies to provide cost effective prison facilities that ensure public safety.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide 200 temporary additional beds at Coffee and Wheeler facilities to allow for maintenance and repairs at state prisons. Total Change
State Prisons
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide housing, academic education, religious support, vocational training, counseling, and substance abuse treatment for violent and/or repeat offenders, or nonviolent offenders who have exhausted all other forms of punishment in a secure, well-supervised setting; to assist in the reentry of these offenders back into society; and to provide fire services and work details to the Department, state agencies, and local communities.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 7. Increase funds for Technical College System of Georgia vocational education contracts. 8. Increase funds for offender call monitoring at facilities, statewide. 9. Increase funds for radio communications at facilities, statewide. 10. Increase funds for operational cost at facilities, statewide. 11. Provide funds for capital maintenance and repairs. 12. Reduce funds for recruitment and retention cost avoidance.
13. Reduce funds for closing HR recruitment centers in favor of increased advertising. 14. Reduce funds for privatizing food services at Coastal State Prison, Arrendale State Prison, Smith State
Prison, and Valdosta State Prison. 15. Reduce funds for replacing Basic Correctional Officer Training paper books with Chromebooks. 16. Utilize existing funds ($3,790,622) to establish a correctional officer 3 rank to enhance recruitment and
retention of critical positions. Total Change

$162,715 5,024
18,637 132
(3,551,094) (2,771,395) ($6,135,981)
$6,955,440 $6,955,440
$16,987,270 1,307
2,519,520 1,047,798
19,357 17,886,090
172,200 1,003,807
331,000 2,951,508 17,543,440 (1,559,992) (1,821,757) (657,734) (2,933,310)
Yes $53,490,504

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Department of Corrections
Program Budgets
Transition Centers
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide "work release," allowing inmates to obtain and maintain a paying job in the community, while still receiving housing, academic education, counseling, and substance abuse treatment in a structured center.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds for operational cost at facilities statewide. 7. Annualize funds for the operational cost for Metro Re-Entry Phase IV to add 400 transition center beds. 8. Utilize existing funds ($160,767) to establish a correctional officer 3 rank to enhance recruitment and retention of critical positions. Total Change

$1,018,675 31,187
52,406 818
1,151,508
165,799 10,006,027
Yes
$12,426,420

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Department of Corrections
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$1,329,528,125

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$1,329,528,125

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$170,555 $170,555

Changes

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$86,233,570 $86,233,570

$1,415,761,695 $1,415,761,695

$1,329,528,125 $1,329,528,125

$0

$170,555

$170,555

$0

$170,555

$170,555

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$13,564,603 $13,564,603
$1,343,263,283

$0 $0
$86,233,570

$13,564,603 $13,564,603
$1,429,496,853

$13,564,603 $13,564,603
$1,343,263,283

Changes
$152,691,674 $152,691,674
$0 $0 $0 $0 $152,691,674

FY 2025 Budget
$1,482,219,799 $1,482,219,799
$170,555 $170,555
$13,564,603 $13,564,603 $1,495,954,957

FY 2024 Original Budget

Departmental Administration (DOC)

State General Funds

36,503,788

TOTAL FUNDS

$36,503,788

Detention Centers

State General Funds

62,221,640

Other Funds

2,453,500

TOTAL FUNDS

$64,675,140

Food and Farm Operations

State General Funds

27,754,020

TOTAL FUNDS

$27,754,020

Health

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

273,257,694 70,555

Other Funds

390,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$273,718,249

Offender Management

State General Funds

48,417,607

Other Funds

30,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$48,447,607

Private Prisons

State General Funds

138,311,593

TOTAL FUNDS

$138,311,593

State Prisons

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

711,018,989 100,000

Other Funds

10,691,103

TOTAL FUNDS

$721,810,092

Transition Centers

State General Funds

32,042,794

TOTAL FUNDS

$32,042,794

Changes
6,372,357 $6,372,357
716,950 0
$716,950
16,148 $16,148
65,299,024 0 0
$65,299,024
(3,490,810) 0
($3,490,810)
0 $0
12,294,759 0 0
$12,294,759
5,025,142 $5,025,142

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

42,876,145 $42,876,145

36,503,788 $36,503,788

62,938,590 2,453,500
$65,392,090

62,221,640 2,453,500
$64,675,140

27,770,168 $27,770,168

27,754,020 $27,754,020

338,556,718
70,555 390,000 $339,017,273

273,257,694
70,555 390,000 $273,718,249

44,926,797 30,000
$44,956,797

48,417,607 30,000
$48,447,607

138,311,593 $138,311,593

138,311,593 $138,311,593

723,313,748
100,000 10,691,103 $734,104,851

711,018,989
100,000 10,691,103 $721,810,092

37,067,936 $37,067,936

32,042,794 $32,042,794

Changes
7,416,216 $7,416,216
5,017,113 0
$5,017,113
1,366,076 $1,366,076
72,155,886 0 0
$72,155,886
(6,135,981) 0
($6,135,981)
6,955,440 $6,955,440
53,490,504 0 0
$53,490,504
12,426,420 $12,426,420

FY 2025 Budget
43,920,004 $43,920,004
67,238,753 2,453,500
$69,692,253
29,120,096 $29,120,096
345,413,580 70,555
390,000 $345,874,135
42,281,626 30,000
$42,311,626
145,267,033 $145,267,033
764,509,493 100,000
10,691,103 $775,300,596
44,469,214 $44,469,214

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Program/Fund Sources County Jail Subsidy Departmental Administration (DOC) Detention Centers Food and Farm Operations Health Offender Management Private Prisons State Prisons Transition Centers SUBTOTAL
Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

Department of Corrections
Department Financial Summary

FY 2022 Expenditures
$810
34,196,256 55,827,024 29,081,812 272,911,261 44,349,825 127,478,847 702,134,702 30,673,829
$1,296,654,366

FY 2023 Expenditures

FY 2024 Original Budget

37,494,840 61,686,634 29,356,297 284,821,220 44,662,035 131,921,331 773,140,664 37,612,535
$1,400,695,556

36,503,788 64,675,140 27,754,020 273,718,249 48,447,607 138,311,593 721,810,092 32,042,794
$1,343,263,283

$1,296,654,366

$1,400,695,556

$1,343,263,283

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2025 Budget

42,876,145 65,392,090 27,770,168 339,017,273 44,956,797 138,311,593 734,104,851 37,067,936 $1,429,496,853
$1,429,496,853

43,920,004 69,692,253 29,120,096 345,874,135 42,311,626 145,267,033 775,300,596 44,469,214 $1,495,954,957
$1,495,954,957

2,112,856 5,805,236 79,408,989 $87,327,081
1,209,327,285 $1,209,327,285

5,365,677 18,772
54,633,124 $60,017,573
1,340,677,982 $1,340,677,982

170,555
13,564,603 $13,735,158
1,329,528,125 $1,329,528,125

170,555
13,564,603 $13,735,158
1,415,761,695 $1,415,761,695

170,555
13,564,603 $13,735,158
1,482,219,799 $1,482,219,799

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Department of Defense
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Defense serves the nation and the State of Georgia by organizing and maintaining National Guard forces, which the President of the United States can call to active duty to augment the nation's regular armed services, or which the Governor, as Commander-in-Chief of the State Militia, can order deployed in instances of disaster, riot, violence, or other dangers threatening the state and its citizens. The Department achieves these objectives through its four components: Office of the Adjutant General, Air National Guard, Army National Guard, and the State Defense Force. Using these components, the Department operates and manages approximately 1,200 training, maintenance, and logistics army facilities statewide. In addition to its core mission, the agency also operates Youth Challenge Academies which provide educational opportunities to at-risk youth.
GEORGIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD The role of the Georgia Air National Guard is to provide fully
equipped and trained combat units which are prepared to respond to state or national emergencies. The activation and deactivation, organization, administration, training, equipping, and housing of its units, as well as the evaluation of its wartime capability, are mandated responsibilities.
GEORGIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD The Georgia Army National Guard is responsible for
maintaining a level of operational readiness which allows for immediate and effective response to state or national emergencies, civil disturbances, and natural disasters.

OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL The role of the Office of the Adjutant General is to provide
command and control of the entire organization, as well as centralized administrative support for the department. The Adjutant General also serves as the state's director of the Selective Service System.
STATE DEFENSE FORCE The role of the volunteer State Defense Force is to serve as
an auxiliary unit in the event of a full mobilization and to provide assistance to state and local governments and civil organizations during emergencies and natural disasters, as well as support for the staging of special events.
YOUTH CHALLENGE ACADEMY Another responsibility of the Department of Defense is the
operation of Youth Challenge Academies for at-risk youth in the State of Georgia. This program is a preventative rather than a remedial program that targets at-risk youth participants 16 to 18 years of age who are high-school dropouts, unemployed, drugfree, and not involved in the criminal justice system.
AUTHORITY Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

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Department of Defense
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DOD) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administration to the organized militia in the State of Georgia. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Military Readiness Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide and maintain facilities for the training of Army National Guard,
Air National Guard, and State Defense Force personnel, and to provide an organized militia that can be activated and deployed at the direction of the President or Governor for a man-made crisis or natural disaster. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Youth Educational Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide educational and vocational opportunities to at-risk youth
through Youth Challenge Academies and Starbase programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DOD) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administration to the organized militia in the State of Georgia. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
Total Change
Military Readiness Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide and maintain facilities for the training of Army National Guard,
Air National Guard, and State Defense Force personnel, and to provide an organized militia that can be activated and deployed at the direction of the President or Governor for a man-made crisis or natural disaster. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. Total Change

$22,606 $22,606
$259,438 $259,438
$167,933 $167,933
$89,566 4,611 887
$95,064
$1,191,199 68,622 5,028
$1,264,849

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Department of Defense
Program Budgets
Youth Educational Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide educational and vocational opportunities to at-risk youth through Youth Challenge Academies and Starbase programs.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Reduce funds to reflect lower graduation rates. Total Change

$90,548 53,410
13,029 (123,930)
$33,057

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Department of Defense
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$12,393,076

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$12,393,076

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$75,943,450 $75,943,450

Changes
$449,977 $449,977
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$12,843,053 $12,843,053

$12,393,076 $12,393,076

$75,943,450 $75,943,450

$75,943,450 $75,943,450

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$22,590,595 $22,590,595
$110,927,121

$0 $0
$449,977

$22,590,595 $22,590,595
$111,377,098

$22,590,595 $22,590,595
$110,927,121

Changes
$1,392,970 $1,392,970
$0 $0 $0 $0 $1,392,970

FY 2024 Original Budget

Departmental Administration (DOD)

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

1,400,196 1,137,771

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,537,967

Military Readiness

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

6,009,257 59,957,952

Other Funds

22,586,717

TOTAL FUNDS

$88,553,926

Youth Educational Services

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

4,983,623 14,847,727

Other Funds

3,878

TOTAL FUNDS

$19,835,228

Changes
22,606 0
$22,606
259,438 0 0
$259,438
167,933 0 0
$167,933

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

1,422,802
1,137,771 $2,560,573

1,400,196
1,137,771 $2,537,967

6,268,695
59,957,952 22,586,717 $88,813,364

6,009,257
59,957,952 22,586,717 $88,553,926

5,151,556
14,847,727 3,878
$20,003,161

4,983,623
14,847,727 3,878
$19,835,228

Changes
95,064 0
$95,064
1,264,849 0 0
$1,264,849
33,057 0 0
$33,057

FY 2025 Budget
$13,786,046 $13,786,046
$75,943,450 $75,943,450 $22,590,595 $22,590,595 $112,320,091
FY 2025 Budget
1,495,260 1,137,771 $2,633,031
7,274,106 59,957,952 22,586,717 $89,818,775
5,016,680 14,847,727
3,878 $19,868,285

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Department of Defense
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Departmental Administration (DOD) Military Readiness Youth Educational Services SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds Governor's Emergency Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$1,996,905 99,991,889 19,464,976
$121,453,770

FY 2023 Expenditures
$2,277,819 97,253,402 19,866,527
$119,397,748

FY 2024 Original Budget
$2,537,967 88,553,926 19,835,228
$110,927,121

$121,453,770

$119,397,748

$110,927,121

75,255,637 22,607
29,576,153 $104,854,397
16,599,373
$16,599,373

89,631,926
17,620,447 $107,252,373
12,043,559 101,816
$12,145,375

75,943,450 22,590,595 $98,534,045 12,393,076
$12,393,076

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$2,560,573 88,813,364 20,003,161 $111,377,098
$111,377,098
75,943,450
22,590,595 $98,534,045
12,843,053
$12,843,053

FY 2025 Budget
$2,633,031 89,818,775 19,868,285 $112,320,091
$112,320,091
75,943,450
22,590,595 $98,534,045
13,786,046
$13,786,046

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Department of Driver Services
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Driver Services (DDS) provides license and identification card issuance, driver education and training, and records management. The agency also oversees motorcycle safety, commercial driver's licensing and compliance, and DUI course certification. DDS was established by Executive Order on July 1, 2005, in accordance with HB 501. The three primary programs include Departmental Administration, License Issuance, and the Regulatory Compliance Division.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION The Departmental Administration program is responsible for
the assistance and policy direction of the Department of Driver Services. The function of the program is to provide administrative support for the License Issuance and Regulatory Compliance programs. The program includes administrative, financial, public information, legal, human resources, facilities, fleet, and information technology services.

The Department utilizes 60 full-time customer service centers, and seven part-time customer service centers which are situated strategically throughout the state.
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE DIVISION The Regulatory Compliance program is responsible for
licensing driver training schools and instructors, licensing driver improvement clinics and instructors, certifying ignition interlock devices and provider centers, and providing online Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program (ADAP) classes, and monitoring the status of all commercial driver license convictions.
AUTHORITY Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

LICENSE ISSUANCE
The License Issuance program carries out the issuance of driver's licenses and permits, as well as public identification cards, the suspension and reinstatement of driver's licenses, and the administration of the commercial driver's license program.

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Department of Driver Services
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DDS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for administration of license issuance, motor vehicle registration, and
commercial truck compliance. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds for development of a card production RFP. Total Change
License Issuance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to issue and renew drivers' licenses, maintain driver records, operate
Customer Service Centers, provide online access to services, provide motorcycle safety instruction, produce driver manuals, and investigate driver's license fraud. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Utilize existing funds ($2,310,516) and provide funds ($7,854,484) for card production server migration and card service upgrades. (Total Funds: $10,165,000) 3. Increase funds for postage rate increases. Total Change
Regulatory Compliance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to regulate driver safety and education programs for both novice and
problem drivers by approving driver education curricula and auditing third-party driver education providers for compliance with state laws and regulations; and to certify ignition interlock device providers. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DDS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for administration of license issuance, motor vehicle registration, and
commercial truck compliance. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.
Total Change
License Issuance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to issue and renew drivers' licenses, maintain driver records, operate
Customer Service Centers, provide online access to services, provide motorcycle safety instruction, produce driver manuals, and investigate driver's license fraud. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.

$60,284 150,000 $210,284
$824,599 7,854,484
341,057 $9,020,140
$18,301 $18,301
$201,286 14,232
315,689 1,154
$532,361
$1,884,368

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Department of Driver Services
Program Budgets
2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law
enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds for an increase in federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) fees. 7. Increase funds for card services cloud server annual maintenance. 8. Increase funds for postage rate increases. 9. Reduce funds for regular operating and software subscription efficiencies. 10. Reduce funds for the closure of the Helena Customer Service Center.
Total Change
Regulatory Compliance
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to regulate driver safety and education programs for both novice, problem drivers, and commercial drivers by approving driver education curricula and auditing third-party driver education providers for compliance with state laws and regulations; to certify ignition interlock device providers; and to monitor the status of all commercial driver license convictions.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 4. Reflect a change in the program purpose statement. Total Change

(5,227) 728,414
7,988 50,284 166,925 1,980,000 341,057 (380,207) (3,000) $4,770,602
$31,485 9,136 240 Yes
$40,861

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Department of Driver Services
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$80,774,172

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$80,774,172

Changes
$9,248,725 $9,248,725

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$90,022,897 $90,022,897

$80,774,172 $80,774,172

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$2,844,121 $2,844,121
$83,618,293

$0 $0
$9,248,725

$2,844,121 $2,844,121
$92,867,018

$2,844,121 $2,844,121
$83,618,293

Changes
$5,343,824 $5,343,824
$0 $0 $5,343,824

FY 2024 Original Budget

Departmental Administration (DDS)

State General Funds

10,376,670

Other Funds

500,857

TOTAL FUNDS

$10,877,527

License Issuance

State General Funds

69,430,595

Other Funds

1,827,835

TOTAL FUNDS

$71,258,430

Regulatory Compliance

State General Funds

966,907

Other Funds

515,429

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,482,336

Changes
210,284 0
$210,284
9,020,140 0
$9,020,140
18,301 0
$18,301

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

10,586,954 500,857
$11,087,811

10,376,670 500,857
$10,877,527

78,450,735 1,827,835
$80,278,570

69,430,595 1,827,835
$71,258,430

985,208 515,429 $1,500,637

966,907 515,429 $1,482,336

Changes
532,361 0
$532,361
4,770,602 0
$4,770,602
40,861 0
$40,861

FY 2025 Budget
$86,117,996 $86,117,996
$2,844,121 $2,844,121 $88,962,117
FY 2025 Budget
10,909,031 500,857
$11,409,888
74,201,197 1,827,835
$76,029,032
1,007,768 515,429
$1,523,197

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Program/Fund Sources Departmental Administration (DDS) License Issuance Regulatory Compliance SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

Department of Driver Services
Department Financial Summary

FY 2022 Expenditures
$10,613,983 66,237,812 1,388,147
$78,239,942

FY 2023 Expenditures
$11,318,140 69,413,123 1,405,357
$82,136,620

FY 2024 Original Budget
$10,877,527 71,258,430 1,482,336
$83,618,293

$78,239,942

$82,136,620

$83,618,293

890,706 15,071
5,202,418 $6,108,195
72,131,747 $72,131,747

877,648
5,608,209 $6,485,857
75,650,764 $75,650,764

2,844,121 $2,844,121
80,774,172 $80,774,172

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$11,087,811 80,278,570 1,500,637
$92,867,018
$92,867,018
2,844,121 $2,844,121
90,022,897 $90,022,897

FY 2025 Budget $11,409,888
76,029,032 1,523,197
$88,962,117
$88,962,117
2,844,121 $2,844,121
86,117,996 $86,117,996

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Bright from the Start: Department of Early Care and Learning
Roles and Responsibilities

Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) is primarily responsible for meeting the childcare and early education needs of Georgia's children ages birth through five. It administers the nationally recognized PreKindergarten program, the federal Child Care and Development Fund, the federal child care subsidy program, and federal nutrition programs. The agency also houses the Head Start Collaboration Office and licenses and monitors childcare providers.
DECAL also works to enhance the quality, availability, and affordability of early care and education in Georgia. Health and safety, quality and access, and organizational excellence are the agency's guiding principles.
Training and professional development are integral parts of all programs administered by DECAL. The agency coordinates annual professional learning opportunities for Georgia's early learning teachers, administrators, and program sponsors.
PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM Georgia's lottery-funded, voluntary, universal Pre-
Kindergarten Program serves Pre-K students across the state. Georgia's Pre-K Program is one of the largest and most comprehensive Pre-K programs in the nation and continues to be a model for other states.
Pre-K is offered in public school systems as well as through private childcare centers. Children four years of age on September 1st of the current school year whose parents are Georgia residents are eligible to attend Georgia's Pre-K Program.
CHILD CARE SERVICES Child Care Services is responsible for licensing and
registering child care learning centers and family day care homes.
Child Care Services supports child care programs through monitoring, technical assistance, and training to assure safe and healthy environments and improve the quality of education services to children. The staff provides information to parents about Georgia childcare programs and trains childcare providers on the age appropriate development and care of young children according to established standards.

Federal and state funds also provide subsidized childcare for low income working families that meet eligibility requirements for child care assistance through the Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS) program.
NUTRITION SERVICES The Nutrition Services program is responsible for
administering the United States Department of Agriculture's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) for Georgia. The goal of these programs is to ensure that low-income children and adults throughout Georgia have access to nutritious meals while they are in a day care setting and during the summer when school is not in session. These programs serve a large number of meals annually to eligible children. Nutrition Services provides healthy eating and physical activity training and resources for parents and providers through the USDA programs and Caregivers Promoting Healthy Habits Program.
QUALITY INITIATIVES The Quality Initiatives program works to improve the quality,
affordability, and accessibility of childcare for children and families. In partnership with internal and external resources, the Quality Initiatives program implements innovative strategies that focus on improving the quality of early education, childcare, and nutrition for young children. This includes funding for Georgia's three-star rating system, named Quality Rated, that provides families with helpful information in selecting quality childcare and that supports child care providers in raising the quality of care they offer. Other services include the Child Care Resource and Referral System, the Parent Call Center, Inclusion Services, the Scholarships and Incentives programs, and the Georgia Program for Infant and Toddlers.
AUTHORITY Title 20-1A of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

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Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes

Child Care Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to regulate, license, and train child care providers; to support the infant and toddler and afterschool networks; and to provide inclusion services for children with disabilities.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$471,507 $471,507

Nutrition Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure that USDA-compliant meals are served to eligible children and adults in day care settings and to eligible youth during the summer.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide startup grants of up to $10,000 per provider to establish additional Summer Food Service Program meal sites in areas with high rates of child food insecurity. Total Change

$55,978 100,000 $155,978

Pre-Kindergarten Program
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding, training, technical assistance, and oversight of PreKindergarten programs operated by public and private providers throughout the state and to improve the quality of early learning and increase school readiness for Georgia's four-year-olds.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds for computer refresh.
3. Increase funds to reflect the correct employer contribution rate for State Health Benefit Plan.
4. Increase funds to expand the Summer Transition Program with income eligibility requirements.
Total Change

$8,300,892
99,574 1,389,766 6,143,166 $15,933,398

Quality Initiatives
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to implement innovative strategies and programs that focus on improving the quality of and access to early education, child care, and nutrition for Georgia's children and families.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Child Care Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to regulate, license, and train child care providers; to support the infant and toddler and afterschool networks; and to provide inclusion services for children with disabilities.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds to raise Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS) reimbursement to the 50th percentile of market rates for childcare providers in accordance with federal regulation.
Total Change

$123,798 $123,798
$35,010 32,751 11,442
4,634,508 $4,713,711

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Program Budgets

Nutrition Services

Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure that USDA-compliant meals are served to eligible children and adults in day care settings and to eligible youth during the summer.
Recommended Change:

1. No change.

$0

Total Change

$0

Pre-Kindergarten Program
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding, training, technical assistance, and oversight of PreKindergarten programs operated by public and private providers throughout the state and to improve the quality of early learning and increase school readiness for Georgia's four-year-olds.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%.
3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses.
4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
5. Provide funds for computer refresh.
6. Increase funds to expand the Summer Transition Program with income eligibility requirements.
7. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified Pre-K teachers and assistant teachers by $2,500.
8. Increase formula funds for teacher training and experience.
9. Increase funds for year one of a four year phase in to reduce classroom size from 22 to 20 students to improve instructional quality.
10. Increase funds to upgrade provider management system.
11. Increase formula funds to reflect an increase in health insurance employer contribution per-member permonth (PMPM) rate for certified teachers at public Pre-K providers to $1,760 effective July 1, 2024. Total Change

$242,607 725,625
37,217
15,236 49,787 6,143,166 23,560,469
1,261,869 10,970,826
612,290 2,413,793
$46,032,885

Quality Initiatives

Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to implement innovative strategies and programs that focus on improving the quality of and access to early education, child care, and nutrition for Georgia's children and families.
Recommended Change:

1. No change.

$0

Total Change

$0

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Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$62,534,475

Lottery Funds

443,790,064

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$506,324,539

Child Care and Development Block Grant CCDF Mandatory and Matching Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$227,164,017 92,749,020
174,961,385 $494,874,422

Changes
$751,283 15,933,398 $16,684,681
$0 0 0
$0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$63,285,758 459,723,462 $523,009,220

$62,534,475 443,790,064 $506,324,539

$227,164,017 92,749,020
174,961,385 $494,874,422

$227,164,017 92,749,020
174,961,385 $494,874,422

Changes
$4,713,711 46,032,885 $50,746,596
$0 0 0
$0

FY 2025 Budget
$67,248,186 489,822,949 $557,071,135
$227,164,017 92,749,020
174,961,385 $494,874,422

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$499,500 $499,500
$1,001,698,461

$0 $0
$16,684,681

$499,500 $499,500
$1,018,383,142

$499,500 $499,500
$1,001,698,461

$0 $0
$50,746,596

$499,500 $499,500
$1,052,445,057

Child Care Services
State General Funds Child Care and Development Block Grant CCDF Mandatory and Matching Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FUNDS
Nutrition Services
State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FUNDS
Pre-Kindergarten Program
Lottery Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FUNDS
Quality Initiatives
State General Funds Child Care and Development Block Grant
Other Funds
TOTAL FUNDS

FY 2024 Original Budget
62,534,475 169,970,279
92,749,020 4,786,385
$330,040,159
0 170,000,000 $170,000,000
443,790,064 175,000
$443,965,064
0 57,193,738
499,500 $57,693,238

Changes
471,507 0 0 0
$471,507
155,978 0
$155,978
15,933,398 0
$15,933,398
123,798 0 0
$123,798

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

63,005,982 169,970,279
92,749,020 4,786,385
$330,511,666

62,534,475 169,970,279
92,749,020 4,786,385
$330,040,159

155,978
170,000,000 $170,155,978

0
170,000,000 $170,000,000

459,723,462
175,000 $459,898,462

443,790,064
175,000 $443,965,064

123,798
57,193,738 499,500
$57,817,036

0
57,193,738 499,500
$57,693,238

Changes
4,713,711 0 0 0
$4,713,711
0 0 $0
46,032,885 0
$46,032,885
0 0 0 $0

FY 2025 Budget
67,248,186 169,970,279
92,749,020 4,786,385
$334,753,870
0 170,000,000 $170,000,000
489,822,949 175,000
$489,997,949
0 57,193,738
499,500 $57,693,238

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Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Child Care Services Nutrition Services Pre-Kindergarten Program Quality Initiatives SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds Prior Year State Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds Lottery Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$877,115,262 155,225,935 382,265,591 43,342,810
$1,457,949,598

FY 2023 Expenditures $1,316,518,867
159,097,108 398,262,305
50,745,344
$1,924,623,624

FY 2024 Original Budget
$330,040,159 170,000,000 443,965,064 57,693,238
$1,001,698,461

$1,457,949,598

$1,924,623,624

$1,001,698,461

Amended FY 2024 Budget $330,511,666
170,155,978 459,898,462
57,817,036
$1,018,383,142
$1,018,383,142

FY 2025 Budget $334,753,870 170,000,000 489,997,949
57,693,238 $1,052,445,057
$1,052,445,057

461,459,021 564,605,707
351,254
$1,026,415,982
57,971,119 373,562,498 $431,533,617

569,805,954 902,690,642
334,177 105,000 $1,472,935,773
61,436,817 390,251,033 $451,687,850

494,874,422
499,500
$495,373,922
62,534,475 443,790,064 $506,324,539

494,874,422
499,500
$495,373,922
63,285,758 459,723,462 $523,009,220

494,874,422
499,500
$495,373,922
67,248,186 489,822,949 $557,071,135

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Department of Economic Development
Roles and Responsibilities

The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) serves as the lead agency for attracting new business investment, encouraging the expansion of existing industry and small businesses, and locating new markets for Georgia products.
GLOBAL COMMERCE The Global Commerce division assists businesses that are
interested in growing or locating in the state. The agency provides services to support this mission, such as site locating, employee training, market research and connecting businesses with local communities' business development programs.
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY The Innovation and Technology division is aimed at
attracting high technology and biotech companies to locate and grow in Georgia. The program includes Georgia's Centers of Innovation, which provide technical expertise and collaborative research opportunities to businesses in key industries including Aerospace, Ag Tech, and Information Technology.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE The International Relations and Trade program promotes the
state as an ideal source for quality products and services by matching international buyers with Georgia suppliers. The program also works to develop international markets for Georgia products through business and trade missions, foreign advertising, a network of overseas offices and representatives, and by providing technical and educational assistance to businesses.
SMALL AND MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT The Small and Minority Business Development program
assists entrepreneurs, startups, and small and minority businesses by providing technical assistance on direction, planning, and business needs. The program also identifies potential markets and suppliers and aids local communities to help build enabling business environments in support of small business.
FILM, MUSIC, AND DIGITAL The Film, Music, and Digital Entertainment Office develops
and promotes the state's film, television, commercial and music video production, and music recording industries. The office works to attract new entertainment companies and expand existing companies, as well as expanding the entertainment workforce.

TOURISM The Tourism division works with local and regional tourism
organizations in the development of products and promotions. Through its network of regional representatives, it also assists the state's communities and attractions in bringing potential travelers to their areas.
COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS The Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) works with
communities, local governments, and arts organizations to educate and encourage use of arts as a tool for economic development and to preserve our cultural heritage and create increased access to high quality arts experiences.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT The Rural Development division assists rural communities in
becoming more competitive for economic development projects. Representatives from the Department meet with rural stakeholders to identify key strengths and challenges that a community may face. The Department's representatives then educate rural leadership of potential economic development opportunities or assistance programs that may benefit their community.
ATTACHED AGENCIES The Georgia Ports Authority develops, maintains, and
operates ocean and inland ports within Georgia, including the Port of Savannah and Port of Brunswick.
The Georgia World Congress Center Authority operates the Georgia World Congress Center and oversees Centennial Olympic Park and related facilities which host major conferences, trade shows, meetings, and athletic events.
The Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority replaced the Georgia International Maritime Trade Center Authority. The authority oversees the Savannah Convention Center which hosts major conferences and events.
AUTHORITY Title 50-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

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Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DEcD) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to influence, affect, and enhance economic development in Georgia and
provide information to people and companies to promote the state. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds from Tourism ($70,000) and increase funds to align budget with rental expenditures. 3. Provide funds to purchase five replacement vehicles.
Total Change
Film, Video, and Music Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to increase industry awareness of Georgia business opportunities,
financial incentives, infrastructure resources, and natural resources in order to attract film, video, music, and electronic gaming industry projects and businesses to the state. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Georgia Council for the Arts Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for Council operations and maintain the Georgia State Art
Collection and Capitol Galleries. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds to inventory art collection currently housed at the State Archives Building. Total Change
Georgia Council for the Arts - Special Project Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to increase arts participation and support throughout the state with grants
for non-profit arts and cultural organizations through Partner Grants, Project Grants, Education Grants and the 'Grassroots' arts program. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Global Commerce Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote Georgia as a state that is appealing to businesses along with
being competitive in the international trade market; recruit, retain, and expand businesses in Georgia through a network of statewide and regional project managers, foreign and domestic marketing, and participation in Georgia Allies; and help develop international markets for Georgia products and attract international companies to the state through business and trade missions, foreign advertising, a network of overseas offices and representatives, and by providing international technical and educational assistance to businesses. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$35,525 300,000 225,000 $560,525
$6,459 $6,459
$5,383 30,000 $35,383
$0 $0
$44,137 $44,137

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Program Budgets
International Relations and Trade Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to develop international markets for Georgia products and to attract
international companies to the state through business and trade missions, foreign advertising, a network of overseas offices and representatives, and by providing technical and educational assistance to businesses. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds for contracts to support the global export of Georgia manufactured and agricultural products. Total Change
Rural Development Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote rural economic development opportunities and to recruit,
retain and expand businesses in rural communities. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Small and Minority Business Development Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist entrepreneurs and small and minority businesses by providing
technical assistance on planning, advocacy, business needs, and identifying potential markets and suppliers; and to provide assistance to local communities in growing small businesses. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Tourism Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide information to visitors about tourism opportunities throughout
the state, operate and maintain state welcome centers, fund the Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Humanities Council, and work with communities to develop and market tourism products in order to attract more tourism to the state. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds to the Georgia World Congress Center Authority for public safety and infrastructure costs related to the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship. 3. Provide funds to relocate the 1996 Olympic cauldron. 4. Transfer funds to Departmental Administration to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Innovation and Technology Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to market and promote strategic industries to existing and potential
Georgia businesses. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds to support deployment of hydrogen energy applications.
Total Change

$9,689 200,000 $209,689
$3,230 $3,230
$6,459 $6,459
$49,520 29,250,000
1,500,000 (70,000)
$30,729,520
$9,689 1,000,000 $1,009,689

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Program Budgets
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DEcD) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to influence, affect, and enhance economic development in Georgia and
provide information to people and companies to promote the state. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Transfer funds from Tourism ($70,000) and increase funds to align budget with rental expenditures.
Total Change
Film, Video, and Music Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to increase industry awareness of Georgia business opportunities,
financial incentives, infrastructure resources, and natural resources in order to attract film, video, music, and electronic gaming industry projects and businesses to the state. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change
Georgia Council for the Arts Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for Council operations and maintain the Georgia State Art
Collection and Capitol Galleries. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Georgia Council for the Arts - Special Project Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to increase arts participation and support throughout the state with grants
for non-profit arts and cultural organizations through Partner Grants, Project Grants, Education Grants and the 'Grassroots' arts program. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Global Commerce Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote Georgia as a state that is appealing to businesses along with
being competitive in the international trade market; recruit, retain, and expand businesses in Georgia through a network of statewide and regional project managers, foreign and domestic marketing, and participation in Georgia Allies; and help develop international markets for Georgia products and attract international companies to the state through business and trade missions, foreign advertising, a network of overseas offices and representatives, and by providing international technical and educational assistance to businesses. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
Total Change

$148,236 5,072
17,654 1,290
300,000 $472,252
$27,451 2,539
$29,990
$20,738 $20,738
$0 $0
$195,687 20,927
$216,614

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Program Budgets
International Relations and Trade Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to develop international markets for Georgia products and to attract
international companies to the state through business and trade missions, foreign advertising, a network of overseas offices and representatives, and by providing technical and educational assistance to businesses. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Increase funds for contracts to support the global export of Georgia manufactured and agricultural products. Total Change
Rural Development Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote rural economic development opportunities and to recruit,
retain and expand businesses in rural communities. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for two workforce development positions to support the Hyundai and Rivian economic
development projects. 3. Increase funds for a site development specialist position to support economic development in rural
communities. 4. Transfer funds for the Governor's Rural Strike Force from the OneGeorgia Authority to align budget with
expenditures. Total Change
Small and Minority Business Development Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist entrepreneurs and small and minority businesses by providing
technical assistance on planning, advocacy, business needs, and identifying potential markets and suppliers; and to provide assistance to local communities in growing small businesses. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Tourism Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide information to visitors about tourism opportunities throughout
the state, operate and maintain state welcome centers, fund the Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Humanities Council, and work with communities to develop and market tourism products in order to attract more tourism to the state. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Transfer funds to Departmental Administration to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Innovation and Technology
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to market and promote strategic industries to existing and potential Georgia businesses.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for personal services to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
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$40,438 2,632
200,000 $243,070
$5,702 450,000 200,000 450,000 $1,105,702
$25,212 $25,212
$149,066 15,421
(70,000) $94,487
$41,210 25,000
$66,210
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Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$37,668,877

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$37,668,877

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$926,190 $926,190

Changes
$32,605,091 $32,605,091
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$70,273,968 $70,273,968

$37,668,877 $37,668,877

$926,190 $926,190

$926,190 $926,190

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$3,114,660 $3,114,660
$41,709,727

$0 $0
$32,605,091

$3,114,660 $3,114,660
$74,314,818

$3,114,660 $3,114,660
$41,709,727

Changes
$2,274,275 $2,274,275
$0 $0 ($3,114,660) ($3,114,660) ($840,385)

FY 2025 Budget
$39,943,152 $39,943,152
$926,190 $926,190
$0 $0 $40,869,342

FY 2024 Original Budget

Departmental Administration (DEcD)

State General Funds

5,449,841

TOTAL FUNDS

$5,449,841

Film, Video, and Music

State General Funds

1,137,937

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,137,937

Georgia Council for the Arts

State General Funds

590,056

TOTAL FUNDS

$590,056

Georgia Council for the Arts - Special Project

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

976,356 659,400

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,635,756

Global Commerce

State General Funds

10,444,679

TOTAL FUNDS

$10,444,679

International Relations and Trade

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

2,636,322 266,790

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,903,112

Rural Development

State General Funds

966,313

Other Funds

3,114,660

TOTAL FUNDS

$4,080,973

Small and Minority Business Development

State General Funds

1,055,169

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,055,169

Tourism

State General Funds

11,720,412

TOTAL FUNDS

$11,720,412

Innovation and Technology

State General Funds

2,691,792

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,691,792

Changes
560,525 $560,525
6,459 $6,459
35,383 $35,383
0 0 $0
44,137 $44,137
209,689 0
$209,689
3,230 0
$3,230
6,459 $6,459
30,729,520 $30,729,520
1,009,689 $1,009,689

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

6,010,366 $6,010,366

5,449,841 $5,449,841

1,144,396 $1,144,396

1,137,937 $1,137,937

625,439 $625,439

590,056 $590,056

976,356
659,400 $1,635,756

976,356
659,400 $1,635,756

10,488,816 $10,488,816

10,444,679 $10,444,679

2,846,011
266,790 $3,112,801

2,636,322
266,790 $2,903,112

969,543 3,114,660 $4,084,203

966,313 3,114,660 $4,080,973

1,061,628 $1,061,628

1,055,169 $1,055,169

42,449,932 $42,449,932

11,720,412 $11,720,412

3,701,481 $3,701,481

2,691,792 $2,691,792

Changes

FY 2025 Budget

472,252 $472,252

5,922,093 $5,922,093

29,990 $29,990

1,167,927 $1,167,927

20,738 $20,738

610,794 $610,794

0

976,356

0

659,400

$0

$1,635,756

216,614 $216,614

10,661,293 $10,661,293

243,070
0 $243,070

2,879,392
266,790 $3,146,182

1,105,702 (3,114,660) ($2,008,958)

2,072,015 0
$2,072,015

25,212 $25,212

1,080,381 $1,080,381

94,487 $94,487

11,814,899 $11,814,899

66,210 $66,210

2,758,002 $2,758,002

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Department of Economic Development
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Departmental Administration (DEcD) Film, Video, and Music Georgia Council for the Arts Georgia Council for the Arts Special Project Global Commerce International Relations and Trade Rural Development Small and Minority Business Development Tourism Innovation and Technology
SUBTOTAL

FY 2022 Expenditures
$5,257,484 2,007,359 542,675
2,744,142 9,970,891 2,708,359 3,559,196
888,304 41,241,541
$68,919,951

FY 2023 Expenditures
$5,279,958 1,109,885 571,892
4,882,477 9,802,461 2,967,223 3,751,244
1,025,124 33,139,118
$62,529,382

FY 2024 Original Budget
$5,449,841 1,137,937 590,056
1,635,756 10,444,679
2,903,112 4,080,973
1,055,169 11,720,412
2,691,792
$41,709,727

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$68,919,951
2,032,488 2,071,123 3,282,282 $7,385,893

$62,529,382
1,086,312 4,413,664 3,370,340 $8,870,316

$41,709,727
926,190 3,114,660 $4,040,850

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

61,534,057 $61,534,057

53,659,065 $53,659,065

37,668,877 $37,668,877

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$6,010,366 1,144,396 625,439
1,635,756 10,488,816
3,112,801 4,084,203
1,061,628 42,449,932
3,701,481 $74,314,818
$74,314,818
926,190
3,114,660 $4,040,850
70,273,968 $70,273,968

FY 2025 Budget
$5,922,093 1,167,927 610,794 1,635,756
10,661,293 3,146,182 2,072,015 1,080,381
11,814,899 2,758,002
$40,869,342
$40,869,342
926,190
$926,190
39,943,152 $39,943,152

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Department of Education
Roles and Responsibilities

The State Board of Education establishes policies that the Georgia Department of Education administers under the direction of the State Superintendent of Schools and appoints and reviews the decisions of the State Charter Schools Commission of Georgia (SCSC).

access aligned digital content through a blended learning model. All courses and content provided through Georgia Virtual Learning are aligned with the Georgia Standards of Excellence in the core content areas, foreign language, business electives, and Advanced Placement.

The Department disburses state education funds, provides technical assistance and support services to local school systems, operates three state schools for hearing and visually impaired students, and provides intensive assistance to local schools identified with significant student achievement issues. The SCSC is an independent state level entity with the ability to authorize and monitor state charter schools providing more public educational opportunities throughout the state.
Local education agencies, including county and city school districts and charter schools, are primarily funded through the Quality Basic Education (QBE) formula a partnership between the state and local school systems that provides billions in funding for education.
CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND ASSESSMENT The Department of Education transitioned from the Georgia
Performance Standards (GPS) to the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for the subject areas of English/language arts and mathematics in the 2012-2013 school year. These standards were adopted for all of Georgia's K-12 public schools and align with college and career readiness standards that will help prepare Georgia's students with the knowledge and skills they need in education and training after high school. The standards are internationally benchmarked and are consistent with rigorous high school diploma requirements for all students.
The Department utilizes the Georgia Milestones Assessment System (Georgia Milestones), a comprehensive summative assessment program spanning grades 3 through high school designed to measure how well students have mastered the skills outlined in the state-adopted content standards in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Georgia Milestones is administered in accordance with the State Board of Education and Federal Guidelines.
In addition to providing daily instruction, the Department administers a number of grant programs for students in need of additional services, including a program for disabled preschool children, tuition for multi-disability students, and funding for the Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS).

SUPPORTING LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS The Department administers funds and provides technical
assistance for school improvement. As part of Georgia's flexibility waiver from the U.S. Department of Education, Georgia developed the Georgia College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI). The CCRPI is a comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform for all education stakeholders. The Department also implemented the Georgia Student Growth Model that measures the amount of growth a student has demonstrated relative to academically-similar students from across the state. The School Improvement program continues to offer a wide array of services, including professional learning, data analysis, planning and organization, and instructional best practices for schools not meeting standards.
The Department of Education also provides funding and support for many state and federal grant programs, including Title I Part A, Migrant Education, McKinney-Vento Homeless Education, Rural Education, Neglected and Delinquent Education, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Teacher and Leader Effectiveness, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Pupil Transportation, Equalization, and Career, Technical and Agricultural Education.
ATTACHED AGENCIES One agency is attached to the Georgia Department of
Education for administrative purposes. The State Charter Schools Commission of Georgia annually reviews the academic and financial performance of commission charter schools. It also develops and promotes best practices to ensure the establishment of high-quality charter schools in Georgia.
The State Board of Education reviews the decisions of the State Charter Schools Commission of Georgia. The SCSC operates autonomously, but is funded through the Department.
AUTHORITY Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

In an effort to expand educational opportunities for all students in Georgia, the department offers a variety of digital experiences through Georgia Virtual Learning. These experiences include the opportunity to take courses through the Georgia Virtual School, recover credit through Georgia Credit Recovery, and

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Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Agricultural Education Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist local school systems with developing and funding agricultural
education programs, and to provide afterschool and summer educational and leadership opportunities for students. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Business and Finance Administration Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for business, finance, facilities, and pupil
transportation. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Central Office Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to the State Board of Education,
Departmental programs, and local school systems. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Charter Schools Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to authorize charter schools and charter systems and to provide funds for
competitive grants for planning, implementation, facilities, and operations of those entities. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Communities in Schools Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support Performance Learning Centers and maintain a network of local
affiliate organizations across the state, and to partner with other state and national organizations to support student success in school and beyond. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change

$649,269 (288,000) $361,269
$76,432 $76,432
$130,257 $130,257
$4,306 (1,700,000) ($1,695,694)
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Program Budgets
Curriculum Development Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to develop a statewide, standards-based curriculum to guide instruction
and assessment, and to provide training and instructional resources to teachers for implementing this curriculum. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Federal Programs Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to coordinate federally funded programs and allocate federal funds to
school systems. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund the Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support
(GNETS), which provides services, education, and resources for students ages three to twenty-one with autism or severe emotional behavioral problems and their families. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Georgia Virtual School Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to expand the accessibility and breadth of course offerings so that
Georgia students can recover credits, access supplementary resources, enhance their studies, or earn additional credits in a manner not involving on-site interaction with a teacher. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Information Technology Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to manage enterprise technology for the department, provide internet
access to local school systems, support data collection and reporting needs, and support technology programs that assist local school systems. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Non Quality Basic Education Formula Grants Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund specific initiatives including: children in residential education
facilities and sparsity grants. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$61,361 $61,361
$75,355 $75,355
$1,158,838 $1,158,838
$66,743 $66,743
$78,585 $78,585
$8,997,864 $8,997,864

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Program Budgets
Nutrition Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide leadership, training, technical assistance, and resources, so
local program personnel can deliver meals that support nutritional well-being and performance at school and comply with federal standards. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Reduce funds for the cost of breakfast and lunch for reduce-paying students through the 2023-2024 school year given the availability of existing funds. Total Change
Preschool Disabilities Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide early educational services to three- and four-year-old students
with disabilities so that they enter school better prepared to succeed. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Pupil Transportation Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist local school systems in their efforts to provide safe and efficient
transportation for students to and from school and school related activities. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Quality Basic Education Equalization Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide additional financial assistance to local school systems ranking
below the statewide average of per pupil tax wealth as outlined in O.C.G.A. 20-2-165. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Quality Basic Education Local Five Mill Share Purpose: The purpose of this program is to recognize the required local portion of the Quality Basic Education program
as outlined in O.C.G.A. 20-2-164. Recommended Change:
1. Adjust funds for the Local Five Mill Share for eight new State Commission Charter Schools. 2. Adjust funds to reflect data correction for Burke County.
Total Change
Quality Basic Education Program Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide formula funds to school systems based on full time equivalent
students for the instruction of students in grades K-12 as outlined in O.C.G.A. 20-2-161. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase formula funds for a midterm adjustment based on enrollment growth.

$14,374,506 (6,333,713) $8,040,793
$965,134 $965,134
$14,401,461 $14,401,461
$0 $0
($1,881,395) 997,238
($884,157)
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Program Budgets
3. Increase formula funds for the State Commission Charter School supplement. 4. Reduce funds to provide a salary supplement of $1,000 to all custodian custodians given the availability of
existing funds. 5. Reduce funds to provide a military counselor to Chattahoochee County given the availability of existing funds. 6. Increase formula funds for a midterm adjustment to the charter system grant. 7. Increase formula funds for a midterm adjustment to the local charter school grant pursuant to SB 59 (2021
Session). 8. Increase funds to reflect growth in the Special Needs Scholarship. 9. Provide formula funds for the Completion Special Schools supplement pursuant to HB 87 (2023 Session). 10. Restore Quality Basic Education (QBE) formula funds for Mountain Education Charter High School and
Coastal Plains High School due to establishment as a completion special school. 11. Increase formula funds for a midterm adjustment to the State Commission Charter School supplement for
training and experience. Total Change
Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide Georgia's sixteen Regional Education Service Agencies with funds to assist local school systems with improving the effectiveness of their educational programs by providing curriculum consultation, skill enhancement, professional development, technology training, and other shared services.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
School Improvement
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide research, technical assistance, resources, teacher professional learning, and leadership training for low-performing schools and local educational agencies to help them design and implement school improvement strategies to improve graduation rates and overall student achievement.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
School Nurse
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for school nurses who provide health procedures for students at school.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
State Charter School Commission Administration
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to focus on the development and support of state charter schools in order to better meet the growing and diverse needs of students in this state and to further ensure that state charter schools of the highest academic quality are approved and supported throughout the state in an efficient manner.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

28,513,994 (8,636,781)
(49,493) 277,812 (22,252) 8,976,356 6,298,617 14,850,769 4,155,198 $300,511,892
$195,861 $195,861
$78,585 $78,585
$1,617,965 $1,617,965
$17,224 $17,224

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Program Budgets
State Schools Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to prepare sensory-impaired and multi-disabled students to become
productive citizens by providing a learning environment addressing their academic, vocational, and social development. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Technology/Career Education Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to equip students with academic, vocational, technical, and leadership
skills and to extend learning opportunities beyond the traditional school day and year. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Testing Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer the statewide student assessment program and provide
related testing instruments and training to local schools. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds to administer statewide standardized testing in accordance with federal assessment requirements. Total Change
Tuition for Multiple Disability Students Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to partially reimburse school systems for private residential placements
when the school system is unable to provide an appropriate program for a multi-disabled student. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Agricultural Education Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist local school systems with developing and funding agricultural
education programs, and to provide afterschool and summer educational and leadership opportunities for students. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures.
Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

$357,398 $357,398
$2,425,523 (711,000)
$1,714,523
$22,607 292,000 $314,607
$0 $0
$30,685 205,329
443 284 1,227 (288,000)
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Program Budgets
7. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and certified employees by $2,500 effective September 1, 2024. Total Change
Business and Finance Administration
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for business, finance, facilities, and pupil transportation.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. Total Change
Central Office
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to the State Board of Education, Departmental programs, and local school systems.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Remove one-time funding for study and host meetings with House and Senate committees and stakeholders concerning Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS) formula funding. Total Change
Charter Schools
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to authorize charter schools and charter systems and to provide funds for competitive grants for planning, implementation, facilities, and operations of those entities.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. Total Change

477,193 $427,161
$256,158 714
6,272 22,608
4,903 603
$291,258
$114,927 1,317 2,488 9,981 240
(50,000) $78,953
$16,859 346 388
1,537 5,499 (1,700,000) ($1,675,371)

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Program Budgets
Communities in Schools
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support Performance Learning Centers and maintain a network of local affiliate organizations across the state, and to partner with other state and national organizations to support student success in school and beyond.
Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Curriculum Development
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to develop a statewide, standards-based curriculum to guide instruction and assessment, and to provide training and instructional resources to teachers for implementing this curriculum.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 7. Provide funds to support evidence-based reading instruction grants to fund two Literacy Coaches per Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) and provide $2,000 supplements to Literacy Support Coordinators and Leads at school districts. Total Change
Federal Programs
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to coordinate federally funded programs and allocate federal funds to school systems.
Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund the Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS), which provides services, education, and resources for students ages three to twenty-one with autism or severe emotional behavioral problems and their families.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Reduce formula funds for enrollment and training and experience decline. 6. Increase formula funds to reflect an increase in health insurance employer contribution per-member permonth (PMPM) rate for certified school employees to $1,760 effective July 1, 2024. 7. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and certified employees by $2,500 effective September 1, 2024. Total Change

$0 $0
$118,426 2,606 3,123
12,048 177 298
6,304,500 $6,441,178
$0 $0
$5,034 265,481
115 504 (2,067,804) 576,720 1,638,923 $418,973

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Department of Education
Program Budgets
Georgia Virtual School
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to expand the accessibility and breadth of course offerings so that Georgia students can recover credits, access supplementary resources, enhance their studies, or earn additional credits in a manner not involving on-site interaction with a teacher.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. Total Change
Information Technology Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to manage enterprise technology for the department, provide internet access to local school systems, support data collection and reporting needs, and support technology programs that assist local school systems.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. Total Change
Non Quality Basic Education Formula Grants
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund specific initiatives including: children in residential education facilities and sparsity grants.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and certified employees by $2,500 effective September 1, 2024, for Sparsity Grants. 6. Transfer funds from the Quality Basic Education program to provide salary supplements of $1,000 to all custodians and adjust amount to reflect current count. 7. Increase funds for Dyslexia Screening pursuant to SB 48 (2019 Session). 8. Reduce formula funds for Residential Treatment Facilities based on attendance. 9. Increase formula funds for Sparsity Grants based on enrollment data. 10. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and certified employees by $2,500 effective September 1, 2024, for Residential Treatment Facilities. Total Change

$125,258 2,115
$127,373
$356,302 2,078 9,276
92,420 4,686 893
$465,655
$4,631 97,622
127 504 461,897 8,499,000 1,522,090 (518,446) 255,709 301,531 $10,624,665

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Program Budgets
Nutrition Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide leadership, training, technical assistance, and resources, so
local program personnel can deliver meals that support nutritional well-being and performance at school and comply with federal standards. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. 4. Increase formula funds for school nutrition. 5. Increase formula funds to recognize a 4.1% increase to the salary earnings in the nutrition formula. Total Change
Preschool Disabilities Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide early educational services to three- and four-year-old students
with disabilities so that they enter school better prepared to succeed. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%.
2. Increase funds based on formula earnings. 3. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and certified
employees by $2,500 effective September 1, 2024. 4. Increase formula funds to reflect an increase in health insurance employer contribution per-member per-
month (PMPM) rate for certified school employees to $1,760 effective July 1, 2024. Total Change
Pupil Transportation Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist local school systems in their efforts to provide safe and efficient
transportation for students to and from school and school related activities. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for pupil transportation to provide additional state support for school districts statewide by reflecting updated bus count and 40% of operational costs.
2. Increase formula funds to recognize a 4.1% increase to the salary earnings in the pupil transportation formula. Total Change
Quality Basic Education Equalization Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide additional financial assistance to local school systems ranking
below the statewide average of per pupil tax wealth as outlined in O.C.G.A. 20-2-165. Recommended Change:
1. Increase formula funds for Equalization grants. Total Change
Quality Basic Education Local Five Mill Share Purpose: The purpose of this program is to recognize the required local portion of the Quality Basic Education program
as outlined in O.C.G.A. 20-2-164. Recommended Change:
1. Adjust funds for the Local Five Mill Share. Total Change

$14,778 213
(6,333,713) 2,005,404 1,353,794
($2,959,524)
$268,361 7,121,204 1,552,098 1,059,936 $10,001,599
$204,794,070 5,009,178
$209,803,248
$266,793,031 $266,793,031
($185,101,722) ($185,101,722)

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Department of Education
Program Budgets
Quality Basic Education Program
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide formula funds to school systems based on full time equivalent students for the instruction of students in grades K-12 as outlined in O.C.G.A. 20-2-161.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 2. Increase funds for enrollment growth and training and experience. 3. Increase formula funds for the State Commission Charter School supplement. 4. Reduce formula funds for the local charter school grant. 5. Reduce funds to provide a military counselor to Chattahoochee County given the availability of existing funds. 6. Increase formula funds for the charter system grant. 7. Transfer funds to the Non Quality Basic Education Formula Grants program to provide salary supplements of $1,000 to all custodians. 8. Reduce formula funds for differentiated pay for newly certified math and science teachers. 9. Increase formula funds for the Completion Special Schools supplement pursuant to HB 87 (2023 Session). 10. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and certified employees by $2,500 effective September 1, 2024. 11. Increase formula funds to reflect an increase in health insurance employer contribution per-member permonth (PMPM) rate for certified school employees to $1,760 effective July 1, 2024. Total Change
Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide Georgia's sixteen Regional Education Service Agencies with funds to assist local school systems with improving the effectiveness of their educational programs by providing curriculum consultation, skill enhancement, professional development, technology training, and other shared services.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Reduce funds for Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs) based on enrollment. 5. Increase funds for a 4.1% salary increase for certified staff. 6. Increase formula funds to reflect an increase in health insurance employer contribution per-member permonth (PMPM) rate for certified school employees to $1,760 effective July 1, 2024. Total Change
School Improvement
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide research, technical assistance, resources, teacher professional learning, and leadership training for low-performing schools and local educational agencies to help them design and implement school improvement strategies to improve graduation rates and overall student achievement.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. Total Change

$67,132,501 249,580,641
49,497,547 (53,514) (49,493) 301,659
(8,636,781) (1,727,271)
6,351,993 367,906,383 242,421,120 $972,724,785
$4,967 31,714
115 (59,330) 361,568
89,280 $428,314
$231,454 2,521 5,754 7,743 341 587
$248,400

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Department of Education
Program Budgets
School Nurse Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for school nurses who provide health procedures for
students at school. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%.
2. Reduce formula funds for school nurses. 3. Increase funds for a 4.1% salary increase for school nurses.
Total Change
School Security Grants Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide grants to local school systems to support school security
needs. Recommended Change:
1. Provide funds to establish school security grants. Total Change
State Charter School Commission Administration Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to focus on the development and support of state charter schools in order
to better meet the growing and diverse needs of students in this state and to further ensure that state charter schools of the highest academic quality are approved and supported throughout the state in an efficient manner. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
State Schools Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to prepare sensory-impaired and multi-disabled students to become
productive citizens by providing a learning environment addressing their academic, vocational, and social development. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 7. Increase formula funds for training and experience. 8. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and certified employees by $2,500 effective September 1, 2024. 9. Utilize existing funds ($2,000,000) for major repairs and renovations. Total Change

$246,287 (569,505) 1,543,244 $1,220,026
$103,995,000 $103,995,000
$0 $0
$625,473 10,274 30,845 1,008 16,719 3,316
263,962 304,556
Yes $1,256,153

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Program Budgets
Technology/Career Education
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to equip students with academic, vocational, technical, and leadership skills and to extend learning opportunities beyond the traditional school day and year.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
6. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 7. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. 8. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and certified
employees by $2,500 effective September 1, 2024. Total Change
Testing
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer the statewide student assessment program and provide related testing instruments and training to local schools.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 7. Increase funds to provide a universal reading screener for all K-3 students pursuant to HB 538 (2023 Session). Total Change
Tuition for Multiple Disability Students
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to partially reimburse school systems for private residential placements when the school system is unable to provide an appropriate program for a multi-disabled student.
Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change

$66,921 209,473
1,284 4,411
641 124 (711,000) 1,195,211 $767,065
$100,864 2,151 2,529 9,578 256 242
5,022,090 $5,137,710
$0 $0

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Department of Education
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$11,860,383,900

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$11,860,383,900

Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$112,501
2,264,053,182 $2,264,165,683

Changes

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

FY 2025 Budget

$336,642,296 $336,642,296

$12,197,026,196 $12,197,026,196

$11,860,383,900 $11,860,383,900

$1,401,513,930 $1,401,513,930

$13,261,897,830 $13,261,897,830

$0

$112,501

$112,501

0

2,264,053,182

2,264,053,182

$0

$2,264,165,683

$2,264,165,683

$0

$112,501

0

2,264,053,182

$0 $2,264,165,683

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$34,125,850 $34,125,850
$14,158,675,433

$0 $0
$336,642,296

$34,125,850 $34,125,850
$14,495,317,729

$34,125,850 $34,125,850
$14,158,675,433

$0 $0
$1,401,513,930

$34,125,850 $34,125,850
$15,560,189,363

FY 2024 Original Budget

Agricultural Education

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

14,484,116 309,003

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

1,150,000 $15,943,119

Business and Finance Administration

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

8,048,336 81,020

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

9,991,981 $18,121,337

Central Office

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

5,046,404 60,875,445

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

350,145 $66,271,994

Charter Schools

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

9,853,152 4,803,882

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

145,460 $14,802,494

Communities in Schools

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

1,690,100 $1,690,100

Curriculum Development

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

6,734,693 6,833,819

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

176,231 $13,744,743

Federal Programs

State General Funds

0

Changes
361,269 0 0
$361,269
76,432 0 0
$76,432
130,257 0 0
$130,257
(1,695,694) 0 0
($1,695,694)
0 $0
61,361 0 0
$61,361
75,355

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

14,845,385
309,003 1,150,000 $16,304,388

14,484,116
309,003 1,150,000 $15,943,119

8,124,768
81,020 9,991,981 $18,197,769

8,048,336
81,020 9,991,981 $18,121,337

5,176,661
60,875,445 350,145
$66,402,251

5,046,404
60,875,445 350,145
$66,271,994

8,157,458
4,803,882 145,460
$13,106,800

9,853,152
4,803,882 145,460
$14,802,494

1,690,100 $1,690,100

1,690,100 $1,690,100

6,796,054
6,833,819 176,231
$13,806,104

6,734,693
6,833,819 176,231
$13,744,743

75,355

0

Changes
427,161 0 0
$427,161
291,258 0 0
$291,258
78,953 0 0
$78,953
(1,675,371) 0 0
($1,675,371)
0 $0
6,441,178 0 0
$6,441,178
0

FY 2025 Budget
14,911,277 309,003
1,150,000 $16,370,280
8,339,594 81,020
9,991,981 $18,412,595
5,125,357 60,875,445
350,145 $66,350,947
8,177,781 4,803,882
145,460 $13,127,123
1,690,100 $1,690,100
13,175,871 6,833,819 176,231
$20,185,921
0

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Department of Education
Program Budget Financial Summary

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

FY 2024 Original Budget
1,305,164,432

Changes 0

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,305,164,432

$75,355

Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS)

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

52,808,418 11,322,802

1,158,838 0

TOTAL FUNDS

$64,131,220

$1,158,838

Georgia Virtual School

State General Funds

2,958,631

66,743

Other Funds

8,284,000

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$11,242,631

$66,743

Information Technology Services

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

20,653,162 409,267

78,585 0

TOTAL FUNDS

$21,062,429

$78,585

Non Quality Basic Education Formula Grants

State General Funds

20,794,733

8,997,864

TOTAL FUNDS

$20,794,733

$8,997,864

Nutrition

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

39,262,827 803,409,469

8,040,793 0

Other Funds

184,000

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$842,856,296

$8,040,793

Preschool Disabilities Services

State General Funds

46,780,890

965,134

TOTAL FUNDS

$46,780,890

$965,134

Pupil Transportation

State General Funds

148,750,195

14,401,461

TOTAL FUNDS

$148,750,195

$14,401,461

Quality Basic Education Equalization

State General Funds

756,060,581

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$756,060,581

$0

Quality Basic Education Local Five Mill Share

State General Funds

(2,569,521,550)

(884,157)

TOTAL FUNDS

($2,569,521,550)

($884,157)

Quality Basic Education Program

State General Funds

13,144,014,393

300,511,892

TOTAL FUNDS

$13,144,014,393

$300,511,892

Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs)

State General Funds

16,027,615

195,861

TOTAL FUNDS

$16,027,615

$195,861

School Improvement

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

10,661,849 3,456,721

78,585 0

Other Funds

1,000

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$14,119,570

$78,585

Amended FY 2024 Budget 1,305,164,432 $1,305,239,787
53,967,256 11,322,802 $65,290,058
3,025,374 8,284,000 $11,309,374
20,731,747 409,267
$21,141,014
29,792,597 $29,792,597
47,303,620 803,409,469
184,000 $850,897,089
47,746,024 $47,746,024
163,151,656 $163,151,656
756,060,581 $756,060,581
(2,570,405,707) ($2,570,405,707)
13,444,526,285 $13,444,526,285
16,223,476 $16,223,476
10,740,434 3,456,721 1,000
$14,198,155

FY 2024 Original Budget
1,305,164,432 $1,305,164,432
52,808,418 11,322,802 $64,131,220
2,958,631 8,284,000 $11,242,631
20,653,162 409,267
$21,062,429
20,794,733 $20,794,733
39,262,827 803,409,469
184,000 $842,856,296
46,780,890 $46,780,890
148,750,195 $148,750,195
756,060,581 $756,060,581
(2,569,521,550) ($2,569,521,550)
13,144,014,393 $13,144,014,393
16,027,615 $16,027,615
10,661,849 3,456,721 1,000
$14,119,570

Changes
0 $0

FY 2025 Budget
1,305,164,432 $1,305,164,432

418,973
0 $418,973

53,227,391
11,322,802 $64,550,193

127,373 0
$127,373

3,086,004 8,284,000 $11,370,004

465,655
0 $465,655

21,118,817
409,267 $21,528,084

10,624,665 $10,624,665

31,419,398 $31,419,398

(2,959,524)
0 0 ($2,959,524)

36,303,303
803,409,469 184,000
$839,896,772

10,001,599 $10,001,599

56,782,489 $56,782,489

209,803,248 $209,803,248

358,553,443 $358,553,443

266,793,031 $266,793,031

1,022,853,612 $1,022,853,612

(185,101,722) (2,754,623,272) ($185,101,722) ($2,754,623,272)

972,724,785 $972,724,785

14,116,739,178 $14,116,739,178

428,314 $428,314

16,455,929 $16,455,929

248,400
0 0 $248,400

10,910,249
3,456,721 1,000
$14,367,970

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Department of Education
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

School Nurse

State General Funds

41,544,204

TOTAL FUNDS

$41,544,204

School Security Grants

State General Funds

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$0

State Charter School Commission Administration

State General Funds

0

Other Funds

6,685,379

TOTAL FUNDS

$6,685,379

State Schools

State General Funds Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

37,543,965 112,501
1,034,055

Other Funds

1,111,904

TOTAL FUNDS

$39,802,425

Technology/Career Education

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

22,402,168 50,655,460

Other Funds

6,045,750

TOTAL FUNDS

$79,103,378

Testing

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

22,233,072 15,697,807

TOTAL FUNDS

$37,930,879

Tuition for Multiple Disability Students

State General Funds

1,551,946

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,551,946

Changes
1,617,965 $1,617,965
0 $0
17,224 0
$17,224
357,398 0 0 0
$357,398
1,714,523 0 0
$1,714,523
314,607 0
$314,607
0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

43,162,169 $43,162,169
0 $0
17,224 6,685,379 $6,702,603
37,901,363 112,501
1,034,055 1,111,904 $40,159,823
24,116,691 50,655,460
6,045,750 $80,817,901
22,547,679 15,697,807 $38,245,486
1,551,946 $1,551,946

41,544,204 $41,544,204

1,220,026 $1,220,026

0

103,995,000

$0

$103,995,000

0

0

6,685,379

0

$6,685,379

$0

37,543,965
112,501
1,034,055 1,111,904 $39,802,425

1,256,153
0
0 0 $1,256,153

22,402,168
50,655,460 6,045,750
$79,103,378

767,065
0 0 $767,065

22,233,072
15,697,807 $37,930,879

5,137,710
0 $5,137,710

1,551,946

0

$1,551,946

$0

FY 2025 Budget
42,764,230 $42,764,230
103,995,000 $103,995,000
0 6,685,379 $6,685,379
38,800,118 112,501
1,034,055 1,111,904 $41,058,578
23,169,233 50,655,460
6,045,750 $79,870,443
27,370,782 15,697,807 $43,068,589
1,551,946 $1,551,946

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Department of Education
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Agricultural Education Business and Finance Administration Central Office Charter Schools Communities in Schools Curriculum Development Federal Programs

FY 2022 Expenditures
$18,833,159
17,654,224 25,028,705 10,053,424
1,370,976 33,683,202 1,462,528,449

Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS)
Georgia Virtual School
Information Technology Services Non Quality Basic Education Formula Grants
Nutrition
Preschool Disabilities Services
Pupil Transportation Quality Basic Education Equalization Quality Basic Education Local Five Mill Share
Quality Basic Education Program Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs)
School Improvement
School Nurse
School Security Grants State Charter School Commission Administration
State Schools
Technology/Career Education
Testing Tuition for Multiple Disability Students
SUBTOTAL

70,565,808 11,997,684 42,533,053
14,546,935 1,299,062,807
39,779,165 357,673,998
797,797,158
(2,275,763,629) 12,004,944,774
14,883,060 27,622,306
5,658,351 36,052,970 82,444,540 40,513,308
1,413,000 $14,140,877,427

FY 2023 Expenditures
$14,007,776
14,903,556 37,268,825 14,127,938
1,428,100 38,098,625 1,901,886,139

FY 2024 Original Budget
$15,943,119
18,121,337 66,271,994 14,802,494
1,690,100 13,744,743 1,305,164,432

66,769,528 10,152,924 41,752,621
139,802,657 965,178,640
40,743,849 142,760,518
633,783,022
(2,313,882,685) 12,458,722,665
15,532,997 33,320,957 39,727,024

64,131,220 11,242,631 21,062,429
20,794,733 842,856,296
46,780,890 148,750,195
756,060,581
(2,569,521,550) 13,144,014,393
16,027,615 14,119,570 41,544,204

3,851,773 39,934,897 84,086,926 39,385,386
1,405,329 $14,464,749,987

6,685,379 39,802,425 79,103,378 37,930,879
1,551,946 $14,158,675,433

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$16,304,388
18,197,769 66,402,251 13,106,800
1,690,100 13,806,104 1,305,239,787
65,290,058 11,309,374 21,141,014
29,792,597 850,897,089
47,746,024 163,151,656
756,060,581
(2,570,405,707) 13,444,526,285
16,223,476 14,198,155 43,162,169
6,702,603 40,159,823 80,817,901 38,245,486
1,551,946 $14,495,317,729

FY 2025 Budget $16,370,280
18,412,595 66,350,947 13,127,123
1,690,100 20,185,921 1,305,164,432
64,550,193 11,370,004 21,528,084
31,419,398 839,896,772
56,782,489 358,553,443
1,022,853,612
(2,754,623,272) 14,116,739,178
16,455,929 14,367,970 42,764,230 103,995,000
6,685,379 41,058,578 79,870,443 43,068,589
1,551,946 $15,560,189,363

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Federal Recovery Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$14,140,877,427

$14,464,749,987

$14,158,675,433

$14,495,317,729

$15,560,189,363

2,650,857,674 234,237,166
39,675,413 $2,924,770,253

2,558,932,497 481,862,590 336,500 22,149,104
$3,063,280,691

2,264,165,683
34,125,850 $2,298,291,533

2,264,165,683

2,264,165,683

34,125,850 $2,298,291,533

34,125,850 $2,298,291,533

State General Funds RSR for K-12 TOTAL STATE FUNDS

10,930,188,872 285,918,303
$11,216,107,175

11,401,469,298 $11,401,469,298

11,860,383,900 $11,860,383,900

12,197,026,196 $12,197,026,196

13,261,897,830 $13,261,897,830

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Employees' Retirement System
Roles and Responsibilities

The Employees' Retirement System (ERS) administers nine separate retirement systems and programs: ERS, the Legislative Retirement System (LRS), the Georgia Defined Contribution Plan (GDCP), the Georgia Judicial Retirement System (GJRS), the Public School Employees Retirement System (PSERS), the State Employees' Assurance Department (SEAD), the Georgia Military Pension Fund (GMPF), Georgia's Social Security Program, and PeachState Reserves.
ERS is a vehicle for collecting employee and employer contributions, investing accumulated funds, and disbursing retirement benefits to members and beneficiaries. As required by Georgia law, the system is examined on an annual basis by an independent actuarial firm that specializes in pension and retirement plans. The firm prepares a yearly valuation on the contingent assets and liabilities of the system, thus revealing its ability to meet the future obligations of each retirement plan. An independent accounting firm also audits the system each year.
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM Since 1949, the staff of ERS has administered retirement
benefits for state employees in accordance with the Official Code of Georgia. Full-time employees of participating departments are required to become members of ERS as a condition of employment, except for employees who first become eligible after age 60.
The ERS Board of Trustees is ultimately responsible for administration of the system, while the executive director who is appointed by the board and serves at the pleasure of its members is responsible for daily management of ERS operations. The board consists of seven members as follows:
Three ex officio members (State Auditor, Department of Administrative Services Commissioner, and State Treasurer)
One member appointed by the Governor
Two members appointed by the first four members with five or more years of creditable service with ERS and
One member appointed by the first six members who must not hold public office, not be an ERS member, and have at least 10 years of experience in the investment of money
The members who are not ex officio members serve fouryear terms.

Teachers Retirement System (TRS), and who do not participate in Social Security. Both plans are placed under the administration of the ERS Board of Trustees.
GEORGIA JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM This system is for members and retirees of the Superior
Court Judges Retirement System, the District Attorneys' Retirement System, and the Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund, as well as certain employees of the Attorney General and Legislative Counsel. The GJRS Board of Trustees consists of the seven ERS trustees plus three additional members appointed by the Governor who serve in one of the following positions: state court judge, superior court judge, state court solicitor-general, juvenile court judge, or district attorney. These appointments are for four-year terms.
PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM PSERS offers a supplemental retirement plan to certain
public-school employees not covered by TRS. These employees include bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and custodians. The PSERS Board of Trustees consists of the seven ERS trustees plus two additional members appointed by the Governor for fouryear terms.
GEORGIA MILITARY PENSION FUND GMPF provides retirement allowances and other benefits for
the Georgia National Guard. A member becomes eligible for benefits upon attainment of age 60 with 20 or more years of creditable service (including at least 15 years of service as a member of the National Guard), having served at least 10 consecutive years as a member of the National Guard immediately prior to honorable discharge.
PEACHSTATE RESERVES PeachState Reserves is the deferred compensation
retirement plan for the State of Georgia. Through this program employee contributions and investments in 401(k) and 457 plans are administered.
AUTHORITY Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND GEORGIA DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN
LRS is a retirement plan for members of the General Assembly, while GDCP is a plan for temporary, seasonal, and part-time employees of the state not covered by ERS or the

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Employees' Retirement System of Georgia
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Deferred Compensation Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide excellent service to participants in the deferred compensation
program for all employees of the state, giving them an effective supplement for their retirement planning. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Military Pension Fund Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide retirement allowances and other benefits for members of the
Georgia National Guard. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Public School Employees Retirement System Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to account for the receipt of retirement contributions, ensure sound
investing of system funds, and provide timely and accurate payment of retirement benefits. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
System Administration (ERS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to collect employee and employer contributions, invest the accumulated
funds, and disburse retirement benefits to members and beneficiaries. Recommended Change:
1. Provide funds to strategically invest in increasing the funded ratio in order to improve long-term financial viability of the pension system and support state retirees. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Deferred Compensation Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide excellent service to participants in the deferred compensation
program for all employees of the state, giving them an effective supplement for their retirement planning. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Military Pension Fund Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide retirement allowances and other benefits for members of the
Georgia National Guard. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds for the actuarially determined employer contribution in accordance with the most recent actuarial report. Total Change

$0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0
$500,000,000 $500,000,000
$0 $0
($11,717) ($11,717)

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Employees' Retirement System of Georgia
Program Budgets
Public School Employees Retirement System
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to account for the receipt of retirement contributions, ensure sound investing of system funds, and provide timely and accurate payment of retirement benefits.
Recommended Change: 1. Reduce funds for the actuarially determined employer contribution in accordance with the most recent actuarial report. Total Change
System Administration (ERS)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to collect employee and employer contributions, invest the accumulated funds, and disburse retirement benefits to members and beneficiaries.
Recommended Change: 1. Recognize $26,750,000 in existing funds to support benefit adjustments for retired state employees as authorized by the board of trustees. Total Change

($1,209,000) ($1,209,000)
Yes $0

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Employees' Retirement System of Georgia
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$61,910,561

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$61,910,561

Changes
$500,000,000 $500,000,000

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$561,910,561 $561,910,561

$61,910,561 $61,910,561

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$33,818,202 $33,818,202
$95,728,763

$0 $0
$500,000,000

$33,818,202 $33,818,202
$595,728,763

$33,818,202 $33,818,202
$95,728,763

Changes
($1,220,717) ($1,220,717)
$0 $0 ($1,220,717)

FY 2024 Original Budget

Deferred Compensation

Other Funds

5,196,262

TOTAL FUNDS

$5,196,262

Georgia Military Pension Fund

State General Funds

2,793,161

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,793,161

Public School Employees Retirement System

State General Funds

32,357,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$32,357,000

System Administration (ERS)

State General Funds

26,760,400

Other Funds

28,621,940

TOTAL FUNDS

$55,382,340

Changes
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
500,000,000 0
$500,000,000

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

5,196,262 $5,196,262

5,196,262 $5,196,262

2,793,161 $2,793,161

2,793,161 $2,793,161

32,357,000 $32,357,000

32,357,000 $32,357,000

526,760,400 28,621,940
$555,382,340

26,760,400 28,621,940 $55,382,340

Changes
0 $0
(11,717) ($11,717)
(1,209,000) ($1,209,000)
0 0 $0

FY 2025 Budget
$60,689,844 $60,689,844 $33,818,202 $33,818,202 $94,508,046
FY 2025 Budget
5,196,262 $5,196,262
2,781,444 $2,781,444
31,148,000 $31,148,000
26,760,400 28,621,940 $55,382,340

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Employees' Retirement System of Georgia
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Deferred Compensation Georgia Military Pension Fund Public School Employees Retirement System System Administration (ERS) SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$4,322,191 2,697,265
32,491,000 22,136,883
$61,647,339

FY 2023 Expenditures
$4,528,075 2,840,988
35,182,000 51,223,604
$93,774,667

FY 2024 Original Budget
$5,196,262 2,793,161
32,357,000 55,382,340
$95,728,763

$61,647,339

$93,774,667

$95,728,763

26,448,674 $26,448,674
35,198,665 $35,198,665

28,991,279 $28,991,279
64,783,388 $64,783,388

33,818,202 $33,818,202
61,910,561 $61,910,561

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$5,196,262 2,793,161
32,357,000 555,382,340 $595,728,763
$595,728,763
33,818,202 $33,818,202
561,910,561 $561,910,561

FY 2025 Budget
$5,196,262 2,781,444
31,148,000 55,382,340 $94,508,046
$94,508,046
33,818,202 $33,818,202
60,689,844 $60,689,844

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State Forestry Commission
Roles and Responsibilities

The State Forestry Commission protects and manages Georgia's forestland, which comprises approximately 75 percent of all land in the state. The Commission has four programs: Administration, Forest Protection, Forest Management, and the Tree Seedling Nursery. Through these programs, the Commission provides a wide variety of services to rural forest landowners, offers technical assistance to municipalities and urban landowners, provides seedlings to the citizens of Georgia, and protects the forest resources of the State through fire prevention and suppression.
TREE SEEDLING NURSERY Reforestation efforts are accomplished through the
Commission's Tree Seedling Nursery activities with a goal of producing, selling, and distributing high quality forest tree seedlings to the residents of Georgia.
The Arrowhead Seed Orchard and the Flint River Nursery serve as the program's main seedling nursery locations. The Arrowhead Seed Orchard is the site for seed collection, as well as the location for the tree improvement program. At Arrowhead, program staff collect and process over seven tons of seeds per year. The seeds are sold to private nurseries or are shipped to the Flint River Nursery to be planted. The tree improvement program produces unique varieties of loblolly and slash pine trees, which are designated to thrive in Georgia's environment. At the Flint River Nursery, the program produces and sells forest tree seedlings. The nursery grows, lifts, and packs millions of seedlings each year.

FOREST PROTECTION Forest Protection is carried out through its fire business
activities. This includes a statewide network of county and district offices supplied with staff and equipment necessary for the prevention and suppression of forest fires. The basic fire suppression function includes the prompt detection and reporting of fires, followed by a prompt response from firefighters operating crawler tractor-plow units and water trucks. In addition, forest rangers carry out prescribed burns to mitigate forest fire risks.
Under Georgia Code, the Commission is responsible for all wildfires in unincorporated areas of the state through the Rural Fire Defense subprogram. This program ensures coordination and cooperation with rural fire departments across the state and is the most valuable forest protection community outreach program offered by the Commission. Rural Fire Defense provides low cost fire equipment as well as assistance with training and operations for local, mostly rural, fire departments statewide.
Through the Fire Prevention and Education activities, the Commission provides information about the dangers of wildfires and their prevention and has established prevention measures such as burn permitting to encourage responsible debris burning.
AUTHORITY Title 12-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

FOREST MANAGEMENT In Forest Management, the Commission provides technical
assistance and services to private and industrial landowners, provides leadership and technical assistance in establishing and maintaining sustainable urban and community forests, and provides professional expertise to resolve conflicts between development and forest resources.

Forest Management helps to conduct forest health monitoring (including periodic insect and disease evaluations, surveys, and eradication), promotion of forest water quality and monitoring of best management practices, and cost share technical assistance to forest landowners in establishing sound forestry practices. Additionally, the department conducts the management of four State-owned and two non-State-owned forests through State Managed Forests.

The Commission also works to educate the public about forest resources and their contributions to the economy and the environment of Georgia both nationally and internationally. Forest Management also collects forestry data used to inform Georgia residents and policymakers through its Forestry Inventory and Analysis subprogram.

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State Forestry Commission
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Commission Administration (SFC)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer workforce needs, handle purchasing, accounts receivable and payable, meet information technology needs, and provide oversight that emphasizes customer values and process innovation.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Transfer funds to Forest Protection to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Forest Management
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure the stewardship of forest lands; to collect and analyze state forestry inventory data; to administer federal forestry cost share assistance programs; to study forest health and invasive species control issues; to manage state-owned forests; to educate private forest landowners and timber harvesters about best management practices; to assist communities with management of forested greenspace; to promote and obtain conservation easements; to manage Georgia's Carbon Registry; to promote retention, investment, and/or expansion of new emerging and existing forest and forest biomass industries, and, during extreme fire danger, to provide logistical, overhead, and direct fire suppression assistance to the Forest Protection program.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Forest Protection
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure an aggressive and efficient response and suppression of forest fires in the unincorporated areas of the State; to mitigate hazardous forest fuels; to issue burn permits, to provide statewide education in the prevention of wildfires; to perform wildfire arson investigations; to promote community wildland fire planning and protection through cooperative agreements with fire departments; to train and certify firefighters in wildland firefighting; to provide assistance and support to rural fire departments including selling wildland fire engines and tankers; and to support the Forest Management program during periods of low fire danger.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Transfer funds from Commission Administration ($2,347,037) and increase funds for equipment and installation associated with a new statewide public safety radio network to achieve statewide interoperability. Total Change
Tree Seedling Nursery
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to produce an adequate quantity of high quality forest tree seedlings for sale at reasonable cost to Georgia landowners.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for the transition to containerized seedlings to enhance seedling offerings and generate additional revenue. Total Change

$38,754 (2,347,037) ($2,308,283)
$88,273 $88,273
$457,513 8,600,000 $9,057,513
$7,536 621,000 $628,536

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State Forestry Commission
Program Budgets
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Commission Administration (SFC) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer workforce needs, handle purchasing, accounts receivable
and payable, meet information technology needs, and provide oversight that emphasizes customer values and process innovation. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Transfer funds to Forest Protection to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Forest Management
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure the stewardship of forest lands; to collect and analyze state forestry inventory data; to administer federal forestry cost share assistance programs; to study forest health and invasive species control issues; to manage state-owned forests; to educate private forest landowners and timber harvesters about best management practices; to assist communities with management of forested greenspace; to promote and obtain conservation easements; to manage Georgia's Carbon Registry; to promote retention, investment, and/or expansion of new emerging and existing forest and forest biomass industries, and, during extreme fire danger, to provide logistical, overhead, and direct fire suppression assistance to the Forest Protection program.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Forest Protection
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure an aggressive and efficient response and suppression of forest fires in the unincorporated areas of the State; to mitigate hazardous forest fuels; to issue burn permits, to provide statewide education in the prevention of wildfires; to perform wildfire arson investigations; to promote community wildland fire planning and protection through cooperative agreements with fire departments; to train and certify firefighters in wildland firefighting; to provide assistance and support to rural fire departments including selling wildland fire engines and tankers; and to support the Forest Management program during periods of low fire danger.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 4. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 5. Transfer funds from Commission Administration for the purchase of environmental cab tractors. 6. Increase funds for the on-going service contracts for equipment associated with a new statewide public safety radio network to achieve statewide interoperability. Total Change
Tree Seedling Nursery
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to produce an adequate quantity of high quality forest tree seedlings for sale at reasonable cost to Georgia landowners.
Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change

$137,994 (2,347,037) ($2,209,043)
$154,264 $154,264
$1,316,575 13,166 4,600 25,142
2,347,037 300,000
$4,006,520
$0 $0

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Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$50,030,321

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$50,030,321

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$6,986,349 $6,986,349

Changes
$7,466,039 $7,466,039
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$57,496,360 $57,496,360

$50,030,321 $50,030,321

$6,986,349 $6,986,349

$6,986,349 $6,986,349

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$9,477,187 $9,477,187
$66,493,857

$0 $0
$7,466,039

$9,477,187 $9,477,187
$73,959,896

$9,477,187 $9,477,187
$66,493,857

Changes
$1,951,741 $1,951,741
$0 $0 $0 $0 $1,951,741

FY 2025 Budget
$51,982,062 $51,982,062
$6,986,349 $6,986,349
$9,477,187 $9,477,187 $68,445,598

FY 2024 Original Budget

Commission Administration (SFC)

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

6,938,968 123,800

Other Funds

507,780

TOTAL FUNDS

$7,570,548

Forest Management

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

4,522,487 3,682,151

Other Funds

1,139,732

TOTAL FUNDS

$9,344,370

Forest Protection

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

38,568,866 3,046,681

Other Funds

6,756,312

TOTAL FUNDS

$48,371,859

Tree Seedling Nursery

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

0 133,717

Other Funds

1,073,363

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,207,080

Changes

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

(2,308,283)
0 0 ($2,308,283)

4,630,685
123,800 507,780 $5,262,265

6,938,968
123,800 507,780 $7,570,548

88,273
0 0 $88,273

4,610,760
3,682,151 1,139,732 $9,432,643

4,522,487
3,682,151 1,139,732 $9,344,370

9,057,513
0 0 $9,057,513

47,626,379
3,046,681 6,756,312 $57,429,372

38,568,866
3,046,681 6,756,312 $48,371,859

628,536
0 0 $628,536

628,536
133,717 1,073,363 $1,835,616

0
133,717 1,073,363 $1,207,080

Changes
(2,209,043) 0 0
($2,209,043)
154,264 0 0
$154,264
4,006,520 0 0
$4,006,520
0 0 0 $0

FY 2025 Budget
4,729,925 123,800 507,780
$5,361,505
4,676,751 3,682,151 1,139,732 $9,498,634
42,575,386 3,046,681 6,756,312
$52,378,379
0 133,717 1,073,363 $1,207,080

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Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Commission Administration (SFC) Forest Management Forest Protection Tree Seedling Nursery
SUBTOTAL

FY 2022 Expenditures
$6,239,424 17,216,562 47,369,511
1,440,922
$72,266,419

FY 2023 Expenditures
$7,337,043 12,611,081 44,402,078
1,537,879
$65,888,081

FY 2024 Original Budget
$7,570,548 9,344,370
48,371,859 1,207,080
$66,493,857

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$72,266,419
15,041,642 438,136
13,822,749 $29,302,527

$65,888,081
9,115,241 12,794,882 $21,910,123

$66,493,857
6,986,349 9,477,187 $16,463,536

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

42,963,894 $42,963,894

43,977,956 $43,977,956

50,030,321 $50,030,321

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$5,262,265 9,432,643
57,429,372 1,835,616
$73,959,896
$73,959,896
6,986,349
9,477,187 $16,463,536
57,496,360 $57,496,360

FY 2025 Budget
$5,361,505 9,498,634
52,378,379 1,207,080
$68,445,598
$68,445,598
6,986,349
9,477,187 $16,463,536
51,982,062 $51,982,062

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Office of the Governor
Roles and Responsibilities

The Governor is the Chief Executive Officer of state government. Constitutionally, he is charged with executing the laws of the state and conserving the peace as Commander-inChief of the Georgia National Guard. The Governor is also charged statutorily with a number of responsibilities, including the economic and fiscal management of state government. To accomplish these duties, the Governor must meet and work with citizens of Georgia, officials of local governments, members of the General Assembly, state agency heads, and federal officials.

The Office of the Child Advocate contributes to the goal of a healthy Georgia. The Office of the Child Advocate provides for the protection of children and assists the Office of the Governor with oversight of healthy and safe services for some of Georgia's most important resources our children. The Child Advocate provides independent oversight of persons, organizations, and agencies responsible for providing services to and/or caring for children who are victims of child abuse and neglect or whose domestic situation requires intervention by the state.

The Office of Planning and Budget (OPB) assists the Governor in the development of a policy-driven state budget and manages the fiscal affairs of the state through budget amendments and allotments. OPB assists state agencies in the development of their strategic plans and ensures compatibility with the State Strategic Plan and performs financial and personnel functions for the Office of the Governor and attached agencies. OPB also operates the Georgia Data Analytic Center which consolidates data from across state to provide transparency and accountability to lawmakers, agencies, researchers, and the public.
The Office of Health Strategy and Coordination (OHSC) is an office within the Office of the Governor and is administratively attached to the Office of Planning and Budget (OPB). The purpose of OHSC is to share healthcare information and coordinate strategic healthcare policy between state agencies, healthcare providers, and the public, and to develop innovative approaches for lowering health costs while improving access to quality healthcare.

The attached agencies focusing on a safe and responsible and efficient Georgia are the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, the Commission on Equal Opportunity, and the Office of the State Inspector General. The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency works with state and local agencies to protect the state from man-made and natural disasters and to carry out a comprehensive emergency and disaster readiness program.
The Commission on Equal Opportunity's mission is to protect any individual in public employment from discrimination in the workplace. In addition, the commission ensures that the sale, purchase, or rental of housing within the state is free from any discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or age.
The Office of the State Inspector General was created by Executive Order to prevent and investigate fraud, waste and abuse in state government. Their goal is to produce a more efficient, cost-effective, and trustworthy government.

ATTACHED AGENCIES
The Georgia Professional Standards Commission and the Governor's Office of Student Achievement are two administratively attached agencies that work toward the goal of an educated Georgia. The Georgia Professional Standards Commission is responsible for establishing and administering rules and standards for the preparation, certification, and conduct of Georgia educators.

AUTHORITY
Titles 8, 10, 12, 15, 19-20, 31, 33, 38, 40, 43, 45-46, Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

The Governor's Office of Student Achievement establishes educational accountability policies and standards for the state to establish the "official" education report card which is reported to stakeholders and used to provide education policy support to the Governor.

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Office of the Governor
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Governor's Emergency Fund Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide emergency funds to draw on when disasters create
extraordinary demands on government. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for emergency response expenses associated with Hurricane Idalia and for other declared emergency expenses as necessary. Total Change
Governor's Office Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide numerous duties including, but not limited to: granting
commissions, appointments and vacancies, maintaining order, and temporary transfer of institutions between departments or agencies. The Mansion allowance per O.C.G.A. 45-7-4 shall be $60,000. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Governor's Office of Planning and Budget Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to improve state government operations and services by leading and
assisting in the evaluation, development, and implementation of budgets, plans, programs, and policies. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Office of Health Strategy and Coordination Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to share healthcare information and coordinate policy between state
agencies, healthcare providers, and the public; coordinate the state's healthcare system and develop innovative approaches for lowering costs while improving access to quality healthcare. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Georgia Data Analytic Center
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to consolidate data and analytics from across state government to provide transparency and accountability to lawmakers, agencies, researchers, and the public.
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Office of the Child Advocate Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide independent oversight of persons, organizations, and agencies
responsible for the protection and well-being of children. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds to improve the legal representation of foster children. Total Change

$11,000,000 $11,000,000
$33,372 $33,372
$61,361 $61,361
$3,230 $3,230
$5,383 $5,383
$9,689 99,780 $109,469

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Program Budgets
Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide a disaster, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery program by coordinating federal, state, and other resources and supporting local governments to respond to major disasters and emergency events, and to coordinate state resources for the preparation and prevention of threats and acts of terrorism and to serve as the State's point of contact for the federal Department of Homeland Security.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds to enhance the State Operation Center capabilities. 3. Utilize existing funds ($482,581) and increase funds ($352,420) to restore the payment of grants to counties. (Total Funds: $835,001) Total Change
Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enforce the Georgia Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978, as amended, and the Fair Housing Act, which makes it unlawful to discriminate against any individual.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Office of the State Inspector General
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to foster and promote accountability and integrity in state government by investigating and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for fees, training, and additional ongoing expenses for the implementation of SB 59 (2023 Session). 3. Provide funds for one vehicle. Total Change
Georgia Professional Standards Commission
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to direct the preparation of, certify, recognize, and recruit Georgia educators, and to enforce standards regarding educator professional preparation, performance, and ethics.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Governor's Office of Student Achievement
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support educational accountability, evaluation, and reporting efforts, establishment of standards on state assessments, the preparation and release of the state's education report card and scoreboard, and education research to inform policy and budget efforts.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. 3. Increase funds to upgrade GA AWARDS dashboards and improve accessibility of literacy data. Total Change

$149,634 154,221 352,420
$656,275
$16,148 $16,148
$10,765 21,487 46,424
$78,676
$75,355 $75,355
$17,224 (250,000)
135,000 ($97,776)

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Office of the Governor
Program Budgets
Governor's Office of Student Achievement: Governor's Honors Program Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide gifted high school students a summer program of challenging
and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Governor's Office of Student Achievement: Governor's School Leadership Academy Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide high-quality, selective, statewide leadership preparation and
support designed to develop high-capacity school leaders across Georgia. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Special Project - Student Achievement, Governor's Office of 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Governor's Emergency Fund Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide emergency funds to draw on when disasters create
extraordinary demands on government. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Governor's Office Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide numerous duties including, but not limited to: granting
commissions, appointments and vacancies, maintaining order, and temporary transfer of institutions between departments or agencies. The Mansion allowance per O.C.G.A. 45-7-4 shall be $60,000. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. Total Change
Governor's Office of Planning and Budget Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to improve state government operations and services by leading and
assisting in the evaluation, development, and implementation of budgets, plans, programs, and policies. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined
employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs.

$3,230 $3,230
$11,842 $11,842
$1,077 $1,077
$0 $0
$148,327 1,515 7,440
28,148 495
$185,925
$177,443 336
(3,463)

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Program Budgets
4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses.
5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 7. Reduce funds for contracts.
Total Change
Office of Health Strategy and Coordination Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to share healthcare information and coordinate policy between state
agencies, healthcare providers, and the public; coordinate the state's healthcare system and develop innovative approaches for lowering costs while improving access to quality healthcare. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Georgia Data Analytic Center Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to consolidate data and analytics from across state government to provide
transparency and accountability to lawmakers, agencies, researchers, and the public. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Office of the Child Advocate Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide independent oversight of persons, organizations, and agencies
responsible for the protection and well-being of children. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Reduce funds for training contracts.
Total Change
Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide a disaster, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery
program by coordinating federal, state, and other resources and supporting local governments to respond to major disasters and emergency events, and to coordinate state resources for the preparation and prevention of threats and acts of terrorism and to serve as the State's point of contact for the federal Department of Homeland Security. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to enhance the State Operation Center capabilities. 6. Utilize existing funds ($482,581) and increase funds ($352,420) to restore the payment of grants to counties. (Total Funds: $835,001) Total Change
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153,828 6,857 727
(193,813) $141,915
$15,101 $15,101
$25,169 27,426
$52,595
$36,616 1,057 8,078 274
(28,851) $17,174
$573,749 5,060
27,857 990
125,340 352,420 $1,085,416
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Program Budgets
Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enforce the Georgia Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978, as amended, and the Fair Housing Act, which makes it unlawful to discriminate against any individual.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. Total Change
Office of the State Inspector General
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to foster and promote accountability and integrity in state government by investigating and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds for fees, training, and additional ongoing expenses for the implementation of SB 59 (2023 Session). 7. Reduce funds for information technology efficiencies. 8. Provide funds for one new investigator position. Total Change
Georgia Professional Standards Commission
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to direct the preparation of, certify, recognize, and recruit Georgia educators, and to enforce standards regarding educator professional preparation, performance, and ethics.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 7. Increase funds to expand teacher recruitment summit partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Total Change

$40,300 (57,908)
19,248 2,630 370
$4,640
$42,048 (3,353) 12,666
6,711 30,171 84,924
(800) 109,624 $281,991
$239,028 538
2,704 50,638 24,600
334 5,695 $323,537

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Program Budgets
Governor's Office of Student Achievement
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support educational accountability, evaluation, and reporting efforts, establishment of standards on state assessments, the preparation and release of the state's education report card and scoreboard, and education research to inform policy and budget efforts.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. 7. Reduce funds to recognize reclassified positions. 8. Reduce funds to reflect current state agreements for erasure analysis. Total Change
Governor's Office of Student Achievement: Governor's Honors Program
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide gifted high school students a summer program of challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. Total Change
Governor's Office of Student Achievement: Governor's School Leadership Academy
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide high-quality, selective, statewide leadership preparation and support designed to develop high-capacity school leaders across Georgia.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. Total Change
Special Project - Student Achievement, Governor's Office of
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide personnel and operations for the Georgia Council on Literacy ($251,000) pursuant to SB211 (2023 Session) and support the implementation of effective literacy methods, including digital curriculum for Pre-K through 5 ($749,000).
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change

$71,008 389
(3,692) 33,839
9,849 (250,000)
(37,260) (82,000) ($257,867)
$19,799 103
1,143 $21,045
$55,371 658 247
5,472 $61,748
$5,034 $5,034

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Office of the Governor
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$59,577,302

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$59,577,302

Child Care and Development Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$753,430
29,799,182 $30,552,612

Changes
$11,957,642 $11,957,642
$0 0
$0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$71,534,944 $71,534,944

$59,577,302 $59,577,302

$753,430
29,799,182 $30,552,612

$753,430
29,799,182 $30,552,612

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$807,856 $807,856
$90,937,770

$0 $0
$11,957,642

$807,856 $807,856
$102,895,412

$807,856 $807,856
$90,937,770

Changes
$1,938,254 $1,938,254
$0 0
$0 $0 $0 $1,938,254

FY 2024 Original Budget

Governor's Emergency Fund

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

11,062,041 $11,062,041

Governor's Office

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

6,718,437 $6,718,437

Governor's Office of Planning and Budget

State General Funds

8,739,361

TOTAL FUNDS

$8,739,361

Office of Health Strategy and Coordination

State General Funds

1,976,466

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,976,466

Georgia Data Analytic Center

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

1,947,072 $1,947,072

Changes
11,000,000 $11,000,000
33,372 $33,372
61,361 $61,361
3,230 $3,230
5,383 $5,383

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Office of the Child Advocate

State General Funds

1,430,137

109,469

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,430,137

$109,469

Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

4,990,956 29,703,182

656,275 0

Other Funds

807,856

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$35,501,994

$656,275

Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

1,328,407 31,000

16,148 0

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,359,407

$16,148

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

22,062,041 $22,062,041

11,062,041 $11,062,041

6,751,809 $6,751,809

6,718,437 $6,718,437

8,800,722 $8,800,722

8,739,361 $8,739,361

1,979,696 $1,979,696

1,976,466 $1,976,466

1,952,455 $1,952,455

1,947,072 $1,947,072

1,539,606 $1,539,606
5,647,231 29,703,182
807,856 $36,158,269
1,344,555 31,000
$1,375,555

1,430,137 $1,430,137
4,990,956 29,703,182
807,856 $35,501,994
1,328,407 31,000
$1,359,407

Changes
0 $0
185,925 $185,925
141,915 $141,915
15,101 $15,101
52,595 $52,595
17,174 $17,174
1,085,416 0 0
$1,085,416
4,640 0
$4,640

FY 2025 Budget
$61,515,556 $61,515,556
$753,430 29,799,182 $30,552,612
$807,856 $807,856 $92,876,024
FY 2025 Budget
11,062,041 $11,062,041
6,904,362 $6,904,362
8,881,276 $8,881,276
1,991,567 $1,991,567
1,999,667 $1,999,667
1,447,311 $1,447,311
6,076,372 29,703,182
807,856 $36,587,410
1,333,047 31,000
$1,364,047

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Office of the Governor
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget
Georgia Professional Standards Commission

Changes

Amended FY 2024 Budget

State General Funds Child Care and Development Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

8,407,153 753,430 65,000

75,355 0 0

8,482,508 753,430 65,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$9,225,583

$75,355

$9,300,938

Office of the State Inspector General

State General Funds

1,547,478

78,676

1,626,154

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,547,478

$78,676

$1,626,154

Governor's Office of Student Achievement

State General Funds

6,222,603

(97,776)

6,124,827

TOTAL FUNDS

$6,222,603

($97,776)

$6,124,827

Governor's Office of Student Achievement: Governor's Honors Program

State General Funds

1,640,245

3,230

1,643,475

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,640,245

$3,230

$1,643,475

Governor's Office of Student Achievement: Governor's School Leadership Academy

State General Funds

2,566,946

11,842

2,578,788

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,566,946

$11,842

$2,578,788

Special Project - Student Achievement, Governor's Office of

State General Funds

1,000,000

1,077

1,001,077

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,000,000

$1,077

$1,001,077

FY 2024 Original Budget
8,407,153 753,430 65,000
$9,225,583
1,547,478 $1,547,478
6,222,603 $6,222,603
1,640,245 $1,640,245
2,566,946 $2,566,946
1,000,000 $1,000,000

Changes
323,537 0 0
$323,537
281,991 $281,991
(257,867) ($257,867)
21,045 $21,045
61,748 $61,748
5,034 $5,034

FY 2025 Budget
8,730,690 753,430 65,000
$9,549,120
1,829,469 $1,829,469
5,964,736 $5,964,736
1,661,290 $1,661,290
2,628,694 $2,628,694
1,005,034 $1,005,034

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Office of the Governor
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Governor's Emergency Fund Governor's Office

FY 2022 Expenditures
$7,624,897

Governor's Office of Planning and Budget

2,897,631,029

Office of Health Strategy and Coordination Georgia Data Analytic Center

SUBTOTAL

$2,905,255,926

(Excludes Attached Agencies) Attached Agencies

Office of the Child Advocate Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity Georgia Professional Standards Commission Office of the State Inspector General Governor's Office of Student Achievement

$1,375,179 68,357,844
1,184,855 8,522,753 1,453,101 9,305,005

FY 2023 Expenditures
$13,954,232 4,398,235,932
3,791,066
$4,415,981,230

FY 2024 Original Budget
$11,062,041 6,718,437
8,739,361
1,976,466 1,947,072 $30,443,377

$1,930,075 82,343,817
1,656,322 9,286,851 1,483,539 10,088,561

$1,430,137 35,501,994
1,359,407 9,225,583 1,547,478 6,222,603

Governor's Office of Student Achievement: Governor's Honors Program
Governor's Office of Student Achievement: Governor's School Leadership Academy

1,640,245 2,566,946

Special Project - Student Achievement, Governor's Office of

SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

$90,198,737

$106,789,165

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds Prior Year State Funds
SUBTOTAL

$2,995,454,663

$4,522,770,395

52,103,175 2,892,484,527
6,693,299 3,307,628
$2,954,588,629

49,061,084 4,413,367,485
8,430,296 1,535,770
$4,472,394,635

State General Funds Governor's Emergency Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

39,319,556 1,546,479
$40,866,035

42,528,949 7,846,811
$50,375,760

1,000,000 $60,494,393 $90,937,770
30,552,612 807,856
$31,360,468 59,577,302
$59,577,302

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$22,062,041 6,751,809 8,800,722 1,979,696 1,952,455
$41,546,723
$1,539,606 36,158,269
1,375,555 9,300,938 1,626,154 6,124,827
1,643,475
2,578,788
1,001,077 $61,348,689 $102,895,412
30,552,612 807,856
$31,360,468 71,534,944
$71,534,944

FY 2025 Budget $11,062,041
6,904,362 8,881,276 1,991,567 1,999,667 $30,838,913
$1,447,311 36,587,410
1,364,047 9,549,120 1,829,469 5,964,736
1,661,290
2,628,694
1,005,034 $62,037,111 $92,876,024
30,552,612 807,856
$31,360,468 61,515,556
$61,515,556

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Department of Human Services
Roles and Responsibilities

The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) is responsible for the delivery of social services. DHS serves all Georgia citizens through regulatory inspection, direct service, and financial assistance programs.
AGING SERVICES The Division of Aging Services administers programs for
older Georgians and adults with disabilities. These programs provide in-home services to maintain independence, public education and outreach services, health promotion, senior employment, investigative and protective services for vulnerable adults, transition services from long-term care facilities to communities, and an ombudsman program for Georgians in longterm care.
FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES The Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS)
provides child welfare and economic assistance services. Services are provided through a network of community partners, contract agencies, and offices in all 159 counties.
CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES The Division of Child Support Services (DCSS) helps
children by enforcing parental obligation to pay financial support. Services include locating non-custodial parents, confirming paternity, establishing and enforcing child support and medical support orders, and collecting and distributing payments.
RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE The Residential Child Care Unit inspects, monitors, licenses,
registers, and certifies a variety of child caring programs to ensure that facilities operate according to State statutes and rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Human Services.

ADMINISTRATION DHS has administrative offices that provide executive and
policy direction to all divisions of DHS, as well as technical and administrative support to all of DHS.
ATTACHED AGENCIES The Council on Aging provides leadership to the Coalition of
Advocates for Georgia's Elderly, researches aging issues, and publishes fact sheets and other educational materials to increase public awareness and understanding of issues of concern to Georgia's older adult population.
The Family Connection Partnership is a public/private partnership that serves as a resource to state agencies across Georgia to help improve the conditions of children and their families.
The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency provides opportunities for work and personal independence for Georgians with disabilities. The agency administers several programs: the Business Enterprise Program, Departmental Administration, Georgia Industries for the Blind, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Disability Adjudication Services.
The Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund provides care, rehabilitative services, residential housing, health services, and social services to sexually exploited children as well as programs devoted to promoting awareness and the prevention of the sexual exploitation of children.
AUTHORITY Titles 3, 5, 8, 9, 12-14, 15-11, 16, 17-7-130, 17-7-131, 18,
19, 25, 26, 29-5-2, 30-5, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38-3-29, 3-40, 43-45, 4750, 15-21-202, Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

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Department of Human Services
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Adoptions Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support and facilitate the safe permanent placement of children by
prescreening families and providing support and financial services after adoption. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Out-of-School Care Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to expand the provision of after school care services and draw down
TANF maintenance of effort funds. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote child abuse and neglect prevention programs and support
child victims of abuse. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Child Support Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to encourage and enforce the parental responsibility of paying financial
support. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Child Welfare Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to investigate allegations of child abuse, abandonment, and neglect, and
to provide services to protect the child and strengthen the family. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds for technology upgrades and improvements to the SHINES child welfare case management system.
3. Increase funds for the full cost of two community action team pilot programs funded by HB 911 (2022 Session). Total Change

$52,749 $52,749
$0 $0
$11,842 $11,842
$1,107,719 $1,107,719
$3,388,823 3,167,659 214,146
$6,770,628

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Department of Human Services
Program Budgets
Community Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide services and activities through local agencies to assist low-
income Georgians with employment, education, nutrition, and housing services. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DHS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administration and support for the Divisions and Operating
Office in meeting the needs of the people of Georgia. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds from Elder Abuse Investigations and Prevention ($590,000) and increase funds ($910,530) for Medicaid Redetermination notice mailings.
3. Provide funds to integrate Pathways and Georgia Access into the Georgia Gateway integrated eligibility system.
4. Reduce funds for rent to reflect savings from office space consolidation. Total Change
Elder Abuse Investigations and Prevention Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to prevent disabled adults and elder persons from abuse, exploitation and
neglect, and investigate situations where it might have occurred. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds to Departmental Administration to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Elder Community Living Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide Georgians who need nursing home level of care the option of
remaining in their own communities. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Elder Support Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist older Georgians, so that they may live in their homes and
communities, by providing health, employment, nutrition, and other support and education services. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Energy Assistance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist low-income households in meeting their immediate home energy
needs. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change

$0 $0
$493,037 1,500,530 1,732,568 (2,636,268) $1,089,867
$331,563 (590,000) ($258,437)
$32,297 $32,297
$0 $0
$0 $0

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Department of Human Services
Program Budgets
Federal Eligibility Benefit Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to verify eligibility and provide support services for Medicaid, Food Stamp,
and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Reduce funds for a duplicative QR Codes contract. 3. Increase funds for labor and wage data verification services.
Total Change
Out-of-Home Care Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide safe and appropriate temporary homes for children removed
from their families due to neglect, abuse, or abandonment. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Refugee Assistance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide employment, health screening, medical, cash, and social
services assistance to refugees. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Residential Child Care Licensing Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the health and safety of children who receive full-time care
outside of their homes by licensing, monitoring, and inspecting residential care providers. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds for technology upgrades and improvements to the TRAILS electronic records management system to enhance efficiency.
3. Provide funds to establish an application and inspection process for Qualified Residential Treatment Programs. Total Change
Support for Needy Families - Basic Assistance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide cash assistance to needy families in compliance with Georgia's
state plan for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Support for Needy Families - Work Assistance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist needy Georgian families in achieving self-sufficiency by
obtaining and keeping employment as well as complying with Georgia's state plan for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change

$4,383,510 (65,524)
2,061,147 $6,379,133
$0 $0
$3,230 $3,230
$26,913 360,000
82,102 $469,015
$0 $0
$0 $0

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Department of Human Services
Program Budgets
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Council On Aging Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist older individuals, at-risk adults, persons with disabilities, their
families and caregivers in achieving safe, healthy, independent and self-reliant lives. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Family Connection Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide a statewide network of county collaboratives that work to
improve conditions for children and families. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funds to the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund
Commission for the purposes of providing care, rehabilitative services, residential housing, health services, and social services to sexually exploited children. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds for the full cost of the Gwinnett Commercial Sexual Exploitation Recovery Center funded by HB 19 (2023 Session). Total Change
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Business Enterprise Program Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist people who are blind in becoming successful contributors to the
state's economy. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Departmental Administration Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to help people with disabilities to become fully productive members of
society by achieving independence and meaningful employment. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Disability Adjudication Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to efficiently process applications for federal disability programs so that
eligible Georgia citizens can obtain support. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change

$3,230 (10,000) ($6,770)
$2,153 $2,153
$2,716,380 $2,716,380
$10,765 $10,765
$67,820 $67,820
$0 $0

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Department of Human Services
Program Budgets
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Georgia Industries for the Blind Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to employ people who are blind in manufacturing and packaging facilities
in Bainbridge and Griffin. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Vocational Rehabilitation Program Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist people with disabilities so that they may go to work. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Adoptions Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support and facilitate the safe permanent placement of children by
prescreening families and providing support and financial services after adoption. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reduce funds to reflect an adjustment in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) from 65.89% to
66.04%. Total Change
Out-of-School Care Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to expand the provision of after school care services and draw down
TANF maintenance of effort funds. Recommended Change:
1. Eliminate funds for one-time funding to bridge the education gap. Total Change
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote child abuse and neglect prevention programs and support
child victims of abuse. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds to reflect FY 2023 collections of marriage and divorce filing fees pursuant to HB 511 (2021
Session). Total Change

$6,459 $6,459
$412,300 (403,150)
$9,150
$131,930 (961,228) ($829,298)
($1,000,000) ($1,000,000)
$32,695 30,611
$63,306

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Department of Human Services
Program Budgets
Child Support Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to encourage and enforce the parental responsibility of paying financial support.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change
Child Welfare Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to investigate allegations of child abuse, abandonment, and neglect, and to provide services to protect the child and strengthen the family.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 4. Increase funds for the full cost of two community action team pilot programs funded by HB 911 (2022 Session). 5. Transfer funds from Elder Abuse Investigations and Prevention ($590,000) and increase funds ($828,935) for technology upgrades and improvements to the SHINES child welfare case management system to enhance efficiency. 6. Increase funds to provide a $3,000 additional salary enhancement for child protection and placement services caseworkers. Total Change
Community Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide services and activities through local agencies to assist lowincome Georgians with employment, education, nutrition, and housing services.
Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DHS)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administration and support for the Divisions and Operating Office in meeting the needs of the people of Georgia.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Reduce funds for rent to reflect savings from office space consolidation. 6. Transfer funds to Federal Eligibility Services to match program expenditures to program purpose. 7. Reduce funds to reflect an adjustment in the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (eFMAP) from 76.12% to 76.23%. Total Change

$609,249 58,282
$667,531
$5,248,228 166,571 13,151 214,146
1,418,935 4,663,798 $11,724,829
$0 $0
$1,789,637 (23,445) 282,708 156,145
(2,636,268) (1,681,569)
(9,349) ($2,122,141)

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Department of Human Services
Program Budgets
Elder Abuse Investigations and Prevention Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to prevent disabled adults and elder persons from abuse, exploitation and
neglect, and investigate situations where it might have occurred. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Transfer funds to Child Welfare Services to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change
Elder Community Living Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide Georgians who need nursing home level of care the option of
remaining in their own communities. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
Total Change
Elder Support Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist older Georgians, so that they may live in their homes and
communities, by providing health, employment, nutrition, and other support and education services. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Energy Assistance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist low-income households in meeting their immediate home energy
needs. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Federal Eligibility Benefit Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to verify eligibility and provide support services for Medicaid, Food Stamp,
and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds for labor and wage data verification services. 6. Transfer funds from Departmental Administration to match program expenditures to program purpose. 7. Increase funds for 23 county customer service staff to provide staff in every customer service center. 8. Reduce funds for a duplicative QR Codes contract.
Total Change

$861,864 24,966
(590,000) $296,830
$47,528 3,271
$50,799
$0 $0
$0 $0
$5,434,395 200,339 814,548 15,121
2,061,147 1,681,569
630,057 (65,524) $10,771,652

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Department of Human Services
Program Budgets
Out-of-Home Care Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide safe and appropriate temporary homes for children removed
from their families due to neglect, abuse, or abandonment. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds to reflect an adjustment in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) from 65.89% to 66.04%. Total Change
Refugee Assistance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide employment, health screening, medical, cash, and social
services assistance to refugees. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Residential Child Care Licensing Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the health and safety of children who receive full-time care
outside of their homes by licensing, monitoring, and inspecting residential care providers. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Provide funds to establish an application and inspection process for Qualified Residential Treatment
Programs. Total Change
Support for Needy Families - Basic Assistance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide cash assistance to needy families in compliance with Georgia's
state plan for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Support for Needy Families - Work Assistance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist needy Georgian families in achieving self-sufficiency by
obtaining and keeping employment as well as complying with Georgia's state plan for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Council On Aging Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist older individuals, at-risk adults, persons with disabilities, their
families and caregivers in achieving safe, healthy, independent and self-reliant lives. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change

($418,910) ($418,910)
$0 $0
$92,617 620
134,618 $227,855
$0 $0
$0 $0
$12,096 (10,000)
$2,096

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Department of Human Services
Program Budgets

Family Connection

Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide a statewide network of county collaboratives that work to improve conditions for children and families.
Recommended Change:

1. No change.

$0

Total Change

$0

Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund Commission
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funds to the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund Commission for the purposes of providing care, rehabilitative services, residential housing, health services, and social services to sexually exploited children.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for the full cost of the Gwinnett Commercial Sexual Exploitation Recovery Center funded by HB 19 (2023 Session).
2. Increase funds to reflect FY 2023 collections of financial penalties for sex trafficking and sexual offenses pursuant to OCGA 15-21-208 and adult entertainment establishment assessments pursuant to OCGA 15-21209. Total Change

$4,746,840 54,120
$4,800,960

Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Business Enterprise Program
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist people who are blind in becoming successful contributors to the state's economy.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change

$9,831 $9,831

Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Departmental Administration
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to help people with disabilities to become fully productive members of society by achieving independence and meaningful employment.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses.
4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.
Total Change

$244,500 (6,441)
96,927
137,307 (130)
$472,163

Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Disability Adjudication Services

Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to efficiently process applications for federal disability programs so that eligible Georgia citizens can obtain support.
Recommended Change:

1. No change.

$0

Total Change

$0

Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Georgia Industries for the Blind

Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to employ people who are blind in manufacturing and packaging facilities in Bainbridge and Griffin.
Recommended Change:

1. No change.

$0

Total Change

$0

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Department of Human Services
Program Budgets
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist people with disabilities so that they may go to work. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law
enforcement officers. 7. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. 8. Reduce funds for rent to reflect savings from office space consolidation. 9. Reduce funds for telecommunications to reflect savings from leveraging technology.
Total Change

$737,941 7,322
34,342
32,830 (291)
25,142
(403,150) (189,902)
(78,013) $166,221

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Department of Human Services
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund

$983,991,858 200,199

State Children's Trust Funds

1,285,459

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$985,477,516

Community Service Block Grant
Foster Care Title IV-E Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Medical Assistance Program
Social Services Block Grant Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant TANF Transfers to Social Services Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
Federal COVID Funds
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$18,693,550 81,159,372
73,608,754 107,072,714
12,173,817
335,095,844
1,263,048
539,155,501 8,931,799
$1,177,154,399

Changes
$18,464,000 0 0
$18,464,000
$0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$1,002,455,858
200,199 1,285,459 $1,003,941,516

$983,991,858
200,199 1,285,459 $985,477,516

$18,693,550 81,159,372
73,608,754 107,072,714
12,173,817
335,095,844
1,263,048
539,155,501 8,931,799
$1,177,154,399

$18,693,550 81,159,372
73,608,754 107,072,714
12,173,817
335,095,844
1,263,048
539,155,501 8,931,799
$1,177,154,399

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$27,252,523 $27,252,523
$2,189,884,438

$0 $0
$18,464,000

$27,252,523 $27,252,523
$2,208,348,438

$27,252,523 $27,252,523
$2,189,884,438

Changes
$24,798,993 54,120 30,611
$24,883,724
$0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$0
$0 $0 $24,883,724

FY 2025 Budget
$1,008,790,851
254,319 1,316,070 $1,010,361,240
$18,693,550 81,159,372
73,608,754 107,072,714
12,173,817
335,095,844
1,263,048
539,155,501 8,931,799
$1,177,154,399
$27,252,523 $27,252,523 $2,214,768,162

FY 2024 Original Budget

Adoptions Services

State General Funds Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant
Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

46,569,051
9,121,401 68,627,072

TOTAL FUNDS

$124,317,524

Out-of-School Care Services

State General Funds Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant

4,660,000 15,500,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$20,160,000

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention

State General Funds State Children's Trust Funds

1,957,202 1,285,459

Federal COVID Funds Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant
Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

3,135,922
2,966,090 4,878,521

TOTAL FUNDS

$14,223,194

Child Support Services

State General Funds

32,257,326

Changes
52,749
0 0 $52,749
0
0 $0
11,842 0 0
0 0 $11,842
1,107,719

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

46,621,800

46,569,051

9,121,401
68,627,072 $124,370,273

9,121,401
68,627,072 $124,317,524

4,660,000

4,660,000

15,500,000 $20,160,000

15,500,000 $20,160,000

1,969,044
1,285,459 3,135,922

1,957,202
1,285,459 3,135,922

2,966,090
4,878,521 $14,235,036

2,966,090
4,878,521 $14,223,194

33,365,045

32,257,326

Changes

FY 2025 Budget

(829,298)

45,739,753

0
0 ($829,298)

9,121,401
68,627,072 $123,488,226

(1,000,000)

3,660,000

0 ($1,000,000)

15,500,000 $19,160,000

32,695
30,611 0

1,989,897
1,316,070 3,135,922

0
0 $63,306

2,966,090
4,878,521 $14,286,500

667,531

32,924,857

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Department of Human Services
Program Budget Financial Summary

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

FY 2024 Original Budget
89,275,285

Other Funds

3,795,760

TOTAL FUNDS

$125,328,371

Child Welfare Services

State General Funds

229,607,756

Federal COVID Funds
Foster Care Title IV-E Medical Assistance Program Social Services Block Grant Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant TANF Transfers to Social Services Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

1,033,893 38,889,409
91,416 2,908,512
167,282,970 1,263,048
33,012,735

Other Funds

163,188

TOTAL FUNDS

$474,252,927

Community Services Community Service Block Grant

18,161,659

TOTAL FUNDS

$18,161,659

Departmental Administration (DHS)

State General Funds

63,125,920

Federal COVID Funds Community Service Block Grant

4,761,984 273,396

Foster Care Title IV-E
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Medical Assistance Program Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant
Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

6,579,886 763,398
6,496,909
3,983,620 30,613,986

Other Funds

13,580,052

TOTAL FUNDS

$130,179,151

Elder Abuse Investigations and Prevention

State General Funds Social Services Block Grant
Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

28,407,238 2,314,962 1,596,753

TOTAL FUNDS

$32,318,953

Elder Community Living Services

State General Funds Social Services Block Grant
Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

52,117,304 6,950,343
30,367,665

TOTAL FUNDS

$89,435,312

Changes 0 0
$1,107,719
6,770,628 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 $6,770,628
0 $0
1,089,867 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 $1,089,867
(258,437) 0 0
($258,437)
32,297 0 0
$32,297

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

89,275,285 3,795,760
$126,436,090

89,275,285 3,795,760
$125,328,371

236,378,384 1,033,893
38,889,409
91,416
2,908,512

229,607,756 1,033,893
38,889,409
91,416
2,908,512

167,282,970
1,263,048
33,012,735 163,188
$481,023,555

167,282,970
1,263,048
33,012,735 163,188
$474,252,927

18,161,659 $18,161,659
64,215,787 4,761,984 273,396 6,579,886 763,398 6,496,909
3,983,620 30,613,986 13,580,052 $131,269,018
28,148,801 2,314,962 1,596,753
$32,060,516
52,149,601 6,950,343
30,367,665 $89,467,609

18,161,659 $18,161,659
63,125,920 4,761,984 273,396 6,579,886 763,398 6,496,909
3,983,620 30,613,986 13,580,052 $130,179,151
28,407,238 2,314,962 1,596,753
$32,318,953
52,117,304 6,950,343
30,367,665 $89,435,312

Changes 0 0
$667,531
11,724,829 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 $11,724,829

FY 2025 Budget
89,275,285 3,795,760
$125,995,902
241,332,585 1,033,893
38,889,409
91,416 2,908,512
167,282,970
1,263,048
33,012,735 163,188
$485,977,756

0

18,161,659

$0

$18,161,659

(2,122,141) (4,761,984)
0 0
0
0

61,003,779 0
273,396 6,579,886
763,398
6,496,909

(14,553)
(1,684,269) 0
($8,582,947)

3,969,067
28,929,717 13,580,052 $121,596,204

296,830 0
0 $296,830

28,704,068 2,314,962
1,596,753 $32,615,783

50,799 0
0 $50,799

52,168,103 6,950,343
30,367,665 $89,486,111

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Department of Human Services
Program Budget Financial Summary

Energy Assistance

FY 2024 Original Budget

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
TOTAL FUNDS

71,610,157 $71,610,157

Federal Eligibility Benefit Services

State General Funds

148,250,993

Federal COVID Funds Community Service Block Grant

0 258,495

Foster Care Title IV-E
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Medical Assistance Program Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant
Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

5,807,841 1,235,199 99,147,424
14,973,758 122,680,335

TOTAL FUNDS

$392,354,045

Out-of-Home Care
State General Funds
Foster Care Title IV-E Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FUNDS

334,231,136 29,313,386
70,620,172 141,072
$434,305,766

Refugee Assistance
State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FUNDS

0
5,035,754 $5,035,754

Residential Child Care Licensing State General Funds Foster Care Title IV-E TOTAL FUNDS

2,341,265 568,850
$2,910,115

Support for Needy Families - Basic Assistance

State General Funds Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant

70,000 36,453,008

TOTAL FUNDS

$36,523,008

Support for Needy Families - Work Assistance

State General Funds Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant
Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

100,000
14,194,825 6,302,740

TOTAL FUNDS

$20,597,565

Changes
0 $0
6,379,133 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 $6,379,133
0 0
0 0 $0
3,230 0
$3,230
469,015 0
$469,015
0
0 $0
0
0 0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

71,610,157 $71,610,157
154,630,126 0
258,495 5,807,841 1,235,199 99,147,424
14,973,758 122,680,335 $398,733,178
334,231,136 29,313,386
70,620,172 141,072
$434,305,766
3,230 5,035,754 $5,038,984
2,810,280 568,850
$3,379,130
70,000
36,453,008 $36,523,008
100,000
14,194,825 6,302,740
$20,597,565

71,610,157 $71,610,157
148,250,993 0
258,495 5,807,841 1,235,199 99,147,424
14,973,758 122,680,335 $392,354,045
334,231,136 29,313,386
70,620,172 141,072
$434,305,766
0 5,035,754 $5,035,754
2,341,265 568,850
$2,910,115
70,000
36,453,008 $36,523,008
100,000
14,194,825 6,302,740
$20,597,565

0 $0
10,771,652 4,761,984 0 0 0 0
14,553 1,684,269 $17,232,458
(418,910) 0
0 0 ($418,910)
0 0 $0
227,855 0
$227,855
0
0 $0
0
0 0 $0

FY 2025 Budget
71,610,157 $71,610,157
159,022,645 4,761,984 258,495 5,807,841 1,235,199
99,147,424
14,988,311 124,364,604 $409,586,503
333,812,226 29,313,386
70,620,172 141,072
$433,886,856
0 5,035,754 $5,035,754
2,569,120 568,850
$3,137,970
70,000
36,453,008 $36,523,008
100,000
14,194,825 6,302,740
$20,597,565

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Department of Human Services
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Changes

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

Council On Aging State General Funds

366,529

(6,770)

359,759

TOTAL FUNDS

$366,529

($6,770)

$359,759

Family Connection
State General Funds Medical Assistance Program
TOTAL FUNDS

9,763,639
1,336,965 $11,100,604

2,153
0 $2,153

9,765,792
1,336,965 $11,102,757

Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Business Enterprise Program

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

326,141 2,443,269

10,765 0

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,769,410

$10,765

336,906
2,443,269 $2,780,175

Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Departmental Administration

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

2,436,787 7,846,048

67,820 0

2,504,607 7,846,048

Other Funds

284,597

0

284,597

TOTAL FUNDS

$10,567,432

$67,820

$10,635,252

Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Disability Adjudication Services

Federal Funds Not

Specifically Identified

66,908,724

0

66,908,724

TOTAL FUNDS

$66,908,724

$0

$66,908,724

Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Georgia Industries for the Blind

State General Funds

0

6,459

6,459

Other Funds

4,365,888

0

4,365,888

TOTAL FUNDS

$4,365,888

$6,459

$4,372,347

Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Vocational Rehabilitation Program

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

24,028,571 69,425,542

9,150 0

24,037,721 69,425,542

Other Funds

5,063,038

0

5,063,038

TOTAL FUNDS

$98,517,151

$9,150

$98,526,301

Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund Commission

State General Funds Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund

3,375,000 200,199

2,716,380 0

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,575,199

$2,716,380

6,091,380
200,199 $6,291,579

366,529 $366,529
9,763,639 1,336,965 $11,100,604
326,141 2,443,269 $2,769,410
2,436,787 7,846,048
284,597 $10,567,432
66,908,724 $66,908,724
0 4,365,888 $4,365,888
24,028,571 69,425,542
5,063,038 $98,517,151
3,375,000 200,199
$3,575,199

Changes
2,096 $2,096
0 0 $0
9,831 0
$9,831
472,163 0 0
$472,163
0 $0
0 0 $0
166,221 0 0
$166,221
4,746,840 54,120
$4,800,960

FY 2025 Budget
368,625 $368,625
9,763,639 1,336,965 $11,100,604
335,972 2,443,269 $2,779,241
2,908,950 7,846,048
284,597 $11,039,595
66,908,724 $66,908,724
0 4,365,888 $4,365,888
24,194,792 69,425,542
5,063,038 $98,683,372
8,121,840 254,319
$8,376,159

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Department of Human Services
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources
Adoptions Services
Out-of-School Care Services Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
Child Support Services
Child Welfare Services
Community Services Departmental Administration (DHS) Elder Abuse Investigations and Prevention
Elder Community Living Services
Energy Assistance
Federal Eligibility Benefit Services
Out-of-Home Care
Refugee Assistance
Residential Child Care Licensing Support for Needy Families - Basic Assistance Support for Needy Families - Work Assistance
SUBTOTAL
(Excludes Attached Agencies)
Attached Agencies
Council On Aging
Family Connection Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Business Enterprise Program Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Departmental Administration Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Disability Adjudication Services Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Georgia Industries for the Blind Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Vocational Rehabilitation Program

FY 2022 Expenditures
$116,396,908 19,712,096 10,044,281
125,794,667 422,147,014
31,354,870 152,474,228
29,932,760 139,853,098 193,449,166 347,548,135 369,891,616
11,983,755 2,516,711
47,554,620 12,104,698 $2,032,758,623
$311,752 10,275,107
2,478,921
8,384,068
68,558,926
4,453,983
75,530,501

Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund Commission
SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

299,987 $170,293,245

FY 2023 Expenditures
$126,540,843 18,735,515
12,347,550 135,790,270 459,744,464
22,291,523
145,868,102
33,754,262 104,299,137 160,859,707 1,424,268,180 444,981,635
23,990,922 2,459,244
17,639,628
13,210,143 $3,146,781,125

FY 2024 Original Budget
$124,317,524 20,160,000
14,223,194 125,328,371 474,252,927
18,161,659
130,179,151
32,318,953 89,435,312 71,610,157 392,354,045 434,305,766
5,035,754 2,910,115
36,523,008
20,597,565 $1,991,713,501

$338,711 11,097,642
2,925,020 9,535,556 57,949,199 5,010,339 70,390,121
$157,246,588

$366,529 11,100,604
2,769,410 10,567,432 66,908,724
4,365,888 98,517,151
3,575,199 $198,170,937

Amended FY 2024 Budget $124,370,273
20,160,000 14,235,036 126,436,090 481,023,555 18,161,659 131,269,018 32,060,516 89,467,609 71,610,157 398,733,178 434,305,766
5,038,984 3,379,130 36,523,008 20,597,565 $2,007,371,544
$359,759 11,102,757
2,780,175
10,635,252
66,908,724
4,372,347
98,526,301
6,291,579
$200,976,894

FY 2025 Budget $123,488,226
19,160,000 14,286,500 125,995,902 485,977,756 18,161,659 121,596,204 32,615,783 89,486,111 71,610,157 409,586,503 433,886,856
5,035,754 3,137,970 36,523,008 20,597,565 $2,011,145,954
$368,625 11,100,604
2,779,241
11,039,595
66,908,724
4,365,888
98,683,372
8,376,159
$203,622,208

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds Prior Year State Funds
SUBTOTAL

$2,203,051,868

$3,304,027,713

$2,189,884,438

$2,208,348,438

$2,214,768,162

1,083,383,300 231,119,746 39,878,575 5,291,470
$1,359,673,091

1,187,479,996 1,146,673,298
36,773,022
$2,370,926,316

1,168,222,600 8,931,799
27,252,523
$1,204,406,922

1,168,222,600 8,931,799
27,252,523

1,168,222,600 8,931,799
27,252,523

$1,204,406,922

$1,204,406,922

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Department of Human Services
Department Financial Summary

State General Funds Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Trust Fund State Children's Trust Funds
TOTAL STATE FUNDS

843,078,792 299,987
$843,378,779

932,121,971
979,428 $933,101,399

983,991,858
200,199 1,285,459 $985,477,516

1,002,455,858
200,199 1,285,459 $1,003,941,516

1,008,790,851
254,319 1,316,070 $1,010,361,240

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Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
Roles and Responsibilities

The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance is accountable for upholding state laws regulating insurance, small loans, fire safety, and manufactured housing. The department organizes its efforts in fulfilling these responsibilities around six divisions.
ADMINISTRATION The Administration Division provides management, policy
direction, enforcement, and administrative support for the Department's programs which regulate companies and protect consumers in the areas of insurance, industrial loans, fire safety, manufactured housing, arson investigations, building inspections, and hazardous materials handling and storage. The division's activities include accounting, budgetary, personnel, and purchasing duties for all agency divisions. Additionally, the division oversees the establishment and implementation of department policies and procedures.
INSURANCE REGULATION The Insurance Regulation Division is responsible for
administering Georgia's insurance laws and regulations. This division is also responsible for the oversight of insurance companies (including approving rates, as well as life, health, property, and casualty policy forms), regulating group selfinsurance funds, and insurance company solvency. The division also processes applications for insurance companies to conduct business in the state and insurance agent license applications.
ENFORCEMENT The Enforcement Division is responsible for advising the
Department on legal issues related to Georgia's insurance, safety, fire, and industrial loan laws and regulations.

The legal section makes recommendations and drafts orders for proposed administrative actions against licensees and unauthorized entities which are believed to be in violation of the Georgia Insurance Code, the Fire Safety Code, or the Industrial Loan Code.
FIRE SAFETY The Fire Safety Division oversees inspections, engineering,
hazardous materials, manufactured housing, safety engineering, and arson. Activities include enforcing the safety standards to operate, handle, and manufacturer boilers, elevators, amusement rides, hazardous materials, and manufactured housing. Additionally, the Fire Safety division ensures buildings meet fire code requirements through building plan reviews. Furthermore, fires are investigated to assist prosecutors with criminal action. Division staff process licenses and permits for related fire protection industries, manufactured housing industries and for those who use and store hazardous substances and materials.
SPECIAL FRAUD UNIT The Special Fraud Unit investigates claims of insurance fraud.
This unit was established with the goal of reducing the occurrence of insurance fraud and the resulting financial burden it places on businesses and consumers.
REINSURANCE The Reinsurance program was established under the Patients
First Act and is designed to provide affordable healthcare insurance premiums to consumers.
AUTHORITY State Constitution; Titles 7-8, 25, 33, and 45-14, Official Code
of Georgia Annotated.

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Commissioner of Insurance
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (COI) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to be responsible for protecting the rights of Georgia citizens in insurance
and maintain a fire-safe environment. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Enforcement Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide legal advice and to initiate legal proceedings with regard to
enforcement of specific provisions of state law relating to insurance, fire safety, and fraud. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Fire Safety Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote fire safety awareness through education and training, and to
protect the public from fire and limit the loss of life and property by setting the minimum fire safety standards in the state, enforcing and regulating fire safety rules for public buildings and manufactured housing, and regulating the storage, transportation, and handling of hazardous materials, and elevators, boilers and carnivals. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Transfer funds from Insurance Regulation for nine inspectors and associated costs. 3. Transfer funds from Insurance Regulation for 14 vehicles. Total Change
Special Fraud Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to identify and take appropriate action to deter insurance fraud. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Insurance Regulation Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure that licensed insurance entities maintain solvency and conform
to state law by conducting financial and market examinations, investigating policyholder complaints, monitoring for compliance with state laws and regulations, reviewing and approving premium rates, and disseminating information to the public and the insurance industry about the state's insurance laws and regulations. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Transfer funds to Fire Safety for positions, vehicles, and associated costs. Total Change

$26,912 $26,912
$5,383 $5,383
$114,109 681,044 314,187
$1,109,340
$38,754 $38,754
$82,891 (995,231) ($912,340)

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Commissioner of Insurance
Program Budgets
Reinsurance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide affordable healthcare insurance premiums and to operate a
healthcare exchange for individuals to review and enroll in healthcare insurance. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds for the state reinsurance program. 3. Increase funds for implementation of the State-based Exchange for healthcare insurance (Georgia Access).
Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (COI) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to be responsible for protecting the rights of Georgia citizens in insurance
and maintain a fire-safe environment. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.
Total Change
Enforcement Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide legal advice and to initiate legal proceedings with regard to
enforcement of specific provisions of state law relating to insurance, fire safety, and fraud. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Transfer funds to Fire Safety for positions and associated costs.
Total Change
Fire Safety Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote fire safety awareness through education and training, and to
protect the public from fire and limit the loss of life and property by setting the minimum fire safety standards in the state, enforcing and regulating fire safety rules for public buildings and manufactured housing, and regulating the storage, transportation, and handling of hazardous materials, and elevators, boilers and carnivals. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.

$5,383 134,000,000
16,391,317 $150,396,700
$102,936 5,352
23,968 10,183
581 $143,020
$21,745 2,508 6,318 1,060 187
(109,897) ($78,079)
$322,072 27,432

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Program Budgets
3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses.
4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law
enforcement officers. 7. Transfer funds from Enforcement ($109,897) and Insurance Regulation ($852,586) to annualize nine positions
and associated costs. 8. Transfer funds from Insurance Regulation for three additional inspectors and associated costs. 9. Transfer funds from Insurance Regulation for the one-time cost of three vehicles and equipment.
Total Change
Special Fraud Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to identify and take appropriate action to deter insurance fraud. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined
employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 7. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law
enforcement officers. Total Change
Insurance Regulation Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure that licensed insurance entities maintain solvency and conform
to state law by conducting financial and market examinations, investigating policyholder complaints, monitoring for compliance with state laws and regulations, reviewing and approving premium rates, and disseminating information to the public and the insurance industry about the state's insurance laws and regulations. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Transfer funds to Fire Safety for positions, vehicles, and associated costs. Total Change
Reinsurance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide affordable healthcare insurance premiums and to operate a
healthcare exchange for individuals to review and enroll in healthcare insurance. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the state reinsurance program.
Total Change
Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

85,960 4,431 2,083
50,284 962,483 249,930
77,826 $1,782,501
$129,646 108
17,504 38,758
1,581 1,148 130,739 $319,484
$133,681 19,812 60,851 5,588 1,622
(1,180,342) ($958,788)
$25,169 20,000,000 $20,025,169
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Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$211,588,455

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$211,588,455

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$853,494 $853,494

Changes
$150,664,749 $150,664,749
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$362,253,204 $362,253,204

$211,588,455 $211,588,455

$853,494 $853,494

$853,494 $853,494

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$9,742,627 $9,742,627
$222,184,576

$0 $0
$150,664,749

$9,742,627 $9,742,627
$372,849,325

$9,742,627 $9,742,627
$222,184,576

Changes
$21,233,307 $21,233,307
$0 $0 $0 $0 $21,233,307

FY 2024 Original Budget

Departmental Administration (COI)

State General Funds

2,467,503

Other Funds

109,600

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,577,103

Enforcement

State General Funds

665,945

TOTAL FUNDS

$665,945

Fire Safety

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

10,323,775 853,494

Other Funds

3,313,725

TOTAL FUNDS

$14,490,994

Special Fraud

State General Funds

7,129,010

Other Funds

541,294

TOTAL FUNDS

$7,670,304

Insurance Regulation

State General Funds

5,143,065

Other Funds

5,778,008

TOTAL FUNDS

$10,921,073

Reinsurance

State General Funds

185,859,157

TOTAL FUNDS

$185,859,157

Changes
26,912 0
$26,912
5,383 $5,383
1,109,340 0 0
$1,109,340
38,754 0
$38,754
(912,340) 0
($912,340)
150,396,700 $150,396,700

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

2,494,415 109,600
$2,604,015

2,467,503 109,600
$2,577,103

671,328 $671,328

665,945 $665,945

11,433,115
853,494 3,313,725 $15,600,334

10,323,775
853,494 3,313,725 $14,490,994

7,167,764 541,294
$7,709,058

7,129,010 541,294
$7,670,304

4,230,725 5,778,008 $10,008,733

5,143,065 5,778,008 $10,921,073

336,255,857 $336,255,857

185,859,157 $185,859,157

Changes
143,020 0
$143,020
(78,079) ($78,079)
1,782,501 0 0
$1,782,501
319,484 0
$319,484
(958,788) 0
($958,788)
20,025,169 $20,025,169

FY 2025 Budget
$232,821,762 $232,821,762
$853,494 $853,494 $9,742,627 $9,742,627 $243,417,883
FY 2025 Budget
2,610,523 109,600
$2,720,123
587,866 $587,866
12,106,276 853,494
3,313,725 $16,273,495
7,448,494 541,294
$7,989,788
4,184,277 5,778,008 $9,962,285
205,884,326 $205,884,326

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Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources

FY 2022 Expenditures

Departmental Administration (COI) Enforcement Fire Safety Special Fraud Insurance Regulation Reinsurance
SUBTOTAL

$2,407,224 526,133
11,618,384 6,434,127
10,554,433 8,045,632
$39,585,933

FY 2023 Expenditures
$2,511,118 505,138
12,754,470 7,380,251
11,989,702 487,658,395
$522,799,074

FY 2024 Original Budget
$2,577,103 665,945
14,490,994 7,670,304
10,921,073 185,859,157
$222,184,576

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$39,585,933
886,387 29,066
9,564,093 $10,479,546

$522,799,074
256,376,470 12,643,897
$269,020,367

$222,184,576
853,494 9,742,627 $10,596,121

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

29,106,386 $29,106,386

253,778,707 $253,778,707

211,588,455 $211,588,455

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$2,604,015 671,328
15,600,334 7,709,058
10,008,733 336,255,857 $372,849,325
$372,849,325
853,494
9,742,627 $10,596,121
362,253,204 $362,253,204

FY 2025 Budget
$2,720,123 587,866
16,273,495 7,989,788 9,962,285
205,884,326 $243,417,883
$243,417,883
853,494
9,742,627 $10,596,121
232,821,762 $232,821,762

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Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Roles and Responsibilities

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) serves as the primary state-level investigative and enforcement agency in Georgia's fight against crime and corruption. Upon request, the GBI provides investigative and enforcement support services to local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies throughout Georgia. The GBI also provides forensic laboratory services, serves as Georgia's central repository for criminal history record information, and uses the latest technological advancements in crime fighting to combat drug trafficking and other crimes. Additionally, GBI provides legal consultation services to local prosecutors in cases involving criminal street gangs.
INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION
The Investigative Division is the largest division of the GBI. Operations are based out of regional offices, regional drug enforcement offices, and other work units that provide specialized services in criminal investigations.
Special agents from the Investigative Division respond to requests from criminal justice officials to investigate major crimes. GBI agents are the primary investigators of officer-involved shootings and other types of officer-involved use-of-force incidents around the state. Investigations of crimes occurring on state property, drug investigations, child sexual exploitation, antiterrorism investigations and crimes against the elderly can be initiated without request.
The regional field offices conduct general investigations of all crimes, while regional drug enforcement offices investigate all levels of drug trafficking with an emphasis on major violators. Specialized areas of operations within the agency include: Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit Commercial Gambling Unit Elder Abuse Elections and Public Corruption Unit Financial Investigations Unit Georgia Cyber Crime Center Human Trafficking and Criminal Gang Units Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Forces Polygraph Unit Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center Special Operations Unit/Bomb Disposal Unit Major Theft Unit
FORENSIC SERVICES
The Division of Forensic Sciences analyzes submitted evidence, interprets the results, reports scientific conclusions based on those results, and testifies in court about the results and conclusions. The laboratory system provides analysis or scientific support in the following scientific disciplines: Chemistry (Drug Identification, Fire Debris) Firearms Forensic Biology (Serology and DNA, DNA Database)

Implied Consent (Breath Alcohol Testing Certification) Impressions (Latent Prints, Documents, Shoe/Tire Prints) Medical Examiners Toxicology (Blood Alcohol, DUI & Postmortem Toxicology) Trace Evidence (Hair, Fiber, Gunshot Residue, Paint,
Plastics)
CHILD FATALITY REVIEW PANEL The Child Fatality Review Panel serves Georgia's children by
promoting more accurate identification and reporting of child fatalities, evaluating the prevalence and circumstances of both child abuse cases and child fatality investigations, and monitoring the implementation and impact of the statewide child injury prevention plan in order to prevent and reduce incidents of child abuse and fatalities in the state.
GEORGIA CRIME INFORMATION CENTER The Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) operates a
statewide Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) Network that links criminal justice agencies to automated state and national information databases. GCIC audits all Georgia criminal justice agencies that are part of the CJIS network. GCIC also operates and maintains the central repository of criminal records for the state of Georgia, utilizing an Automated Fingerprint Identification System and linking with local law enforcement agencies and courts for real-time updates. GCIC collects and maintains statistical data describing the extent and nature of reported crime and participates in the national uniform crime reporting system operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. GCIC's other services include the maintenance of the Georgia Sex Offender Registry established in 1997 and the criminal gang database established in 2020.
ATTACHED AGENCIES The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) serves as
the state administrative agency for numerous federal grant programs and manages the state-funded Accountability Court and Juvenile Justice Incentive grants. It operates Georgia's Crime Victims Compensation Program, which provide financial assistance to victims of violent crime.
CJCC also provides administrative support for the Council of Accountability Court Judges (CACJ) and oversees the fiscal administration of the grants awarded in accordance with CACJ's funding decisions. CACJ is charged with determining the funding priorities for accountability courts in an effort to curtail imprisonment, reduce recidivism, and rehabilitate non-violent property and drug offenders. It is also responsible for quality control and the administration of accountability courts.
AUTHORITY Titles 15, 16, 19, 35, 40, and 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

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Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Bureau Administration Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide the highest quality investigative, scientific, information services,
and resources for the purpose of maintaining law and order and protecting life and property. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Criminal Justice Information Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide the State of Georgia with essential information and
identification services through the operation of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System, Criminal History System, Criminal Justice Information Services network, Protective Order Registry, Sexual Violent Offender Registry, and the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Forensic Scientific Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide forensic analysis and testimony in the areas of chemistry (drug
identification), firearms, digital imaging, forensic biology (serology/DNA), latent prints, pathology, questioned documents, photography, toxicology, implied consent, and trace evidence in support of the criminal justice system; to provide medical examiner (autopsy) services; and to analyze and enter samples into national databases such as AFIS, CODIS, and NIBIN. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Forensic Scientific Services - Special Project Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund a Medical Examiner office in Macon and increase funds for three
medical examiners, one administrative assistant, 11 death investigator specialists (DIS), and one DIS supervisor in the Macon Medical Examiner's Office to address increased workload. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Regional Investigative Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to identify, collect, preserve, and process evidence located during crime
scene investigations, and to assist in the investigation, identification, arrest and prosecution of individuals. The purpose of this appropriation is also to coordinate and operate the following specialized units: bingo unit, anti-terrorist team, forensic art, bomb disposal unit, high technology investigations unit, communications center, regional drug enforcement, and polygraph examinations. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for the start-up cost for two criminal intelligence analyst positions to support the Criminal Street Gang Database. Total Change

$47,366 $47,366
$101,191 $101,191
$364,938 $364,938
$4,306 $4,306
$449,979 174,178
$624,157

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Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Program Budgets
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to improve and coordinate criminal justice efforts throughout Georgia, help create safe and secure communities, and award grants.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Transfer funds from Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center for School Resource Officer and De-escalation training. 3. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. 4. Utilize existing funds to maintain current grant operations. (Total Funds: $993,046)
Total Change
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council: Council of Accountability Court Judges Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support adult felony drug courts, DUI courts, juvenile drug courts,
family dependency treatment courts, mental health courts, and veteran's courts, as well as the Council of Accountability Court Judges. No state funds shall be provided to any accountability court where such court is delinquent in the required reporting and remittance of all fines and fees collected by such court. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) training and MRT trauma training. Total Change

Criminal Justice Coordinating Council: Family Violence
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide certified domestic violence shelters and sexual assault centers with funds so as to provide the necessary services to primary and secondary victims of domestic violence and sexual assault statewide.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change

Bureau Administration

FY 2025 Budget Changes

Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide the highest quality investigative, scientific, information services, and resources for the purpose of maintaining law and order and protecting life and property.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.
Total Change

Criminal Justice Information Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide the State of Georgia with essential information and identification services through the operation of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System, Criminal History System, Criminal Justice Information Services network, Protective Order Registry, Sexual Violent Offender Registry, and the Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.

$131,714 (1,250,000) (4,820,391)
Yes ($5,938,677)
$11,842 613,124 $624,966
$5,383 (1,262,898) ($1,257,515)
$174,881 (403)
46,427 590
$221,495
$235,680

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Program Budgets
2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
3. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. Total Change
Forensic Scientific Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide forensic analysis and testimony in the areas of chemistry (drug identification), firearms, digital imaging, forensic biology (serology/DNA), latent prints, pathology, questioned documents, photography, toxicology, implied consent, and trace evidence in support of the criminal justice system; to provide medical examiner (autopsy) services; and to analyze and enter samples into national databases such as AFIS, CODIS, and NIBIN.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to annualize 21 crime lab positions. 6. Provide funds to restore service contracts for crime lab instrumentation. 7. Increase funds for six death investigation specialists, one forensic photographer, one quality manager, one business support analyst supervisor, and one business support analyst in the Medical Examiner's Office to address increased workload. 8. Increase funds to provide locality pay to three medical examiners for the Pooler office to increase recruitment. 9. Eliminate funds for one-time start-up funding associated with new positions funded in FY 2024. Total Change
Forensic Scientific Services - Special Project
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund a Medical Examiner office in Macon and increase funds for three medical examiners, one administrative assistant, 11 death investigator specialists (DIS), and one DIS supervisor in the Macon Medical Examiner's Office to address increased workload.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change
Regional Investigative Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to identify, collect, preserve, and process evidence located during crime scene investigations, and to assist in the investigation, identification, arrest and prosecution of individuals. The purpose of this appropriation is also to coordinate and operate the following specialized units: bingo unit, anti-terrorist team, forensic art, bomb disposal unit, high technology investigations unit, communications center, regional drug enforcement, and polygraph examinations.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds to add two criminal intelligence analysts positions to support the Criminal Street Gang Database. 7. Transfer funds from Department of Public Safety to Georgia Bureau of Investigation for two watchdesk analyst positions. 8. Increase funds for nine special agents, two digital forensic investigators, two criminal intelligence analyst, and one office manager and associated cost for the GBI Gang Task Force in Columbus to combat crime. 9. Eliminate funds for one-time start-up funding associated with new positions funded in FY 2024. Total Change
Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

1,003 1,295 $237,978
$1,423,272 (56,636) 252,093 4,318
1,897,648 1,536,237 1,334,031
251,421 (269,206) $6,373,178
$14,900 (649) 1,010
$15,261
$1,750,215 (81,189) 221,784 5,328
1,553,782 221,874 167,352
4,865,094 (1,588,282) $7,115,958
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Program Budgets
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to improve and coordinate criminal justice efforts throughout Georgia, help create safe and secure communities, and award grants.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. 6. Transfer funds from Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center for School Resource Officer and De-escalation training. 7. Utilize existing funds ($95,161) for one budget and financial support position. (Total Funds: $95,161) 8. Utilize existing funds to maintain current grant operations. (Total Funds: $993,046) Total Change
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council: Council of Accountability Court Judges Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support adult felony drug courts, DUI courts, juvenile drug courts,
family dependency treatment courts, mental health courts, and veteran's courts, as well as the Council of Accountability Court Judges. No state funds shall be provided to any accountability court where such court is delinquent in the required reporting and remittance of all fines and fees collected by such court. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Increase funds for existing accountability courts to support population growth. 4. Increase funds to add one DUI court and one Mental Health court. Total Change
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council: Family Violence
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide certified domestic violence shelters and sexual assault centers with funds so as to provide the necessary services to primary and secondary victims of domestic violence and sexual assault statewide.
Recommended Change: 1. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. 3. Utilize existing funds ($258,098) for three grant specialist positions. (Total Funds: $258,098) Total Change

$503,746 (10,216)
6,406 2,851 (4,725,230) (1,250,000)
Yes Yes ($5,472,443)
$27,969 87
964,892 246,697 $1,239,645
$77 (1,004,800)
Yes ($1,004,723)

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Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$214,684,733

Total Funds

$214,684,733

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$719,814
43,680,690 $44,400,504

Changes
($5,429,268) ($5,429,268)
$0 0
$0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$209,255,465 $209,255,465

$214,684,733 $214,684,733

$719,814
43,680,690 $44,400,504

$719,814
43,680,690 $44,400,504

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$34,323,759 $34,323,759
$293,408,996

$0 $0
($5,429,268)

$34,323,759 $34,323,759
$287,979,728

$34,323,759 $34,323,759
$293,408,996

Changes
$8,726,349 $8,726,349
$0 0
$0 $0 $0 $8,726,349

FY 2025 Budget
$223,411,082 $223,411,082
$719,814 43,680,690 $44,400,504 $34,323,759 $34,323,759 $302,135,345

FY 2024 Original Budget

Bureau Administration

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

10,271,861 12,600

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

353,303 $10,637,764

Criminal Justice Information Services

State General Funds

7,350,878

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

11,500,000 $18,850,878

Forensic Scientific Services
State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

57,173,683 2,302,180

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

5,856 $59,481,719

Regional Investigative Services

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

69,527,461 1,812,153

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

1,724,650 $73,064,264

Forensic Scientific Services - Special Project

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

960,194 $960,194

Changes
47,366 0 0
$47,366
101,191 0
$101,191
364,938 0 0
$364,938
624,157 0 0
$624,157
4,306 $4,306

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

State General Funds Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant
Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

17,572,734
719,814 39,553,757

Other Funds

20,739,950

TOTAL FUNDS

$78,586,255

(5,938,677)
0 0 0 ($5,938,677)

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

10,319,227
12,600 353,303 $10,685,130

10,271,861
12,600 353,303 $10,637,764

7,452,069 11,500,000 $18,952,069

7,350,878 11,500,000 $18,850,878

57,538,621
2,302,180 5,856
$59,846,657

57,173,683
2,302,180 5,856
$59,481,719

70,151,618
1,812,153 1,724,650 $73,688,421

69,527,461
1,812,153 1,724,650 $73,064,264

964,500 $964,500

960,194 $960,194

11,634,057
719,814 39,553,757 20,739,950 $72,647,578

17,572,734
719,814 39,553,757 20,739,950 $78,586,255

Changes
221,495 0 0
$221,495
237,978 0
$237,978
6,373,178 0 0
$6,373,178
7,115,958 0 0
$7,115,958
15,261 $15,261
(5,472,443)
0 0 0 ($5,472,443)

FY 2025 Budget
10,493,356 12,600
353,303 $10,859,259
7,588,856 11,500,000 $19,088,856
63,546,861 2,302,180 5,856
$65,854,897
76,643,419 1,812,153 1,724,650
$80,180,222
975,455 $975,455
12,100,291
719,814 39,553,757 20,739,950 $73,113,812

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Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

Criminal Justice Coordinating Council: Council of Accountability Court Judges

State General Funds

35,903,076

624,966

36,528,042

TOTAL FUNDS

$35,903,076

$624,966

$36,528,042

Criminal Justice Coordinating Council: Family Violence

State General Funds

15,924,846

(1,257,515)

14,667,331

TOTAL FUNDS

$15,924,846

($1,257,515)

$14,667,331

35,903,076 $35,903,076
15,924,846 $15,924,846

Changes
1,239,645 $1,239,645
(1,004,723) ($1,004,723)

FY 2025 Budget
37,142,721 $37,142,721
14,920,123 $14,920,123

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Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources
Bureau Administration Criminal Justice Information Services
Forensic Scientific Services
Regional Investigative Services

FY 2022 Expenditures
$10,914,678
17,480,518 53,137,489 64,687,857

Forensic Scientific Services - Special Project

SUBTOTAL

$146,220,542

(Excludes Attached Agencies)
Attached Agencies
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Criminal Justice Coordinating Council: Council of Accountability Court Judges Criminal Justice Coordinating Council: Family Violence
SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

$149,437,062
30,983,310 14,605,733 $195,026,105

FY 2023 Expenditures
$11,813,337
17,835,162 61,097,139 69,050,528
274,580 $160,070,746

FY 2024 Original Budget
$10,637,764
18,850,878 59,481,719 73,064,264
960,194 $162,994,819

$144,793,677
36,576,927 21,140,282 $202,510,886

$78,586,255
35,903,076 15,924,846 $130,414,177

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$341,246,647
112,102,622 10,239,435 34,616,185
$156,958,242

$362,581,632
96,897,097 24,102,535 25,842,579 $146,842,211

$293,408,996
44,400,504 34,323,759 $78,724,263

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

184,288,404 $184,288,404

215,739,422 $215,739,422

214,684,733 $214,684,733

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$10,685,130 18,952,069 59,846,657 73,688,421 964,500
$164,136,777
$72,647,578
36,528,042 14,667,331 $123,842,951
$287,979,728
44,400,504
34,323,759 $78,724,263
209,255,465 $209,255,465

FY 2025 Budget $10,859,259
19,088,856 65,854,897 80,180,222
975,455 $176,958,689
$73,113,812
37,142,721 14,920,123 $125,176,656
$302,135,345
44,400,504
34,323,759 $78,724,263
223,411,082 $223,411,082

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Department of Juvenile Justice
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) was created by the General Assembly in its 1992 session. The Department's role is twofold:
Provide for the supervision, detention, and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders committed to the state's custody or supervision, and
Provide necessary public safety services by appropriately separating youth offenders from the community.
The Department accomplishes its mission through the operation of its four programs: Community Services, Secure Detention, Secure Commitment, and Departmental Administration. DJJ provides its services to over 20,000 youth every year and maintains a daily population of about 10,500. Youth who enter into the Department's care include those sentenced to probation and short-term incarceration, or committed to the state's custody as part of a long-term secure confinement plan.
Based on a needs assessment, youth placed in the Department's care receive a variety of rehabilitative services as well as required educational programming. The Department operates the 181st state school district and has received dual accreditation from both the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and Correctional Education Association (CEA) for both its regular and vocational education components. Juvenile offenders participate in many therapeutic and counseling programs that support their transition back into their communities and reduce the risk of future delinquent activity. One of the Department's foremost principles is that of Balanced and Restorative Justice, a set of values that asks that the primary stakeholders in a crime be involved in repairing the harm caused and work to ensure that the community is a stronger place following the incident.

DJJ simultaneously oversees three education transition centers (ETC) which aim to keep children in classrooms. These ETC's offer high school diploma's as well as GED's and provide local youth with opportunities to continue their education and earn course credits outside of public school classrooms.
SECURE DETENTION All of the state's 19 Regional Youth Detention Centers
(RYDCs) are included in the Secure Detention program. RYDC facilities are designed to provide a secure placement for youth awaiting formal adjudication for an offense and those youth sentenced to short-term incarceration of up to 30 days. Approximately 700 youth are housed in secure detention facilities daily.
SECURE COMMITMENT The state currently utilizes six Youth Development Campus
(YDC) facilities, which house juvenile offenders committed to the state for a maximum of five years. Approximately 300 youth are housed in secure commitment facilities on a daily basis.
Both RYDC and YDC facilities provide the youth housed therein with a variety of services, including academic, recreational, vocational, medical, counseling, and other therapeutic programs.
AUTHORITY Title 15, 39, and 49 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated.

DJJ operates under the guidance of a 15-member board appointed by the Governor.

COMMUNITY SERVICES
This program houses the services provided to youthful offenders placed in community settings as a result of directives issued by the Juvenile Court system. A broad continuum of specific programs delivering supervisory and rehabilitative services are provided to these youthful offenders, including specialized residential placements, multi-systemic therapy services, intensive supervision programs, and electronic monitoring. In addition, increased supervision strategies and evidenced based programming have been implemented to address Juvenile Justice Reform requirements. Over 9,000 youth reside in community-based settings on any given day while in the Department's care.

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Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Community Service
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the public, hold youth accountable for their actions, assist youth in becoming law-abiding citizens and transition youth from secure detention, and provide the following alternative detention options: non-secure detention shelters, housebound detention, emergency shelters, a short-term stay in a residential placement, tracking services, wraparound services, electronic monitoring, or detention in an alternative program. Additionally, Community Supervision supervises youth directly in the community according to their risk and need levels, provides transitional and treatment services to those youth either directly or by brokering or making appropriate referrals for services, and provides agency-wide services, including intake, court services, and case management.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for replacement ballistic vests. 3. Provide funds for laptop swivel stations in vehicles. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DJJ)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect and serve the citizens of Georgia by holding youthful offenders accountable for their actions through the delivery of effective services in appropriate settings.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for a new electronic audit tool. Total Change
Secure Commitment (YDCs)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the public and hold youth accountable for their actions, and provide secure care and supervision of youth including academic, recreational, vocational, medical, mental health, counseling, and religious services for those youth committed to the Department's custody, or convicted of an offense under Senate Bill 440.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds to implement music studios at the Eastman, Macon, Augusta, and Muscogee Secure Commitment (YDCs). 3. Provide funds for the integration of a electronic medical record system within the current juvenile tracking system. 4. Provide funds for mobile tablets for a new pilot electronic grievance system in one Department of Juvenile Justice Secure Commitment (YDC) and one Secure Detention (RYDC) facility. 5. Provide additional funds for body cameras. Total Change
Secure Detention (RYDCs)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the public and hold youth accountable for their actions and, provide temporary, secure care, and supervision of youth who are charged with crimes or who have been found guilty of crimes and are awaiting disposition of their cases by juvenile courts or awaiting placement in one of the Department's treatment programs or facilities, or sentenced to the Short Term Program.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for the integration of an electronic medical record system within the current juvenile tracking system. 3. Provide funds for mobile tablets for a new pilot electronic grievance system in one Department of Juvenile Justice Secure Commitment (YDC) and one Secure Detention (RYDC) facility.
Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

$709,415 124,000 146,127
$979,542
$187,312 364,364
$551,676
$653,437 104,000 266,257 75,000 395,384
$1,494,078
$1,107,715 408,743 75,000
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Program Budgets
4. Provide funds for new body cameras. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Community Service
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the public, hold youth accountable for their actions, assist youth in becoming law-abiding citizens and transition youth from secure detention, and provide the following alternative detention options: non-secure detention shelters, housebound detention, emergency shelters, a short-term stay in a residential placement, tracking services, wraparound services, electronic monitoring, or detention in an alternative program. Additionally, Community Supervision supervises youth directly in the community according to their risk and need levels, provides transitional and treatment services to those youth either directly or by brokering or making appropriate referrals for services, and provides agency-wide services, including intake, court services, and case management.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and certified employees by $2,500. 7. Reduce funds to reflect regular operating and contract efficiencies. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DJJ)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect and serve the citizens of Georgia by holding youthful offenders accountable for their actions through the delivery of effective services in appropriate settings.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Provide funds for the ongoing costs of a new electronic audit tool. 7. Reduce funds to reflect regular operating and contract efficiencies. Total Change
Secure Commitment (YDCs)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the public and hold youth accountable for their actions, and provide secure care and supervision of youth including academic, recreational, vocational, medical, mental health, counseling, and religious services for those youth committed to the Department's custody, or convicted of an offense under Senate Bill 440.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.

1,139,492 $2,730,950
$2,101,954 (183,526) 273,003 4,715 397,243 20,974
(1,544,403) $1,069,960
$699,547 (53,498) 358,036
1,582 130,739
55,000 (62,974) $1,128,432
$2,025,950 36,157
(225,233) 117,143 5,950

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Department of Juvenile Justice
Program Budgets
6. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers.
7. Provide funds for the creation of new mobile labs at three Secure Commitment (YDC) facilities through the Technical College System of Georgia.
8. Provide funds for the ongoing costs associated with a new pilot electronic grievance system in one Department of Juvenile Justice Secure Commitment (YDC) facility and one Secure Detention (RYDC) facility.
9. Provide funds for new body cameras.
10. Increase funds for the employer share of health insurance benefits for University System of Georgia Board of Regents contracted employees.
11. Provide funds for capital maintenance and repairs.
12. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and certified employees by $2,500.
13. Provide funds for a mandatory teacher step increase.
14. Reduce funds to reflect regular operating and contract efficiencies.
Total Change
Secure Detention (RYDCs)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the public and hold youth accountable for their actions and, provide temporary, secure care, and supervision of youth who are charged with crimes or who have been found guilty of crimes and are awaiting disposition of their cases by juvenile courts or awaiting placement in one of the Department's treatment programs or facilities, or sentenced to the Short Term Program.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%.
3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.
6. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers.
7. Provide funds for the ongoing costs associated with a new pilot electronic grievance system in one Department of Juvenile Justice Secure Commitment (YDC) facility and one Secure Detention (RYDC) facility.
8. Provide funds for new body cameras.
9. Increase funds for the employer share of health insurance benefits for University System of Georgia Board of Regents contracted employees.
10. Provide funds for capital maintenance and repairs.
11. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and certified employees by $2,500.
12. Provide funds for a mandatory teacher step increase.
13. Reduce funds to reflect regular operating and contract efficiencies.
Total Change

1,091,165 600,000 3,000 148,282 50,689
4,804,408 243,296 37,440
(392,100) $8,546,147
$2,963,099 51,997
(352,976) 291,767 9,091
2,725,404 3,000
427,346 74,100
9,808,818 331,385 79,560
(1,607,759) $14,804,832

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Department of Juvenile Justice
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$360,723,576

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$360,723,576

Changes
$5,756,246 $5,756,246

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$366,479,822 $366,479,822

$360,723,576 $360,723,576

Foster Care Title IV-E Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$600,000
5,986,702 $6,586,702

$0

$600,000

$600,000

0

5,986,702

5,986,702

$0

$6,586,702

$6,586,702

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$255,000 $255,000
$367,565,278

$0 $0
$5,756,246

$255,000 $255,000
$373,321,524

$255,000 $255,000
$367,565,278

Changes
$25,549,371 $25,549,371
$0 0
$0 $0 $0 $25,549,371

FY 2024 Original Budget

Community Service

State General Funds

103,323,507

Foster Care Title IV-E

600,000

Other Funds

255,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$104,178,507

Departmental Administration (DJJ)

State General Funds

27,425,062

TOTAL FUNDS

$27,425,062

Secure Commitment (YDCs)

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

89,652,127 2,848,345

TOTAL FUNDS

$92,500,472

Secure Detention (RYDCs)

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

140,322,880 3,138,357

TOTAL FUNDS

$143,461,237

Changes
979,542 0 0
$979,542
551,676 $551,676
1,494,078 0
$1,494,078
2,730,950 0
$2,730,950

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

104,303,049 600,000 255,000
$105,158,049

103,323,507 600,000 255,000
$104,178,507

27,976,738 $27,976,738

27,425,062 $27,425,062

91,146,205
2,848,345 $93,994,550

89,652,127
2,848,345 $92,500,472

143,053,830
3,138,357 $146,192,187

140,322,880
3,138,357 $143,461,237

Changes
1,069,960 0 0
$1,069,960
1,128,432 $1,128,432
8,546,147 0
$8,546,147
14,804,832 0
$14,804,832

FY 2025 Budget
$386,272,947 $386,272,947
$600,000 5,986,702 $6,586,702 $255,000 $255,000 $393,114,649
FY 2025 Budget
104,393,467 600,000 255,000
$105,248,467
28,553,494 $28,553,494
98,198,274 2,848,345
$101,046,619
155,127,712 3,138,357
$158,266,069

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Department of Juvenile Justice
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Community Service

FY 2022 Expenditures
$81,364,720

Departmental Administration (DJJ) Secure Commitment (YDCs) Secure Detention (RYDCs)
SUBTOTAL

24,151,022 96,524,107 132,901,192
$334,941,041

FY 2023 Expenditures
$93,096,202
26,611,635 95,568,154 139,864,880
$355,140,871

FY 2024 Original Budget
$104,178,507
27,425,062 92,500,472 143,461,237
$367,565,278

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$334,941,041
8,398,771 2,503,716 10,179,841 $21,082,328

$355,140,871
6,413,842 1,635,948 8,026,106 $16,075,896

$367,565,278
6,586,702 255,000
$6,841,702

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

313,858,713 $313,858,713

339,064,976 $339,064,976

360,723,576 $360,723,576

Amended FY 2024 Budget $105,158,049
27,976,738 93,994,550 146,192,187 $373,321,524
$373,321,524
6,586,702
255,000 $6,841,702
366,479,822 $366,479,822

FY 2025 Budget $105,248,467
28,553,494 101,046,619 158,266,069 $393,114,649
$393,114,649
6,586,702
255,000 $6,841,702
386,272,947 $386,272,947

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Department of Labor
Roles and Responsibilities

The mission of the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) is to provide customized workforce solutions through technology, dedicated staff, and collaboration. There are three broad federal program areas administered by the GDOL Employment Services, Labor Market Information, and Unemployment Insurance.

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE In administering the Unemployment Insurance program,
GDOL staff assists employers with state unemployment tax rates and charges, processing tax payments and employment reports, and provides unemployment insurance benefits to qualified individuals who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES Employment services help businesses find qualified workers
and individuals find jobs. The services also provide businesses, economic development organizations, job seekers and workforce policymakers with up-to-date, customized workforce data. GDOL also provides workforce statistics and employment data by industry and occupation, worker availability, wages and projected employment trends at the state, regional and local levels.
GDOL also is responsible for the child labor laws, which assists working youth to obtain necessary work permits; informs businesses, schools and parent groups of the relevant child labor laws; and inspects workplaces employing youth to ensure their safety on the job.

SERVICE DELIVERY Employment, reemployment, and unemployment insurance
services are provided through the department's statewide network of career centers and a comprehensive online presence. The career centers work closely with partners to ensure businesses and individual customers receive services that fully address their workforce needs. Specific groups, including veterans and returning service members, agribusinesses and migrant workers and others receive customized services.
AUTHORITY Titles 34, 39 and 45 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated. Public Laws, 105-220, 23 USC Chapter 23 and the Social Security Act, as amended.

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Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DOL) Purpose: The purpose of this program is to provide administrative support for the Labor Market Information and
Unemployment Insurance programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Utilize existing funds ($50,000) and transfer funds from Unemployment Insurance to migrate applications to a cloud environment. (Total Funds: $2,000,000) Total Change
Labor Market Information Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to collect, analyze, and publish a wide array of information about the
state's labor market. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Unemployment Insurance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enhance Georgia's economic strength by collecting unemployment
insurance taxes from Georgia's employers and distributing unemployment benefits to eligible claimants. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds to Departmental Administration to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DOL) Purpose: The purpose of this program is to provide administrative support for the Labor Market Information and
Unemployment Insurance programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Transfer funds to Unemployment Insurance to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change
Labor Market Information Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to collect, analyze, and publish a wide array of information about the
state's labor market. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change

$447,824 1,950,000 $2,397,824
$29,066 $29,066
$367,087 (1,950,000) ($1,582,913)
$5,306 (50,000) ($44,694)
$0 $0

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Department of Labor
Program Budgets
Unemployment Insurance
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enhance Georgia's economic strength by collecting unemployment insurance taxes from Georgia's employers and distributing unemployment benefits to eligible claimants.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Utilize existing funds ($1,950,000) and transfer funds from Departmental Administration ($50,000) and the Technical College System of Georgia ($409,475) to address appeals hearing cases backlog and improve customer service. (Total Funds: $2,409,475) Total Change

$29,695 (1,270) 459,475
$487,900

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Department of Labor
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$8,135,054

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$8,135,054

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$41,189,283 $41,189,283

Changes
$843,977 $843,977
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$8,979,031 $8,979,031

$8,135,054 $8,135,054

$41,189,283 $41,189,283

$41,189,283 $41,189,283

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$4,292,769 $4,292,769
$53,617,106

$0 $0
$843,977

$4,292,769 $4,292,769
$54,461,083

$4,292,769 $4,292,769
$53,617,106

Changes
$443,206 $443,206
$0 $0 $0 $0 $443,206

FY 2024 Original Budget

Departmental Administration (DOL)

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

1,787,850 14,314,069

Other Funds

3,957,769

TOTAL FUNDS

$20,059,688

Labor Market Information

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

0 1,383,448

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,383,448

Unemployment Insurance

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

6,347,204 25,491,766

Other Funds

335,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$32,173,970

Changes
2,397,824 0 0
$2,397,824
29,066 0
$29,066
(1,582,913) 0 0
($1,582,913)

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

4,185,674
14,314,069 3,957,769
$22,457,512

1,787,850
14,314,069 3,957,769
$20,059,688

29,066
1,383,448 $1,412,514

0
1,383,448 $1,383,448

4,764,291
25,491,766 335,000
$30,591,057

6,347,204
25,491,766 335,000
$32,173,970

Changes
(44,694) 0 0
($44,694)
0 0 $0
487,900 0 0
$487,900

FY 2025 Budget
$8,578,260 $8,578,260
$41,189,283 $41,189,283
$4,292,769 $4,292,769 $54,060,312
FY 2025 Budget
1,743,156 14,314,069
3,957,769 $20,014,994
0 1,383,448 $1,383,448
6,835,104 25,491,766
335,000 $32,661,870

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Program/Fund Sources Departmental Administration (DOL) Labor Market Information Unemployment Insurance Workforce Solutions SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

Department of Labor
Department Financial Summary

FY 2022 Expenditures
$45,441,694 3,139,545
48,910,186 61,408,565
$158,899,990

FY 2023 Expenditures
$100,538,846 3,221,630
44,625,188

FY 2024 Original Budget
$20,059,688 1,383,448
32,173,970

$148,385,664

$53,617,106

$158,899,990

$148,385,664

$53,617,106

99,496,142 34,208,078 12,138,667 $145,842,887
13,057,103 $13,057,103

86,319,809 32,513,367 20,243,451 $139,076,627
9,309,037 $9,309,037

41,189,283
4,292,769 $45,482,052
8,135,054 $8,135,054

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$22,457,512 1,412,514
30,591,057
$54,461,083
$54,461,083
41,189,283
4,292,769 $45,482,052
8,979,031 $8,979,031

FY 2025 Budget $20,014,994
1,383,448 32,661,870
$54,060,312
$54,060,312
41,189,283
4,292,769 $45,482,052
8,578,260 $8,578,260

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Department of Law
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Law, headed by the Attorney General, provides legal representation and advice to the departments, officials, and employees of the executive branch of state government. The Attorney General is a constitutional officer elected to a four-year term in the same general election as the Governor.
The Department of Law represents the state in any civil and criminal case to which the state is a party, in all capital felony actions before the Georgia Supreme Court, and in all actions before the Supreme Court of the United States.
As the chief legal officer of the state and the legal advisor to the executive branch of state government, it is the duty of the Attorney General to provide opinions on any question of law involving the interests of the state or duties of any department. It is also the responsibility of the Attorney General to prepare and review contracts and other legal documents in which the state is interested and to draft proposed legislation or rules and regulations for state departments.
The Attorney General, as head of the Department of Law and chief legal officer of the state, is authorized to institute and conduct investigations at any time into the affairs of the state and its departments and agencies or the official conduct of any state official or employee, as well as the affairs of any person, firm, or corporation for violations in their dealings with the state, and may criminally prosecute violations of any state laws arising in relation to dealing with the state. The Attorney General is also vested with complete and exclusive authority and jurisdiction in all matters of law relating to state authorities.

The Department of Law is organized into nine legal divisions and an operations division, all of which are headed by the Attorney General. The specialized legal divisions - Regulated Industries and Professions, Commercial Transactions and Litigation, Criminal Justice, General Litigation, Government Services and Employment, Consumer Protection, Medicaid Fraud Control, Special Prosecutions, and the Solicitor General's office - provide a full range of civil legal services to state departments, agencies, authorities, boards, bureaus, commissions, and institutions. Additionally, the Special Prosecutions Unit carries out the criminal prosecutorial functions vested in the Department of Law and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigates and prosecutes Medicaid fraud both civilly and criminally. Finally, the Solicitor General represents the State in selected constitutional matters in both state and federal courts and provides legal advice and assistance in legal appeals arising out of the Department's cases.
Executive Branch entities reimburse the department for the litigation expenses incurred, such as court costs, witness fees, filing costs, and reporting costs.
AUTHORITY
Title 21-2-3 and 45-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

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Department of Law
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Department of Law
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to serve as the attorney and legal advisor for all state agencies, departments, authorities, and the Governor; to provide binding opinions on legal questions concerning the state of Georgia and its agencies; and to prepare all contracts and agreements regarding any matter in which the State of Georgia is involved.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds to strengthen cyber security through contracted staff and replace equipment. 3. Transfer funds from Medicaid Fraud Control Unit program ($16,867) and increase funds ($86,633) to purchase equipment for the Organized Retail Crime and Cyber Crime Prosecution Unit. (Total Funds: $103,500) Total Change
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to serve as the center for the identification, arrest, and prosecution of providers of health services and patients who defraud the Medicaid Program.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Transfer funds to Department of Law program to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Department of Law
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to serve as the attorney and legal advisor for all state agencies, departments, authorities, and the Governor; to provide binding opinions on legal questions concerning the state of Georgia and its agencies; and to prepare all contracts and agreements regarding any matter in which the State of Georgia is involved.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Provide funds for 11 positions to the Organized Retail Crime and Cyber Prosecution Unit. 7. Increase funds for the second phase of a merit-based retention initiative for attorney positions. 8. Increase funds to expand the Gang Prosecution Unit to Columbus, Macon, and Savannah regions. 9. Transfer funds and two associated paralegal positions from the Environmental Protection Division to the Department of Law to align program budgets with operations. 10. Reduce funds to reflect IT efficiencies. Total Change

$292,808 1,179,500
103,500 $1,575,808
$45,213 (16,867) $28,346
$1,187,433 116,191 465,213 6,997 3,225
1,417,466 1,594,143
807,312 172,290 (404,783) $5,365,487

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Department of Law
Program Budgets
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to serve as the center for the identification, arrest, and prosecution of providers of health services and patients who defraud the Medicaid Program.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses.
4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Utilize existing funds ($16,867) and increase funds ($13,954) for the second phase of a merit-based retention
initiative for attorney positions. (Total Funds: $30,821) Total Change

$46,077 5,134
11,073
569 13,954
$76,807

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Department of Law
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$40,478,274

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$40,478,274

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$3,633,332 $3,633,332

Changes
$1,604,154 $1,604,154
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$42,082,428 $42,082,428

$40,478,274 $40,478,274

$3,633,332 $3,633,332

$3,633,332 $3,633,332

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$80,048,040 $80,048,040
$124,159,646

$0 $0
$1,604,154

$80,048,040 $80,048,040
$125,763,800

$80,048,040 $80,048,040
$124,159,646

Changes
$5,442,294 $5,442,294
$0 $0 $0 $0 $5,442,294

Department of Law State General Funds Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified TOTAL FUNDS

FY 2024 Original Budget
38,870,673 80,048,040 $118,918,713
1,607,601 3,633,332 $5,240,933

Changes
1,575,808 0
$1,575,808
28,346 0
$28,346

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

40,446,481 80,048,040 $120,494,521

38,870,673 80,048,040 $118,918,713

1,635,947
3,633,332 $5,269,279

1,607,601
3,633,332 $5,240,933

Changes
5,365,487 0
$5,365,487
76,807 0
$76,807

FY 2025 Budget
$45,920,568 $45,920,568
$3,633,332 $3,633,332 $80,048,040 $80,048,040 $129,601,940
FY 2025 Budget
44,236,160 80,048,040 $124,284,200
1,684,408 3,633,332 $5,317,740

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Program/Fund Sources Department of Law Medicaid Fraud Control Unit SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

Department of Law
Department Financial Summary

FY 2022 Expenditures
$106,118,754 5,458,753
$111,577,507

FY 2023 Expenditures
$126,821,861 5,504,467
$132,326,328

FY 2024 Original Budget
$118,918,713 5,240,933
$124,159,646

$111,577,507

$132,326,328

$124,159,646

4,250,058 11,842
75,772,163 $80,034,063
31,543,444 $31,543,444

4,396,261
91,941,547 $96,337,808
35,988,520 $35,988,520

3,633,332
80,048,040 $83,681,372
40,478,274 $40,478,274

Amended FY 2024 Budget $120,494,521
5,269,279 $125,763,800
$125,763,800
3,633,332
80,048,040 $83,681,372
42,082,428 $42,082,428

FY 2025 Budget $124,284,200
5,317,740 $129,601,940
$129,601,940
3,633,332
80,048,040 $83,681,372
45,920,568 $45,920,568

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Department of Natural Resources
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Natural Resources provides natural resource development, management, and protection services to Georgia's citizens and local governments. These services include the operation of state parks and historic sites; management and protection of wildlife and coastal resources; enforcement of wildlife, boating safety, and environmental laws; and protection and management of the state's water, air, and land resources in accordance with various state and federal laws.

upon request in providing public safety for the citizens and visitors of Georgia.
GEORGIA OUTDOOR STEWARDSHIP The primary objective of this program is to provide funding
through grant and loan opportunities for state and local parks and trails, land acquisition, and stewardship of conservation lands in the state.

COASTAL RESOURCES The primary objectives of this program are to ensure the
commercial and recreational utilization of Georgia's marine fisheries and to protect coastal Georgia's tidal marshes and sand sharing systems. These objectives are accomplished through research, technical assistance, and habitat enhancement.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION This program is largely a regulatory body whose main
objective is to enforce state laws, federal laws, and rules and regulations regarding water quality, water supply, air quality, solid waste, and hazardous waste. These objectives are accomplished through a permitting process coupled with monitoring, inspection, and investigation and enforcement activities. The program also manages the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund and the Solid Waste Trust Fund, which provide remediation cleanups to potentially dangerous waste sites.
PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC SITES This program provides recreational opportunities to the
citizens of Georgia through the development and operation of all state parks and historic sites, which attract over 10 million visitors per year. The program manages over 86,000 acres with such amenities as campgrounds, cottages, lodges, swimming pools, group camps, and golf courses, and provides technical assistance in archaeological matters.
WILDLIFE RESOURCES Lands and freshwater habitats are managed by Wildlife
Resources for public hunting, fishing, other wildlife-based recreation, and educational purposes. This program also promotes the conservation and wise use of game and non-game wildlife resources. The program manages public fishing areas, wildlife management areas, and produces fish in state hatcheries.

ATTACHED AGENCIES The Jekyll Island State Park Authority is responsible for the
development and operation of tourist, convention, and recreational areas and facilities on the island.
The Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority is responsible for managing through contract the development and operation of tourist, convention, and recreational areas and facilities on the islands.
The Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority is an initiative that seeks to bring tourists through historic middle Georgia via scenic rail.
The Stone Mountain Memorial Association is responsible for managing through contract the operation of tourist engagement, as well as the management of convention and recreational areas and various other facilities at the mountain.
The North Georgia Mountain Authority provides oversight of various state park lodges and golf courses in the State of Georgia.
AUTHORITY Titles 8, 12, 16, 27, 31, 38, 43, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52 of the
Official Code of Georgia Annotated and Public Laws 92-500, 93523, 88-206, 94-580.

LAW ENFORCEMENT The primary objectives of this program are to enforce all
state and federal laws and departmental regulations relative to protecting Georgia's wildlife, natural, archaeological, and cultural resources, department properties, boating safety, and litter and waste laws. Law Enforcement also teaches hunter and boater education classes and assists other law enforcement agencies

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Department of Natural Resources
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Coastal Resources
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to preserve the natural, environmental, historic, archaeological, and recreational resources of the state's coastal zone by balancing economic development with resource preservation and improvement by assessing and restoring coastal wetlands, by regulating development within the coastal zone, by promulgating and enforcing rules and regulations to protect the coastal wetlands, by monitoring the population status of commercially and recreationally fished species and developing fishery management plans, by providing fishing education, and by constructing and maintaining artificial reefs.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DNR)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for all programs of the department. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Environmental Protection
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the quality of Georgia's air by controlling, monitoring and regulating pollution from large, small, mobile, and area sources (including pollution from motor vehicle emissions) by performing ambient air monitoring, and by participating in the Clean Air Campaign; to protect Georgia's land by permitting, managing, and planning for solid waste facilities, by implementing waste reduction strategies, by administering the Solid Waste Trust Fund and the Underground Storage Tank program, by cleaning up scrap tire piles, and by permitting and regulating surface mining operations; to protect Georgia and its citizens from hazardous materials by investigating and remediating hazardous sites, and by utilizing the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund to manage the state's hazardous sites inventory, to oversee site cleanup and brownfield remediation, to remediate abandoned sites, to respond to environmental emergencies, and to monitor and regulate the hazardous materials industry in Georgia. The purpose of this appropriation is also to ensure the quality and quantity of Georgia's water supplies by managing floodplains, by ensuring the safety of dams, by monitoring, regulating, and certifying water quality, and by regulating the amount of water used.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Hazardous Waste Trust Fund
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund investigations and cleanup of abandoned landfills and other hazardous sites, to meet cost-sharing requirements for Superfund sites identified by the US Environmental Protection Agency, to fund related operations and oversight positions within the Environmental Protection Division, and to reimburse local governments for landfill remediation.
Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change

$67,820 $67,820 $76,432 $76,432
$748,169 $748,169
$0 $0

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Department of Natural Resources
Program Budgets
Law Enforcement
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enforce all state and federal laws and departmental regulations relative to protecting Georgia's wildlife, natural, archeological, and cultural resources, DNR properties, boating safety, and litter and waste laws; to teach hunter and boater education classes; and to assist other law enforcement agencies upon request in providing public safety for the citizens and visitors of Georgia.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds for equipment and vehicle costs for six additional game warden positions. Total Change
Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding through grant and loan opportunities for land conservation, parks, trails, and outdoor recreation.
Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Parks Recreation and Historic Sites
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to manage, operate, market, and maintain the state's golf courses, parks, lodges, conference centers, and historic sites.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Solid Waste Trust Fund
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund the administration of the scrap tire management activity; to enable emergency, preventative, and corrective actions at solid waste disposal facilities; to assist local governments with the development of solid waste management plans; and to promote statewide recycling and waste reduction programs.
Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Wildlife Resources
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to regulate hunting, fishing, and the operation of watercraft in Georgia; to provide hunter and boating education; to protect non-game and endangered wildlife; to promulgate statewide hunting, fishing, trapping, and coastal commercial fishing regulations; to operate the state's archery and shooting ranges; to license hunters and anglers; and to register boats.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds for equipment and vehicle costs for a training coordinator position in the Wildlife Resources Division to standardize division training. 3. Increase funds for flood and fire hazard mitigation on Sapelo Island. 4. Increase funds for environmental hazard mitigation on Ossabaw Island. 5. Utilize existing Wildlife Endowment Trust Funds ($350,000) for fish hatchery renovations for the conservation and management of fisheries resources. 6. Utilize existing Wildlife Endowment Trust Funds ($207,707) to expand access to the Deer Management Assistance Program for the conservation and management of wildlife resources. Total Change

$256,207 517,386
$773,593
$0 $0
$338,021 (55,000) $283,021
$0 $0
$432,754 46,717
528,000 590,000
Yes Yes $1,597,471

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Department of Natural Resources
Program Budgets
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Coastal Resources
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to preserve the natural, environmental, historic, archaeological, and recreational resources of the state's coastal zone by balancing economic development with resource preservation and improvement by assessing and restoring coastal wetlands, by regulating development within the coastal zone, by promulgating and enforcing rules and regulations to protect the coastal wetlands, by monitoring the population status of commercially and recreationally fished species and developing fishery management plans, by providing fishing education, and by constructing and maintaining artificial reefs.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Reduce funds to reflect savings from eliminating landline phones. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DNR)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for all programs of the department. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.
Total Change
Environmental Protection
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the quality of Georgia's air by controlling, monitoring and regulating pollution from large, small, mobile, and area sources (including pollution from motor vehicle emissions) by performing ambient air monitoring, and by participating in the Clean Air Campaign; to protect Georgia's land by permitting, managing, and planning for solid waste facilities, by implementing waste reduction strategies, by administering the Solid Waste Trust Fund and the Underground Storage Tank program, by cleaning up scrap tire piles, and by permitting and regulating surface mining operations; to protect Georgia and its citizens from hazardous materials by investigating and remediating hazardous sites, and by utilizing the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund to manage the state's hazardous sites inventory, to oversee site cleanup and brownfield remediation, to remediate abandoned sites, to respond to environmental emergencies, and to monitor and regulate the hazardous materials industry in Georgia. The purpose of this appropriation is also to ensure the quality and quantity of Georgia's water supplies by managing floodplains, by ensuring the safety of dams, by monitoring, regulating, and certifying water quality, and by regulating the amount of water used.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 7. Transfer funds and two associated paralegal positions from the Environmental Protection Division to the Department of Law to align program budgets with operations. 8. Increase funds for five additional positions to assist with agricultural water withdrawal permitting activities. Total Change
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$91,557 971
18,333 (31,432) $79,429
$280,013 17,204
171,737 57,650 1,704
$528,308
$641,795 188,339 68,851 168,017 5,282 10,057
(172,290) 350,617
$1,260,668
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Department of Natural Resources
Program Budgets
Hazardous Waste Trust Fund Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund investigations and cleanup of abandoned landfills and other
hazardous sites, to meet cost-sharing requirements for Superfund sites identified by the US Environmental Protection Agency, to fund related operations and oversight positions within the Environmental Protection Division, and to reimburse local governments for landfill remediation. Recommended Change: 1. Reduce funds for the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund to reflect FY 2023 collections of Solid Waste Tipping Fees pursuant to HB 511 (2021 Session). Total Change
Law Enforcement Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enforce all state and federal laws and departmental regulations relative
to protecting Georgia's wildlife, natural, archeological, and cultural resources, DNR properties, boating safety, and litter and waste laws; to teach hunter and boater education classes; and to assist other law enforcement agencies upon request in providing public safety for the citizens and visitors of Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 4. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 5. Increase funds for six additional game warden positions. Total Change
Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding through grant and loan opportunities for land
conservation, parks, trails, and outdoor recreation. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds for grants and benefits pursuant to HB 332 and HR 238 (2018 Session) to reflect FY 2023 collections. Total Change
Parks Recreation and Historic Sites Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to manage, operate, market, and maintain the state's golf courses, parks,
lodges, conference centers, and historic sites. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change

($2,813,801) ($2,813,801)
$1,030,503 50,449 4,286
1,080,254 577,118
$2,742,610
($215,316) ($215,316)
$486,779 (1,837) 2,537 5,296
(55,000) $437,775

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Department of Natural Resources
Program Budgets
Solid Waste Trust Fund
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund the administration of the scrap tire management activity; to enable emergency, preventative, and corrective actions at solid waste disposal facilities; to assist local governments with the development of solid waste management plans; and to promote statewide recycling and waste reduction programs.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds for the Solid Waste Trust Fund to reflect FY 2023 collections of Scrap Tire Fees pursuant to HB 511 (2021 Session). Total Change
Wildlife Resources
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to regulate hunting, fishing, and the operation of watercraft in Georgia; to provide hunter and boating education; to protect non-game and endangered wildlife; to promulgate statewide hunting, fishing, trapping, and coastal commercial fishing regulations; to operate the state's archery and shooting ranges; to license hunters and anglers; and to register boats.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds for a training coordinator position in the Wildlife Resources Division to standardize division training. 6. Replace state general funds with federal funds for two program manager positions. 7. Reduce funds to reflect efficiencies from consolidating hunting and fishing regulations. 8. Increase funds for the Wildlife Endowment Trust Fund to reflect FY 2023 collections of Lifetime Sportsman's License revenues pursuant to HB 511 (2021 Session). 9. Utilize existing Wildlife Endowment Trust Funds ($298,210) for fish hatchery renovations for the conservation and management of fisheries resources. 10. Utilize existing Wildlife Endowment Trust Funds ($259,307) to expand access to the Deer Management Assistance Program for the conservation and management of wildlife resources. Total Change

$200,250 $200,250
$705,262 (1,621) 73,663 4,374 152,995
(118,157) (101,725)
73,395 Yes Yes
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Department of Natural Resources
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds Wildlife Endowment Trust Funds

$149,657,117 1,703,405

Solid Waste Trust Funds

7,666,636

Changes
$3,546,506 0 0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$153,203,623
1,703,405 7,666,636

$149,657,117
1,703,405 7,666,636

Hazardous Waste Trust Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS
Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

17,493,568 $176,520,726
$70,726,663 $70,726,663

0 $3,546,506
$0 $0

17,493,568 $180,067,232
$70,726,663 $70,726,663

17,493,568 $176,520,726
$70,726,663 $70,726,663

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$96,515,632 $96,515,632
$343,763,021

$0 $0
$3,546,506

$96,515,632 $96,515,632
$347,309,527

$96,515,632 $96,515,632
$343,763,021

Changes
$5,548,265 73,395
200,250 (2,813,801) $3,008,109
$0 $0 $0 $0 $3,008,109

FY 2024 Original Budget

Coastal Resources

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

3,244,471 5,096,144

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

107,925 $8,448,540

Departmental Administration (DNR)

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

13,281,136 $13,281,136

Environmental Protection

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

33,958,338 29,694,911

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

55,523,856 $119,177,105

Hazardous Waste Trust Fund Hazardous Waste Trust Funds
TOTAL FUNDS

17,493,568 $17,493,568

Law Enforcement

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

31,524,784 2,751,293

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

3,657 $34,279,734

Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

30,354,259 $30,354,259

Parks Recreation and Historic Sites

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

15,305,955 3,204,029

Changes
67,820 0 0
$67,820
76,432 $76,432
748,169 0 0
$748,169
0 $0
773,593 0 0
$773,593
0 $0
283,021 0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

3,312,291
5,096,144 107,925
$8,516,360

3,244,471
5,096,144 107,925
$8,448,540

13,357,568 $13,357,568

13,281,136 $13,281,136

34,706,507
29,694,911 55,523,856 $119,925,274

33,958,338
29,694,911 55,523,856 $119,177,105

17,493,568 $17,493,568
32,298,377 2,751,293 3,657
$35,053,327
30,354,259 $30,354,259
15,588,976 3,204,029

17,493,568 $17,493,568
31,524,784 2,751,293 3,657
$34,279,734
30,354,259 $30,354,259
15,305,955 3,204,029

Changes
79,429 0 0
$79,429
528,308 $528,308
1,260,668 0 0
$1,260,668
(2,813,801) ($2,813,801)
2,742,610 0 0
$2,742,610
(215,316) ($215,316)
437,775 0

FY 2025 Budget
$155,205,382 1,776,800 7,866,886
14,679,767 $179,528,835
$70,726,663 $70,726,663 $96,515,632 $96,515,632 $346,771,130
FY 2025 Budget
3,323,900 5,096,144
107,925 $8,527,969
13,809,444 $13,809,444
35,219,006 29,694,911 55,523,856 $120,437,773
14,679,767 $14,679,767
34,267,394 2,751,293 3,657
$37,022,344
30,138,943 $30,138,943
15,743,730 3,204,029

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Department of Natural Resources
Program Budget Financial Summary

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS
Solid Waste Trust Fund Solid Waste Trust Funds TOTAL FUNDS
Wildlife Resources State General Funds Wildlife Endowment Trust Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

FY 2024 Original Budget
32,391,791 $50,901,775
7,666,636 $7,666,636
21,988,174
1,703,405
29,980,286 8,488,403
$62,160,268

Changes 0
$283,021
0 $0
1,597,471 0 0 0
$1,597,471

Amended FY 2024 Budget
32,391,791
$51,184,796

FY 2024 Original Budget
32,391,791 $50,901,775

7,666,636 $7,666,636

7,666,636 $7,666,636

23,585,645
1,703,405
29,980,286 8,488,403
$63,757,739

21,988,174
1,703,405
29,980,286 8,488,403
$62,160,268

Changes 0
$437,775
200,250 $200,250
714,791 73,395 0 0
$788,186

FY 2025 Budget
32,391,791 $51,339,550
7,866,886 $7,866,886
22,702,965
1,776,800
29,980,286 8,488,403
$62,948,454

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Department of Natural Resources
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Coastal Resources Departmental Administration (DNR) Environmental Protection Hazardous Waste Trust Fund Law Enforcement Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program Parks Recreation and Historic Sites Solid Waste Trust Fund Wildlife Resources
SUBTOTAL
Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds Prior Year State Funds
SUBTOTAL
State General Funds Wildlife Endowment Trust Funds Solid Waste Trust Funds Hazardous Waste Trust Funds Governor's Emergency Funds
TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$9,462,610 13,071,602 126,289,719
6,594,964 29,991,268 20,705,266 118,321,268
4,727,202 86,345,792 $415,509,691
$415,509,691
100,111,496 512,251
135,233,026 4,153,987
$240,010,760
175,403,485
95,447 $175,498,932

FY 2023 Expenditures
$10,073,205
14,019,898 131,726,331
7,991,178 37,371,917
29,228,082
97,910,272 6,770,062
95,870,880 $430,961,825

FY 2024 Original Budget
$8,448,540
13,281,136 119,177,105
17,493,568 34,279,734
30,354,259
50,901,775 7,666,636
62,160,268 $343,763,021

$430,961,825

$343,763,021

100,685,309 222,232
150,050,521 5,652,260
$256,610,322
165,642,805
4,737,731 3,970,967

70,726,663
96,515,632
$167,242,295
149,657,117 1,703,405 7,666,636
17,493,568

$174,351,503

$176,520,726

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$8,516,360 13,357,568 119,925,274 17,493,568 35,053,327 30,354,259 51,184,796
7,666,636 63,757,739 $347,309,527
$347,309,527
70,726,663
96,515,632
$167,242,295
153,203,623 1,703,405 7,666,636
17,493,568
$180,067,232

FY 2025 Budget
$8,527,969 13,809,444 120,437,773 14,679,767 37,022,344 30,138,943 51,339,550
7,866,886 62,948,454 $346,771,130
$346,771,130
70,726,663
96,515,632
$167,242,295
155,205,382 1,776,800 7,866,886
14,679,767
$179,528,835

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State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Roles and Responsibilities

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is comprised of five members appointed by the Governor and empowered to grant, deny, condition, and revoke executive clemency. With the support of more than 800 staff members, the board reviews the sentences of all inmates to determine what degree of executive clemency may be warranted, directs the clemency action, and monitors the progress of all offenders who have been paroled or conditionally released from prison until the completion of their sentences.
AGENCY OPERATIONS In order to accomplish its mission, the agency has identified
three core budgetary programs:
Board Administration: Conduct the internal operations of the agency including fiscal management, staff training, human resources, quality assurance audits, and houses the board.
Clemency: Making informed parole decisions and administering the parole violation, commutation, and interstate compact processes.
Victim Services: Ensuring crime victims have a voice in the criminal justice process.
The Clemency Decisions program consists of the Clemency and Field Services Divisions. The Clemency Division gathers information and prepares cases for the Board Members to make informed parole decisions on current inmates. Parole decisions include a thorough review of individual criminal history, circumstances of the offense, recommendation of time to serve based on scientific, agency developed, Parole Guidelines, and validated risk assessments. The Pardons unit within the Clemency Decisions program compiles, reviews, processes, and presents for consideration all requests for restoration of civil, political, and firearms rights and pardons of all types.

The Field Services Division gathers information and prepares cases for the Board Members to make informed decisions regarding the issuance of board warrants, revocations or continuances of parole, extraditions, and considerations for commutation of parole. This case preparation includes the review and recommended actions in response to delinquent reports submitted by community supervision officers as a result of parole violations in the community. Additionally, the Field Services Division includes statutory activities related to Georgia's adherence to the Interstate Compact. The Interstate Compact Unit is responsible for conducting extradition activities, conducting preliminary and probable cause hearings, and managing the interstate compact process for all Georgia parolees.
The Victim Services program is comprised of the Office of Victim Services (OVS). OVS provides opportunities for victims to communicate the impact of offender actions at all stages of the criminal justice process, by coordinating services for the Department of Corrections, the Department of Community Supervision, and the Parole Board. OVS provides systems for victims to obtain information regarding the custody status of inmates and notification upon release of the offender, as well as opportunities for face-to-face contact with the Board via Victim Visitor's Day.
AUTHORITY State Constitution, Article Four, Section Two and Title 42 of
the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

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State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Board Administration (SBPP) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for the agency. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds for training software. Total Change
Clemency Decisions Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support the Board in exercising its constitutional authority over
executive clemency. This includes setting tentative parole dates for offenders in the correctional system and all aspects of parole status of offenders in the community including warrants, violations, commutations, and revocations. The Board coordinates all interstate compact release matters regarding the acceptance and placement of parolees into and from the State of Georgia and administers the pardon process by reviewing all applications and granting or denying these applications based on specific criteria. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for overtime to address Georgia Crime Information Center disposition backlog. 3. Provide funds for equipment for three criminal investigators and one hearing examiner. Total Change
Victim Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide notification to victims of changes in offender status or
placement, conduct outreach and information gathering from victims during clemency proceedings, host victims visitors' days, and act as a liaison for victims to the state corrections, community supervision, and pardons and paroles systems. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds to offset the loss of federal funds supporting two positions. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Board Administration (SBPP) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for the agency. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Increase funds for training software.
Total Change

$11,842 3,900
$15,742
$169,010 212,758 109,363
$491,131
$8,612 31,807 $40,419
$51,714 550
3,150 $55,414

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State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Program Budgets
Clemency Decisions
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support the Board in exercising its constitutional authority over executive clemency. This includes setting tentative parole dates for offenders in the correctional system and all aspects of parole status of offenders in the community including warrants, violations, commutations, and revocations. The Board coordinates all interstate compact release matters regarding the acceptance and placement of parolees into and from the State of Georgia and administers the pardon process by reviewing all applications and granting or denying these applications based on specific criteria.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds for one Georgia Crime Information Center terminal operator position. 7. Increase funds for three criminal investigator positions and one hearing examiner position. Total Change
Victim Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide notification to victims of changes in offender status or placement, conduct outreach and information gathering from victims during clemency proceedings, host victims visitors' days, and act as a liaison for victims to the state corrections, community supervision, and pardons and paroles systems.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change

$530,859 203,497 13,418 1,160 201,137 58,323 425,865
$1,434,259
$20,145 $20,145

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State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$19,728,168

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$19,728,168

Changes
$547,292 $547,292

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$20,275,460 $20,275,460

$19,728,168 $19,728,168

Total Funds

$19,728,168

$547,292

$20,275,460

$19,728,168

Changes
$1,509,818 $1,509,818 $1,509,818

FY 2024 Original Budget

Board Administration (SBPP)

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

2,352,443 $2,352,443

Clemency Decisions

State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

16,793,391 $16,793,391

Victim Services State General Funds

582,334

TOTAL FUNDS

$582,334

Changes
15,742 $15,742
491,131 $491,131
40,419 $40,419

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

2,368,185 $2,368,185

2,352,443 $2,352,443

17,284,522 $17,284,522

16,793,391 $16,793,391

622,753 $622,753

582,334 $582,334

Changes
55,414 $55,414
1,434,259 $1,434,259
20,145 $20,145

FY 2025 Budget
$21,237,986 $21,237,986 $21,237,986
FY 2025 Budget
2,407,857 $2,407,857
18,227,650 $18,227,650
602,479 $602,479

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State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Board Administration (SBPP) Clemency Decisions Victim Services SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$2,149,355 14,919,374
644,473
$17,713,202

FY 2023 Expenditures
$2,291,325 16,068,823
689,106
$19,049,254

FY 2024 Original Budget
$2,352,443 16,793,391
582,334
$19,728,168

$17,713,202

$19,049,254

$19,728,168

86,559 62,525 50,643 $199,727
17,513,475 $17,513,475

93,161 10,551 50,863 $154,575
18,894,679 $18,894,679

19,728,168 $19,728,168

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$2,368,185 17,284,522
622,753 $20,275,460 $20,275,460
20,275,460 $20,275,460

FY 2025 Budget
$2,407,857 18,227,650
602,479 $21,237,986 $21,237,986
21,237,986 $21,237,986

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State Properties Commission
Roles and Responsibilities

The State Properties Commission (SPC) is the real estate portfolio manager for the state and is responsible for the acquisition and disposition of all state-owned real property or real property interests, except for the University System of Georgia Board of Regents and Department of Transportation.
SPC assists state entities in the location of cost effective and operationally efficient workspace in state-owned facilities or commercially leased space in accordance with space standards adopted by the Commission.
SPC provides management and oversight for the State's leased property portfolio. Services offered range from locating and procuring new lease locations to renewing to renegotiating existing agreements in both state and commercially owned facilities. The Building, Land, and Lease Inventory of Property (BLLIP) database currently reflects state-owned buildings, state leases, and state-owned and leased land.

ATTACHED AGENCIES The Georgia Building Authority (GBA) owns and operates
buildings and various facilities located in the Capitol Hill complex, including the Georgia State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion.
GBA has a portfolio of numerous buildings, parking facilities, parks and plazas, warehouse complexes, and confederate cemeteries. Services provided by GBA include maintenance, renovations, landscaping, housekeeping, event scheduling, food service, parking, and building access services.
AUTHORITY Title 50-16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; Article
VII, Section IV, Paragraph VII, the Constitution of the State of Georgia.

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State Properties Commission
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes

State Properties Commission

Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to maintain long-term plans for state buildings and land; to compile an accessible database of state-owned and leased real property with information about utilization, demand management, and space standards; and to negotiate better rates in the leasing market and property acquisitions and dispositions.
Recommended Change:

1. No change.

$0

Total Change

$0

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Payments to Georgia Building Authority

Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide maintenance, repairs, and preparatory work on property owned by the Georgia Building Authority.
Recommended Change:

1. No change.

$0

Total Change

$0

FY 2025 Budget Changes

State Properties Commission

Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to maintain long-term plans for state buildings and land; to compile an accessible database of state-owned and leased real property with information about utilization, demand management, and space standards; and to negotiate better rates in the leasing market and property acquisitions and dispositions.
Recommended Change:

1. No change.

$0

Total Change

$0

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Payments to Georgia Building Authority

Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide maintenance, repairs, and preparatory work on property owned by the Georgia Building Authority.
Recommended Change:

1. Recognize an increase in rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational

Yes

expenses. (Total Funds: $10,526,820)

Total Change

$0

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State Properties Commission
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$0

Changes $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$0

$0

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$2,400,000 $2,400,000
$2,400,000

$0

$2,400,000

$2,400,000

$0

$2,400,000

$2,400,000

$0

$2,400,000

$2,400,000

Changes
$0 $0 $0 $0

FY 2024 Original Budget

State Properties Commission

Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

2,400,000 $2,400,000

Changes
0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

2,400,000 $2,400,000

2,400,000 $2,400,000

Changes
0 $0

FY 2025 Budget
$0 $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000
FY 2025 Budget
2,400,000 $2,400,000

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State Properties Commission
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources State Properties Commission SUBTOTAL (Excludes Attached Agencies) Attached Agencies Payments to Georgia Building Authority SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)
Total Funds Less: Other Funds Prior Year State Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$3,136,366
$3,136,366

FY 2023 Expenditures
$2,201,418
$2,201,418

FY 2024 Original Budget
$2,400,000
$2,400,000

$477,500,000 $477,500,000
$480,636,366
2,204,523 931,844
$3,136,367
477,500,000 $477,500,000

$20,500,000 $20,500,000 $22,701,418
2,201,418 $2,201,418 20,500,000 $20,500,000

$2,400,000 2,400,000
$2,400,000

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$2,400,000 $2,400,000
$2,400,000 2,400,000
$2,400,000

FY 2025 Budget
$2,400,000 $2,400,000
$2,400,000 2,400,000
$2,400,000

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Georgia Public Defender Council
Roles and Responsibilities

The Georgia Public Defender Council (GPDC) is responsible for assuring that adequate and effective legal representation is provided, independently of political consideration or private interests, to indigent persons who are entitled to representation. This legal representation is consistent with the guarantees of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, the Constitution of the United States, and the mandates of the Georgia Indigent Defense Act of 2003. GPDC provides such legal services in a cost-efficient manner and conducts that representation in such a way that the criminal justice system operates effectively to achieve justice.
The GPDC serves as administrative support for the 43 circuit public defender offices throughout the state through two programs Public Defender Council and Public Defenders. The Council program ensures that Georgia's indigent defense team has the guidance and support necessary to provide effective and comprehensive client representation. It does so by providing training and professional development for the attorneys and other staff involved in defending indigent clients, representing the interests of defense attorneys throughout the state, and providing administrative assistance to circuit public defenders as needed.

In addition, the Council program includes the Office of the Georgia Capital Defender, which provides direct and co-counsel representation, assistance, and resources to indigent persons in death penalty cases and appeals, and the Office of the Mental Health Advocate, which represents indigent persons found not guilty by reason of insanity or mentally incompetent to stand trial.
The Public Defenders program consists of each of the 43 circuit public defenders and their offices, along with providing payments to the six opt-out circuits. In partnership with the counties, these circuit public defender offices represent indigent adults and juveniles in a variety of statutorily specified proceedings. Within the Public Defenders program, the Conflicts Division is responsible for ensuring that legal representation is provided where a conflict of interest exists within the local circuit public defender office.
AUTHORITY Title 17 Chapter 12 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated.

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Georgia Public Defender Council
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Public Defender Council Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund the Office of the Georgia Capital Defender, Office of the Mental
Health Advocate, Central Office, and the administration of the Conflict Division. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Public Defenders Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assure that adequate and effective legal representation is provided,
independently of political considerations or private interests, to indigent persons who are entitled to representation under this chapter; provided that staffing for circuits are based on O.C.G.A. 17-12; including providing representation to clients in cases where the Capital Defender or a circuit public defender has a conflict of interest. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Public Defender Council Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund the Office of the Georgia Capital Defender, Office of the Mental
Health Advocate, Central Office, and the administration of the Conflict Division. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law
enforcement officers. 5. Reduce funds to reflect savings from the consolidation of positions.
Total Change
Public Defenders Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assure that adequate and effective legal representation is provided,
independently of political considerations or private interests, to indigent persons who are entitled to representation under this chapter; provided that staffing for circuits are based on O.C.G.A. 17-12; including providing representation to clients in cases where the Capital Defender or a circuit public defender has a conflict of interest. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds for the equalization of Circuit Public Defender salaries to District Attorney salaries per OCGA 17-12-25.1. et seq. 7. Annualize three assistant public defender positions in Atlantic, Coweta, and Dougherty Judicial Circuits. Total Change
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$64,592 $64,592
$828,903 $828,903
$257,958 210,928 13,619 80,455
(194,350) $368,610
$1,794,791 (30,576) 948 12,163 512,899 670,449 365,243
$3,325,917
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Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$79,065,339

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$79,065,339

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$170,762 $170,762

Changes
$893,495 $893,495
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$79,958,834 $79,958,834

$79,065,339 $79,065,339

$170,762 $170,762

$170,762 $170,762

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$33,340,000 $33,340,000
$112,576,101

$0 $0
$893,495

$33,340,000 $33,340,000
$113,469,596

$33,340,000 $33,340,000
$112,576,101

Changes
$3,694,527 $3,694,527
$0 $0 $0 $0 $3,694,527

Public Defender Council
State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS
Public Defenders
State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

FY 2024 Original Budget
9,151,686
5,000 1,840,000 $10,996,686
69,913,653
165,762 31,500,000 $101,579,415

Changes
64,592 0 0
$64,592
828,903 0 0
$828,903

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

9,216,278
5,000 1,840,000 $11,061,278

9,151,686
5,000 1,840,000 $10,996,686

70,742,556
165,762 31,500,000 $102,408,318

69,913,653
165,762 31,500,000 $101,579,415

Changes
368,610 0 0
$368,610
3,325,917 0 0
$3,325,917

FY 2025 Budget
$82,759,866 $82,759,866
$170,762 $170,762 $33,340,000 $33,340,000 $116,270,628
FY 2025 Budget
9,520,296 5,000
1,840,000 $11,365,296
73,239,570 165,762
31,500,000 $104,905,332

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Program/Fund Sources Public Defender Council Public Defenders SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

Georgia Public Defender Council
Department Financial Summary

FY 2022 Expenditures
$9,829,331 89,212,748
$99,042,079

FY 2023 Expenditures
$10,643,371 112,148,037
$122,791,408

FY 2024 Original Budget
$10,996,686 101,579,415
$112,576,101

$99,042,079

$122,791,408

$112,576,101

95,613 617,756 33,033,260 $33,746,629
65,295,450 $65,295,450

132,893 11,930,954 37,286,059 $49,349,906
73,441,502 $73,441,502

170,762
33,340,000 $33,510,762
79,065,339 $79,065,339

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$11,061,278 102,408,318 $113,469,596
$113,469,596
170,762
33,340,000 $33,510,762
79,958,834 $79,958,834

FY 2025 Budget $11,365,296 104,905,332 $116,270,628
$116,270,628
170,762
33,340,000 $33,510,762
82,759,866 $82,759,866

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Department of Public Health
Roles and Responsibilities

In 2009, HB 228 restructured the state's health and human services agencies. The Division of Public Health was transferred from the Department of Human Resources to the Department of Community Health (DCH). In 2011, HB 214 transitioned the Division of Public Health and the Office of Health Improvement from DCH to a newly created Department of Public Health (DPH). DPH has a nine-person board appointed by the Governor.

DPH has three major functions; the first function of DPH is to diagnose, investigate, and monitor any diseases, injuries, and health conditions that may have an adverse effect upon Georgia's communities and people. The second major function of DPH is to ensure the health and safety of Georgia's citizens by providing health protective services, including emergency preparedness. The third and final function of DPH is to establish and implement sound public health policy.

HEALTH PROTECTION

Health

Protection

includes

Emergency

Preparedness/Trauma System Improvement, Epidemiology,

Inspections and Environmental Health, Infectious Disease, and

Immunization programs. These programs are responsible for

ensuring conditions that protect the health and well-being of

Georgia's citizens by preparing for and responding to disasters,

conducting surveillance and outbreak investigations, detecting

and preventing environmental hazards, and providing disease

control and prevention services.

HEALTH PROMOTION Health Promotion includes Maternal and Child Health
Promotion, Disease Prevention, the Georgia Volunteer Health Care Program, and the Office of Health Equity. These programs improve the health of Georgians by promoting healthy lifestyles, expanding access to low-cost healthcare for uninsured individuals, and working to reduce health inequities throughout the state.
ATTACHED AGENCIES The Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission works to
improve the quality of life of Georgians with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries by distributing grant funds.
The Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission distributes funds appropriated for trauma system improvement and works to stabilize and strengthen the state's trauma care system.
AUTHORITY Title 31, Official Code of Georgia Annotated. See also
OCGA Titles 12-5-4, 15-21-143, 17-18-1, 19-15-4, 24-9-40, 26-4192, 43 10A-7, 43-34, and 50-18-72(c)(2).

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Department of Public Health
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Adolescent and Adult Health Promotion Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide education and services to promote the health and well-being of
Georgians. Activities include preventing teenage pregnancies, tobacco use prevention, cancer screening and prevention, and family planning services. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Adult Essential Health Treatment Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide treatment and services to low-income Georgians with cancer,
and Georgians at risk of stroke or heart attacks. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DPH) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all departmental programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Restore funds for the Clayton County district health director position. Total Change
Emergency Preparedness/Trauma System Improvement Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to prepare for natural disasters, bioterrorism, and other emergencies, as
well as improving the capacity of the state's trauma system. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Epidemiology Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to monitor, investigate, and respond to disease, injury, and other events
of public health concern. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds from Infant and Child Essential Health Treatment Services ($560,389) and increase funds ($77,551) for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances. Total Change

$74,280 $74,280
$7,536 $7,536
$209,918 323,768
$533,686
$148,558 $148,558
$145,328 637,940
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Program Budgets
Immunization Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide immunization, consultation, training, assessment, vaccines,
and technical assistance. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Infant and Child Essential Health Treatment Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to avoid unnecessary health problems in later life by providing
comprehensive health services to infants and children. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds to Epidemiology and Vital Records to align budget with expenditures. 3. Utilize existing funds ($28,561) for one epidemiologist position for surveillance and data analysis for the Low
THC Oil Registry program. Total Change
Infant and Child Health Promotion Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide education and services to promote health and nutrition for
infants and children. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Infectious Disease Control Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure quality prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, sexually
transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Inspections and Environmental Hazard Control Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to detect and prevent environmental hazards, as well as providing
inspection and enforcement of health regulations for food service establishments, sewage management facilities, and swimming pools. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Public Health Formula Grants to Counties Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide general grant-in-aid to county boards of health delivering local
public health services. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$57,055 $57,055
$29,067 (776,281)
Yes ($747,214)
$123,798 $123,798
$231,449 $231,449
$57,055 $57,055
$4,638,639 $4,638,639

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Vital Records Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to register, enter, archive and provide to the public in a timely manner
vital records and associated documents. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds from Infant and Child Essential Health Treatment Services for enhancements to death certificate processing for the Georgia Vital Events Registration System. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide disbursements from the Trust Fund to offset the costs of care
and rehabilitative services to citizens of the state who have survived brain or spinal cord injuries. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to establish, maintain, and administer a trauma center network, to
coordinate the best use of existing trauma facilities and to direct patients to the best available facility for treatment of traumatic injury and participate in the accountability mechanism for the entire Georgia trauma system, primarily overseeing the flow of funds for system improvement. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Adolescent and Adult Health Promotion Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide education and services to promote the health and well-being of
Georgians. Activities include preventing teenage pregnancies, tobacco use prevention, cancer screening and prevention, and family planning services. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change
Adult Essential Health Treatment Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide treatment and services to low-income Georgians with cancer,
and Georgians at risk of stroke or heart attacks. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
Total Change

$53,825 215,892 $269,717
$0 $0
$4,306 $4,306
$109,811 10,448
$120,259
$24,601 1,446
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Program Budgets
Departmental Administration (DPH)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to all departmental programs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined
employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Reduce funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 7. Increase funds for the employer share of health insurance benefits for University System of Georgia Board of
Regents contracted employees. 8. Restore funds for the Clayton County district health director position.
Total Change
Emergency Preparedness/Trauma System Improvement
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to prepare for natural disasters, bioterrorism, and other emergencies, as well as improving the capacity of the state's trauma system.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reduce funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Provide funds for personnel, rent, and operating costs for the multi-agency receipt, stage, and storage warehouse facility for emergency preparedness. Total Change

$924,578 38,883 52,571
479,724 1,046,670
(6,295) 80,873 323,768 $2,940,772
$176,543 (150) 9,875
1,741,434 $1,927,702

Epidemiology
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to monitor, investigate, and respond to disease, injury, and other events of public health concern.
Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%.
3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
4. Increase funds for the employer share of health insurance benefits for University System of Georgia Board of Regents contracted employees.
5. Increase funds for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances. Total Change

$102,328 824
36,257 1,684
765,528
$906,621

Immunization
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide immunization, consultation, training, assessment, vaccines, and technical assistance.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change

$27,396 12,159
$39,555

Infant and Child Essential Health Treatment Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to avoid unnecessary health problems in later life by providing comprehensive health services to infants and children.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.

$37,721

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2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Utilize existing funds ($685,903) and increase funds to expand the pilot to provide home visiting in at-risk and
underserved rural communities during pregnancy and early childhood to improve birth outcomes, reduce preterm deliveries, and decrease infant and maternal mortality. (Total Funds $1,000,000) 4. Reduce funds to reflect an adjustment in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) from 65.89% to 66.04%. 5. Utilize existing funds ($118,939) for one epidemiologist position for surveillance and data analysis for the Low THC Oil Registry program. Total Change
Infant and Child Health Promotion Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide education and services to promote health and nutrition for
infants and children. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Increase funds for newborn screening to include two additional disorders that have been approved by the
Georgia Newborn Screening Advisory Committee. Total Change
Infectious Disease Control Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure quality prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, sexually
transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Provide funds for one congenital syphilis and HIV case manager position to link cases identified during
pregnancy and delivery to testing and treatment resources. Total Change
Inspections and Environmental Hazard Control Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to detect and prevent environmental hazards, as well as providing
inspection and enforcement of health regulations for food service establishments, sewage management facilities, and swimming pools. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Eliminate one-time funds for lead inspection start-up costs and testing machines. Total Change
Public Health Formula Grants to Counties Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide general grant-in-aid to county boards of health delivering local
public health services. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 3. Reduce funds for telehealth equipment.
Total Change

3,501 314,097 (12,232)
Yes $343,087
$90,425 13,916
978,639 $1,082,980
$380,532 58,824
150,611 $589,967
$173,512 8,870
(235,074) ($52,692)
$12,874,359 287,409
(354,383) $12,807,385

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Program Budgets
Vital Records Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to register, enter, archive and provide to the public in a timely manner
vital records and associated documents. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined
employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide disbursements from the Trust Fund to offset the costs of care
and rehabilitative services to citizens of the state who have survived brain or spinal cord injuries. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds to reflect FY 2023 collections of fines relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs pursuant to OCGA 15-21-150. Total Change
Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to establish, maintain, and administer a trauma center network, to
coordinate the best use of existing trauma facilities and to direct patients to the best available facility for treatment of traumatic injury and participate in the accountability mechanism for the entire Georgia trauma system, primarily overseeing the flow of funds for system improvement. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for Trauma Care Network Trust Funds to reflect FY 2023 Super Speeder Collections pursuant to HB 511 (2021 Session). 3. Increase funds to reflect FY 2023 drivers license reinstatement fee collections. Total Change

$129,979 198
71,023 $201,200
($65,585) ($65,585)
$21,556 1,139,434
432,068 $1,593,058

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Department of Public Health
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$369,189,762

Tobacco Settlement Funds Brain & Spinal Injury Trust Fund

13,813,679 1,913,773

Trauma Care Trust Funds

15,088,506

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$400,005,720

Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Preventive Health and Services Block Grant Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$16,862,765 3,126,552
20,341,394 352,300,780 $392,631,491

Changes
$6,174,597 7,536 0 0
$6,182,133
$0 0 0 0
$0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$375,364,359 13,821,215
1,913,773 15,088,506 $406,187,853

$369,189,762 13,813,679
1,913,773 15,088,506 $400,005,720

$16,862,765 3,126,552
20,341,394 352,300,780 $392,631,491

$16,862,765 3,126,552
20,341,394 352,300,780 $392,631,491

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$10,776,819 $10,776,819
$803,414,030

$0 $0
$6,182,133

$10,776,819 $10,776,819
$809,596,163

$10,776,819 $10,776,819
$803,414,030

Changes
$21,335,859 50,648
(65,585) 1,139,434 $22,460,356
$0 0 0 0
$0 $0 $0 $22,460,356

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

Adolescent and Adult Health Promotion

State General Funds

16,071,276

74,280

Tobacco Settlement Funds

6,874,298

0

Maternal and Child Health

Services Block Grant

231,739

0

Temporary Assistance for

Needy Families Block

Grant

20,341,394

0

Federal Funds Not

Specifically Identified

11,224,903

0

Other Funds

695,000

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$55,438,610

$74,280

Adult Essential Health Treatment Services

Tobacco Settlement Funds Preventive Health and Services Block Grant

6,689,810 945,342

7,536 0

TOTAL FUNDS

$7,635,152

$7,536

Departmental Administration (DPH)

State General Funds

29,131,833

533,686

Tobacco Settlement Funds

131,795

0

Preventive Health and

Services Block Grant

646,125

0

Federal Funds Not

Specifically Identified

4,018,625

0

Other Funds

1,750,000

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$35,678,378

$533,686

Emergency Preparedness/Trauma System Improvement

State General Funds Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant

7,459,048 623,949

148,558 0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

16,145,556 6,874,298
231,739

16,071,276 6,874,298
231,739

20,341,394
11,224,903 695,000
$55,512,890

20,341,394
11,224,903 695,000
$55,438,610

6,697,346
945,342 $7,642,688

6,689,810
945,342 $7,635,152

29,665,519 131,795 646,125
4,018,625 1,750,000 $36,212,064
7,607,606 623,949

29,131,833 131,795 646,125
4,018,625 1,750,000 $35,678,378
7,459,048 623,949

Changes
97,983 22,276
0
0 0 0 $120,259
26,047 0
$26,047
2,940,772 0 0 0 0
$2,940,772
1,927,702 0

FY 2025 Budget
$390,525,621 13,864,327 1,848,188 16,227,940
$422,466,076
$16,862,765 3,126,552
20,341,394 352,300,780 $392,631,491 $10,776,819 $10,776,819 $825,874,386
FY 2025 Budget
16,169,259 6,896,574 231,739
20,341,394 11,224,903
695,000 $55,558,869
6,715,857 945,342
$7,661,199
32,072,605 131,795 646,125
4,018,625 1,750,000 $38,619,150
9,386,750 623,949

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Department of Public Health
Program Budget Financial Summary

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

FY 2024 Original Budget
31,589,137

Changes 0

Other Funds

435,983

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$40,108,117

$148,558

Epidemiology

State General Funds

7,208,561

783,268

Tobacco Settlement Funds

117,776

0

Federal Funds Not

Specifically Identified

9,259,338

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$16,585,675

$783,268

Immunization

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

2,459,847 10,975,391

57,055 0

Other Funds

4,649,702

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$18,084,940

$57,055

Infant and Child Essential Health Treatment Services

State General Funds Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Preventive Health and Services Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

27,465,227 8,614,470 509,106
21,843,843

(747,214) 0 0 0

Other Funds

85,000

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$58,517,646

($747,214)

Infant and Child Health Promotion

State General Funds Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Preventive Health and Services Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

15,496,541 7,392,607 625,445
208,098,971

123,798 0 0 0

TOTAL FUNDS

$231,613,564

$123,798

Infectious Disease Control

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

45,305,157 54,622,682

231,449 0

TOTAL FUNDS

$99,927,839

$231,449

Inspections and Environmental Hazard Control

State General Funds Preventive Health and Services Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

9,138,976 400,534 667,890

57,055 0 0

Other Funds

561,134

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$10,768,534

$57,055

Public Health Formula Grants to Counties

State General Funds

197,519,328

4,638,639

Other Funds

1,800,000

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$199,319,328

$4,638,639

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

31,589,137 435,983
$40,256,675

31,589,137 435,983
$40,108,117

7,991,829 117,776
9,259,338 $17,368,943

7,208,561 117,776
9,259,338 $16,585,675

2,516,902
10,975,391 4,649,702
$18,141,995

2,459,847
10,975,391 4,649,702
$18,084,940

26,718,013
8,614,470
509,106
21,843,843 85,000
$57,770,432

27,465,227
8,614,470
509,106
21,843,843 85,000
$58,517,646

15,620,339 7,392,607 625,445
208,098,971 $231,737,362

15,496,541 7,392,607 625,445
208,098,971 $231,613,564

45,536,606
54,622,682 $100,159,288

45,305,157
54,622,682 $99,927,839

9,196,031
400,534
667,890 561,134 $10,825,589

9,138,976
400,534
667,890 561,134 $10,768,534

202,157,967 1,800,000
$203,957,967

197,519,328 1,800,000
$199,319,328

Changes 0 0
$1,927,702
904,296 2,325 0
$906,621
39,555 0 0
$39,555
343,087 0 0 0 0
$343,087
1,082,980 0 0 0
$1,082,980
589,967 0
$589,967
(52,692) 0 0 0
($52,692)
12,807,385 0
$12,807,385

FY 2025 Budget
31,589,137 435,983
$42,035,819
8,112,857 120,101
9,259,338 $17,492,296
2,499,402 10,975,391
4,649,702 $18,124,495
27,808,314 8,614,470 509,106
21,843,843 85,000
$58,860,733
16,579,521 7,392,607 625,445
208,098,971 $232,696,544
45,895,124 54,622,682 $100,517,806
9,086,284 400,534 667,890 561,134
$10,715,842
210,326,713 1,800,000
$212,126,713

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Department of Public Health
Program Budget Financial Summary

Vital Records State General Funds Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS

FY 2024 Original Budget
4,877,699 800,000
$5,677,699

Changes
269,717 0
$269,717

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Brain & Spinal Injury Trust Fund

1,913,773

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,913,773

Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission

State General Funds

7,056,269

Trauma Care Trust Funds

15,088,506

TOTAL FUNDS

$22,144,775

0 $0
4,306 0
$4,306

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

5,147,416 800,000
$5,947,416

4,877,699 800,000
$5,677,699

1,913,773 $1,913,773
7,060,575 15,088,506 $22,149,081

1,913,773 $1,913,773
7,056,269 15,088,506 $22,144,775

Changes 201,200 0
$201,200
(65,585) ($65,585)
453,624 1,139,434 $1,593,058

FY 2025 Budget
5,078,899 800,000
$5,878,899
1,848,188 $1,848,188
7,509,893 16,227,940 $23,737,833

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Department of Public Health
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources
Adolescent and Adult Health Promotion Adult Essential Health Treatment Services Departmental Administration (DPH)

FY 2022 Expenditures
$42,070,223
6,794,066
53,949,405

Emergency Preparedness/Trauma System Improvement Epidemiology Immunization Infant and Child Essential Health Treatment Services Infant and Child Health Promotion Infectious Disease Control Inspections and Environmental Hazard Control Public Health Formula Grants to Counties Vital Records
SUBTOTAL
(Excludes Attached Agencies) Attached Agencies

67,890,981 316,166,159
70,607,113
57,909,139 231,372,502 121,047,500
11,422,033
183,278,509 6,165,806
$1,168,673,436

Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission
SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

$1,582,003 22,966,516 $24,548,519

FY 2023 Expenditures
$56,923,040
5,879,514
79,297,739

FY 2024 Original Budget
$55,438,610
7,635,152
35,678,378

64,568,725 380,411,725
43,300,113
60,048,340 262,137,624 167,367,138
9,572,243
211,078,010 6,149,451
$1,346,733,662

40,108,117 16,585,675 18,084,940
58,517,646 231,613,564
99,927,839
10,768,534
199,319,328 5,677,699
$779,355,482

$1,431,248 22,937,330 $24,368,578

$1,913,773 22,144,775 $24,058,548

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds Prior Year State Funds
SUBTOTAL

$1,193,221,955

$1,371,102,240

398,009,509 404,322,023
68,791,192 523,982
$871,646,706

486,999,975 458,812,714
63,318,172 572,065
$1,009,702,926

$803,414,030 392,631,491 10,776,819
$403,408,310

State General Funds Tobacco Settlement Funds Brain & Spinal Injury Trust Funds Trauma Care Trust Funds
TOTAL STATE FUNDS

307,514,543 12,940,903 1,119,804
$321,575,250

334,931,057 11,930,135 947,300 13,590,822
$361,399,314

369,189,762 13,813,679 1,913,773 15,088,506
$400,005,720

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$55,512,890 7,642,688
36,212,064
40,256,675 17,368,943 18,141,995 57,770,432 231,737,362 100,159,288 10,825,589 203,957,967
5,947,416 $785,533,309
$1,913,773 22,149,081
$24,062,854
$809,596,163
392,631,491
10,776,819
$403,408,310
375,364,359 13,821,215 1,913,773 15,088,506
$406,187,853

FY 2025 Budget $55,558,869
7,661,199 38,619,150
42,035,819 17,492,296 18,124,495 58,860,733 232,696,544 100,517,806 10,715,842 212,126,713
5,878,899 $800,288,365
$1,848,188 23,737,833
$25,586,021
$825,874,386
392,631,491
10,776,819
$403,408,310
390,525,621 13,864,327 1,848,188 16,227,940
$422,466,076

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Department of Public Safety
Roles and Responsibilities

The Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) includes the Uniform Division of the Georgia State Patrol (GSP). Its responsibilities include patrolling public roads and highways and investigating traffic accidents within the State of Georgia, thereby safeguarding the lives and property of the public. The Department's troopers work to reduce accidents and injuries by enforcing traffic laws, encouraging seat belt use, and targeting drivers under the influence of drugs and alcohol. In addition, the Department provides law enforcement assistance to other local and state agencies of the criminal justice community in areas such as specialty units, fugitive apprehension, and Homeland Security.
The Department's other responsibilities include providing for the personal security of the Governor and First Lady, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and the Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, as well as the overall safety of employees, visitors, and facilities present on the Capitol Hill Area. DPS also houses the Motor Carrier Compliance Division which is responsible for enforcing Georgia's commercial vehicle size, safety, and weight regulations, High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV) Lane restrictions, and conducting school bus safety inspections. The Office of Public Safety Officer Support provides peer counselors and critical incident support services for the benefit of public safety officers.
In an effort to provide the services to the state and public as directed by the Governor, the Department of Public Safety has several unique units that contribute to the overall mission. These units include the following:

ATTACHED AGENCIES The Georgia Public Safety Training Center provides
instruction and support services for the training of state and local law enforcement officers, firefighters, correctional officers, and emergency personnel.
The Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council is responsible for establishing uniform standards for the employment and training of firefighters. Additionally, the Council establishes curriculum requirements and approves schools and facilities for the purpose of fire training.
The Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council is responsible for improving law enforcement in the state by enforcing legislatively established standards for the employment and training of peace officers.
The Governor's Office of Highway Safety is responsible for the development and administration of statewide highway safety programs. The agency educates the public on traffic safety and facilitates the implementation of programs that reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities on Georgia's roadways.
AUTHORITY Titles 25, 35, 40, and 50 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated.

Field Operations Aviation Capitol Police Motor Carrier Compliance Division Administration Office of Public Safety Officer Support

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Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Aviation Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide aerial support for search and rescue missions and search and
apprehension missions in criminal pursuits within the State of Georgia; to provide transport flights to conduct state business, for emergency medical transport, and to support local and federal agencies in public safety efforts with aerial surveillance and observation. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Capitol Police Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect life and property in the Capitol Square area, enforce traffic
regulations around the Capitol, monitor entrances of state buildings, screen packages and personal items of individuals entering state facilities, and provide general security for elected officials, government employees, and visitors to the Capitol. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DPS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for all programs of the department and
administratively attached agencies. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Field Offices and Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide enforcement for traffic and criminal laws through the
Department of Public Safety's Uniform Division, and support a variety of specialized teams and offices, which include the Motorcycle Unit, Criminal Interdiction Unit, the Crisis Negotiations Team, the Special Projects Adjutant Office, Headquarters Adjutant Office, Special Investigations Office, the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit, and the Training Unit. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds for personal service expense to reflect previously vacant law enforcement officer positions. Total Change
Law Enforcement Training Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the training of State Troopers through Georgia State Patrol
trooper schools.
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds for additional 35 trooper school graduates. Total Change

$24,760 $24,760
$67,820 $67,820
$80,738 $80,738
$1,119,560 37,713
$1,157,273
$64,590 1,174,042 $1,238,632

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Program Budgets
Motor Carrier Compliance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide inspection, regulation, and enforcement for size, weight, and
safety standards as well as traffic and criminal laws for commercial motor carriers, limousines, nonconsensual tow trucks, household goods movers, all buses, and large passenger vehicles as well as providing High Occupancy Vehicle and High Occupancy Toll lane use restriction enforcement. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds to replace the weigh-in-motion equipment and monitoring system. Total Change
Office of Public Safety Officer Support Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide peer counselors and critical incident support services to
requesting local and state public entities that employ public safety officers. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds for two K-9s and equipment for four positions. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide professionally trained, competent, and ethical firefighters with
the proper equipment and facilities to ensure a fire-safe environment for Georgia citizens, and establish professional standards for fire service training including consulting, testing, and certification of Georgia firefighters. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for one vehicle and one computer bank for the creation of a new testing region. Total Change
Office of Highway Safety Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to educate the public on highway safety issues, and facilitate the
implementation of programs to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities on Georgia roadways. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Office of Highway Safety: Georgia Driver's Education Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide driver's education grant scholarships for Georgia drivers ages
15-17 to help satisfy driver's education requirements and reduce motor vehicle crashes in Georgia. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Reduce funds for driver's education and training in accordance with FY 2023 Joshua's Law Collections. Total Change

$343,403 5,170,066 $5,513,469
$12,918 119,810 $132,728
$10,765 37,265
$48,030
$23,683 (65,092) ($41,409)
$2,153 (1,425,608) ($1,423,455)

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Program Budgets
Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to set standards for the law enforcement community; ensure adequate training at the highest level for all of Georgia's law enforcement officers and public safety professionals; and, certify individuals when all requirements are met. Investigate officers and public safety professionals when an allegation of unethical and/or illegal conduct is made, and sanction these individuals by disciplining officers and public safety professionals when necessary.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for the Georgia POST Resiliency Program previously funded through the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Law Enforcement Training Grant. 3. Provide funds for two vehicles. 4. Provide funds for system maintenance support and onboarding for an online gang and human trafficking training system. Total Change
Georgia Public Safety Training Center
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to develop, deliver, and facilitate training that results in professional and competent public safety services for the people of Georgia.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Provide funds for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Transfer funds from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center for School Resource Officer and De-escalation training. 4. Provide funds for board approved director raise. 5. Provide funds for rent at the Pickens Academy location. 6. Provide funds for pest control and fire emergency monitoring system for campus. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Aviation
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide aerial support for search and rescue missions and search and apprehension missions in criminal pursuits within the State of Georgia; to provide transport flights to conduct state business, for emergency medical transport, and to support local and federal agencies in public safety efforts with aerial surveillance and observation.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds to provide aviation pilot in-grade promotions. Total Change
Capitol Police Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect life and property in the Capitol Square area, enforce traffic regulations around the Capitol, monitor entrances of state buildings, screen packages and personal items of individuals entering state facilities, and provide general security for elected officials, government employees, and visitors to the Capitol.
Recommended Change:
1. Replace $1,207,583 in state general funds with GBA rental payments. (Total Funds: $0) Total Change

$41,984 161,750
64,000 35,000 $302,734
$198,076 28,831
1,250,000 5,007
15,000 28,474 $1,525,388
$101,458 37,781 18,265 256 85,483 36,885
$280,128
($1,207,583) ($1,207,583)

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Department of Public Safety
Program Budgets
Departmental Administration (DPS)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support for all programs of the department and administratively attached agencies.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds for one additional IT Help Desk position. 7. Increase funds to offset crash report costs. 8. Transfer funds from the Field Offices and Services ($33,902), Motor Carrier Compliance ($19,032), and Office of Public Safety Officer Support ($3,015) programs to the Departmental Administration program for agency copier and associated expenses. (Total Funds: $55,949) Total Change
Field Offices and Services
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide enforcement for traffic and criminal laws through the Department of Public Safety's Uniform Division, and support a variety of specialized teams and offices, which include the Motorcycle Unit, Criminal Interdiction Unit, the Crisis Negotiations Team, the Special Projects Adjutant Office, Headquarters Adjutant Office, Special Investigations Office, the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit, and the Training Unit.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds for personal service expense to reflect previously vacant law enforcement officer positions. 7. Increase funds to implement dispatcher career path promotions. 8. Increase funds for aircraft fuel for local assistance requests. 9. Eliminate one-time funds for the Buckhead Post. 10. Eliminate one-time funds for equipment and furnishings for the Jekyll Island Post. 11. Transfer funds from Department of Public Safety to Georgia Bureau of Investigation for two watchdesk analyst positions. 12. Transfer funds from the Field Offices and Services program to the Departmental Administration program for agency copier and associated expenses. Total Change
Law Enforcement Training
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the training of State Troopers through Georgia State Patrol trooper schools.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.

$308,414 60,583 53,098 927 20,114 80,097
125,000 55,949
$704,182
$4,275,670 1,076,819 521,219 11,035 3,937,253 452,558 1,132,501 95,271
(1,200,000) (150,000) (167,352) (33,902)
$9,951,072
$94,846 53,654
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Program Budgets
4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law
enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds for additional 35 trooper school graduates.
Total Change
Motor Carrier Compliance
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide inspection, regulation, and enforcement for size, weight, and safety standards as well as traffic and criminal laws for commercial motor carriers, limousines, nonconsensual tow trucks, household goods movers, all buses, and large passenger vehicles as well as providing High Occupancy Vehicle and High Occupancy Toll lane use restriction enforcement.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Increase funds for ongoing maintenance of the weigh-in-motion monitoring system. 7. Transfer funds from the Motor Carrier Compliance program to the Departmental Administration program for agency copier and associated expenses. Total Change
Office of Public Safety Officer Support
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide peer counselors and critical incident support services to requesting local and state public entities that employ public safety officers.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 5. Increase funds for one additional Post Critical Incident Seminar (PCIS). 6. Increase funds for additional training for volunteer peer support workers. 7. Provide funds for two additional social workers and two additional peer support workers. 8. Transfer funds from the Office of Public Safety Officer Support program to the Departmental Administration program for agency copier and associated expenses. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:
Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide professionally trained, competent, and ethical firefighters with the proper equipment and facilities to ensure a fire-safe environment for Georgia citizens, and establish professional standards for fire service training including consulting, testing, and certification of Georgia firefighters.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Provide funds for one additional safety and compliance specialist and associated travel for the creation of a new testing region. 4. Reduce funds for operating efficiencies. Total Change

584 286,620 1,569,971 $2,165,045
$351,531 218,666 89,298 2,450
1,196,764 2,594,200
(19,032) $4,433,877
$53,268 8,664 208
40,227 30,000 30,000 432,329 (3,015) $591,681
$42,501 1,492
113,784 (7,400) $150,377

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Program Budgets
Office of Highway Safety Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to educate the public on highway safety issues, and facilitate the
implementation of programs to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities on Georgia roadways. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Utilize existing funds ($65,092) and increase funds ($4,492) for one community engagement coordinator and
associated travel. (Total Funds: $69,584) Total Change
Office of Highway Safety: Georgia Driver's Education Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide driver's education grant scholarships for Georgia drivers ages
15-17 to help satisfy driver's education requirements and reduce motor vehicle crashes in Georgia. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to set standards for the law enforcement community; ensure adequate
training at the highest level for all of Georgia's law enforcement officers and public safety professionals; and, certify individuals when all requirements are met. Investigate officers and public safety professionals when an allegation of unethical and/or illegal conduct is made, and sanction these individuals by disciplining officers and public safety professionals when necessary. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 5. Increase funds for the Georgia POST Resiliency Program previously funded through the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Law Enforcement Training Grant. 6. Provide funds for one curriculum auditor. 7. Provide funds for one Investigations Division deputy director. 8. Increase funds for system maintenance support for an online gang and human trafficking training system. Total Change
Georgia Public Safety Training Center Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to develop, deliver, and facilitate training that results in professional and
competent public safety services for the people of Georgia. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds for one mechanic position, one curriculum specialist position, and instructor development. 6. Increase funds for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 7. Increase funds for rent at the Pickens Academy location. 8. Increase funds for a board approved director raise.
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$18,651 16,297 21,806 4,492
$61,246
$9,195 $9,195
$161,953 28,717 (2,310) 80,455
647,000 118,891 127,028
20,000 $1,181,734
$634,306 34,334 45,092 1,728
313,194 28,831 15,000 20,030
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Program Budgets
9. Increase funds for additional staff and operational needs to increase Basic Law Enforcement training hours. 10. Transfer funds from Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center for
School Resource Officer and De-escalation training. 11. Increase funds for pest control and fire emergency monitoring system for campus. 12. Reduce funds for a vacant instructor position.
Total Change

6,144,225 1,250,000
28,474 (62,502) $8,452,712

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Department of Public Safety
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$227,396,499

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$227,396,499

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$34,695,566 $34,695,566

Changes
$8,626,708 $8,626,708
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$236,023,207 $236,023,207

$227,396,499 $227,396,499

$34,695,566 $34,695,566

$34,695,566 $34,695,566

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$24,664,665 $24,664,665
$286,756,730

$0 $0
$8,626,708

$24,664,665 $24,664,665
$295,383,438

$24,664,665 $24,664,665
$286,756,730

Changes
$26,773,666 $26,773,666
$0 $0 $1,207,583 $1,207,583 $27,981,249

FY 2024 Original Budget

Aviation

State General Funds

4,743,331

TOTAL FUNDS

$4,743,331

Capitol Police Services

State General Funds

1,207,583

Other Funds

8,405,077

TOTAL FUNDS

$9,612,660

Departmental Administration (DPS)

State General Funds

9,877,495

Other Funds

3,510

TOTAL FUNDS

$9,881,005

Field Offices and Services

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

151,709,975 2,494,501

Other Funds

1,049,686

TOTAL FUNDS

$155,254,162

Law Enforcement Training

State General Funds

7,621,336

TOTAL FUNDS

$7,621,336

Motor Carrier Compliance

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

18,763,296 11,348,744

Other Funds

11,132,727

TOTAL FUNDS

$41,244,767

Office of Public Safety Officer Support

State General Funds

1,512,332

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,512,332

Changes
24,760 $24,760
67,820 0
$67,820
80,738 0
$80,738
1,157,273 0 0
$1,157,273
1,238,632 $1,238,632
5,513,469 0 0
$5,513,469
132,728 $132,728

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council

State General Funds

1,588,873

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,588,873

48,030 $48,030

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

4,768,091 $4,768,091

4,743,331 $4,743,331

1,275,403 8,405,077 $9,680,480

1,207,583 8,405,077 $9,612,660

9,958,233 3,510
$9,961,743

9,877,495 3,510
$9,881,005

152,867,248
2,494,501 1,049,686 $156,411,435

151,709,975
2,494,501 1,049,686 $155,254,162

8,859,968 $8,859,968

7,621,336 $7,621,336

24,276,765
11,348,744 11,132,727 $46,758,236

18,763,296
11,348,744 11,132,727 $41,244,767

1,645,060 $1,645,060

1,512,332 $1,512,332

1,636,903 $1,636,903

1,588,873 $1,588,873

Changes
280,128 $280,128
(1,207,583) 1,207,583 $0
704,182 0
$704,182
9,951,072 0 0
$9,951,072
2,165,045 $2,165,045
4,433,877 0 0
$4,433,877
591,681 $591,681
150,377 $150,377

FY 2025 Budget
$254,170,165 $254,170,165
$34,695,566 $34,695,566 $25,872,248 $25,872,248 $314,737,979
FY 2025 Budget
5,023,459 $5,023,459
0 9,612,660 $9,612,660
10,581,677 3,510
$10,585,187
161,661,047 2,494,501 1,049,686
$165,205,234
9,786,381 $9,786,381
23,197,173 11,348,744 11,132,727 $45,678,644
2,104,013 $2,104,013
1,739,250 $1,739,250

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Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

Office of Highway Safety

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

677,637 19,791,142

(41,409) 0

Other Funds

652,912

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$21,121,691

($41,409)

Office of Highway Safety: Georgia Driver's Education Commission

State General Funds

2,920,678

(1,423,455)

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,920,678

($1,423,455)

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council

State General Funds

5,523,783

302,734

TOTAL FUNDS

$5,523,783

$302,734

Georgia Public Safety Training Center

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

21,250,180 1,061,179

1,525,388 0

Other Funds

3,420,753

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$25,732,112

$1,525,388

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

636,228
19,791,142 652,912
$21,080,282

677,637
19,791,142 652,912
$21,121,691

1,497,223 $1,497,223

2,920,678 $2,920,678

5,826,517 $5,826,517

5,523,783 $5,523,783

22,775,568
1,061,179 3,420,753 $27,257,500

21,250,180
1,061,179 3,420,753 $25,732,112

Changes
61,246 0 0
$61,246
9,195 $9,195
1,181,734 $1,181,734
8,452,712 0 0
$8,452,712

FY 2025 Budget
738,883 19,791,142
652,912 $21,182,937
2,929,873 $2,929,873
6,705,517 $6,705,517
29,702,892 1,061,179 3,420,753
$34,184,824

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Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Aviation Capitol Police Services Departmental Administration (DPS) Field Offices and Services Law Enforcement Training Motor Carrier Compliance Office of Public Safety Officer Support
SUBTOTAL
(Excludes Attached Agencies) Attached Agencies
Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council Office of Highway Safety

FY 2022 Expenditures
$5,739,519 8,760,064
21,271,712 169,923,280
42,772,562 1,150,710
$249,617,847
$2,300,595 19,873,440

Office of Highway Safety: Georgia Driver's Education

Commission

Georgia Peace Officer Standards

and Training Council

5,026,988

Georgia Public Safety Training

Center

29,401,019

SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

$56,602,042

FY 2023 Expenditures
$4,553,261 9,171,604
9,845,721 195,751,973
46,912,015
1,428,717 $267,663,291

FY 2024 Original Budget
$4,743,331 9,612,660
9,881,005 155,254,162
7,621,336 41,244,767
1,512,332
$229,869,593

$2,554,106 20,543,065
2,744,293 6,250,916 31,184,948 $63,277,328

$1,588,873 21,121,691
2,920,678 5,523,783 25,732,112 $56,887,137

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$306,219,889
34,278,493 1,347,563
46,564,098 $82,190,154

$330,940,619
39,008,092 46,947,605 $85,955,697

$286,756,730
34,695,566 24,664,665 $59,360,231

State General Funds Governor's Emergency Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

221,990,490 2,039,244
$224,029,734

242,904,930 2,079,993
$244,984,923

227,396,499 $227,396,499

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$4,768,091 9,680,480 9,961,743
156,411,435 8,859,968
46,758,236 1,645,060
$238,085,013
$1,636,903 21,080,282
1,497,223 5,826,517 27,257,500
$57,298,425
$295,383,438
34,695,566
24,664,665 $59,360,231
236,023,207
$236,023,207

FY 2025 Budget
$5,023,459 9,612,660
10,585,187 165,205,234
9,786,381 45,678,644
2,104,013 $247,995,578
$1,739,250 21,182,937
2,929,873 6,705,517 34,184,824 $66,742,401
$314,737,979
34,695,566
25,872,248 $60,567,814
254,170,165
$254,170,165

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Public Service Commission
Roles and Responsibilities

The Public Service Commission (PSC) is responsible for regulating public utility companies under its jurisdiction. In carrying out its responsibilities, the Commission promulgates and enforces rules governing regulated companies, assists consumers of regulated companies with questions and problems, and educates the public on consumer rights and responsibilities in the evolving regulatory environment. Above all, the Commission aims to ensure that the best value in electric, natural gas, and telecommunications service is delivered to Georgia consumers and that the level of pipeline safety and utility facility protection practiced in the state remains high.
The PSC is an executive regulatory agency directed by a five-member Constitutional Board. Commissioners are elected through statewide general elections and serve six-year terms. The agency's staff includes accountants, analysts, engineers, information systems specialists, inspectors, and various administrative personnel who assist the Commissioners in fulfilling their duties. The Commission has three programs: Administration, Facility Protection, and Utilities Regulation.

UTILITIES REGULATION The Utilities Regulation program is responsible for the
regulation of utility services throughout the state. The program is responsible for monitoring the rates and service standards of electric, telecommunications, and natural gas companies. Additionally, it is the role of the Commission to approve supply plans for electric and natural gas companies; monitor utility system, telecommunications network, and energy generation planning and construction activities; arbitrate complaints among competitors; provide consumer protection and education; and certify competitive natural gas and telecommunications providers.
AUTHORITY Titles 40 and 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.
Article 4, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.

FACILITY PROTECTION Through its Facility Protection program, the Public Service
Commission protects people, property, and the environment from physical harm from a release of natural gas or other liquid and averts interruptions of utility service resulting from damage to utility facilities caused by blasting or excavating. The Commission fulfills its responsibilities by enforcing industry compliance with safety rules and regulations and by educating system operators. By training operators, the Commission ensures that industry personnel understand proper procedures for locating and marking utility facilities before blasting or excavating.

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Public Service Commission
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Commission Administration (PSC) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist the Commissioners and staff in achieving the agency's goals. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer funds to Facility Protection to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Facility Protection Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enforce state and federal regulations pertaining to buried utility facility
infrastructure and to promote safety through training and inspections. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Utilize existing funds ($63,726), transfer funds from Commission Administration ($47,840), and increase funds for database upgrade for the Call Before You Dig program. (Total Funds: $250,000)
3. Increase funds for equipment costs for two additional investigators for the Call Before You Dig program. 4. Increase funds for state share of equipment and vehicle costs for one additional Pipeline Safety inspector.
Total Change
Utilities Regulation Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to monitor the rates and service standards of electric, natural gas, and
telecommunications companies, approve supply plans for electric and natural gas companies, monitor utility system and telecommunications network planning, arbitrate complaints among competitors, provide consumer protection and education, and certify competitive natural gas and telecommunications providers. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Commission Administration (PSC) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist the Commissioners and staff in achieving the agency's goals. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and
operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Transfer funds to Facility Protection to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change

$11,842 (47,840) ($35,998)
$20,454 186,274
12,000 22,400 $241,128
$51,672 $51,672
$52,928 14,010 19,652 5,309
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Public Service Commission
Program Budgets
Facility Protection
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enforce state and federal regulations pertaining to buried utility facility infrastructure and to promote safety through training and inspections.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Utilize existing funds ($63,726), transfer funds from Facility Protection ($47,840), and increase funds for two additional investigators for the Call Before You Dig program. (Total Funds: $191,952) 5. Increase funds for state share of one additional Pipeline Safety inspector position. Total Change
Utilities Regulation
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to monitor the rates and service standards of electric, natural gas, and telecommunications companies, approve supply plans for electric and natural gas companies, monitor utility system and telecommunications network planning, arbitrate complaints among competitors, provide consumer protection and education, and certify competitive natural gas and telecommunications providers.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. Total Change

$50,734 11,632 19,187
128,226 53,011
$262,790
$242,975 72,400
251,267 30,823 1,306
$598,771

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Public Service Commission
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$11,872,624

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$11,872,624

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$1,231,100 $1,231,100

Changes
$256,802 $256,802
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$12,129,426 $12,129,426

$11,872,624 $11,872,624

$1,231,100 $1,231,100

$1,231,100 $1,231,100

Total Funds

$13,103,724

$256,802

$13,360,526

$13,103,724

Changes
$905,620 $905,620
$0 $0 $905,620

FY 2024 Original Budget

Commission Administration (PSC)

State General Funds

1,949,732

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,949,732

Facility Protection

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

1,551,202 1,231,100

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,782,302

Utilities Regulation

State General Funds

8,371,690

TOTAL FUNDS

$8,371,690

Changes
(35,998) ($35,998)
241,128 0
$241,128
51,672 $51,672

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

1,913,734 $1,913,734

1,949,732 $1,949,732

1,792,330
1,231,100 $3,023,430

1,551,202
1,231,100 $2,782,302

8,423,362 $8,423,362

8,371,690 $8,371,690

Changes
44,059 $44,059
262,790 0
$262,790
598,771 $598,771

FY 2025 Budget
$12,778,244 $12,778,244
$1,231,100 $1,231,100 $14,009,344
FY 2025 Budget
1,993,791 $1,993,791
1,813,992 1,231,100 $3,045,092
8,970,461 $8,970,461

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Public Service Commission
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources
Commission Administration (PSC) Facility Protection Utilities Regulation SUBTOTAL

FY 2022 Expenditures
$2,263,798 2,435,465 6,946,271
$11,645,534

FY 2023 Expenditures
$2,075,725 2,760,719 8,004,446
$12,840,890

FY 2024 Original Budget
$1,949,732 2,782,302 8,371,690
$13,103,724

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Other Funds SUBTOTAL

$11,645,534
941,212 160,377 $1,101,589

$12,840,890
1,072,843 164,993
$1,237,836

$13,103,724 1,231,100
$1,231,100

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

10,543,945 $10,543,945

11,603,054 $11,603,054

11,872,624 $11,872,624

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$1,913,734 3,023,430 8,423,362
$13,360,526
$13,360,526
1,231,100
$1,231,100
12,129,426 $12,129,426

FY 2025 Budget
$1,993,791 3,045,092 8,970,461
$14,009,344
$14,009,344
1,231,100
$1,231,100
12,778,244 $12,778,244

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Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Roles and Responsibilities

The University System of Georgia (USG), through its 26 public colleges and universities, is charged with providing higher education to Georgia residents. USG works to create a more educated Georgia through its core missions of instruction, research, and public service.
INSTRUCTION USG's institutions are categorized into four sectors: research
universities, comprehensive universities, state universities, and state colleges.
Access to higher education is critical to the economic development of the state. Students enroll in the hundreds of thousands at USG institutions every semester. USG institutions offer doctorate, first professional, masters, baccalaureate, and associate degree programs. USG institutions also offer various one-year and advanced certificate programs.
RESEARCH Research is concentrated at four research universities: the
University of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, and Augusta University. Funding for research is derived from the funding formula, federal and private sponsored research, and special state programs, such as the Georgia Tech Research Institute.
Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is a research component of the Georgia Institute of Technology. GTRI uses science and engineering expertise to solve some of the toughest problems facing government and industry across the nation and around the globe.
PUBLIC SERVICE The University System of Georgia offers direct service to
farmers, businesses, industry, and communities through continuing education, public service institutes, and special services and organizations, such as the Enterprise Innovation Institute and Cooperative Extension Service.
The Enterprise Innovation Institute (EII) encourages industrial and economic development by providing an extension service that meets the technical and informational needs of industry and local development groups. EII also provides support for new technology companies.

Cooperative Extension Service (CES) assists Georgia farmers through a network of county extension agents who share information and research developed through the Agricultural Experiment Stations. CES also offers useful and practical information to the people of Georgia on subjects related to natural resources, home economics, youth development, rural development, and family support.
OTHER ACTIVITIES The Board of Regents also oversees the Georgia Public
Library Service (GPLS) which provides guidance, consulting services, training, technology services, information, and materials and handles the disbursement of state and federal funds to meet the needs of hundreds of public libraries serving local communities throughout the state. In addition, GPLS operates the state's library for the blind and physically disabled.
ATTACHED AGENCIES The Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
(GPTC) provides a nine-station television and 18-station radio network designed to meet the educational, cultural, and informational needs of Georgia residents. Additionally, GPTC provides electronically delivered classroom support for all Georgia learners.
The Georgia Military College (GMC) is a liberal arts college located in Milledgeville with satellite campuses throughout the state and an online campus. GMC also runs a preparatory school for grades K-12.
The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust was established to educate the citizens of Georgia on the consequences of hate and prejudice through lessons on the Holocaust. With a variety of programs, the Commission fosters tolerance, good citizenship, and character development among the young people of the state.
AUTHORITY Titles 12, 20, 49, and 50 of the Official Code of Georgia
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Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Agricultural Experiment Station Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to improve production, processing, new product development, food
safety, storage, and marketing to increase profitability and global competitiveness of Georgia's agribusiness. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Athens and Tifton Veterinary Laboratories Contract Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide diagnostic services, disease research, and educational
outreach for veterinarians and animal owners to ensure the safety of Georgia's food supply and the health of Georgia's production, equine, and companion animals. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Cooperative Extension Service Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide training, educational programs, and outreach to Georgians in
agricultural, horticultural, food, and family and consumer sciences, and to manage the 4-H youth program for the state. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Enterprise Innovation Institute Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to advise Georgia manufacturers, entrepreneurs, and government officials
on best business practices and technology-driven economic development, and to provide the state share to federal incentive and assistance programs for entrepreneurs and innovative businesses. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Forestry Cooperative Extension Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for faculty to support instruction and outreach about
conservation and sustainable management of forests and other natural resources. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Forestry Research Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to conduct research about economically and environmentally sound forest
resources management and to assist non-industrial forest landowners and natural resources professionals in complying with state and federal regulations. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$428,447 $428,447
$0 $0
$774,004 $774,004
$159,322 $159,322
$15,071 $15,071
$69,973 $69,973

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Program Budgets
Georgia Archives Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to maintain the state's archives; document and interpret the history of the
Georgia State Capitol building; and assist State Agencies with adequately documenting their activities, administering their records management programs, scheduling their records, and transferring their noncurrent records to the State Records Center. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enhance cybersecurity technology for private and public industries
through unique education, training, research, and practical applications. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Georgia Research Alliance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to expand research and commercialization capacity in public and private
universities in Georgia to launch new companies and create jobs. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds for six new Eminent Scholars and six Distinguished Investigators. Total Change
Georgia Tech Research Institute Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding to laboratories and research centers affiliated with the
Georgia Institute of Technology whose scientific, engineering, industrial, or policy research promotes economic development, health, and safety in Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Marine Institute Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support research on coastal processes involving the unique
ecosystems of the Georgia coastline and to provide access and facilities for graduate and undergraduate classes to conduct field research on the Georgia coast. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Marine Resources Extension Center Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund outreach, education, and research to enhance coastal
environmental and economic sustainability. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change

$22,607 $22,607
$33,372 $33,372
$4,306 14,250,000 $14,254,306
$3,478,172 $3,478,172
$12,918 $12,918
$36,601 $36,601

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Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Program Budgets
Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support graduate medical education at the Medical College of Georgia
at Augusta University and provide patient care, including ambulatory, trauma, cancer, neonatal intensive, and emergency and express care. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Public Libraries Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to award grants from the Public Library Fund, promote literacy, and
provide library services that facilitate access to information for all Georgians regardless of geographic location or special needs. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase formula funds to reflect an increase in health insurance employer contribution per-member permonth (PMPM) rate for certified school employees from $843 to $1,093. Total Change
Public Service/Special Funding Initiatives Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund leadership, service, and education initiatives that require funding
beyond what is provided by formula. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. 3. Remove duplicate funding for music industry archiving at the University of Georgia.
Total Change
Regents Central Office Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to institutions of the University System
of Georgia and to fund membership in the Southern Regional Education Board. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds for legal fees. Total Change
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund research and educational programs regarding marine and ocean
science and aquatic environments. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Teaching Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funds to the Board of Regents for annual allocations to
University System of Georgia institutions for student instruction and to establish and operate other initiatives that promote, support, or extend student learning. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.

$458,589 $458,589
$54,902 415,500 $470,402
$128,104 (2,288,104) (2,600,000) ($4,760,000)
$37,678 250,000 $287,678
$43,060 $43,060
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Program Budgets
2. Restore FY 2024 formula funds. 3. Increase funds for the Fort Valley State University Land Grant match requirements.
Total Change
Veterinary Medicine Experiment Station Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to coordinate and conduct research at the University of Georgia on animal
disease problems of present and potential concern to Georgia's livestock and poultry industries and to provide training and education in disease research, surveillance, and intervention. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide clinical instruction for veterinary medicine students, support
research that enhances the health and welfare of production and companion animals in Georgia, and address the shortage of veterinarians in Georgia and the nation. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Payments to Georgia Commission on the Holocaust Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to teach the lessons of the Holocaust to present and future generations of
Georgians in order to create an awareness of the enormity of the crimes of prejudice and inhumanity. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Payments to Georgia Military College Junior Military College Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for Georgia Military College's Junior Military College
and pooled expenses. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Payments to Georgia Military College Preparatory School Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide quality basic education funding for grades three through twelve
at Georgia Military College's Preparatory School. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Payments to Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to create, produce, and distribute high quality programs and services that
educate, inform, and entertain audiences, and enrich the quality of their lives. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
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66,000,000 823,926
$112,835,689
$37,678 $37,678
$234,677 $234,677
$3,230 $3,230
$0 $0
$0 $0
$117,339 $117,339
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Program Budgets
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Agricultural Experiment Station Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to improve production, processing, new product development, food
safety, storage, and marketing to increase profitability and global competitiveness of Georgia's agribusiness. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined
employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Increase funds for the employer share of health benefits.
Total Change
Athens and Tifton Veterinary Laboratories Contract Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide diagnostic services, disease research, and educational
outreach for veterinarians and animal owners to ensure the safety of Georgia's food supply and the health of Georgia's production, equine, and companion animals. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Cooperative Extension Service Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide training, educational programs, and outreach to Georgians in
agricultural, horticultural, food, and family and consumer sciences, and to manage the 4-H youth program for the state. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Increase funds for the employer share of health benefits. Total Change
Enterprise Innovation Institute Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to advise Georgia manufacturers, entrepreneurs, and government officials
on best business practices and technology-driven economic development, and to provide the state share to federal incentive and assistance programs for entrepreneurs and innovative businesses.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Increase funds for the employer share of health benefits. Total Change
Forestry Cooperative Extension Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for faculty to support instruction and outreach about
conservation and sustainable management of forests and other natural resources. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined
employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. Total Change

$617,446 138,527 316,720
$1,072,693
$0 $0
$1,078,332 177,971 900
$1,257,203
$229,541 74,117 54,131
$357,789
$25,363 2,907
$28,270

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Program Budgets
Forestry Research Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to conduct research about economically and environmentally sound forest
resources management and to assist non-industrial forest landowners and natural resources professionals in complying with state and federal regulations. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Increase funds for the employer share of health benefits. Total Change
Georgia Archives Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to maintain the state's archives; document and interpret the history of the
Georgia State Capitol building; and assist State Agencies with adequately documenting their activities, administering their records management programs, scheduling their records, and transferring their noncurrent records to the State Records Center. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change
Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enhance cybersecurity technology for private and public industries
through unique education, training, research, and practical applications. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined
employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Increase funds for the employer share of health benefits.
Total Change
Georgia Research Alliance
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to expand research and commercialization capacity in public and private universities in Georgia to launch new companies and create jobs.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. Total Change
Georgia Tech Research Institute Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding to laboratories and research centers affiliated with the
Georgia Institute of Technology whose scientific, engineering, industrial, or policy research promotes economic development, health, and safety in Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Increase funds for the employer share of health benefits. Total Change
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$50,851 8,182 1,047
$60,080
$36,002 5,503 925
34,246 $76,676
$73,107 10,618 20,613
$104,338
$15,412 1,805
$17,217
$89,607 6,364
16,954 $112,925
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Program Budgets
Marine Institute
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support research on coastal processes involving the unique ecosystems of the Georgia coastline and to provide access and facilities for graduate and undergraduate classes to conduct field research on the Georgia coast.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. Total Change
Marine Resources Extension Center
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund outreach, education, and research to enhance coastal environmental and economic sustainability.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. Total Change
Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support graduate medical education at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and provide patient care, including ambulatory, trauma, cancer, neonatal intensive, and emergency and express care.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Public Libraries
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to award grants from the Public Library Fund, promote literacy, and provide library services that facilitate access to information for all Georgians regardless of geographic location or special needs.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%.
3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for the public libraries' formula based on an increase in the state population. 6. Increase formula funds to reflect an increase in health insurance employer contribution per-member per-
month (PMPM) rate for certified school employees from $843 to $1,093. Total Change
Public Service/Special Funding Initiatives
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund leadership, service, and education initiatives that require funding beyond what is provided by formula.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Eliminate one-time funds for music industry archiving at the University of Georgia. 4. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. 5. Increase funds for the employer share of health benefits. Total Change

$28,944 4,094
$33,038
$42,473 6,562
$49,035
$1,311,566 $1,311,566
$1,193,864 176,811 209,954 8,562 177,605
1,246,500 $3,013,296
$442,984 45,243
(5,200,000) (2,188,571)
134,143 ($6,766,201)

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Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Program Budgets
Regents Central Office
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to institutions of the University System of Georgia and to fund membership in the Southern Regional Education Board.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Increase funds for the employer share of health benefits. Total Change
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund research and educational programs regarding marine and ocean science and aquatic environments.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. Total Change
Teaching
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funds to the Board of Regents for annual allocations to University System of Georgia institutions for student instruction and to establish and operate other initiatives that promote, support, or extend student learning.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
4. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses.
5. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 6. Increase funds to reflect a 0.8% decrease in enrollment with an increase in higher cost program areas
($2,256,373) and 0.2% increase in square footage ($658,999). 7. Increase funds for the employer share of health benefits. 8. Restore FY 2024 formula funds. 9. Adjust the debt service payback amount for a project at the Georgia Perimeter College. 10. Increase funds for the Fort Valley State University Land Grant match requirements.
Total Change
Veterinary Medicine Experiment Station
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to coordinate and conduct research at the University of Georgia on animal disease problems of present and potential concern to Georgia's livestock and poultry industries and to provide training and education in disease research, surveillance, and intervention.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Increase funds for the employer share of health benefits. Total Change

$116,869 13,227
193,978 17,550
$341,624
$62,435 2,773
$65,208
$91,813,260 7,676,694 1,941,550 246,882 1,180,277 2,915,372
22,431,361 66,000,000
86,730 823,926 $195,116,052
$92,093 13,917 8,200
$114,210

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Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Program Budgets
Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide clinical instruction for veterinary medicine students, support research that enhances the health and welfare of production and companion animals in Georgia, and address the shortage of veterinarians in Georgia and the nation.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Increase funds for the employer share of health benefits. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Payments to Georgia Commission on the Holocaust
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to teach the lessons of the Holocaust to present and future generations of Georgians in order to create an awareness of the enormity of the crimes of prejudice and inhumanity.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 4. Utilize existing funds ($264,500) for planning costs and exhibitions at the Anne Frank Education Center. Total Change
Payments to Georgia Military College Junior Military College
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for Georgia Military College's Junior Military College and pooled expenses.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change
Payments to Georgia Military College Preparatory School
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide quality basic education funding for grades kindergarten through twelve at Georgia Military College's Preparatory School.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 2. Increase funds for enrollment, training, and experience. 3. Increase funds to adjust the state base salary schedule to increase salaries for certified teachers and certified employees by $2,500 effective September 1, 2024. 4. Increase formula funds to reflect an increase in health insurance employer contribution per-member permonth (PMPM) rate for certified school employees to $1,760 effective July 1, 2024. Total Change

$15,519 3,735 1,351
$20,605
$13,356 1,375 297 Yes
$15,028
$93,391 (3,787)
1,020 $90,624
$11,265 148,613 164,436 112,320 $436,634

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Program Budgets
Payments to Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to create, produce, and distribute high quality programs and services that educate, inform, and entertain audiences, and enrich the quality of their lives.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. Total Change

$228,024 340
(5,766)
52,625 382
$275,605

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Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$3,184,870,919

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$3,184,870,919

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$1,840,895,656 $1,840,895,656

Changes
$129,013,135 $129,013,135
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

$3,313,884,054 $3,313,884,054

$3,184,870,919 $3,184,870,919

$197,203,515 $197,203,515

$1,840,895,656 $1,840,895,656

$0

$1,840,895,656

$1,840,895,656

$0

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$4,488,841,450 $4,488,841,450
$9,514,608,025

$0 $0
$129,013,135

$4,488,841,450 $4,488,841,450
$9,643,621,160

$4,488,841,450 $4,488,841,450
$9,514,608,025

$0 $0
$197,203,515

FY 2025 Budget
$3,382,074,434 $3,382,074,434
$1,840,895,656 $1,840,895,656
$4,488,841,450 $4,488,841,450 $9,711,811,540

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

Agricultural Experiment Station

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

53,340,515 38,250,210

428,447 0

Other Funds

28,511,900

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$120,102,625

$428,447

Athens and Tifton Veterinary Laboratories Contract

Federal Funds Not

Specifically Identified

605,000

0

Other Funds

6,642,766

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$7,247,766

$0

Cooperative Extension Service

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

49,552,824 12,361,094

774,004 0

Other Funds

22,707,707

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$84,621,625

$774,004

Enterprise Innovation Institute

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

12,647,809 9,500,000

159,322 0

Other Funds

6,000,000

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$28,147,809

$159,322

Forestry Cooperative Extension

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

1,079,636 450,000

15,071 0

Other Funds

346,988

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,876,624

$15,071

Forestry Research

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

3,190,344 4,169,000

69,973 0

Other Funds

8,310,243

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$15,669,587

$69,973

Georgia Archives

State General Funds

4,464,213

22,607

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

53,768,962
38,250,210 28,511,900 $120,531,072

53,340,515
38,250,210 28,511,900 $120,102,625

605,000 6,642,766 $7,247,766
50,326,828 12,361,094 22,707,707 $85,395,629
12,807,131 9,500,000 6,000,000
$28,307,131
1,094,707 450,000 346,988
$1,891,695
3,260,317 4,169,000 8,310,243 $15,739,560
4,486,820

605,000 6,642,766 $7,247,766
49,552,824 12,361,094 22,707,707 $84,621,625
12,647,809 9,500,000 6,000,000
$28,147,809
1,079,636 450,000 346,988
$1,876,624
3,190,344 4,169,000 8,310,243 $15,669,587
4,464,213

Changes
1,072,693 0 0
$1,072,693
0 0 $0
1,257,203 0 0
$1,257,203
357,789 0 0
$357,789
28,270 0 0
$28,270
60,080 0 0
$60,080
76,676

FY 2025 Budget
54,413,208 38,250,210 28,511,900 $121,175,318
605,000 6,642,766 $7,247,766
50,810,027 12,361,094 22,707,707 $85,878,828
13,005,598 9,500,000 6,000,000
$28,505,598
1,107,906 450,000 346,988
$1,904,894
3,250,424 4,169,000 8,310,243 $15,729,667
4,540,889

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Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Other Funds

955,154

TOTAL FUNDS

$5,419,367

Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center

State General Funds

2,327,175

Other Funds

2,223,468

TOTAL FUNDS

$4,550,643

Georgia Research Alliance

State General Funds

5,110,865

TOTAL FUNDS

$5,110,865

Georgia Tech Research Institute

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

7,037,113 525,422,777

Other Funds

315,937,315

TOTAL FUNDS

$848,397,205

Marine Institute

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

1,126,088 296,648

Other Funds

302,183

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,724,919

Marine Resources Extension Center

State General Funds

1,723,494

Other Funds

1,700,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,423,494

Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics

State General Funds

44,525,290

TOTAL FUNDS

$44,525,290

Public Libraries

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

46,886,944 5,651,513

TOTAL FUNDS

$52,538,457

Public Service/Special Funding Initiatives

State General Funds

39,988,670

TOTAL FUNDS

$39,988,670

Regents Central Office

State General Funds

10,991,274

Other Funds

350,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$11,341,274

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

3,150,314 2,392,407

Other Funds

2,009,390

TOTAL FUNDS

$7,552,111

Teaching

State General Funds

2,868,895,190

Changes 0
$22,607

Amended FY 2024 Budget
955,154
$5,441,974

FY 2024 Original Budget
955,154 $5,419,367

33,372 0
$33,372

2,360,547 2,223,468 $4,584,015

2,327,175 2,223,468 $4,550,643

14,254,306 $14,254,306

19,365,171 $19,365,171

5,110,865 $5,110,865

3,478,172
0 0 $3,478,172

10,515,285
525,422,777 315,937,315 $851,875,377

7,037,113
525,422,777 315,937,315 $848,397,205

12,918
0 0 $12,918

1,139,006
296,648 302,183 $1,737,837

1,126,088
296,648 302,183 $1,724,919

36,601 0
$36,601

1,760,095 1,700,000 $3,460,095

1,723,494 1,700,000 $3,423,494

458,589 $458,589

44,983,879 $44,983,879

44,525,290 $44,525,290

470,402
0 $470,402

47,357,346
5,651,513 $53,008,859

46,886,944
5,651,513 $52,538,457

(4,760,000) ($4,760,000)

35,228,670 $35,228,670

39,988,670 $39,988,670

287,678 0
$287,678

11,278,952 350,000
$11,628,952

10,991,274 350,000
$11,341,274

43,060
0 0 $43,060

3,193,374
2,392,407 2,009,390 $7,595,171

3,150,314
2,392,407 2,009,390 $7,552,111

112,835,689

2,981,730,879

2,868,895,190

Changes 0
$76,676

FY 2025 Budget
955,154 $5,496,043

104,338 0
$104,338

2,431,513 2,223,468 $4,654,981

17,217 $17,217

5,128,082 $5,128,082

112,925
0 0 $112,925

7,150,038
525,422,777 315,937,315 $848,510,130

33,038
0 0 $33,038

1,159,126
296,648 302,183 $1,757,957

49,035 0
$49,035

1,772,529 1,700,000 $3,472,529

1,311,566 $1,311,566

45,836,856 $45,836,856

3,013,296
0 $3,013,296

49,900,240
5,651,513 $55,551,753

(6,766,201) ($6,766,201)

33,222,469 $33,222,469

341,624 0
$341,624

11,332,898 350,000
$11,682,898

65,208
0 0 $65,208

3,215,522
2,392,407 2,009,390 $7,617,319

195,116,052

3,064,011,242

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Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Program Budget Financial Summary

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

FY 2024 Original Budget
1,241,597,007

Other Funds

4,062,744,336

TOTAL FUNDS

$8,173,236,533

Veterinary Medicine Experiment Station

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

5,168,289 200,000

Other Funds

1,100,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$6,468,289

Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital

State General Funds

571,250

Other Funds

29,000,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$29,571,250

Changes
0 0 $112,835,689
37,678
0 0 $37,678
234,677 0
$234,677

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

1,241,597,007 4,062,744,336 $8,286,072,222

1,241,597,007 4,062,744,336 $8,173,236,533

5,205,967
200,000 1,100,000 $6,505,967

5,168,289
200,000 1,100,000 $6,468,289

805,927 29,000,000 $29,805,927

571,250 29,000,000 $29,571,250

Changes
0 0 $195,116,052
114,210
0 0 $114,210
20,605 0
$20,605

FY 2025 Budget
1,241,597,007 4,062,744,336 $8,368,352,585
5,282,499
200,000 1,100,000 $6,582,499
591,855 29,000,000 $29,591,855

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Payments to Georgia Commission on the Holocaust

State General Funds

614,133

3,230

TOTAL FUNDS

$614,133

$3,230

Payments to Georgia Military College Junior Military College

State General Funds

3,849,591

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,849,591

$0

Payments to Georgia Military College Preparatory School

State General Funds

5,631,535

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$5,631,535

$0

Payments to Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission

State General Funds

12,998,363

117,339

TOTAL FUNDS

$12,998,363

$117,339

617,363 $617,363
3,849,591 $3,849,591
5,631,535 $5,631,535
13,115,702 $13,115,702

614,133 $614,133
3,849,591 $3,849,591
5,631,535 $5,631,535
12,998,363 $12,998,363

15,028 $15,028
90,624 $90,624
436,634 $436,634
275,605 $275,605

629,161 $629,161
3,940,215 $3,940,215
6,068,169 $6,068,169
13,273,968 $13,273,968

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Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources
Agricultural Experiment Station Athens and Tifton Veterinary Laboratories Contract
Cooperative Extension Service
Enterprise Innovation Institute
Forestry Cooperative Extension
Forestry Research
Georgia Archives Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center
Georgia Research Alliance
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Marine Institute Marine Resources Extension Center Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics
Public Libraries Public Service/Special Funding Initiatives
Regents Central Office Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Teaching Veterinary Medicine Experiment Station Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital
SUBTOTAL
(Excludes Attached Agencies)
Attached Agencies
Payments to Georgia Commission on the Holocaust Payments to Georgia Military College Junior Military College Payments to Georgia Military College Preparatory School Payments to Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

FY 2022 Expenditures
$137,199,358 9,004,655
74,788,030 27,526,566
1,887,564 15,602,453
5,402,339 6,289,356 11,133,526 736,342,429 1,517,719 3,137,678 37,672,298 54,044,277 22,918,085 11,074,495 6,896,811 8,311,218,858 5,591,756 31,077,333 $9,510,325,586
$452,278 4,947,383 4,433,945 17,923,104
$27,756,710

FY 2023 Expenditures
$131,917,020
8,873,175 88,174,081 28,611,187
2,257,586 17,505,261
5,436,988
9,495,952 11,887,760 809,765,908
1,496,313
4,415,769
148,437,882 53,828,788
37,579,016 11,337,604
9,609,039 8,343,763,269
6,612,313
33,040,169 $9,764,045,080

FY 2024 Original Budget
$120,102,625
7,247,766 84,621,625 28,147,809
1,876,624 15,669,587
5,419,367
4,550,643 5,110,865 848,397,205 1,724,919
3,423,494
44,525,290 52,538,457
39,988,670 11,341,274
7,552,111 8,173,236,533
6,468,289
29,571,250 $9,491,514,403

$471,318 4,732,827 5,060,985 14,814,216 $25,079,346

$614,133 3,849,591 5,631,535 12,998,363 $23,093,622

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds Prior Year State Funds
SUBTOTAL

$9,538,082,296

$9,789,124,426

$9,514,608,025

1,643,638,319 710,381,447
4,425,886,538
$6,779,906,304

1,796,986,009 315,980,873
4,426,520,615 2,000,000
$6,541,487,497

1,840,895,656 4,488,841,450 $6,329,737,106

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

2,758,175,990 $2,758,175,990

3,247,636,930 $3,247,636,930

3,184,870,919 $3,184,870,919

Amended FY 2024 Budget $120,531,072
7,247,766 85,395,629 28,307,131
1,891,695 15,739,560
5,441,974 4,584,015 19,365,171 851,875,377 1,737,837 3,460,095 44,983,879 53,008,859 35,228,670 11,628,952 7,595,171 8,286,072,222 6,505,967 29,805,927 $9,620,406,969
$617,363 3,849,591 5,631,535 13,115,702
$23,214,191
$9,643,621,160
1,840,895,656
4,488,841,450
$6,329,737,106
3,313,884,054 $3,313,884,054

FY 2025 Budget $121,175,318
7,247,766 85,878,828 28,505,598
1,904,894 15,729,667
5,496,043 4,654,981 5,128,082 848,510,130 1,757,957 3,472,529 45,836,856 55,551,753 33,222,469 11,682,898 7,617,319 8,368,352,585 6,582,499 29,591,855 $9,687,900,027
$629,161 3,940,215 6,068,169 13,273,968
$23,911,513
$9,711,811,540
1,840,895,656
4,488,841,450
$6,329,737,106
3,382,074,434 $3,382,074,434

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Department of Revenue
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Revenue was created in 1938 to serve as the lead agency for administering the state's tax laws and collecting and processing state revenue. The Department has seven major divisions: Alcohol and Tobacco, Tax Compliance, Legal Affairs and Tax Policy, Local Government Services, Motor Vehicle Division, Special Investigations, and Taxpayer Services.
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO The Alcohol and Tobacco division is composed of two
sections: The Law Enforcement section enforces all laws and regulations pertaining to the manufacture, possession, transportation, and sale of legal and illegal alcoholic beverages and tobacco products. The Licenses and Permits section is charged with receiving, processing, and collecting excise tax reports on alcohol and tobacco products. This section is also responsible for alcohol and tobacco applications, registrations, and keg decals.
TAX COMPLIANCE The Compliance division is responsible for ensuring taxpayer
compliance with Georgia's tax laws. The division oversees the department's regional offices within the state and is comprised of two units. The audit unit uses a staff of professional tax specialists to perform nationwide tax audits. The compliance unit ensures compliance with filing deadlines, registration, the collection of delinquent accounts, monitoring special event taxes, and the oversight of private collection agencies.
LEGAL AFFAIRS AND TAX POLICY This division provides in-house guidance for the Department,
analyzes tax and regulatory legislation, and issues written guidance to assist taxpayers in complying with Georgia's tax laws. The division also serves as liaison with the Office of the Attorney General and the Georgia Tax Tribunal.

MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION The Motor Vehicle division issues license plates, Georgia
certificates of title, and records liens and security interest information of registered vehicles. The division also operates a call center to assist taxpayers.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS The Special Investigations division investigates potential
criminal violations involving tax fraud, theft, and motor vehicle title and registration fraud. This section also enforces motor fuel and motor carrier laws.
TAXPAYER SERVICES The Taxpayer Services division performs frontline
processing of all tax documents and paper check payments. Division staff review and make corrections and adjustments to returns of all tax types. The division manages the online taxpayer services and functions of the Georgia Tax Center system and operates a call center to respond to taxpayer inquiries. The division interacts with the tax preparation software industry to ensure system compatibility for taxpayer filing use and provides outreach and training to tax professionals to promote compliance with the tax laws of Georgia.
ATTACHED AGENCIES The State Board of Equalization is attached to the
Department of Revenue for administrative purposes only. The board appoints hearing officers that evaluate appeals by local governing authorities on issues relating to the Revenue Commissioner's disapproval of county tax digests.
AUTHORITY Title 3, 40, and 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES The Local Government Services division assists local tax
officials with the administration of property tax laws, the distribution of sales tax to local authorities, the administration of the Unclaimed Property Act, the Fireworks Trust Fund, and the Forestland Protection Grants, and the valuation of public utility property for tax purposes.

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Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DOR) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer and enforce the tax laws of the State of Georgia and provide
general support services to the operating programs of the Department of Revenue. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds to migrate data to a cloud-based service. Total Change
Forestland Protection Grants Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide reimbursement for forestland conservation use property and
qualified timberland property to counties, municipalities, and school districts. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Industry Regulation Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide regulation of the distribution, sale, and consumption of
alcoholic beverages and tobacco products. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Local Government Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist local tax officials with the administration of state tax laws and
administer the unclaimed property unit. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Local Tax Officials Retirement and FICA Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide state retirement benefits and employer share of FICA to local
tax officials. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to reflect a change in the Employee's Retirement System employer contribution rate to fully fund the actuarial determined employer contribution, increase the employer 401(k) match for GSEPS employees, and fund the employer share of accrued forfeited leave for retiring employees. Total Change
Motor Vehicle Registration and Titling Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to establish motor vehicle ownership by maintaining title and registration
records and validate rebuilt vehicles for road-worthiness for new title issuance. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds to reflect a contract increase for motor vehicle registration and licensing. Total Change
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$69,968 300,000 $369,968
$0 $0
$82,891 $82,891
$51,672 $51,672
$716,018 $716,018
$122,722 2,390,651 $2,513,373
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Program Budgets
Office of Special Investigations Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to investigate fraudulent taxpayer and criminal activities involving
department efforts; and conduct checkpoints in areas where reports indicate the use of dyed fuels in on-road vehicles. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Tax Compliance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to audit tax accounts, ensure compliance, and collect on delinquent
accounts. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds for start-up costs for the creation of the initial contact team to assist newly delinquent taxpayers.
3. Provide funds for three replacement vehicles. Total Change
Tax Policy Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to conduct all administrative appeals of tax assessments; draft regulations
for taxes collected by the department; support the State Board of Equalization; and draft letter rulings and provide research and analysis related to all tax law and policy inquiries. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Taxpayer Services Purpose: The purpose of the appropriation is to ensure that all tax payments are processed in accordance with the law;
that all returns are reviewed and taxpayer information is recorded accurately; to provide assistance to customer inquiries about the administration of individual income tax, sales and use tax, withholding tax, corporate tax, motor fuel and motor carrier taxes, and all registration functions. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds to raise hourly pay for part-time seasonal mail operations staff. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DOR) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer and enforce the tax laws of the State of Georgia and provide
general support services to the operating programs of the Department of Revenue.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses.

$41,984 $41,984
$398,306 15,300
108,525 $522,131
$36,601 $36,601
$186,236 18,225
$204,461
$308,565 9,232 5,328

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Department of Revenue
Program Budgets
4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Reduce funds to reflect the consolidation of leased office space.
Total Change
Forestland Protection Grants Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide reimbursement for forestland conservation use property and
qualified timberland property to counties, municipalities, and school districts. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Industry Regulation Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide regulation of the distribution, sale, and consumption of
alcoholic beverages and tobacco products. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law
enforcement officers. 6. Reduce funds to reflect the consolidation of leased office space.
Total Change
Local Government Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to assist local tax officials with the administration of state tax laws and
administer the unclaimed property unit. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Reduce funds for the Fireworks Trust Fund to reflect FY 2023 collections of Fireworks Excise Tax pursuant to
HB 511 (2021 Session). Total Change
Local Tax Officials Retirement and FICA Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide state retirement benefits and employer share of FICA to local
tax officials. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to reflect a change in the Employee's Retirement System employer contribution rate to fully fund the actuarial determined employer contribution, increase the employer 401(k) match for GSEPS employees, and fund the employer share of accrued forfeited leave for retiring employees. Total Change

72,216 471
(281,961) $113,851
$0 $0
$233,785 4,701
63,170 441
186,052 (99,516) $388,633
$116,448 4,296
34,595 296
(405,769) ($250,134)
$716,018 $716,018

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Department of Revenue
Program Budgets
Motor Vehicle Registration and Titling
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to establish motor vehicle ownership by maintaining title and registration records and validate rebuilt vehicles for road-worthiness for new title issuance.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to reflect a contract increase for motor vehicle registration and licensing. 6. Reduce funds to reflect the consolidation of leased office space. Total Change
Office of Special Investigations
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to investigate fraudulent taxpayer and criminal activities involving department efforts; and conduct checkpoints in areas where reports indicate the use of dyed fuels in on-road vehicles.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 6. Reduce funds to reflect the consolidation of leased office space. Total Change
Tax Compliance
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to audit tax accounts, ensure compliance, and collect on delinquent accounts.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds for six tax examiner positions to form an initial contact team to assist newly delinquent taxpayers. 6. Reduce funds to reflect the consolidation of leased office space. Total Change

$383,180 14,638
555,877 809
3,341,432 (49,758)
$4,246,178
$93,482 181
36,315 185
65,369 (116,102)
$79,430
$1,412,457 48,847
447,983 2,709
411,554 (497,578) $1,825,972

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Department of Revenue
Program Budgets
Tax Policy
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to conduct all administrative appeals of tax assessments; draft regulations for taxes collected by the department; support the State Board of Equalization; and draft letter rulings and provide research and analysis related to all tax law and policy inquiries.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Reduce funds to reflect the consolidation of leased office space. Total Change
Taxpayer Services
Purpose: The purpose of the appropriation is to ensure that all tax payments are processed in accordance with the law; that all returns are reviewed and taxpayer information is recorded accurately; to provide assistance to customer inquiries about the administration of individual income tax, sales and use tax, withholding tax, corporate tax, motor fuel and motor carrier taxes, and all registration functions.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to raise hourly pay for part-time seasonal mail operations staff. 6. Reduce funds to reflect the consolidation of leased office space. Total Change

$128,521 2,751
16,893 153
(149,273) ($955)
$588,493 23,650
202,681 1,337
72,900 (464,406) $424,655

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Department of Revenue
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$213,966,085

Tobacco Settlement Funds

433,783

Fireworks Trust Funds

3,145,263

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$217,545,131

Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Block Grant Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$370,147
687,912 $1,058,059

Changes
$4,539,099 0 0
$4,539,099
$0 0
$0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$218,505,184 433,783
3,145,263 $222,084,230

$213,966,085 433,783
3,145,263 $217,545,131

$370,147
687,912 $1,058,059

$370,147
687,912 $1,058,059

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$2,247,671 $2,247,671
$220,850,861

$0 $0
$4,539,099

$2,247,671 $2,247,671
$225,389,960

$2,247,671 $2,247,671
$220,850,861

Changes
$7,949,417 0
(405,769) $7,543,648
$0 0
$0
$0 $0 $7,543,648

FY 2024 Original Budget

Departmental Administration (DOR)

State General Funds

14,200,931

TOTAL FUNDS

$14,200,931

Forestland Protection Grants

State General Funds

39,073,494

TOTAL FUNDS

$39,073,494

Industry Regulation

State General Funds

9,079,908

Tobacco Settlement Funds
Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Block Grant

433,783 370,147

Other Funds

485,887

TOTAL FUNDS

$10,369,725

Local Government Services

State General Funds

4,396,373

Fireworks Trust Funds

3,145,263

Other Funds

420,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$7,961,636

Local Tax Officials Retirement and FICA

State General Funds

9,033,157

TOTAL FUNDS

$9,033,157

Motor Vehicle Registration and Titling

State General Funds

39,055,613

TOTAL FUNDS

$39,055,613

Office of Special Investigations

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

5,897,079 416,081

TOTAL FUNDS

$6,313,160

Tax Compliance

State General Funds

61,309,618

Changes
369,968 $369,968
0 $0
82,891 0
0 0 $82,891
51,672 0 0
$51,672
716,018 $716,018
2,513,373 $2,513,373
41,984 0
$41,984
522,131

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

14,570,899 $14,570,899

14,200,931 $14,200,931

39,073,494 $39,073,494

39,073,494 $39,073,494

9,162,799 433,783

9,079,908 433,783

370,147 485,887 $10,452,616
4,448,045 3,145,263
420,000 $8,013,308
9,749,175 $9,749,175
41,568,986 $41,568,986
5,939,063 416,081
$6,355,144
61,831,749

370,147 485,887 $10,369,725
4,396,373 3,145,263
420,000 $7,961,636
9,033,157 $9,033,157
39,055,613 $39,055,613
5,897,079 416,081
$6,313,160
61,309,618

Changes
113,851 $113,851
0 $0
388,633 0
0 0 $388,633
155,635 (405,769)
0 ($250,134)
716,018 $716,018
4,246,178 $4,246,178
79,430 0
$79,430
1,825,972

FY 2025 Budget
$221,915,502 433,783
2,739,494 $225,088,779
$370,147 687,912
$1,058,059 $2,247,671 $2,247,671 $228,394,509
FY 2025 Budget
14,314,782 $14,314,782
39,073,494 $39,073,494
9,468,541 433,783
370,147 485,887 $10,758,358
4,552,008 2,739,494
420,000 $7,711,502
9,749,175 $9,749,175
43,301,791 $43,301,791
5,976,509 416,081
$6,392,590
63,135,590

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Other Funds TOTAL FUNDS
Tax Policy State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS
Taxpayer Services State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified TOTAL FUNDS

Department of Revenue
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget
1,341,784 $62,651,402
4,857,380 $4,857,380
27,062,532
271,831 $27,334,363

Changes 0
$522,131
36,601 $36,601
204,461 0
$204,461

Amended FY 2024 Budget
1,341,784
$63,173,533

FY 2024 Original Budget
1,341,784 $62,651,402

4,893,981 $4,893,981

4,857,380 $4,857,380

27,266,993
271,831 $27,538,824

27,062,532
271,831 $27,334,363

Changes 0
$1,825,972
(955) ($955)
424,655 0
$424,655

FY 2025 Budget
1,341,784 $64,477,374
4,856,425 $4,856,425
27,487,187
271,831 $27,759,018

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Department of Revenue
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Departmental Administration (DOR) Forestland Protection Grants Industry Regulation Local Government Services Local Tax Officials Retirement and FICA Motor Vehicle Registration and Titling Office of Special Investigations Tax Compliance Tax Policy Taxpayer Services
SUBTOTAL

FY 2022 Expenditures
$12,888,243 34,883,539 8,885,716 5,287,643
8,455,490
39,817,495 5,908,624
56,568,863 4,133,961
24,527,019
$201,356,593

FY 2023 Expenditures
$13,704,061 34,016,118 10,003,452 8,411,708
9,869,176
39,444,547 6,435,579
57,628,459 4,194,847
26,343,969
$210,051,916

FY 2024 Original Budget
$14,200,931 39,073,494 10,369,725 7,961,636
9,033,157
39,055,613 6,313,160
62,651,402 4,857,380
27,334,363
$220,850,861

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$201,356,593
1,404,120 64,590
5,653,356 $7,122,066

$210,051,916
1,379,680 5,256,502 $6,636,182

$220,850,861
1,058,059 2,247,671 $3,305,730

State General Funds Tobacco Settlement Funds Fireworks Trust Funds Governor's Emergency Funds
TOTAL STATE FUNDS

193,800,745 433,783
$194,234,528

199,423,541 433,783
2,722,391 836,019
$203,415,734

213,966,085 433,783
3,145,263
$217,545,131

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$14,570,899 39,073,494 10,452,616 8,013,308 9,749,175 41,568,986 6,355,144 63,173,533 4,893,981 27,538,824
$225,389,960
$225,389,960
1,058,059
2,247,671 $3,305,730
218,505,184 433,783
3,145,263
$222,084,230

FY 2025 Budget $14,314,782
39,073,494 10,758,358
7,711,502 9,749,175 43,301,791 6,392,590 64,477,374 4,856,425 27,759,018 $228,394,509
$228,394,509
1,058,059
2,247,671 $3,305,730
221,915,502 433,783
2,739,494
$225,088,779

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Secretary of State
Roles and Responsibilities

The Secretary of State is the keeper of the Great Seal of Georgia and custodian of the state flag. The Office of the Secretary of State provides many services for the public, businesses, state agencies, and local governments by regulating and licensing corporations and individuals attaining professional business credentials; administering federal, state, and local elections; and monitoring the securities industry. The office is comprised of six divisions, which include: Corporations, Elections, Investigations, Office Administration, Professional Licensing Boards, and Securities. As a regulatory agency, Secretary of State offers education and examinations, issues licenses, collects fees, investigates complaints or violations of the law, and orders reprimands.
REGULATORY RESPONSIBILITIES As a regulatory agency, the office offers education and
examinations, issues licenses, collects fees for licenses, investigates complaints or violations of the law, and orders reprimands.
The Securities division is responsible for regulating securities and has the authority to adopt necessary rules to monitor the securities industry, including registration of securities brokers, dealers, and firms. The division registers cemeteries, and regulates perpetual care cemeteries, charitable organizations, and paid solicitors.
The Corporations division serves as custodian of filings for foreign and domestic charters, nonprofit organizations, and other types of corporate entity activities. In addition, the division registers and renews trademarks and service marks.
The Professional Licensing Boards division manages numerous occupational and professional regulatory boards. The duties include reviewing and approving applications to practice, scheduling examinations, issuing licenses, maintaining records, investigating violations, and resolving complaints.
STATE ELECTIONS ACTIVITY The Office of the Secretary of State supervises and monitors
all activities related to officials and elections. These activities include overseeing voter registration and maintaining voter rolls; training all local election officials in proper election procedures;

coordinating and monitoring all municipal, state, county, and federal elections within the state of Georgia; certifying the qualifications of all candidates; and the preparation of all ballots and elections forms and materials. The office is also responsible for the certification and authorization of all election results within Georgia.
OFFICE ADMINISTRATION The Office Administration division contains the general
administrative support functions of accounting, purchasing, budgeting, human resources, and information technology. The Administrative Procedures section is responsible for administering the rules promulgation process pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act for the State.
ATTACHED AGENCIES The Georgia Real Estate Commission ensures professional
competency among real estate licensees and appraisers and promotes a fair and honest market environment for practitioners and their customers and clients in real estate transactions in Georgia.
The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission is responsible for regulating licenses, developing a distribution network, developing procedures for inspections, and establishing requirements and procedures to ensure quality control and oversight of low Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) oil production in Georgia.
The Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board administers the license law for professional engineers and land surveyors to ensure professional competency and safeguard life, health, and property in engineering and land surveying practice in Georgia.
The State Elections Board is responsible for the promulgation and enforcement of rules and regulations related to Georgia elections and election law, and the investigation of any violations thereof to keep Georgia elections safe and secure.
AUTHORITY Titles 10, 14, 16, 21, 28, 43-45 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated; Public Law 93-443, 1993; Resolution Act 11, Georgia Laws 1993.

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Secretary of State
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Corporations Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to accept and review filings made pursuant to statutes; to issue
certifications of records on file; and to provide general information to the public on all filed entities. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Elections Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer all duties imposed upon the Secretary of State by providing
all required filing and public information services, performing all certification and commissioning duties required by law, and assisting candidates, local governments, and citizens in interpreting and complying with all election, voter registration, and financial disclosure laws. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds for legal fees. 3. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
Investigations Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enforce the laws and regulations related to professional licenses,
elections, and securities; to investigate complaints; and to conduct inspections of applicants and existing license holders. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds to purchase equipment and vehicles for new investigators. Total Change
Office Administration (SOS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to the Office of Secretary of State and
its attached agencies. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Professional Licensing Boards Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the public health and welfare by supporting all operations of
Boards which license professions. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds for temporary labor to address a backlog of licensure applications. Total Change

$39,831 $39,831
$27,990 183,529 (550,000) ($338,481)
$38,754 112,750 $151,504
$25,836 $25,836
$103,345 145,600
$248,945

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Secretary of State
Program Budgets
Securities Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the administration and enforcement of the Georgia
Securities Act, the Georgia Charitable Solicitations Act, and the Georgia Cemetery Act. Functions under each act include registration, examination, investigation, and administrative enforcement actions. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Real Estate Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer the license law for real estate brokers and salespersons,
and provide administrative support to the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board in their administration of the Real Estate Appraisal. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide access to low THC oil for registered Georgia patients by
regulating the production, transport, and sale of low THC oil; to develop a network of low THC oil; and to study the use, efficacy, and best practices of low THC oil use in Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Utilize existing funds ($135,000) to purchase a vehicle and equipment. Total Change
Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer the license law for professional engineers and land
surveyors. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
State Elections Board Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for the promulgation and enforcement of rules and regulations related to
elections and the investigation of any violations thereof. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Corporations Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to accept and review filings made pursuant to statutes; to issue
certifications of records on file; and to provide general information to the public on all filed entities. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
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$10,765 $10,765
$17,225 $17,225
$6,459 Yes
$6,459
$1,077 $1,077
$1,077 (25,000) ($23,923)
$0 $0
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Secretary of State
Program Budgets
Elections
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer all duties imposed upon the Secretary of State by providing all required filing and public information services, performing all certification and commissioning duties required by law, and assisting candidates, local governments, and citizens in interpreting and complying with all election, voter registration, and financial disclosure laws.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Increase funds for rising postage costs. 5. Utilize existing funds ($550,000) and increase funds for one software engineer, one county elections operations auditor, one county elections operations audit manager, two voting systems specialists, and associated travel costs. (Total Funds: $679,582) Total Change
Investigations
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to enforce the laws and regulations related to professional licenses, elections, and securities; to investigate complaints; and to conduct inspections of applicants and existing license holders.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 5. Increase funds for four criminal investigators due to increased volume of elections and licensing board investigations. Total Change
Office Administration (SOS)
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative support to the Office of Secretary of State and its attached agencies.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. Total Change
Professional Licensing Boards
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to protect the public health and welfare by supporting all operations of Boards which license professions.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.

$107,655 5,035
45,653 135,000 129,582 $422,925
$131,677 6,422
27,784 115,775 405,434 $687,092
$110,091 3,861
27,762 2,230
$143,944
$292,159 17,704 13,881 2,395

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Secretary of State
Program Budgets
5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. Total Change
Securities
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the administration and enforcement of the Georgia Securities Act, the Georgia Charitable Solicitations Act, and the Georgia Cemetery Act. Functions under each act include registration, examination, investigation, and administrative enforcement actions.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Real Estate Commission
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer the license law for real estate brokers and salespersons, and provide administrative support to the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board in their administration of the Real Estate Appraisal.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. Total Change
Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide access to low THC oil for registered Georgia patients by regulating the production, transport, and sale of low THC oil; to develop a network of low THC oil; and to study the use, efficacy, and best practices of low THC oil use in Georgia.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 5. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. Total Change
Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer the license law for professional engineers and land surveyors.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for two investigators, one analyst, and associated operating costs. Total Change

5,034 $331,173
$22,556 1,175
13,903 $37,634
$64,223 1,012
11,946 $77,181
$47,787 1,387
19,866 500
5,034 $74,574
$18,457 309,791 $328,248

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Secretary of State
Program Budgets
State Elections Board Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is for the promulgation and enforcement of rules and regulations related to
elections and the investigation of any violations thereof. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures.
Total Change

$8,793 (25,000) ($16,207)

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Secretary of State
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$31,016,614

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$31,016,614

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$550,000 $550,000

Changes
$139,238 $139,238
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$31,155,852 $31,155,852

$31,016,614 $31,016,614

$550,000 $550,000

$550,000 $550,000

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$5,192,320 $5,192,320
$36,758,934

$0 $0
$139,238

$5,192,320 $5,192,320
$36,898,172

$5,192,320 $5,192,320
$36,758,934

Changes
$2,086,564 $2,086,564
$0 $0 $0 $0 $2,086,564

FY 2024 Original Budget

Corporations

State General Funds

0

Other Funds

4,611,820

TOTAL FUNDS

$4,611,820

Elections

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

7,870,966 550,000

Other Funds

50,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$8,470,966

Investigations

State General Funds

3,687,666

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,687,666

Office Administration (SOS)

State General Funds

3,333,041

Other Funds

5,500

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,338,541

Professional Licensing Boards

State General Funds

8,810,088

Other Funds

400,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$9,210,088

Securities

State General Funds

1,142,611

Other Funds

25,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,167,611

Changes
39,831 0
$39,831
(338,481) 0 0
($338,481)
151,504 $151,504
25,836 0
$25,836
248,945 0
$248,945
10,765 0
$10,765

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Real Estate Commission

State General Funds

3,052,930

Other Funds

100,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,152,930

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission

State General Funds

1,573,399

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,573,399

17,225 0
$17,225
6,459 $6,459

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

39,831 4,611,820 $4,651,651

0 4,611,820 $4,611,820

7,532,485
550,000 50,000
$8,132,485

7,870,966
550,000 50,000
$8,470,966

3,839,170 $3,839,170

3,687,666 $3,687,666

3,358,877 5,500
$3,364,377

3,333,041 5,500
$3,338,541

9,059,033 400,000
$9,459,033

8,810,088 400,000
$9,210,088

1,153,376 25,000
$1,178,376

1,142,611 25,000
$1,167,611

Changes
0 0 $0
422,925 0 0
$422,925
687,092 $687,092
143,944 0
$143,944
331,173 0
$331,173
37,634 0
$37,634

3,070,155 100,000
$3,170,155
1,579,858 $1,579,858

3,052,930 100,000
$3,152,930
1,573,399 $1,573,399

77,181 0
$77,181
74,574 $74,574

FY 2025 Budget
$33,103,178 $33,103,178
$550,000 $550,000 $5,192,320 $5,192,320 $38,845,498
FY 2025 Budget
0 4,611,820 $4,611,820
8,293,891 550,000 50,000
$8,893,891
4,374,758 $4,374,758
3,476,985 5,500
$3,482,485
9,141,261 400,000
$9,541,261
1,180,245 25,000
$1,205,245
3,130,111 100,000
$3,230,111
1,647,973 $1,647,973

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Secretary of State
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

State Elections Board State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

513,018 $513,018

(23,923) ($23,923)

Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board

State General Funds

1,032,895

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,032,895

1,077 $1,077

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

489,095 $489,095

513,018 $513,018

1,033,972 $1,033,972

1,032,895 $1,032,895

Changes
(16,207) ($16,207)
328,248 $328,248

FY 2025 Budget
496,811 $496,811
1,361,143 $1,361,143

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Secretary of State
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Corporations Elections Investigations Office Administration (SOS) Professional Licensing Boards Securities
SUBTOTAL
(Excludes Attached Agencies) Attached Agencies
Real Estate Commission Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission State Elections Board

FY 2022 Expenditures
$9,987,780 14,636,473
3,528,796 2,914,639 10,441,338
788,523 $42,297,549
$2,824,598
718,968

Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board

SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

$3,543,566

FY 2023 Expenditures
$8,800,395 16,514,479
3,552,165 3,267,482 12,982,876 2,663,572
$47,780,969

FY 2024 Original Budget
$4,611,820 8,470,966 3,687,666 3,338,541 9,210,088 1,167,611
$30,486,692

$3,078,921 1,222,774
$4,301,695

$3,152,930 1,573,399 513,018 1,032,895
$6,272,242

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds Prior Year State Funds
SUBTOTAL

$45,841,115
3,073,561 261,057
15,328,006
$18,662,624

$52,082,664
4,316,031
18,411,716 788,698
$23,516,445

$36,758,934 550,000
5,192,320 $5,742,320

State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

27,178,491 $27,178,491

28,566,220 $28,566,220

31,016,614 $31,016,614

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$4,651,651 8,132,485 3,839,170 3,364,377 9,459,033 1,178,376
$30,625,092
$3,170,155 1,579,858 489,095 1,033,972
$6,273,080
$36,898,172
550,000
5,192,320
$5,742,320
31,155,852 $31,155,852

FY 2025 Budget
$4,611,820 8,893,891 4,374,758 3,482,485 9,541,261 1,205,245
$32,109,460
$3,230,111 1,647,973 496,811 1,361,143
$6,736,038
$38,845,498
550,000
5,192,320
$5,742,320
33,103,178 $33,103,178

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Georgia Student Finance Commission
Roles and Responsibilities

The Georgia Student Finance Commission is responsible for administering the state's student financial aid programs, including the Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) Scholarship Program, the Dual Enrollment program, and other educational scholarships, grants, and loans that are supported by lottery and state general fund appropriations.
The Commission's companion entities include the Georgia Student Finance Authority and Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation. Together, these entities provide administration, oversight, and funding for state and federal scholarship, grant, and loan programs and work to promote and increase access to postsecondary education to Georgians.
GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE CORPORATION
The Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation, a nonprofit public corporation of the state, assists schools and lenders with minimizing loan defaults through default prevention and training programs and default aversion activities. The Corporation also administers the GAfutures website, providing students with college educational planning and financing information and services.

The Authority has the responsibility of performing all management, supervisory, clerical, and administrative functions required by the Corporation and the Commission. The Authority also provides administrative and operational support services at no cost to the state for the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission (GNPEC), which is attached for administrative purposes.
ATTACHED AGENCIES
The Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission (GNPEC), a state regulatory agency, serves Georgia citizens by authorizing and regulating the operation of nonpublic, proprietary postsecondary colleges and schools. GNPEC's primary mission is to ensure that each authorized nonpublic college or school doing business in Georgia is educationally sound and financially stable.
Additionally, GNPEC serves as Georgia's coordinating agency for the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) and oversees the management of the Tuition Guaranty Trust Fund (TGTF), which is designed to provide reimbursement or teach out arrangements for students who are attending institutions that close.

GEORGIA STUDENT FINANCE AUTHORITY
The Georgia Student Finance Authority, a nonprofit public corporation of the state, is responsible for providing student financial aid to eligible Georgians through loan, scholarship, and grant assistance programs as prescribed by the General Assembly.

AUTHORITY
Official Code of Georgia Annotated 20-3-230 et seq., 20-3250 et seq., 20-3-260 et seq., and 20-3-310 et seq.

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Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Commission Administration (GSFC) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide scholarships that reward students with financial assistance in
degree, diploma, and certificate programs at eligible Georgia public and private colleges and universities, and public technical colleges. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Dual Enrollment Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to allow students to pursue postsecondary study at approved public and
private postsecondary institutions, while receiving dual high school and college credit for courses successfully completed. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to meet projected enrollment. Total Change
Engineer Scholarship Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide forgivable loans to Georgia residents who are engineering
students at Mercer University (Macon campus) and retain those students as engineers in the State. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Military College Scholarship Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide outstanding students with a full scholarship to attend Georgia
Military College, thereby strengthening Georgia's National Guard with their membership. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
HERO Scholarship Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide educational grant assistance to members of the Georgia
National Guard and U.S. Military Reservists who served in combat zones and the spouses and children of such members. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
HOPE High School Equivalency Exam Purpose: The purpose of this program is to encourage Georgia's General Educational Development (GED) recipients to
pursue education beyond the high school level at an eligible postsecondary institution located in Georgia. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change

$120,568 $120,568
$12,329,985 $12,329,985
$0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0

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Georgia Student Finance Commission
Program Budgets
HOPE Grant Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide grants to students seeking a diploma or certificate at a public
postsecondary institution. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
HOPE Scholarships - Private Schools Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide merit scholarships to students seeking an associate or
baccalaureate degree at an eligible private postsecondary institution. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds provided to reflect expected program expenditures at a HOPE Private Award rate at $2,496 and a HOPE Zell Private Award rate at $2,985. Total Change
HOPE Scholarships - Public Schools Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide merit scholarships to students seeking an associate or
baccalaureate degree at an eligible public postsecondary institution. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Low Interest Loans Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to implement a low-interest loan program to assist with the affordability of
a college or technical college education, encourage timely persistence to the achievement of postsecondary credentials, and to incentivize loan recipients to work in public service. The loans are forgivable for recipients who work in certain critical need occupations. The purpose of this appropriation is also to provide loans for students eligible under O.C.G.A. 20-3-400.2(e.1). Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
North Georgia Military Scholarship Grants Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide outstanding students with a full scholarship to attend the
University of North Georgia, thereby strengthening Georgia's Army National Guard with their membership. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
North Georgia ROTC Grants Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide Georgia residents with non-repayable financial assistance to
attend the University of North Georgia and to participate in the Reserve Officers Training Corps program. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change

$0 $0
($16,767,043) ($16,767,043)
$0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0

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Georgia Student Finance Commission
Program Budgets
Public Safety Memorial Grant Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide educational grant assistance to the children of Georgia law
enforcement officers, fire fighters, EMTs, correctional officers, and prison guards who were permanently disabled or killed in the line of duty, to attend a public or private postsecondary institution in the State of Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
REACH Georgia Scholarship Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide needs-based scholarships to selected students participating in
the REACH Georgia mentorship and scholarship program, which encourages and supports academically promising middle and high school students in their educational pursuits. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Service Cancelable Loans Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide service cancelable loans as authorized in statute including
programs for large animal veterinarians and Georgia National Guard members. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds for public law enforcement officer loan repayments. Total Change
College Completion Grants Purpose: The purpose of this program is to provide needs-based financial aid to eligible students to complete remaining
credential credit requirements. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds for College Completion Grants. Total Change
Inclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) Grant 1. No change. Total Change
Tuition Equalization Grants Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote the private segment of higher education in Georgia by
providing non-repayable grant aid to Georgia residents who attend eligible private postsecondary institutions. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to authorize private postsecondary schools in Georgia; provide transcripts
for students who attended schools that closed; and resolve complaints. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds to upgrade online database management system. Total Change
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$0 $0
$0 $0
($3,200,000) ($3,200,000)
($2,000,000) ($2,000,000)
$0 $0
$0 $0
$9,689 20,000 $29,689
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Program Budgets
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Commission Administration (GSFC) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide scholarships that reward students with financial assistance in
degree, diploma, and certificate programs at eligible Georgia public and private colleges and universities, and public technical colleges. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. Total Change
Dual Enrollment Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to allow students to pursue postsecondary study at approved public and
private postsecondary institutions, while receiving dual high school and college credit for courses successfully completed. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to meet projected enrollment. Total Change
Engineer Scholarship Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide forgivable loans to Georgia residents who are engineering
students at Mercer University (Macon campus) and retain those students as engineers in the State. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Georgia Military College Scholarship Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide outstanding students with a full scholarship to attend Georgia
Military College, thereby strengthening Georgia's National Guard with their membership. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
HERO Scholarship Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide educational grant assistance to members of the Georgia
National Guard and U.S. Military Reservists who served in combat zones and the spouses and children of such members. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
HOPE High School Equivalency Exam Purpose: The purpose of this program is to encourage Georgia's High School Equivalency Exam recipients to pursue
education beyond the high school level at an eligible postsecondary institution located in Georgia. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds provided to reflect expected program expenditure. Total Change

$288,723 4,154 3,246 4,237
$300,360
$15,089,693 $15,089,693
$0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0
($845,510) ($845,510)

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Georgia Student Finance Commission
Program Budgets
HOPE Grant Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide grants to students seeking a diploma or certificate at a public
postsecondary institution. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds provided to reflect expected program expenditure. Total Change
HOPE Scholarships - Private Schools Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide merit scholarships to students seeking an associate or
baccalaureate degree at an eligible private postsecondary institution. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds provided to reflect expected program expenditures at a HOPE Private Award rate at $2,496 and a HOPE Zell Private Award rate at $2,985. Total Change
HOPE Scholarships - Public Schools Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide merit scholarships to students seeking an associate or
baccalaureate degree at an eligible public postsecondary institution. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds to reflect expected program expenditures at a 100% factor rate. Total Change
Low Interest Loans Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to implement a low-interest loan program to assist with the affordability of
a college or technical college education, encourage timely persistence to the achievement of postsecondary credentials, and to incentivize loan recipients to work in public service. The loans are forgivable for recipients who work in certain critical need occupations. The purpose of this appropriation is also to provide loans for students eligible under O.C.G.A. 20-3-400.2(e.1). Recommended Change: 1. Reduce funds and eliminate program to reflect cessation of further loan originations. Total Change
North Georgia Military Scholarship Grants Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide outstanding students with a full scholarship to attend the
University of North Georgia, thereby strengthening Georgia's Army National Guard with their membership. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
North Georgia ROTC Grants Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide Georgia residents with non-repayable financial assistance to
attend the University of North Georgia and to participate in the Reserve Officers Training Corps program. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change

($20,732,382) ($20,732,382)
($16,435,788) ($16,435,788)
($9,112,323) ($9,112,323)
Yes $0
$0 $0
$0 $0

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Georgia Student Finance Commission
Program Budgets
Public Safety Memorial Grant Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide educational grant assistance to the children of Georgia law
enforcement officers, fire fighters, EMTs, correctional officers, and prison guards who were permanently disabled or killed in the line of duty, to attend a public or private postsecondary institution in the State of Georgia. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
REACH Georgia Scholarship Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide needs-based scholarships to selected students participating in
the REACH Georgia mentorship and scholarship program, which encourages and supports academically promising middle and high school students in their educational pursuits. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Service Cancelable Loans Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide service cancelable loans as authorized in statute including
programs for large animal veterinarians and Georgia National Guard members. Recommended Change:
1. Recognize existing funds ($3,200,000) to provide up to $20,000 maximum loan repayments across five years of service to support recruitment and retention of public law enforcement officers across the state. Total Change
College Completion Grants Purpose: The purpose of this program is to provide needs-based financial aid to eligible students to complete remaining
credential credit requirements. Recommended Change:
1. Reduce funds for College Completion Grants. Total Change
Inclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) Grant Purpose: The purpose of this program is to provide financial aid to students with intellectual and developmental
disabilities who are currently enrolled in the Georgia Inclusive Postsecondary Education program at a postsecondary institution in this state. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Tuition Equalization Grants Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote the private segment of higher education in Georgia by
providing non-repayable grant aid to Georgia residents who attend eligible private postsecondary institutions. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change

$0 $0
$0 $0
Yes $0
($2,000,000) ($2,000,000)
$0 $0
$0 $0

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Georgia Student Finance Commission
Program Budgets
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to authorize private postsecondary schools in Georgia; provide transcripts
for students who attended schools that closed; and resolve complaints. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined
employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. Total Change

$45,302 856
$46,158

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Georgia Student Finance Commission
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$120,345,058

Lottery Funds

1,070,855,251

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$1,191,200,309

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$103,692 $103,692

Changes

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$9,159,674 (18,646,475) ($9,486,801)

$129,504,732 1,052,208,776 $1,181,713,508

$120,345,058 1,070,855,251 $1,191,200,309

$0

$103,692

$103,692

$0

$103,692

$103,692

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$34,080,294 $34,080,294
$1,225,384,295

$0 $0
($9,486,801)

$34,080,294 $34,080,294
$1,215,897,494

$34,080,294 $34,080,294
$1,225,384,295

Changes
$15,135,851 (48,825,643) ($33,689,792)
$0 $0 ($20,000,000) ($20,000,000) ($53,689,792)

FY 2025 Budget
$135,480,909 1,022,029,608 $1,157,510,517
$103,692 $103,692
$14,080,294 $14,080,294 $1,171,694,503

FY 2024 Original Budget

Commission Administration (GSFC)

Lottery Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

10,784,999 103,692

Other Funds

2,124,005

TOTAL FUNDS

$13,012,696

Dual Enrollment

State General Funds

76,205,744

TOTAL FUNDS

$76,205,744

Engineer Scholarship

State General Funds

1,260,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,260,000

Georgia Military College Scholarship

State General Funds

1,082,916

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,082,916

HERO Scholarship

State General Funds

630,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$630,000

HOPE High School Equivalency Exam

Lottery Funds

1,345,510

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,345,510

HOPE Grant

Lottery Funds

80,603,880

TOTAL FUNDS

$80,603,880

HOPE Scholarships - Private Schools

Lottery Funds

91,218,629

TOTAL FUNDS

$91,218,629

HOPE Scholarships - Public Schools

Lottery Funds

874,902,233

TOTAL FUNDS

$874,902,233

Low Interest Loans

Other Funds

20,000,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$20,000,000

Changes
120,568 0 0
$120,568
12,329,985 $12,329,985
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
(16,767,043) ($16,767,043)
0 $0
0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

10,905,567
103,692 2,124,005 $13,133,264

10,784,999
103,692 2,124,005 $13,012,696

300,360
0 0 $300,360

88,535,729 $88,535,729

76,205,744 $76,205,744

15,089,693 $15,089,693

1,260,000

1,260,000

0

$1,260,000

$1,260,000

$0

1,082,916

1,082,916

0

$1,082,916

$1,082,916

$0

630,000

630,000

0

$630,000

$630,000

$0

1,345,510 $1,345,510

1,345,510 $1,345,510

(845,510) ($845,510)

80,603,880 $80,603,880

80,603,880 $80,603,880

(20,732,382) ($20,732,382)

74,451,586 $74,451,586

91,218,629 $91,218,629

(16,435,788) ($16,435,788)

874,902,233 $874,902,233

874,902,233 $874,902,233

(9,112,323) ($9,112,323)

20,000,000 $20,000,000

20,000,000 $20,000,000

(20,000,000) ($20,000,000)

FY 2025 Budget
11,085,359 103,692
2,124,005 $13,313,056
91,295,437 $91,295,437
1,260,000 $1,260,000
1,082,916 $1,082,916
630,000 $630,000
500,000 $500,000
59,871,498 $59,871,498
74,782,841 $74,782,841
865,789,910 $865,789,910
0 $0

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Georgia Student Finance Commission
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

North Georgia Military Scholarship Grants

State General Funds

3,037,740

TOTAL FUNDS

$3,037,740

North Georgia ROTC Grants

State General Funds

1,113,750

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,113,750

Public Safety Memorial Grant

State General Funds

540,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$540,000

REACH Georgia Scholarship

State General Funds

6,370,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$6,370,000

Service Cancelable Loans

State General Funds

4,985,000

Other Funds

10,200,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$15,185,000

College Completion Grants

Lottery Funds

12,000,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$12,000,000

Inclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) Grant

State General Funds

955,830

TOTAL FUNDS

$955,830

Tuition Equalization Grants

State General Funds

23,157,067

Other Funds

1,278,261

TOTAL FUNDS

$24,435,328

Changes
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
(3,200,000) 0
($3,200,000)
(2,000,000) ($2,000,000)
0 $0
0 0 $0

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission

State General Funds

1,007,011

Other Funds

478,028

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,485,039

29,689 0
$29,689

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

3,037,740 $3,037,740

3,037,740 $3,037,740

1,113,750 $1,113,750

1,113,750 $1,113,750

540,000 $540,000

540,000 $540,000

6,370,000 $6,370,000

6,370,000 $6,370,000

1,785,000 10,200,000 $11,985,000

4,985,000 10,200,000 $15,185,000

10,000,000 $10,000,000

12,000,000 $12,000,000

955,830 $955,830

955,830 $955,830

23,157,067 1,278,261
$24,435,328

23,157,067 1,278,261
$24,435,328

1,036,700 478,028
$1,514,728

1,007,011 478,028
$1,485,039

Changes
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
0 0 $0
(2,000,000) ($2,000,000)
0 $0
0 0 $0
46,158 0
$46,158

FY 2025 Budget
3,037,740 $3,037,740
1,113,750 $1,113,750
540,000 $540,000
6,370,000 $6,370,000
4,985,000 10,200,000 $15,185,000
10,000,000 $10,000,000
955,830 $955,830
23,157,067 1,278,261
$24,435,328
1,053,169 478,028
$1,531,197

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Georgia Student Finance Commission
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Commission Administration (GSFC)
Dual Enrollment
Engineer Scholarship Georgia Military College Scholarship
HERO Scholarship HOPE High School Equivalency Exam
HOPE Grant HOPE Scholarships - Private Schools HOPE Scholarships - Public Schools
Low Interest Loans North Georgia Military Scholarship Grants
North Georgia ROTC Grants
Public Safety Memorial Grant
REACH Georgia Scholarship
Service Cancelable Loans
College Completion Grants

FY 2022 Expenditures
$14,991,922 70,619,592 1,258,250
1,082,916 630,000
220,634 49,149,617
62,624,196
707,722,668 26,000,000
3,037,740 1,113,750
689,287 6,370,000 11,541,287

Inclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) Grant

Tuition Equalization Grants

19,633,571

SUBTOTAL

$976,685,430

(Excludes Attached Agencies) Attached Agencies
Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission
SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

$1,511,401 $1,511,401

FY 2023 Expenditures
$14,676,928 74,581,000 1,260,000
1,082,916 630,000
17,080 51,721,538
64,659,978
725,148,303 22,410,379
3,037,740 1,113,750
586,183 6,370,000 1,735,000 10,000,000
19,657,067 $998,687,862

FY 2024 Original Budget
$13,012,696 76,205,744 1,260,000
1,082,916 630,000
1,345,510 80,603,880
91,218,629
874,902,233 20,000,000
3,037,740 1,113,750
540,000 6,370,000 15,185,000 12,000,000
955,830 24,435,328 $1,223,899,256

$1,419,686 $1,419,686

$1,485,039 $1,485,039

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL

$978,196,831
144,503 5,333,582 1,858,701 $7,336,786

$1,000,107,548
53,551 3,598,525 8,119,099 $11,771,175

$1,225,384,295
103,692 34,080,294 $34,183,986

State General Funds Lottery Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

116,229,678 854,630,368 $970,860,046

110,870,151 877,466,223 $988,336,374

120,345,058 1,070,855,251 $1,191,200,309

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$13,133,264 88,535,729 1,260,000 1,082,916 630,000 1,345,510 80,603,880 74,451,586
874,902,233 20,000,000 3,037,740 1,113,750 540,000 6,370,000 11,985,000 10,000,000 955,830 24,435,328
$1,214,382,766
$1,514,728
$1,514,728
$1,215,897,494
103,692
34,080,294 $34,183,986
129,504,732 1,052,208,776 $1,181,713,508

FY 2025 Budget $13,313,056
91,295,437 1,260,000 1,082,916 630,000 500,000
59,871,498 74,782,841 865,789,910
3,037,740 1,113,750
540,000 6,370,000 15,185,000 10,000,000
955,830 24,435,328 $1,170,163,306
$1,531,197
$1,531,197
$1,171,694,503
103,692
14,080,294 $14,183,986
135,480,909 1,022,029,608 $1,157,510,517

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Teachers Retirement System
Roles and Responsibilities

The Teachers Retirement System (TRS) collects employee and employer contributions, invests accumulated funds, and disburses retirement benefits to members and beneficiaries. As required by Georgia law, the system is examined on an annual basis by an independent actuarial firm that specializes in pension and retirement plans. The firm prepares a yearly valuation on the contingent assets and liabilities of the system, thus revealing its ability to meet future obligations. In addition, an independent accounting firm audits the system annually.
Administration of the system is ultimately the responsibility of the TRS Board of Trustees, while daily management of system operations is the responsibility of the executive director. The executive director is appointed by the board and serves at the pleasure of its 10 members as follows:
State Auditor, ex officio
State Treasurer, ex officio
Two classroom teachers (both active members of TRS but not employees of the Board of Regents) appointed by the Governor
One school administrator (an active member of TRS but not an employee of the Board of Regents) appointed by the Governor
One Board of Regents employee (an active member of TRS) appointed by the Board of Regents
One trustee (an active member of TRS but not an employee of the Board of Regents) appointed by the Governor
One trustee appointed by the Governor
One retired TRS member elected by the trustees
One Georgia citizen (who is not a TRS member and is experienced in the investment of money) elected by the trustees

lunchroom, maintenance, warehouse, and transportation managers and supervisors.
INVESTMENTS The Investment Services Division handles day-to-day
investment transactions. Securities lending and portfolio officers, securities and investment analysts, and investment assistants are all part of the TRS investment team. Six members of the TRS Board of Trustees, along with the executive director, comprise the Investment Committee. Committee members convene with the Chief Investment Officer of the Investment Services Division and hear recommendations from outside investment advisors at monthly meetings. Investment recommendations made by the committee require approval by the entire board.
COLA FUNDS FOR LOCAL SYSTEM RETIREES Teachers who retired prior to July 1, 1978 from a local
retirement system (Atlanta City Schools, Chatham County Schools, Fulton County Schools, and Rome City Schools) receive a post-retirement cost of living adjustment (COLA) to their monthly benefit whenever such adjustment is granted to teachers who retire under TRS.
FLOOR FUNDS FOR LOCAL SYSTEM RETIREES Any teacher who has retired from a local retirement system
(Atlanta City Schools, Chatham County Schools, Fulton County Schools, and Rome City Schools) shall receive a minimum allowance upon retirement of not less than $17.00 per month for each year of creditable service, not to exceed 40 years of service.
AUTHORITY Title 47 Chapter 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

MEMBERSHIP
All individuals employed half-time or more in covered positions of the state's public-school systems, regional libraries, county libraries, and regional educational service agencies are required to be TRS members as a condition of employment. Similarly, employees in covered positions of the University System of Georgia are required to be TRS members unless eligible for participation in an optional retirement plan administered by the University System's Board of Regents. Covered positions include teachers, administrators, supervisors, clerks, teacher aides, secretaries, public school nurses, and paraprofessionals. Also eligible for TRS membership are certain employees of the State Department of Education and the Technical College System of Georgia, along with public school

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Teachers Retirement System
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Local/Floor COLA Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide retirees from local retirement systems a minimum allowance
upon retirement (Floor) and a post-retirement benefit adjustment (COLA) whenever such adjustment is granted to teachers who retired under TRS. Recommended Change: 1. Reduce funds to reflect the declining population of teachers who qualify for benefits. Total Change
System Administration (TRS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, including
paying retiree benefits, investing retirement funds, accounting for the status and contributions of active and inactive members, counseling members, and processing refunds. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Local/Floor COLA Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide retirees from local retirement systems a minimum allowance
upon retirement (Floor) and a post-retirement benefit adjustment (COLA) whenever such adjustment is granted to teachers who retired under TRS. Recommended Change: 1. Reduce funds to reflect the declining population of teachers who qualify for benefits. Total Change
System Administration (TRS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to administer the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, including
paying retiree benefits, investing retirement funds, accounting for the status and contributions of active and inactive members, counseling members, and processing refunds. Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change

($21,000) ($21,000)
$0 $0
($21,000) ($21,000)
$0 $0

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Teachers Retirement System
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$83,000

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$83,000

Changes
($21,000) ($21,000)

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$62,000 $62,000

$83,000 $83,000

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$55,465,501 $55,465,501
$55,548,501

$0 $0
($21,000)

$55,465,501 $55,465,501
$55,527,501

$55,465,501 $55,465,501
$55,548,501

Changes
($21,000) ($21,000)
$0 $0 ($21,000)

FY 2024 Original Budget

Local/Floor COLA

State General Funds

83,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$83,000

System Administration (TRS)

Other Funds

55,465,501

TOTAL FUNDS

$55,465,501

Changes
(21,000) ($21,000)
0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

62,000 $62,000

83,000 $83,000

55,465,501 $55,465,501

55,465,501 $55,465,501

Changes
(21,000) ($21,000)
0 $0

FY 2025 Budget
$62,000 $62,000 $55,465,501 $55,465,501 $55,527,501
FY 2025 Budget
62,000 $62,000
55,465,501 $55,465,501

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Teachers Retirement System
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Local/Floor COLA System Administration (TRS) SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$104,265 42,415,439
$42,519,704

FY 2023 Expenditures
$76,617 45,410,061
$45,486,678

FY 2024 Original Budget
$83,000 55,465,501
$55,548,501

$42,519,704

$45,486,678

$55,548,501

42,415,439 $42,415,439
104,265 $104,265

45,410,061 $45,410,061
76,617 $76,617

55,465,501 $55,465,501
83,000 $83,000

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$62,000 55,465,501 $55,527,501
$55,527,501
55,465,501 $55,465,501
62,000 $62,000

FY 2025 Budget
$62,000 55,465,501 $55,527,501
$55,527,501
55,465,501 $55,465,501
62,000 $62,000

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Technical College System of Georgia
Roles and Responsibilities

The Quality Basic Education Act (QBE) of 1985 created a separate State Board of Postsecondary Vocational Education within the Department of Education to promote the economic growth and development of Georgia by providing leadership, direction, and state-level management of public postsecondary technical schools, programs, and services. In 1987, the new board was created as an agency separate from the Department of Education to provide guidance to public technical institutes operated by the state or by local boards of education. The board was renamed the State Board of Technical and Adult Education in 1988 to govern the newly created Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE). In 2008, the agency was renamed the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG).
The Department is divided into six programs: Technical Education, Adult Education, Workforce Development, Economic Development and Customized Services, Quick Start, and Administration.
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TCSG oversees technical colleges offering more than 600 programs of technical and general instruction. These programs provide opportunities for students to learn new skills or upgrade existing skills to keep pace with rapidly-changing technology and competition in a world market. Students attending technical colleges have the option of short-term programs as well as courses of study leading to certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees. These programs can range in duration from a few weeks to two years serving more than 100,000 students each year.
ADULT EDUCATION
The Adult Education program, through its network of service delivery areas throughout the state, promotes and provides adult basic education and literacy programs, including high school equivalency programs. The program is the primary fiscal agent for the U.S. Department of Education adult literacy funds. It is also the largest adult education provider for other state agencies and facilitates collaboration among state and local entities to improve literacy efforts for adults needing basic English literacy or specialized skills instruction.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT The Workforce Development program utilizes federal Title I
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds to address the employment and training needs of dislocated workers, lowincome adults, and youth to meet the employability and workforce needs of the state's businesses and industries. The State Workforce Development Board oversees services administered through local workforce development areas across the state.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CUSTOMIZED SERVICES The Economic Development program provides customized
services for existing businesses in the state. The program offers on-demand, customized training designed to meet the needs of local industries, including incumbent worker training, new employee training, and leadership development.
QUICK START The Quick Start program provides employee training
services to new and expanding industries as well as existing industries at no cost. Quick Start plays a key role in the state's business recruitment and retention efforts by serving as a state training incentive. Supported by TCSG's network of technical colleges, Quick Start has provided training for new jobs in virtually every technology required by Georgia's manufacturing and service sectors.
ADMINISTRATION The Administration program fulfills overall administrative
roles for the central office and the technical colleges. These activities include budgeting, accounting, purchasing, asset management, personnel, information technology, research, public information, legal services, planning, and evaluation.
AUTHORITY Titles 20 and 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

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Technical College System of Georgia
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Adult Education Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to develop Georgia's workforce by providing adult learners in Georgia with
basic reading, writing, computation, speaking, listening, and technology skills; to provide secondary instruction to adults without a high school diploma; and to provide oversight of high school equivalency preparation, testing, and the processing of diplomas and transcripts. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Departmental Administration (TCSG) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide statewide administrative services to support the state
workforce development efforts undertaken by the department through its associated programs and institutions. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Economic Development and Customized Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide customized services for existing businesses in the state. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Workforce Development Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to improve the job training and marketability of Georgia's workforce and
assist employers and job seekers with job matching services to promote economic growth and development. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Provide funds for startup equipment for regionally based consultation and technical assistance to healthcare partners across the state. Total Change
Quick Start Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote job creation and retention by developing and delivering
customized workforce training for Georgia businesses during start-up, expansion, or when they make capital investments in new technology, processes, or product lines in order to remain competitive in the global marketplace. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds for construction to complete Rivian training center. 3. Increase funds to meet existing training obligations. Total Change

$334,792 $334,792
$51,672 $51,672
$215,300 $215,300
$238,983 10,000
$248,983
$80,738 10,250,000
4,754,337 $15,085,075

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Technical College System of Georgia
Program Budgets
Technical Education Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for workforce development through certificate, diploma, and
degree programs in technical education and continuing education programs for adult learners, and to encourage both youth and adult learners to acquire postsecondary education or training to increase their competitiveness in the workplace. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures. 3. Provide funds for renovation and startup equipment costs for specialized technical programs to support growing workforce needs in the electric mobility industry across the state. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Adult Education Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to develop Georgia's workforce by providing adult learners in Georgia with
basic reading, writing, computation, speaking, listening, and technology skills; to provide secondary instruction to adults without a high school diploma; and to provide oversight of high school equivalency preparation, testing, and the processing of diplomas and transcripts. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Provide funds for the Workforce EXCELerator pilot program pursuant to SB 112 (2023 Session). Total Change
Departmental Administration (TCSG) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide statewide administrative services to support the state
workforce development efforts undertaken by the department through its associated programs and institutions. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. Total Change
Economic Development and Customized Services Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide customized services for existing businesses in the state. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%.
2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.
Total Change
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$5,821,712 (1,100,000) 19,500,000 $24,221,712
$218,537 7,471 7,159 6,217 7,491
5,000,000 $5,246,875
$273,584 1,683 9,641 1,235
$286,143
$5,522 1,646 122 206
$7,496
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Program Budgets
Workforce Development
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to improve the job training and marketability of Georgia's workforce and assist employers and job seekers with job matching services to promote economic growth and development.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%.
3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
4. Transfer funds to the Department of Labor for terminated lease agreements for employment services worksites.
5. Provide funds for two new positions to provide regionally based consultation and technical assistance to healthcare partners across the state.
6. Increase funds for customized recruitment for workforce to support the state's expanding electric vehicle industry. Total Change
Quick Start
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to promote job creation and retention by developing and delivering customized workforce training for Georgia businesses during start-up, expansion, or when they make capital investments in new technology, processes, or product lines in order to remain competitive in the global marketplace.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%.
3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.
6. Reduce funds for one-time construction costs for the Rivian training center.
7. Increase funds to meet existing training obligations.
Total Change
Technical Education
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for workforce development through certificate, diploma, and degree programs in technical education and continuing education programs for adult learners, and to encourage both youth and adult learners to acquire postsecondary education or training to increase their competitiveness in the workplace.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000.
2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%.
3. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.
4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority.
5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.
6. Reduce funds to align budget with expenditures.
7. Increase funds to reflect a 3.0% increase in enrollment ($8,988,608) and 0.7% increase in square footage ($444,954).
8. Increase funds for salaries and benefits and utilize reserve funds ($657,910) for startup and equipment costs for 22 additional campus police officers. (Total Funds: $2,524,701)
9. In conjunction with the Office of Planning and Budget and House and Senate budget offices, the Technical College System of Georgia shall conduct a review of the current formula rates and program expense for the Technical Education program to ensure that the funding formula reflects costs to provide instruction and determine whether additional clusters are needed to better reflect needs of high-cost programs. Total Change

$46,100 142 205
(409,475) 322,000 643,706
$602,678
$343,124 3,317 9,137 6,010 1,239
(46,000,000) 4,754,337
($40,882,836)
$10,410,249 222,318 394,419 313,281 140,506
(1,100,000) 9,433,562 1,866,791 Yes
$21,681,126

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Technical College System of Georgia
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$499,860,598

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$499,860,598

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$246,686,921 $246,686,921

Changes
$40,157,534 $40,157,534
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$540,018,132 $540,018,132

$499,860,598 $499,860,598

$246,686,921 $246,686,921

$246,686,921 $246,686,921

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$461,221,400 $461,221,400
$1,207,768,919

$0 $0
$40,157,534

$461,221,400 $461,221,400
$1,247,926,453

$461,221,400 $461,221,400
$1,207,768,919

Changes
($13,058,518) ($13,058,518)
$0 $0 $0 $0 ($13,058,518)

FY 2025 Budget
$486,802,080 $486,802,080
$246,686,921 $246,686,921
$461,221,400 $461,221,400 $1,194,710,401

FY 2024 Original Budget

Adult Education

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

18,824,974 30,318,028

Other Funds

4,209,806

TOTAL FUNDS

$53,352,808

Departmental Administration (TCSG)

State General Funds

8,327,178

TOTAL FUNDS

$8,327,178

Economic Development and Customized Services

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

3,319,875 12,329,344

Other Funds

30,381,763

TOTAL FUNDS

$46,030,982

Workforce Development

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

9,679,941 145,633,153

Other Funds

23,172

TOTAL FUNDS

$155,336,266

Quick Start

State General Funds

62,417,469

Other Funds

87

TOTAL FUNDS

$62,417,556

Technical Education

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

397,291,161 58,406,396

Other Funds

426,606,572

TOTAL FUNDS

$882,304,129

Changes
334,792 0 0
$334,792
51,672 $51,672
215,300 0 0
$215,300
248,983 0 0
$248,983
15,085,075 0
$15,085,075
24,221,712 0 0
$24,221,712

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

19,159,766
30,318,028 4,209,806
$53,687,600

18,824,974
30,318,028 4,209,806
$53,352,808

5,246,875
0 0 $5,246,875

8,378,850 $8,378,850

8,327,178 $8,327,178

286,143 $286,143

3,535,175
12,329,344 30,381,763 $46,246,282

3,319,875
12,329,344 30,381,763 $46,030,982

7,496
0 0 $7,496

9,928,924
145,633,153 23,172
$155,585,249

9,679,941
145,633,153 23,172
$155,336,266

602,678
0 0 $602,678

77,502,544 87
$77,502,631

62,417,469 87
$62,417,556

(40,882,836) 0
($40,882,836)

421,512,873
58,406,396 426,606,572 $906,525,841

397,291,161
58,406,396 426,606,572 $882,304,129

21,681,126
0 0 $21,681,126

FY 2025 Budget
24,071,849 30,318,028
4,209,806 $58,599,683
8,613,321 $8,613,321
3,327,371 12,329,344 30,381,763 $46,038,478
10,282,619 145,633,153
23,172 $155,938,944
21,534,633 87
$21,534,720
418,972,287 58,406,396
426,606,572 $903,985,255

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Program/Fund Sources Adult Education Departmental Administration (TCSG) Economic Development and Customized Services Workforce Development Quick Start Technical Education
SUBTOTAL
Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds Prior Year State Funds
SUBTOTAL
State General Funds
TOTAL STATE FUNDS

Technical College System of Georgia
Department Financial Summary

FY 2022 Expenditures
$41,185,616
7,728,577
27,648,216 64,471,048 10,554,428 828,785,902
$980,373,787

FY 2023 Expenditures
$43,607,691
8,142,568
29,857,998 109,663,778
95,612,264 895,855,622
$1,182,739,921

FY 2024 Original Budget
$53,352,808
8,327,178
46,030,982 155,336,266
62,417,556 882,304,129
$1,207,768,919

$980,373,787

$1,182,739,921

$1,207,768,919

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$53,687,600
8,378,850
46,246,282 155,585,249
77,502,631 906,525,841 $1,247,926,453
$1,247,926,453

FY 2025 Budget $58,599,683
8,613,321
46,038,478 155,938,944
21,534,720 903,985,255 $1,194,710,401
$1,194,710,401

128,218,607 152,146,882 324,360,761
$604,726,250
375,647,539 $375,647,539

174,094,528 82,092,975
362,799,051 19,260,000
$638,246,554
544,493,367 $544,493,367

246,686,921 461,221,400
$707,908,321 499,860,598
$499,860,598

246,686,921 461,221,400
$707,908,321 540,018,132
$540,018,132

246,686,921 461,221,400
$707,908,321 486,802,080
$486,802,080

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Department of Transportation
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Transportation plans, constructs, maintains, and improves Georgia's roads and bridges and provides planning and financial support for other modes of transport. Proceeds from the state's motor fuel taxes are constitutionally designated solely for use on Georgia's roads and bridges.

road sensors, weather stations, and other technology to collect data and control traffic. HERO units respond to traffic incidents on metro Atlanta freeways to minimize any impact on traffic flow. CHAMP units operate outside of the metro Atlanta area and provide incident response, roadway maintenance, motorist assistance, and support emergency response.

The Department is governed by a board comprised of members from each of the state's congressional districts elected by each district's state representatives and senators. The board in turn appoints a commissioner. The director of the Planning Division is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state House of Representatives and Senate Transportation Committees.

MULTIMODAL SERVICES Multimodal services are comprised of transit, airport aid, rail,
and port and waterways services. Transit services preserves and enhances the state's urban and rural public transit program by providing technical assistance and administering the state's allocation of Federal Transit Administration funds including the state's match.

PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS
The Department plans, maintains, and improves the roads and bridges of the state highway system. Through the Planning Division, the Department develops a state transportation improvement program and state-wide strategic transportation plan. The Department performs location and environmental studies, conducts mapping and photogrammetric surveys, acquires rights-of-way necessary to construct and maintain highways, supervises all construction and maintenance activities let to contract, ensures the quality of materials used in construction, and conducts research to improve planning and engineering methods.
The Department is also responsible for maintenance and repairs to the roads and bridges of the state highway system. The existing road network is preserved and safety is improved by supervising major reconstruction and resurfacing or rehabilitation projects; performing certain heavy and specialized maintenance, such as emergency repairs, spot improvements, and safety modifications; performing routine maintenance, such as patching pavement, repairing shoulders, maintaining drainage, mowing rights-of-way, erecting and maintaining warning and directional signs, and inspecting roadside parks and rest areas; maintaining state welcome centers and rest areas; and issuing permits for special vehicles such as overweight carriers.
INFORMATION AND TRAVELER SERVICES The Department provides critical information and services
concerning transportation to government agencies and the public. Data collected include truck weight, traffic volume, and speed. The Department also maintains an inventory of the public road system and produces the official state transportation map along with county maps.

Airport Aid provides financial assistance to cities and counties for airport planning, construction, approach aids, maintenance, and other services as needed. It also maintains the state airport system plan; publishes a state aeronautical chart and airport directory; and lends management and technical assistance to local governments to develop, maintain, and improve air service.
Rail services work to acquire and rehabilitate state-owned rail lines to ensure freight rail service is a safe, efficient, and viable transportation option throughout the state. This effort provides cities, counties, and municipalities the opportunity to offer an efficient transportation alternative to promote economic development in their communities.
Ports and Waterways services are responsible for the provision and maintenance of land, dikes, and control works necessary for storage of dredge materials removed from the Savannah Harbor and River Navigation Channel. Navigation dredging is performed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the dredged materials are placed inside designated storage areas prepared by the Department.
ATTACHED AGENCIES The State Road and Tollway Authority operates tolled
transportation facilities and acts as the transportation financing arm for the state.
The Atlanta-region Transit Link Authority (ATL) provides coordinated transit planning and funding for the metro Atlanta region. This includes developing the ATL Regional Transit Plan, identifying and prioritizing the projects and initiatives required to develop region-wide transit and operating the Xpress commuter bus service.

The NaviGAtor system, Highway Emergency Response Operators (HERO), and Coordinated Highway Assistance & Maintenance Program (CHAMP) provide critical services and information to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the state's highways. The NaviGAtor system uses video cameras,

AUTHORITY Titles 6, 12, 13, 32, 40, 45, 46, 48, and 50 of the Official
Code of Georgia Annotated.

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Department of Transportation
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Capital Construction Projects Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for Capital Outlay road construction and enhancement
projects on local and state road systems. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds based on projected revenues per HB 170 (2015 Session) for increased project capacity. 2. Provide funds to expedite the Department's existing project pipeline.
Total Change
Capital Maintenance Projects Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for Capital Outlay for maintenance projects. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Program Delivery Administration Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to improve and expand the state's transportation infrastructure by
planning for and selecting road and bridge projects, acquiring rights-of-way, completing engineering and project impact analyses, procuring and monitoring construction contracts, and certifying completed projects. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds based on projected revenues per HB 170 (2015 Session) to support recruitment and retention efforts and increasing project costs. Total Change
Data Collection, Compliance, and Reporting Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to collect and disseminate crash, accident, road, and traffic data in
accordance with state and federal law in order to provide current and accurate information for planning and public awareness needs. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Departmental Administration (DOT) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to plan, construct, maintain, and improve the state's roads and bridges
and to provide planning and financial support for other modes of transportation such as mass transit, airports, railroads and waterways. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds based on projected revenues per HB 170 (2015 Session) for increased IT costs. Total Change

$8,554,482 659,000,000 $667,554,482
$0 $0
$1,220,751 4,000,000
$5,220,751
$26,913 $26,913
$426,294 3,757,935 $4,184,229

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Department of Transportation
Program Budgets
Freight Infrastructure Projects Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for capital roadway infrastructure projects to promote
freight and logistics efficiency and safety for the agriculture, manufacturing, and distribution industries. Recommended Change:
1. Provide funds for capital infrastructure projects that enhance economic development while promoting freight and logistics efficiency and safety. Total Change
Airport Aid Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support the planning, development and maintenance of Georgia's
Airports. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Transit Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support the planning, development and maintenance of Georgia's
Transit. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Rail Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support the planning, development and maintenance of Georgia's Rail. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds for a risk-based inspection program in the State Safety Oversight Program to meet Federal Railroad Administration guidelines.
3. Increase funds for a state rail plan update to meet Federal Railroad Administration guidelines. 4. Increase funds to support operations of the Office of Rail to dedicate locomotive fuel sales tax revenue for
purposes defined in HB 588 (2021 Session). Total Change
Ports and Waterways Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support the planning, development and maintenance of Georgia's Ports
and Waterways. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Local Maintenance and Improvement Grants Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for Capital Outlay grants to local governments for road
and bridge resurfacing projects through the State Funded Construction - Local Road Assistance Program. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for local maintenance and improvement grants to reflect ten percent of projected motor fuel revenues.
2. Provide one-time state general funds for additional support of local transportation infrastructure projects. Total Change

$641,000,000 $641,000,000
$0 $0
$24,760 $24,760
$5,383 102,236 1,000,000 1,228,544 $2,336,163
$2,153 $2,153
$5,791,952 200,000,000 $205,791,952

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Department of Transportation
Program Budgets
Local Road Assistance Administration
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide technical and financial assistance to local governments for construction, maintenance, and resurfacing of local roads and bridges.
Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change
Planning
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to develop the state transportation improvement program and the statewide strategic transportation plan, and coordinate transportation policies, planning, and programs related to design, construction, maintenance, operations, and financing of transportation.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Routine Maintenance
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure a safe and adequately maintained state transportation system by inspecting roads and bridges, cataloguing road and bridge conditions and maintenance needs, and providing routine maintenance for state road and bridges. The purpose of this appropriation is also to maintain landscaping on road easements and rights-of-way through planting, litter control, vegetation removal, and grants to local governments, to provide for emergency operations on state routes, and to maintain state rest areas and welcome centers.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds based on projected revenues per HB 170 (2015 Session) due to increased operations costs. Total Change
Traffic Management and Control
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure a safe and efficient transportation system statewide by conducting traffic engineering studies for traffic safety planning, permitting for activity on or adjacent to state roads, providing motorist assistance and traffic information through the Highway Emergency Response Operators (HERO) program and Intelligent Transportation System, and conducting inspections, repairs, and installations of traffic signals.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Increase funds based on projected revenues per HB 170 (2015 Session) to support recruitment efforts for HEROs and to address increased project costs. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Payments to State Road and Tollway Authority
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund debt service payments and other finance instruments and for operations of the State Road and Tollway Authority and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority.
Recommended Change: 1. No change. Total Change

$0 $0
$32,295 $32,295
$2,122,858 32,408,079 $34,530,937
$361,705 3,407,080 $3,768,785
$0 $0

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Department of Transportation
Program Budgets
Payments to Atlanta- Region Transit Link (ATL) Authority Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative funds for the Atlanta-Region Transit Link (ATL)
Authority. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Capital Construction Projects Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for Capital Outlay road construction and enhancement
projects on local and state road systems. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds based on projected revenues per HB 170 (2015 Session) for increased project capacity. 2. Increase funds for the Transportation Trust Fund to reflect FY 2023 collections of Hotel/Motel Excise Tax,
Highway Impact Fees, and Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fees pursuant to HB 511 (2021 Session). Total Change
Capital Maintenance Projects Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for Capital Outlay for maintenance projects. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for the Transportation Trust Fund to reflect FY 2023 collections of Hotel/Motel Excise Tax, Highway Impact Fees, and Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fees pursuant to HB 511 (2021 Session). Total Change
Program Delivery Administration Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to improve and expand the state's transportation infrastructure by
planning for and selecting road and bridge projects, acquiring rights-of-way, completing engineering and project impact analyses, procuring and monitoring construction contracts, and certifying completed projects. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds based on projected revenues per HB 170 (2015 Session) to support recruitment and retention efforts and increasing project costs. Total Change
Data Collection, Compliance, and Reporting Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to collect and disseminate crash, accident, road, and traffic data in
accordance with state and federal law in order to provide current and accurate information for planning and public awareness needs. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. Total Change

$0 $0
$8,992,966 7,500,000
$16,492,966
$35,371,657 $35,371,657
$2,962,524 725,789
4,000,000 $7,688,313
$34,149 10,782
$44,931

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Department of Transportation
Program Budgets
Departmental Administration (DOT) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to plan, construct, maintain, and improve the state's roads and bridges
and to provide planning and financial support for other modes of transportation such as mass transit, airports, railroads and waterways. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law enforcement officers. 5. Increase funds based on projected revenues per HB 170 (2015 Session) for increased IT costs. Total Change
Freight Infrastructure Projects Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for capital roadway infrastructure projects to promote
freight and logistics efficiency and safety for the agriculture, manufacturing, and distribution industries. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Airport Aid Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support the planning, development and maintenance of Georgia's
Airports. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Transit Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support the planning, development and maintenance of Georgia's
Transit. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Transportation Trust Fund to reflect FY 2023 collections of Hotel/Motel Excise Tax,
Highway Impact Fees, and Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fees pursuant to HB 511 (2021 Session). 3. Increase funds for the Georgia Transit Trust Fund to reflect FY 2023 collections of Hired Transport Fees
pursuant to HB 511 (2021 Session). Total Change
Rail Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support the planning, development and maintenance of Georgia's Rail. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs.

$1,551,565 246,524 749,326 13,409
3,757,935 $6,318,759
$0 $0
$0 $0
$36,624 2,676,532 8,779,036 $11,492,192
$12,931 1,999

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Department of Transportation
Program Budgets
3. Increase funds to support operations of the Office of Rail to dedicate locomotive fuel sales tax revenue for purposes defined in HB 588 (2021 Session).
4. Increase funds to reflect FY 2023 collections of locomotive fuel sales tax pursuant to HB 588 (2021 Session). 5. Increase funds for a risk-based inspection program in the State Safety Oversight Program to meet Federal
Railroad Administration guidelines. Total Change
Ports and Waterways Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to support the planning, development and maintenance of Georgia's Ports
and Waterways. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. Total Change
Local Maintenance and Improvement Grants Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide funding for Capital Outlay grants to local governments for road
and bridge resurfacing projects through the State Funded Construction - Local Road Assistance Program. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds for local maintenance and improvement grants to reflect ten percent of projected motor fuel revenues. Total Change
Local Road Assistance Administration Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide technical and financial assistance to local governments for
construction, maintenance, and resurfacing of local roads and bridges. Recommended Change:
1. No change. Total Change
Planning Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to develop the state transportation improvement program and the state-
wide strategic transportation plan, and coordinate transportation policies, planning, and programs related to design, construction, maintenance, operations, and financing of transportation. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds to enhance transportation planning by Georgia's metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). Total Change
Routine Maintenance Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure a safe and adequately maintained state transportation system
by inspecting roads and bridges, cataloguing road and bridge conditions and maintenance needs, and providing routine maintenance for state road and bridges. The purpose of this appropriation is also to maintain landscaping on road easements and rights-of-way through planting, litter control, vegetation removal, and grants to local governments, to provide for emergency operations on state routes, and to maintain state rest areas and welcome centers. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds based on projected revenue per HB 170 (2015 Session) for increased project capacity.
Total Change
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1,228,544 3,436,984
102,236 $4,782,694
$10,067 $10,067
$7,345,433 $7,345,433
$0 $0
$42,027 8,975
2,000,000 $2,051,002
$5,581,778 1,575,585
27,424,905 $34,582,268
373

Department of Transportation
Program Budgets
Traffic Management and Control
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure a safe and efficient transportation system statewide by conducting traffic engineering studies for traffic safety planning, permitting for activity on or adjacent to state roads, providing motorist assistance and traffic information through the Highway Emergency Response Operators (HERO) program and Intelligent Transportation System, and conducting inspections, repairs, and installations of traffic signals.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds based on projected revenue per HB 170 (2015 Session) to support recruitment efforts for HEROs and increased project costs. Total Change
Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes: Payments to State Road and Tollway Authority
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to fund debt service payments and other finance instruments and for operations of the State Road and Tollway Authority and Georgia Regional Transportation Authority.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reduce Transportation Trust Funds to reflect decreased debt requirements. 3. Increase funds for the Transportation Trust Fund to reflect FY 2023 collections of Hotel/Motel Excise Tax, Highway Impact Fees, and Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fees pursuant HB 511 (2021 Session). Total Change
Payments to Atlanta- Region Transit Link (ATL) Authority
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide administrative funds for the Atlanta-Region Transit Link (ATL) Authority.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reduce funds to reflect efficiencies in commuter bus services in metro Atlanta, including coordination with local transit providers and streamlined options for riders. Total Change

$804,406 230,203
3,907,080 $4,941,689
$6,544 (19,747,585)
400,750 ($19,340,291)
$81,825 (2,000,000) ($1,918,175)

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Department of Transportation
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$36,051,807

Motor Fuel Funds

2,018,811,873

Transportation Trust Funds

202,324,801

Georgia Transit Trust Funds

23,597,313

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$2,280,785,794

Federal Highway Administration Highway Planning and Construction Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$1,499,458,281
112,290,905 $1,611,749,186

Changes
$1,506,553,892 57,919,528 0 0
$1,564,473,420
$0 0
$0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$1,542,605,699 2,076,731,401 202,324,801 23,597,313
$3,845,259,214

$36,051,807 2,018,811,873
202,324,801 23,597,313
$2,280,785,794

$1,499,458,281
112,290,905 $1,611,749,186

$1,499,458,281
112,290,905 $1,611,749,186

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$175,979,549 $175,979,549
$4,068,514,529

$0 $0
$1,564,473,420

$175,979,549 $175,979,549
$5,632,987,949

$175,979,549 $175,979,549
$4,068,514,529

Changes
$4,792,761 69,965,361 26,289,723
8,815,660 $109,863,505
$0 0
$0 $0 $0 $109,863,505

FY 2025 Budget
$40,844,568 2,088,777,234
228,614,524 32,412,973
$2,390,649,299
$1,499,458,281 112,290,905
$1,611,749,186
$175,979,549 $175,979,549 $4,178,378,034

FY 2024 Original Budget

Capital Construction Projects

State General Funds

0

Motor Fuel Funds

884,846,617

Transportation Trust Funds
Federal Highway Administration Highway Planning and Construction

128,471,563 930,452,699

Other Funds

122,300,430

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,066,071,309

Capital Maintenance Projects

Motor Fuel Funds

150,588,167

Transportation Trust Funds
Federal Highway Administration Highway Planning and Construction

8,785,819 281,600,000

Other Funds

350,574

TOTAL FUNDS

$441,324,560

Program Delivery Administration

State General Funds

0

Motor Fuel Funds
Federal Highway Administration Highway Planning and Construction

126,906,966 53,642,990

Other Funds

1,098,619

TOTAL FUNDS

$181,648,575

Data Collection, Compliance, and Reporting

State General Funds

0

Motor Fuel Funds
Federal Highway Administration Highway Planning and Construction

3,103,354 9,043,897

TOTAL FUNDS

$12,147,251

Changes
659,000,000 8,554,482 0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

659,000,000 893,401,099 128,471,563

0 884,846,617 128,471,563

0 0 $667,554,482

930,452,699 122,300,430 $2,733,625,791

930,452,699 122,300,430 $2,066,071,309

0

150,588,167

150,588,167

0

8,785,819

8,785,819

0 0 $0
1,220,751 4,000,000

281,600,000 350,574
$441,324,560
1,220,751 130,906,966

281,600,000 350,574
$441,324,560
0 126,906,966

0 0 $5,220,751
26,913 0

53,642,990 1,098,619
$186,869,326
26,913 3,103,354

53,642,990 1,098,619
$181,648,575
0 3,103,354

0 $26,913

9,043,897 $12,174,164

9,043,897 $12,147,251

Changes
0 8,992,966 7,500,000

FY 2025 Budget
0 893,839,583 135,971,563

0 0 $16,492,966

930,452,699 122,300,430 $2,082,564,275

0 35,371,657

150,588,167 44,157,476

0 0 $35,371,657
0 7,688,313

281,600,000 350,574
$476,696,217
0 134,595,279

0 0 $7,688,313
0 44,931

53,642,990 1,098,619
$189,336,888
0 3,148,285

0 $44,931

9,043,897 $12,192,182

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Department of Transportation
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Departmental Administration (DOT)

State General Funds

0

Motor Fuel Funds
Federal Highway Administration Highway Planning and Construction

83,848,101 10,839,823

Other Funds

398,970

TOTAL FUNDS

$95,086,894

Freight Infrastructure Projects

State General Funds

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$0

Airport Aid

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

26,359,425 46,509,284

Other Funds

6,233

TOTAL FUNDS

$72,874,942

Transit

State General Funds

0

Transportation Trust Funds Georgia Transit Trust Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

6,744,694 23,597,313 65,015,306

Other Funds

702,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$96,059,313

Rail

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

8,305,308 616,315

Other Funds

88,239

TOTAL FUNDS

$9,009,862

Ports and Waterways

State General Funds

1,387,074

TOTAL FUNDS

$1,387,074

Local Maintenance and Improvement Grants

State General Funds

0

Motor Fuel Funds

212,801,168

TOTAL FUNDS

$212,801,168

Local Road Assistance Administration

Motor Fuel Funds
Federal Highway Administration Highway Planning and Construction

4,346,461 51,655,917

Other Funds

6,000,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$62,002,378

Planning

State General Funds

0

Motor Fuel Funds

2,845,171

Transportation Trust Funds

0

Changes
426,294 3,757,935
0 0 $4,184,229
641,000,000 $641,000,000
0 0 0 $0
24,760 0 0 0 0
$24,760
2,336,163 0 0
$2,336,163
2,153 $2,153
200,000,000 5,791,952
$205,791,952
0
0 0 $0
32,295 0 0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

426,294 87,606,036

0 83,848,101

10,839,823 398,970
$99,271,123
641,000,000 $641,000,000
26,359,425 46,509,284
6,233 $72,874,942
24,760 6,744,694 23,597,313 65,015,306
702,000 $96,084,073
10,641,471 616,315 88,239
$11,346,025
1,389,227 $1,389,227
200,000,000 218,593,120 $418,593,120
4,346,461

10,839,823 398,970
$95,086,894
0 $0
26,359,425 46,509,284
6,233 $72,874,942
0 6,744,694 23,597,313 65,015,306
702,000 $96,059,313
8,305,308 616,315 88,239
$9,009,862
1,387,074 $1,387,074
0 212,801,168 $212,801,168
4,346,461

51,655,917 6,000,000
$62,002,378
32,295 2,845,171
0

51,655,917 6,000,000
$62,002,378
0 2,845,171
0

Changes
0 6,318,759
0 0 $6,318,759
0 $0
0 0 0 $0
0 2,676,532 8,815,660
0 0 $11,492,192
4,782,694 0 0
$4,782,694
10,067 $10,067
0 7,345,433 $7,345,433
0
0 0 $0
0 51,002 2,000,000

FY 2025 Budget
0 90,166,860
10,839,823 398,970
$101,405,653
0 $0
26,359,425 46,509,284
6,233 $72,874,942
0 9,421,226 32,412,973 65,015,306
702,000 $107,551,505
13,088,002 616,315 88,239
$13,792,556
1,397,141 $1,397,141
0 220,146,601 $220,146,601
4,346,461
51,655,917 6,000,000
$62,002,378
0 2,896,173 2,000,000

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Department of Transportation
Program Budget Financial Summary

Federal Highway Administration Highway Planning and Construction

FY 2024 Original Budget
22,772,795

TOTAL FUNDS

$25,617,966

Routine Maintenance

State General Funds

0

Motor Fuel Funds
Federal Highway Administration Highway Planning and Construction

493,397,670 11,577,366

Other Funds

19,500,000

TOTAL FUNDS

$524,475,036

Traffic Management and Control

State General Funds

0

Motor Fuel Funds Federal Highway Administration Highway Planning and Construction Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

56,128,198
79,527,354 150,000

Other Funds

25,534,484

TOTAL FUNDS

$161,340,036

Changes
0 $32,295
2,122,858 32,408,079
0 0 $34,530,937
361,705 3,407,080
0 0 0 $3,768,785

Agencies Attached for Administrative Purposes:

Payments to State Road and Tollway Authority

Transportation Trust Funds

45,194,219

0

Federal Highway

Administration Highway

Planning and Construction

48,345,440

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$93,539,659

$0

Payments to Atlanta- Region Transit Link (ATL) Authority

Transportation Trust Funds

13,128,506

0

TOTAL FUNDS

$13,128,506

$0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

22,772,795 $25,650,261
2,122,858 525,805,749

22,772,795 $25,617,966
0 493,397,670

0 $2,051,002
0 34,582,268

11,577,366 19,500,000 $559,005,973
361,705 59,535,278

11,577,366 19,500,000 $524,475,036
0 56,128,198

0 0 $34,582,268
0 4,941,689

79,527,354
150,000 25,534,484 $165,108,821

79,527,354
150,000 25,534,484 $161,340,036

0
0 0 $4,941,689

45,194,219
48,345,440 $93,539,659
13,128,506 $13,128,506

45,194,219

(19,340,291)

48,345,440 $93,539,659
13,128,506 $13,128,506

0 ($19,340,291)
(1,918,175) ($1,918,175)

FY 2025 Budget
22,772,795 $27,668,968
0 527,979,938
11,577,366 19,500,000 $559,057,304
0 61,069,887
79,527,354 150,000
25,534,484 $166,281,725
25,853,928
48,345,440 $74,199,368
11,210,331 $11,210,331

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Department of Transportation
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources
Capital Construction Projects
Capital Maintenance Projects
Program Delivery Administration Data Collection, Compliance, and Reporting Departmental Administration (DOT)
Freight Infrastructure Projects
Intermodal
Airport Aid
Transit
Rail
Ports and Waterways Local Maintenance and Improvement Grants Local Road Assistance Administration
Planning
Routine Maintenance
Traffic Management and Control Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Match
SUBTOTAL
(Excludes Attached Agencies)
Attached Agencies
Payments to State Road and Tollway Authority Payments to Atlanta- Region Transit Link (ATL) Authority
SUBTOTAL (ATTACHED AGENCIES)

FY 2022 Expenditures $2,154,201,232
395,875,828 154,206,862
11,528,704 81,636,889
108,945,524
192,379,602 31,282,089 31,045,709
477,689,728 118,576,377 137,571,254 $3,894,939,798
$122,956,633 12,940,134
$135,896,767

FY 2023 Expenditures $2,461,612,720
653,705,809 163,425,431
11,301,164
94,563,367

FY 2024 Original Budget
$2,066,071,309 441,324,560 181,648,575
12,147,251
95,086,894

108,426,185 104,803,549
44,294,093 1,262,084
200,179,569
44,809,161 23,490,455 536,060,117 137,161,660
392,009,047 $4,977,104,411

72,874,942 96,059,313
9,009,862 1,387,074
212,801,168
62,002,378 25,617,966 524,475,036 161,340,036
$3,961,846,364

$97,961,834 13,062,237
$111,024,071

$93,539,659 13,128,506
$106,668,165

Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds Prior Year State Funds
SUBTOTAL

$4,030,836,565

$5,088,128,482

$4,068,514,529

1,393,805,310 6,379,720
295,988,883 486,059,910
$2,182,233,823

2,047,893,055 17,806,643
323,303,342 688,671,645
$3,077,674,685

1,611,749,186 175,979,549
$1,787,728,735

State General Funds Motor Fuel Funds Transportation Trust Funds Georgia Transit Trust Funds
TOTAL STATE FUNDS

131,165,817 1,717,436,924
$1,848,602,741

116,150,561 1,728,159,783
150,215,854 15,927,599
$2,010,453,797

36,051,807 2,018,811,873
202,324,801 23,597,313
$2,280,785,794

Amended FY 2024 Budget $2,733,625,791
441,324,560 186,869,326
12,174,164 99,271,123 641,000,000
72,874,942 96,084,073 11,346,025
1,389,227 418,593,120
62,002,378 25,650,261 559,005,973 165,108,821
$5,526,319,784
$93,539,659 13,128,506
$106,668,165
$5,632,987,949
1,611,749,186
175,979,549
$1,787,728,735
1,542,605,699 2,076,731,401
202,324,801 23,597,313
$3,845,259,214

FY 2025 Budget $2,082,564,275 476,696,217 189,336,888
12,192,182 101,405,653
72,874,942 107,551,505
13,792,556 1,397,141
220,146,601 62,002,378 27,668,968
559,057,304 166,281,725
$4,092,968,335
$74,199,368 11,210,331
$85,409,699
$4,178,378,034
1,611,749,186
175,979,549
$1,787,728,735
40,844,568 2,088,777,234
228,614,524 32,412,973
$2,390,649,299

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Department of Veterans Service
Roles and Responsibilities

The Department of Veterans Service (DVS) serves more than 752,000 Georgia veterans, their dependents, and beneficiaries in all matters pertaining to veterans' affairs. Since all veterans' benefits must be applied for, the major activities of the department generally consist of informing veterans and their families about available state and federal benefits and directly assisting and advising them in obtaining those benefits to which they are entitled.
VETERANS ASSISTANCE
The Department provides veterans assistance through an appeals staff, field offices, information division, and central office. The appeals staff assists veterans who are appealing decisions on claims made by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The 56 field offices, located throughout the state, provide direct assistance to veterans at the local level. Department field officers provide counsel and assistance in gathering documentation and information required to process a claim. The Information Division keeps Georgia veterans informed about issues and their possible impact. The Central Office manages and supports all administrative requirements.
STATE VETERANS NURSING HOMES
The Department operates two state veterans nursing homes. The Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville is a 250-bed facility licensed to provide skilled nursing care to eligible Georgia war veterans. It consists of three skilled nursing care buildings and a transitional support facility.
The Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home in Augusta is a 192-bed skilled nursing care facility located adjacent to Augusta University and the VA Charlie Norwood Medical Center. In addition to providing care for eligible Georgia war veterans, the Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home serves as a teaching facility to acquaint medical and allied health students with medical conditions and diseases that confront the elderly.

GEORGIA VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETERIES
The Department operates two state veterans memorial cemeteries, which are part of the nation's National Cemetery System. The Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville, which opened in 2001, will eventually be a final resting place for more than 100,000 Georgia veterans, their spouses, and their authorized dependents. The Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Glennville, which opened in March of 2008, will eventually be a final resting place for more than 36,000 Georgia veterans, their spouses, and their authorized dependents.
VETERANS EDUCATION ASSISTANCE As the state-approving agency for the federally sponsored
Veterans Education Assistance Program (GI Bill), the department is responsible for approving and supervising all institutions (including public and private schools and establishments offering on-the-job training and apprenticeship programs) in Georgia that participate in this program. In addition to approving these institutions, DVS also inspects them regularly to ensure that all criteria for continued approval are met. This function is 100% federally funded and is staffed with eight employees.
GOVERNING AND RESPONSIBILITIES The seven-member Veterans Service Board appointed by
the Governor, and confirmed by the Senate, governs DVS. The day-to-day operation of the department is the responsibility of a Commissioner who is appointed by the Board for a four-year term.
AUTHORITY Article IV, Section V, Paragraph I, The Constitution of the
State of Georgia; Title 38 Chapter 4, Official Code of Georgia Annotated; Chapter 36, Title 38, United States Code.

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Department of Veterans Service
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DVS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to coordinate, manage, and supervise all aspects of department
operations to include financial, public information, personnel, accounting, purchasing, supply, mail, records management, and information technology. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. 2. Transfer funds from Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery to expand the Veterans Mental Health Services Program pursuant to HB 414 (2023 Session). 3. Reduce funds for one vacancy. Total Change
Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the interment of eligible Georgia Veterans who served
faithfully and honorably in the military service of our country. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Transfer available funds resulting from the delay in the establishment of a veterans cemetery in Augusta to Departmental Administration for the Veterans Mental Health Services Program. Total Change
Georgia War Veterans Nursing Homes Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide skilled nursing care to aged and infirmed Georgia war
veterans. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention.
2. Increase funds for initial funding to support the transition to a new contractor to operate the Milledgeville Georgia War Veterans Home. Total Change
Veterans Benefits Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to serve Georgia's veterans, their dependents, and survivors in all matters
pertaining to veterans' benefits by informing the veterans and their families about veterans' benefits, and directly assisting and advising them in securing the benefits to which they are entitled. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Departmental Administration (DVS) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to coordinate, manage, and supervise all aspects of department
operations to include financial, public information, personnel, accounting, purchasing, supply, mail, records management, and information technology. Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs.

$16,148 1,000,000
(41,269) $974,879
$12,919 (1,000,000) ($987,081)
$1,077 200,000 $201,077
$130,258 $130,258
$61,362 4,720

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Department of Veterans Service
Program Budgets
3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses.
4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Reduce funds for one vacancy.
Total Change
Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the interment of eligible Georgia Veterans who served faithfully and honorably in the military service of our country.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. Total Change
Georgia War Veterans Nursing Homes
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide skilled nursing care to aged and infirmed Georgia war veterans.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Increase funds for the Teachers Retirement System to reflect an increase in the actuarially determined employer contribution rate from 19.98% to 20.78%. 3. Increase funds for the employer share of health insurance benefits for University System of Georgia Board of Regents contracted employees. Total Change
Veterans Benefits
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to serve Georgia's veterans, their dependents, and survivors in all matters pertaining to veterans' benefits by informing the veterans and their families about veterans' benefits, and directly assisting and advising them in securing the benefits to which they are entitled.
Recommended Change: 1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance programs. 3. Increase funds for Georgia Building Authority rental rates to provide for additional Capitol Police security and operational expenses. 4. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 5. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings. 6. Increase funds for two positions and associated costs for the new Houston County Clinic. 7. Reduce funds for vacancies and reduced travel and training costs. Total Change

33,171 60,099
177 (41,269) $118,260
$35,315 3,068 676 115
$39,174
$253,935 7,977 9,992
$271,904
$325,074 24,360 56,715 31,918 989
135,597 (94,328) $480,325

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Department of Veterans Service
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$27,294,616

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$27,294,616

Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS

$24,210,246 $24,210,246

Changes
$319,133 $319,133
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$27,613,749 $27,613,749

$27,294,616 $27,294,616

$24,210,246 $24,210,246

$24,210,246 $24,210,246

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$3,465,491 $3,465,491
$54,970,353

$0 $0
$319,133

$3,465,491 $3,465,491
$55,289,486

$3,465,491 $3,465,491
$54,970,353

Changes
$909,663 $909,663
$0 $0 $0 $0 $909,663

FY 2024 Original Budget

Departmental Administration (DVS)

State General Funds

2,091,105

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,091,105

Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

2,017,144 327,896

TOTAL FUNDS

$2,345,040

Georgia War Veterans Nursing Homes

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

14,103,449 23,128,424

Other Funds

3,465,491

TOTAL FUNDS

$40,697,364

Veterans Benefits

State General Funds Federal Funds Not Specifically Identified

9,082,918 753,926

TOTAL FUNDS

$9,836,844

Changes
974,879 $974,879
(987,081) 0
($987,081)
201,077 0 0
$201,077
130,258 0
$130,258

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

3,065,984 $3,065,984

2,091,105 $2,091,105

1,030,063
327,896 $1,357,959

2,017,144
327,896 $2,345,040

14,304,526
23,128,424 3,465,491
$40,898,441

14,103,449
23,128,424 3,465,491
$40,697,364

9,213,176
753,926 $9,967,102

9,082,918
753,926 $9,836,844

Changes
118,260 $118,260
39,174 0
$39,174
271,904 0 0
$271,904
480,325 0
$480,325

FY 2025 Budget
$28,204,279 $28,204,279
$24,210,246 $24,210,246
$3,465,491 $3,465,491 $55,880,016
FY 2025 Budget
2,209,365 $2,209,365
2,056,318 327,896
$2,384,214
14,375,353 23,128,424
3,465,491 $40,969,268
9,563,243 753,926
$10,317,169

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Department of Veterans Service
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Departmental Administration (DVS) Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery Georgia War Veterans Nursing Homes Veterans Benefits
SUBTOTAL
Total Funds
Less: Federal Funds Federal COVID Funds Other Funds
SUBTOTAL
State General Funds
TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$1,874,187
1,109,302
42,914,797 8,398,253
$54,296,539

FY 2023 Expenditures
$2,864,917
1,324,452
39,133,039 15,801,682 $59,124,090

FY 2024 Original Budget
$2,091,105
2,345,040
40,697,364 9,836,844
$54,970,353

$54,296,539

$59,124,090

$54,970,353

27,477,420
3,248,736 $30,726,156
23,570,383 $23,570,383

25,285,949 6,092,237 2,284,982
$33,663,168
25,460,923 $25,460,923

24,210,246
3,465,491 $27,675,737
27,294,616 $27,294,616

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$3,065,984 1,357,959
40,898,441 9,967,102
$55,289,486
$55,289,486
24,210,246
3,465,491 $27,675,737
27,613,749 $27,613,749

FY 2025 Budget
$2,209,365 2,384,214
40,969,268 10,317,169 $55,880,016
$55,880,016
24,210,246
3,465,491 $27,675,737
28,204,279 $28,204,279

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State Board of Workers' Compensation
Roles and Responsibilities

WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW
Most Georgia employees are covered by the state's workers' compensation law. Since passage of this law, employees may now gain benefits from employers when injured on the job. The law ensures employees certain benefits paid to them as a result of on-the-job injuries. The same law also provides employers with a form of limited liability from these injuries.
The state's workers' compensation law applies to all employers that have at least three full-time, part-time, or seasonal employees. Some categories of workers are exempt, however, including federal employees, railroad workers, farmers, domestic servants, business partners, independent contractors, and some corporate officers.
The State Board of Workers' Compensation was created to oversee the workers' compensation law. The board may create rules, regulations, and policies to enforce this area of law. The board is also vested with the responsibility of conducting training seminars that educate employers, employees, insurers, selfinsurers, physicians, and rehabilitation suppliers about workers' compensation law changes and other related issues.
If either the employer or an employee involved in a workers' compensation claim wishes to contest the facts involved in the case, an administrative law judge under the board or a board mediator may be used to settle the issue. Either party disagreeing with this ruling may appeal the decision through the appellate division, state superior or appellate courts; however, that avenue may only be used to debate points of law, not facts of a case.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
The board consists of three directors, one of whom is the chair, and all are appointed by the Governor. The directors promulgate workers' compensation regulations and develop workers' compensation policy. They also hear appeals of administrative law judges' decisions and render rulings on appeals, as well as approve and submit budget requests for the agency.
The executive director/chief operating officer oversees the operations of the board. The executive director also provides management supervision, makes presentations to various groups as requested, assists the directors as needed, and acts as peer review of medical services.

The Alternative Dispute Resolution Division mediates appropriate issues, issues orders, and makes presentations to various groups as requested.
The Appellate Division researches cases that are appealed to the board, recommends appropriate action, receives and processes documents regarding appealed cases, and sets calendars for appellate hearings.
The Claims Processing Division includes data entry, documents processing, and file room units. These units are responsible for coding and quality input of claims data, processing correspondence, and coordinating the transfer, retention, and destruction of all claims files.
The Enforcement Division investigates incidents of noncompliance and incidents alleging fraud, maintains information on employers' insurance coverage, and makes presentations to various groups regarding fraud/compliance.
The Legal Division is responsible for conducting hearings in contested cases and ruling on motions. The Division schedules and holds hearings for those claims in which an evidentiary hearing was requested by a party, or in cases where mediation conference was either inappropriate or did not result in resolution of the pending issues.
The Managed Care and Rehabilitation Division processes requests for rehabilitation services, performs quality assurance reviews of rehabilitation suppliers, holds conferences to resolve disputes, reviews and approves rehabilitation plans, reviews applications of managed care organizations, and registers rehabilitation suppliers.
The Settlements Division reviews and processes stipulated settlements and requests for advances.
The Information Technology Services Division provides innovative, contemporary, and accessible technology in computing, media, telephone services, and training to enable staff to meet their goals as a state agency.
AUTHORITY Chapter 9 of Title 34, Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

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State Board of Workers' Compensation
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Administer the Workers' Compensation Laws Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide exclusive remedy for resolution of disputes in the Georgia
Workers' Compensation law. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
Board Administration (SBWC) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide superior access to the Georgia Workers' Compensation
program for injured workers and employers in a manner that is sensitive, responsive, and effective. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide a one-time $1,000 salary supplement for full-time, benefit-eligible employees for recruitment and retention. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Administer the Workers' Compensation Laws Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide exclusive remedy for resolution of disputes in the Georgia
Workers' Compensation law. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Increase funds to provide an additional $3,000 targeted salary enhancement for selected POST certified law
enforcement officers. Total Change
Board Administration (SBWC) Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to provide superior access to the Georgia Workers' Compensation
program for injured workers and employers in a manner that is sensitive, responsive, and effective. Recommended Change:
1. Increase funds to provide for a 4% cost-of-living-adjustment for state employees not to exceed $3,000. 2. Reflect an adjustment to agency premiums for Department of Administrative Services administered insurance
programs. 3. Reflect an adjustment in telecommunications and infrastructure rates for the Georgia Technology Authority. 4. Increase funds for Merit System Assessment billings.
Total Change

$106,574 $106,574
$21,530 $21,530
$402,977 25,938 20,114
$449,029
$91,474 7,273
87,590 1,684
$188,021

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State Board of Workers' Compensation
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$21,138,440

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$21,138,440

Changes
$128,104 $128,104

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$21,266,544 $21,266,544

$21,138,440 $21,138,440

Other Funds TOTAL OTHER FUNDS
Total Funds

$373,832 $373,832
$21,512,272

$0 $0
$128,104

$373,832 $373,832
$21,640,376

$373,832 $373,832
$21,512,272

Changes
$637,050 $637,050
$0 $0 $637,050

FY 2024 Original Budget

Administer the Workers' Compensation Laws

State General Funds

14,705,989

Other Funds

308,353

TOTAL FUNDS

$15,014,342

Board Administration (SBWC)

State General Funds

6,432,451

Other Funds

65,479

TOTAL FUNDS

$6,497,930

Changes
106,574 0
$106,574
21,530 0
$21,530

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

14,812,563 308,353
$15,120,916

14,705,989 308,353
$15,014,342

6,453,981 65,479
$6,519,460

6,432,451 65,479
$6,497,930

Changes
449,029 0
$449,029
188,021 0
$188,021

FY 2025 Budget
$21,775,490 $21,775,490
$373,832 $373,832 $22,149,322
FY 2025 Budget
15,155,018 308,353
$15,463,371
6,620,472 65,479
$6,685,951

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State Board of Workers' Compensation
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Administer the Workers' Compensation Laws Board Administration (SBWC) SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Federal COVID Funds Other Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures
$11,593,495 5,982,240
$17,575,735

FY 2023 Expenditures
$13,149,567 6,472,350
$19,621,917

FY 2024 Original Budget
$15,014,342 6,497,930
$21,512,272

$17,575,735

$19,621,917

$21,512,272

5,382 393,470 $398,852
17,176,884 $17,176,884

719,044 $719,044
18,902,874 $18,902,874

373,832 $373,832
21,138,440 $21,138,440

Amended FY 2024 Budget
$15,120,916 6,519,460
$21,640,376
$21,640,376
373,832 $373,832
21,266,544 $21,266,544

FY 2025 Budget $15,463,371
6,685,951 $22,149,322
$22,149,322
373,832 $373,832
21,775,490 $21,775,490

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387

Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission
Roles and Responsibilities

The Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission (GSFIC) is responsible for the issuance, payment, and management of public debt and its proceeds incurred for capital outlay purposes. The Commission also prepares the state's debt management plan, which provides projections of the State of Georgia's general obligation and guaranteed revenue debt and the annual debt service requirements. The members of the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission are the Governor (chairman and chief executive officer), the Lieutenant Governor (vice-chairman), the State Auditor (secretary and treasurer), the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Agriculture, and the State Treasurer.
CONSTRUCTION DIVISION
The Construction Division oversees capital outlay projects and provides construction management services to state entities. The division is led by Georgia's State Property Officer and the Deputy Executive Director of the Division.

FINANCING AND INVESTMENT DIVISION
The Financing and Investment Division performs all services related to the planning, scheduling, advertising, selling and delivery of general obligation bonds. The division also is responsible for the investment and accounting of all proceeds derived from the issuance of general obligation bonds; developing the financial statements for the capital projects fund; assisting state authorities with the issuance of revenue bonds; serving as staff to the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority; and managing and reporting of proceeds received through the Transportation Investment Act.
AUTHORITY Title 50-17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; Article
VII, Section IV of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.

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Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
Capital Projects Fund
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to finance capital projects, including facilities, property, and equipment for state entities and to provide funds for the defeasance of outstanding general obligation debt.
Recommended Change:
1. Transfer funds from the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund to reflect savings associated with favorable rates received in recent bond sales to be used for defeasance of existing debt obligations and other state capital needs.
2. Regents, Board of: Provide funds for the design, construction, and equipment of the dental school at Georgia Southern University, Savannah, Chatham County.
3. Regents, Board of: Provide funds for major rehabilitation and repair projects statewide ($80,000,000) and for demolition projects at Valdosta State University and University of West Georgia ($1,229,000).
4. Regents, Board of: Provide funds for the design and construction of the Medical School at the University of Georgia to match institutional funds, Athens, Clarke County.
5. Regents, Board of: Provide funds for supplemental major rehabilitation and repair projects for the University System of Georgia B-Units.
6. Technical College System of Georgia: Provide funds for the design and construction of a commercial drivers license pad at Augusta Technical College, Augusta, Richmond County.
7. Technical College System of Georgia: Provide funds to establish one new college and career academy.
8. Corrections, Department of: Provide additional funds for construction of the new state prison, Davisboro, Washington County.
9. Corrections, Department of: Provide funds for facility maintenance and repairs, statewide.
10. Corrections, Department of: Provide funds to purchase the Augusta Transition Center, Augusta, Richmond County.
11. Corrections, Department of: Provide funds to replace food and farm equipment, statewide.
12. Defense, Department of: Provide funds for Readiness Center light replacement and fence installation, Bibb and Fulton County.
13. Investigation, Georgia Bureau of: Provide funds for upgrades to investigative equipment ($865,059) and for facility renovations ($2,006,080), statewide.
14. Investigation, Georgia Bureau of: Provide additional funds for design of the Medical Examiner Annex Addition at Headquarters, Decatur, DeKalb County.
15. Juvenile Justice, Department of: Provide funds for additional facility maintenance and repairs, statewide.
16. Juvenile Justice, Department of: Provide funds to replace 43 vehicles, statewide.
17. Public Safety, Department of: Provide funds for construction of an aircraft hangar at Headquarters, Atlanta, Fulton County.
18. Public Safety, Department of: Provide funds for furniture, fixtures, and equipment for new Post, Atlanta, Fulton County.
19. Public Safety, Department of: Provide funds for furniture, fixtures, and equipment for new Post, Oconee County.
20. Public Safety Training Center: Provide funds for upgrades to training facilities, Forsyth, Monroe County.
21. Peace Officers Standards and Training Council: Provide funds for facility security upgrades, Austell, Cobb County.
22. Secretary of State: Provide funds to replace Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) for Voting Machines, statewide.
23. Agriculture, Department of: Provide funds for renovations and repairs to the Atlanta Farmers Market, Forest Park, Clayton County.
24. Agriculture, Department of: Provide funds to replace 42 vehicles, statewide.
25. Georgia Ports Authority: Provide funds for the Brunswick Harbor Modification Project, Brunswick, Glynn County.
26. State Forestry Commission: Provide funds for the construction of the Pierce/Bacon County unit office.
27. Natural Resources, Department of: Provide funds for the North Georgia Mountain Authority Lake Blackshear Renovations, Cordele, Crisp County. Total Change

$65,130,096
178,000,000 81,229,000 50,000,000 15,893,000 5,525,000 3,000,000
450,859,065 135,385,847
4,600,000 1,729,146
665,581 2,871,139 1,292,615 2,308,846 2,098,995 1,925,000
187,500 115,000 5,960,136
35,000 6,000,000 50,000,000 1,707,000 6,094,000 1,045,000 14,341,093 $1,087,998,059

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Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission
Program Budgets
FY 2025 Budget Changes
Capital Projects Fund
Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation is to finance capital projects, including facilities, property, and equipment for state entities and to provide funds for the defeasance of outstanding general obligation debt.
Recommended Change:
1. Transfer funds from the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund to reflect savings associated with favorable rates received in recent bond sales to be used for defeasance of existing debt obligations and other state capital needs.
2. Education, Department of: Capital Outlay Program -Low Wealth for local school construction, statewide.
3. Education, Department of: Capital Outlay Program - Additional Low Wealth for local school construction, statewide.
4. Education, Department of: Capital Outlay Program - Regular for local school construction, statewide.
5. Education, Department of: Capital Outlay Program - Regular Advance for local school construction, statewide.
6. Education, Department of: Purchase vocational and agriculture education equipment, statewide.
7. Education, Department of: Major repairs and renovations for state schools, statewide.
8. Education, Department of: Purchase school buses, statewide.
9. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Equipment for Bywaters, Founders, and Lyons renovations, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, Peach County.
10. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Equipment for phase three of Technology Square, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Fulton County.
11. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Equipment for the Research Tower, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Fulton County.
12. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Equipment for Interdisciplinary STEM Building, Kennesaw State, Marietta, Cobb County.
13. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Equipment of Phase II of the Science and Ag Hill Modernization project, UGA, Athens, Clarke County.
14. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Construction for renovation of Billy C Black Building, Albany State University, Albany, Dougherty County.
15. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Construction of Nursing and Health Science Addition, College of Coastal Georgia, Brunswick, Glynn County.
16. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Construction of Herty Hall Renovation, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Baldwin County.
17. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Construction of Eastman Campus Extension, Middle Georgia State University, Eastman, Dodge County.
18. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Construction of Pafford Building Renovation, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Carroll County.
19. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Design and construct the Science and Ag Hill Modernization, Infrastructure Upgrades 2, University of Georgia, Athens, Clarke County.
20. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Design for the Science and Ag Hill Modernization Phase III Poultry Science Building Renovation, University of Georgia, Athens, Clarke County.
21. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Design, construct, and equip the partial renovation of the Davidson Student Center, Columbus State University, Columbus, Muscogee County.
22. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Design and construction to upgrade the primary electrical distribution system, East Georgia State College, Swainsboro, Emanuel County.
23. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Design and construction for renovations to the interdisciplinary research building, Augusta University, Augusta, Richmond County.
24. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Design and construct the replacement of two chillers at the 10th Street Chiller Plant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Fulton County.
25. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Design and construct a campuswide renewal of HVAC and electrical systems, Gordon State College, Barnesville, Lamar County.
26. Regents, University System of Georgia Board of: Design, construct, and equip the renovation of the College of Business Building, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Bulloch County.
28. Georgia Research Alliance: Equipment for the Georgia Research Alliance, statewide.
Georgia Military College: Repair roof of College Academic Building (Boylan and Miller Hall) - Phase III, Milledgeville, Baldwin County. 29. Georgia Military College: Exterior Stucco Repair for College Academic Buildings, Milledgeville, Baldwin County. 30. Georgia Military College: Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment for Wilder Hall, Milledgeville, Baldwin County.
31. Technical College System of Georgia: System-wide equipment refresh, statewide.
32. Technical College System of Georgia: Equipment for a new Georgia industrial systems and industrial robotics training center at Ogeechee Technical College, Statesboro, Bulloch County.
33. Technical College System of Georgia: Design, construction, and equipment for Walton County Campus Renovations, Phase 1 at Athens Technical College, Monroe, Walton County.

$72,671,938
25,470,000 22,195,000 182,080,000
6,905,000 10,960,000
7,075,000 20,000,000
2,100,000 10,100,000
5,100,000 6,200,000 4,700,000 8,700,000 13,000,000 5,500,000 5,335,000 4,800,000 8,500,000 2,300,000 4,800,000 2,700,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000
112,000 67,200
817,116 5,475,000 3,580,000 9,875,000

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Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission
Program Budgets
34. Technical College System of Georgia: Design, construction, and equipment for RAAME Center renovation at Southern Crescent Technical College, Griffin, Spalding County.
35. Technical College System of Georgia: Design and construction for new transportation and logistics training center at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, Valdosta, Lowndes County.
36. Technical College System of Georgia: Design and construction for trade-industry buildings renovation at Central Georgia Technical College, Macon, Bibb County.
37. Technical College System of Georgia: Design and construction for industrial technologies renovation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College, Rome, Floyd County.
38. Technical College System of Georgia: Design and construction for advanced technology renovation at Lanier Technical College, Cumming, Forsyth County.
39. Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities: Hospital Campus Urgent and Significant Needs Prioritized According to the GSFIC Campus Survey.
40. Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities: Hospital Vehicle Replacements. 41. Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Major Repairs and Renovations at Roosevelt Warm Springs,
Meriwether County. 42. Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency: Georgia Industries for the Blind Pillow Tick Machine Replacement. 43. Veterans Services, Department of: Facility Improvement and Repairs, Georgia War Veterans Homes,
Milledgeville and Augusta, Baldwin and Richmond Counties. 44. Public Health, Department of: HVAC and Generator Replacements at State Labs and District Offices,
statewide. 45. Human Services, Department of: Facility Improvements and Security and HVAC equipment, Statewide
46. Community Supervision, Department of: Replace 111 vehicles, statewide.
47. Corrections, Department of: Replace 218 vehicles, statewide.
48. Corrections, Department of: Replace 10 buses, statewide.
49. Defense, Department of: Major repairs, maintenance and sustainment, statewide.
50. Defense, Department of: Site improvements and renovations for the readiness centers, statewide.
52. Investigation, Georgia Bureau of: Construction of Medical Examiner Annex Addition, Decatur, DeKalb County. Investigation, Georgia Bureau of: Major facility maintenance, repairs and renovations, statewide.
53. Juvenile Justice, Department of: Additional design fees for a 56-bed facility expansion, Macon, Bibb County. 54. Juvenile Justice, Department of: Additional design fees for a 48-bed facility expansion, Milledgeville, Baldwin
County. 55. Juvenile Justice, Department of: Construction of 48-bed facility expansion, Milledgeville, Baldwin County. 56. Juvenile Justice, Department of: Major repair and renovation, statewide. 57. Public Safety, Department of: Replace 106 vehicles, statewide. 58. Public Safety, Department of: Major maintenance, renovations, and repairs, statewide. 59. Public Safety, Department of: Design, construct and equip a new State Patrol facility for post 21, Sylvania,
Screven County. 60. Public Safety, Department of: Additional funds to complete the Oconee Post, Oconee County. 61. Public Safety Training Center: Replace water distribution line in main academic building, Forsyth, Monroe
County. 62. Public Safety Training Center: Installation of fire alarm control panels in three separate buildings, Forsyth,
Monroe County. 63. Public Safety Training Center: Construct four training buildings, Forsyth, Monroe County.
65. Public Safety Training Center: Construction of rifle range, Forsyth, Monroe County.
Public Safety Training Center: Replace five vehicles, statewide.
66. Public Safety Training Center: Major repairs, Forsyth, Monroe County.
67. Driver Services, Department of: Facility maintenance and renovations, statewide.
68. Labor, Department of: Central Complex repairs and renovations, Atlanta, Fulton County.
70. Law, Department of: Purchase 10 vehicles for the Prosecution Division, statewide.
Georgia Building Authority: Design and renovation of Agriculture Building, Atlanta, Fulton County.
71. Agriculture, Department of: Purchase lab equipment at Tifton Lab.
72. Agriculture, Department of: Chiller and Generator replacement at Tifton Lab.
73. Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority: Construction of new goat, sheep, and swine barn, Perry, Houston County.
74. Georgia Environmental Finance Authority: State match for the federal Clean Water and Drinking Water Revolving Loan Programs, statewide.
75. State Forestry Commission: Planning, design, and construction for new multi-county unit office, Thomson, McDuffie County.
Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

2,675,000
8,950,000
17,550,000
16,990,000
6,745,000
8,750,000
1,250,000 5,000,000
130,000 3,155,000
775,000
225,000 5,790,000 10,020,000 1,630,000 4,000,000 12,000,000 40,100,000 2,200,000 1,800,000 1,800,000
52,000,000 2,300,000
10,825,000 1,405,000 2,285,000
485,000 1,145,000
165,000
1,080,000 1,030,000
300,000 280,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 300,000 4,470,500 1,014,674 3,000,000 21,540,000
15,000,000
2,338,300
391

Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission
Program Budgets
76. State Forestry Commission: Facility major improvements and renovations, statewide.
77. State Forestry Commission: Replace vehicles and equipment, statewide. 78. Natural Resources, Department of: Facility major improvements and renovations, statewide. 79. Natural Resources, Department of: Parks and Wildlife ADA improvements, statewide. 80. Natural Resources, Department of: New Construction at State Parks and Wildlife Resources Sites, statewide. 81. Natural Resources, Department of: Vehicle Replacement and Lab Equipment, statewide. 82. Natural Resources, Department of: Land acquisition of Dawson - Paulding Forest, various. 83. Jekyll Island State Park Authority: Maintenance and Repair funding. 84. Stone Mountain Memorial Association: Memorial Hall Building renovation project, Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County. 85. Stone Mountain Memorial Association: Top of Mountain Building renovation project, Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County. 86. Stone Mountain Memorial Association: Education Center chiller project renovation, Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County. 87. Georgia World Congress Center Authority: Escalator equipment modernization Building C, Atlanta, Fulton
County. 88. Juvenile Justice, Department of: Land acquisition and design for new 56-bed facility, Gwinnett County.
Total Change

1,013,680 1,152,840 17,863,412 1,000,000 6,000,000 3,310,000 15,000,000 3,000,000 4,235,000
3,217,025
330,000
10,000,000
3,800,000 $820,538,685

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Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$0

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$0

Changes

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$1,087,998,059 $1,087,998,059

$0

$1,087,998,059 $1,087,998,059

$0

Changes
$820,538,685 $820,538,685

Total Funds

$0 $1,087,998,059 $1,087,998,059

$0

$820,538,685

FY 2025 Budget
$820,538,685 $820,538,685
$820,538,685

Capital Projects Fund State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

Changes

0 1,087,998,059 $0 $1,087,998,059

1,087,998,059 $1,087,998,059

0

820,538,685

$0

$820,538,685

FY 2025 Budget
820,538,685 $820,538,685

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393

Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission
Department Financial Summary

Program/Fund Sources Capital Projects Fund SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: SUBTOTAL
State General Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

FY 2022 Expenditures

FY 2023 Expenditures

FY 2024 Original Budget

Amended FY 2024 Budget $1,087,998,059 $1,087,998,059
$1,087,998,059

FY 2025 Budget $820,538,685 $820,538,685
$820,538,685

1,087,998,059 $1,087,998,059

820,538,685 $820,538,685

394

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Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund
Program Budgets
Amended FY 2024 Budget Changes
GO Bonds Issued
1. Transfer funds from the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund to reflect savings associated with favorable rates received in recent bond sales to be used for defeasance of existing debt obligations and other state capital needs.
2. Increase funds for debt service. Total Change
GO Bonds New
1. Deauthorize $2,000,000 in 5-year unissued bonds from FY 2024 for the Office of Secretary of State for the purpose of financing projects and facilities through the purchase of replacement elections equipment (HB 19, Bond 376.531) and reduce the associated funds for debt service. Total Change
FY 2025 Budget Changes
GO Bonds Issued
1. Transfer funds from the GO Bonds New program to reflect the issuance of new bonds. 2. Increase funds for debt service on road and bridge issued bonds. 3. Transfer funds to the Capital Projects Fund at the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission to
reflect savings associated with favorable rates received in recent bond sales to be used for defeasance of existing debt obligations and other state capital needs. 4. Increase funds for debt service. 5. Redirect $12,465,000 in 20-year unissued bonds from FY 2023 for the State Board of Education for the purpose of financing educational facilities for county and independent school districts through the Capital Outlay Program - Low Wealth (HB 911, Bond #1) to be used for the FY 2025 Capital Outlay Program Regular for local school construction, statewide. 6. Redirect $150,000 in 20-year unissued bonds from FY 2022 for the State Board of Education for the purpose of financing educational facilities for county and independent school districts through the Capital Outlay Program - Low Wealth (HB 81, Bond 353.103) to be used for the FY 2025 Capital Outlay Program - Regular for local school construction, statewide. 7. Redirect $2,840,000 in 20-year unissued bonds from FY 2021 for the State Board of Education for the purpose of financing educational facilities for county and independent school districts through the Capital Outlay Program - Low Wealth (HB 793, Bond #3) to be used for the FY 2025 Capital Outlay Program Regular for local school construction, statewide. 8. Redirect $4,689,074 in 20-year issued bonds from FY 2020 for the State Board of Education for the purpose of financing educational facilities for county and independent school districts through the Capital Outlay Program - Regular (HB 31, Bond 355.101) to be used for the FY 2025 Capital Outlay Program - Regular for local school construction, statewide. 9. Redirect $6,858,347 in 20-year issued bonds from FY 2019 for the State Board of Education for the purpose of financing educational facilities for county and independent school districts through the Capital Outlay Program - Regular (HB 684, Bond #1) to be used for the FY 2025 Capital Outlay Program - Regular for local school construction, statewide. 10. Redirect $500 in 20-year issued bonds from FY 2019 for the State Board of Education for the purpose of financing educational facilities for county and independent school districts through the Capital Outlay Program - Low Wealth (HB 684, Bond #3) to be used for the FY 2025 Capital Outlay Program - Regular for local school construction, statewide. 11. Redirect $658,807 in 20-year issued bonds from FY 2018 for the State Board of Education for the purpose of financing educational facilities for county and independent school districts through the Capital Outlay Program - Regular (HB 44, Bond 348.101) to be used for the FY 2025 Capital Outlay Program - Regular for local school construction, statewide. Total Change
GO Bonds New
1. Transfer funds to the GO Bonds Issued program to reflect the issuance of new bonds.
Total Change
Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

($65,130,096) 52,029,204
($13,100,892)
($478,400) ($478,400)
$81,140,826 3,488,968
(72,671,938) 161,874,156
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes $173,832,012
($81,140,826) ($81,140,826)
395

Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund
Program Budget Financial Summary

FY 2024 Original Budget

Department Budget Summary

State General Funds

$1,146,177,998

Motor Fuel Funds

109,199,798

TOTAL STATE FUNDS

$1,255,377,796

Federal Recovery Funds Not Specifically Identified TOTAL FEDERAL RECOVERY FUNDS

$16,846,588 $16,846,588

Changes
($13,579,292) 0
($13,579,292)
$0 $0

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

$1,132,598,706 109,199,798
$1,241,798,504

$1,146,177,998 109,199,798
$1,255,377,796

$16,846,588 $16,846,588

$16,846,588 $16,846,588

Changes
$89,202,218 3,488,968
$92,691,186
$0 $0

Total Funds

$1,272,224,384

($13,579,292) $1,258,645,092

$1,272,224,384

$92,691,186

FY 2025 Budget
$1,235,380,216 112,688,766
$1,348,068,982
$16,846,588 $16,846,588 $1,364,915,570

GO Bonds Issued State General Funds Motor Fuel Funds Federal Recovery Funds Not Specifically Identified TOTAL FUNDS
GO Bonds New State General Funds TOTAL FUNDS

FY 2024 Original Budget
1,065,037,172 109,199,798 16,846,588
$1,191,083,558
81,140,826 $81,140,826

Changes

Amended FY 2024 Budget

FY 2024 Original Budget

(13,100,892) 0
0 ($13,100,892)

1,051,936,280 109,199,798
16,846,588 $1,177,982,666

1,065,037,172 109,199,798
16,846,588 $1,191,083,558

(478,400) ($478,400)

80,662,426 $80,662,426

81,140,826 $81,140,826

Changes

FY 2025 Budget

170,343,044 3,488,968
0 $173,832,012

1,235,380,216 112,688,766
16,846,588 $1,364,915,570

(81,140,826)

0

($81,140,826)

$0

396

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Program/Fund Sources GO Bonds Issued GO Bonds New SUBTOTAL
Total Funds Less: Federal Recovery Funds Prior Year State Funds SUBTOTAL
State General Funds Motor Fuel Funds TOTAL STATE FUNDS

Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund
Department Financial Summary

FY 2022 Expenditures $1,449,010,845
116,003,828
$1,565,014,673

FY 2023 Expenditures $1,344,833,737
68,056,004
$1,412,889,741

FY 2024 Original Budget
$1,191,083,558 81,140,826
$1,272,224,384

$1,565,014,673

$1,412,889,741

$1,272,224,384

Amended FY 2024 Budget $1,177,982,666
80,662,426
$1,258,645,092
$1,258,645,092

FY 2025 Budget $1,364,915,570
$1,364,915,570
$1,364,915,570

16,846,587 246,740,884 $263,587,471
1,262,201,464 39,225,738
$1,301,427,202

15,999,850 150,564,941 $166,564,791
1,133,863,675 112,461,275
$1,246,324,950

16,846,588
$16,846,588
1,146,177,998 109,199,798
$1,255,377,796

16,846,588

16,846,588

$16,846,588
1,132,598,706 109,199,798
$1,241,798,504

$16,846,588
1,235,380,216 112,688,766
$1,348,068,982

Governor's Budget Report Amended FY 2024 and FY 2025

397

399

Georgia Economic Report

Georgia entered 2023 facing economic headwinds from Federal Reserve tightening in 2022 that continued in the new year, seven hikes in the Federal Funds interest rate in 2022 and four more by August 2023. These interest rate hikes were meant to combat high inflation, which peaked last year at nearly 9 percent consumer price growth and 6.6 percent excluding volatile food and energy prices.
Against the monetary tightening headwind, Georgia's economy slowed in the first half of 2023 before resuming stronger growth in the third quarter as the Fed paused on rates. Real GDP through three quarters of 2023 is up 0.9 percent from the same period of 2022.1

from 3.1 at the end of 2022 but has also reduced pressures on employers who had faced difficulty in filling open jobs.2
Even with an easing of tight labor-market conditions, wage growth through three quarters of 2023 remains strong. Year-to-date wage and salary income in Georgia is up 5.9 percent from the same period in 2022, close to the national rate of 6.2 percent and outperforming the nation in the latest two quarters. This nominal wage growth is slower than 2022 growth of 10 percent over 2021 but largely because inflation is lower. Year-to-date real wage and salary income is up 1.5 percent over the same period in 2022, close to the 1.9 percent growth rate in 2022 over 2021.3

Georgia job growth has remained strong in the face of the headwinds. The state first surpassed the pre-pandemic record employment level in November 2021 and since that time has added 262,500 jobs. 2023 job growth through November was 95,000 jobs or 2.1 percent on an annualized basis, twice the rate of population growth in the last year. Job growth through November has been strongest in leisure and hospitality, education and health, and other services, sectors that were also among the top four job-growth sectors in 2022, along with the financial sector.

Even faster 2023 labor force growth through November of 2.6 percent annualized has meant a slight uptick in the unemployment rate to 3.4 percent

Consumer spending in the state has benefited from this continuing wage growth and also, as in 2022, from the excess savings accumulated during the pandemic, which households have been slowly spending down since they peaked in 2021. Consumer financial health, measured by the level of household debt service payments to disposable income, also remains strong. This measure reached its all-time high of 13.3 percent in 2007, just before the Great Recession, and in the third quarter of 2023 stood 3.5 percentage points lower at 9.8 percent, 1.5 percentage points below its 40-year average.
Heading into 2024, the outlook is a little cloudier. Higher interest rates are still providing a

1 U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Regional GDP and Personal Income interactive database, accessed December 22, 2023. 2 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Current Establishment Survey and Current Population Survey, accessed December 22, 2023.
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3 BEA. Nominal incomes adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, accessed December 22, 2023.
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headwind for the economy. At its December meeting, like the two before, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to hold rates steady, though members' current expectations are for at least three rate cuts in 2024 based on forecasts of a continuing decline in inflation rates.
Financial markets have taken the prospects for rate cuts as a positive and forecasters in the Wall Street Journal's October survey were not, on average, predicting a recession in the next 12 months, though forecasts varied. Survey participants assigned the prospects for a recession a probability of about 48 percent on average and 23 of 64 participants forecasted at least two successive quarters in 2024 of negative real GDP growth. Generally, those predicting a recession were predicting a mild one, the rest predicting a soft landing, a slowdown but no recession.4
The Conference Board's October survey of company CEO's was somewhat less optimistic, with a majority saying they were "preparing for a recession in the next 12-18 months," though the consensus was that it would be mild and few expected to be cutting back employment.5 Finally, the most reliable empirical predicter of a coming recession is the New York Federal Reserve Bank's recession probability index, which is based on the spread between the 3-month and 10-year treasury rates. Based on the average rate spread in November, this index puts the probability of a recession within 12 months at 52 percent, down from earlier in the year but still higher than at any time since 1981.6
Thus, 2024 is expected to bring a soft landing, but there is a significant risk of a recession. Nevertheless, if one occurs, it should be mild given the financial health of consumers and no signs of the investment and debt excesses that preceded the Great Recession. The Wall Street Journal survey consensus is for the national unemployment rate to rise from 3.7 percent in November to a rate of 4.4
4 The Wall Street Journal Economic Forecasting Survey. October 2023. Available at https://www.wsj.com/graphics/econsurvey. 5 "CEO Confidence Dips in Q4." The Conference Board. Press release dated October 12, 2023. Available at https://www.conference-board.orghttps://www.conferenceboard.org/data/datadetail.cfm?dataid=ceoconf. 6 The Yield Curve as a Leading Indicator. Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Accessed December 22, 2023, at
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percent by the end of 2024, with full-year real GDP growth of just under 1.0 percent. A 4.4 percent unemployment rate would still be a historically low level and Georgia should continue to outperform on this measure.
Forecasters at the University of Georgia7 and Georgia State University8, in forecasts released in November and August respectively, are expecting a full-year 2024 unemployment rate of 4.0 percent compared to 4.2 and 4.1 percent respectively for the nation. Likewise, both forecast full-year Georgia real GDP growth of 1.1 percent compared to 0.8 and 0.7 percent respectively for the nation. Finally, they are predicting state personal income growth of 4.3 and 4.7 percent respectively, well above their forecasts for consumer price inflation of 2.7 percent for the year, resulting in healthy real income growth for Georgians.
Whether the nation experiences a recession or manages a soft landing, Georgia is positioned to outperform.
https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/capital_markets/ycfaq. html. 7 "The 2024 Georgia Economic Outlook." Selig Center for Economic Growth, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia. November 2023. 8 August 2023 Economic Forecasting Conference. Economic Forecasting Center, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University. August 30, 2023.
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State Expenditure Projections
(In Millions of Dollars)

Education Early Care and Learning Education Board of Regents Student Finance Commission Technical College System of Georgia
Subtotal

AFY 2024
$63.3 12,197.0
3,313.9 129.5 540.0
$16,243.7

FY 2025
$67.2 13,261.9
3,358.2 129.5 486.8
$17,303.6

FY 2026
$67.6 13,659.8
3,408.5 137.3 503.8
$17,777.0

FY 2027
$67.9 14,069.5
3,459.7 145.5 521.5
$18,264.1

FY 2028
$68.3 14,491.6
3,511.6 154.2 539.7
$18,765.4

Corrections Community Supervision Corrections Juvenile Justice Pardons and Paroles
Subtotal

$208.3 1,415.8
366.5 20.3
$2,010.8

$222.3 1,482.2
386.3 21.2
$2,112.0

$226.7 1,526.7
394.0 21.7
$2,169.0

$231.2 1,572.5
401.9 22.1
$2,227.7

$235.9 1,619.7
409.9 22.5
$2,288.0

Social Services Behavioral Health Community Health Human Services Public Health
Subtotal

$1,549.7 4,756.5 1,003.7 390.5
$7,700.4

$1,627.4 5,116.5 1,010.1 408.6
$8,162.7

$1,660.0 5,474.7 1,060.6 414.7
$8,610.0

$1,693.2 5,857.9 1,113.6 421.0
$9,085.7

$1,727.1 6,267.9 1,169.3 427.3
$9,591.6

Other Major Categories Transportation Debt Service
Subtotal

$3,845.3 1,241.8
$5,087.1

$2,390.6 1,348.1
$3,738.7

$2,462.4 1,313.1
$3,775.4

$2,536.2 1,355.0
$3,891.2

$2,612.3 1,376.3
$3,988.6

Other Expenditures All Remaining State Spending
Total

$4,808.1 $35,850.2

$3,108.2 $34,425.2

$2,333.5 $34,664.9

$2,380.1 $35,848.9

$2,427.7 $37,061.4

Excludes: Lottery Funds, Tobacco Settlement Funds, Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Funds, and Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Funds

Long Term Outlook

Most Likely Revenue Estimate

$35,850.2

$34,413.8

$35,624.3

Revenue estimates and projections are developed independently by the State Economist.

$37,051.2

$38,628.0

Note on Expenditure Projections: Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 are based on the Governor's Budget Recommendations for those years. Projections for Fiscal Years 2026 to 2028 are based on agency caseload growth and an inflation factor. Debt service projections for FY 2026 to FY 2028 are provided by the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission and include only the debt service for general obligation bonds. Funding for guaranteed revenue bonds is provided through the State Road and Tollway Authority and reflected under Transportation. For Fiscal Years 2026 to 2028, a straight line projection has been employed and does not account for budget control measures and policy decisions necessary to meet the requirement for a balanced budget.

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Statement of Financial Condition

ASSETS: Cash and Cash Equivalents Pooled Investments with State Treasury Investments Accounts Receivable Prepaid Expenditures Inventories Other Assets Amount Provided for Retirement of General Obligation Bonds Total Assets

June 30, 2023
$2,824,417,278 30,114,236,104
301,134,123 18,918,699,331
360,560,401 42,715,220 94,091,010
9,537,610,000 $62,193,463,467

LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY: Liabilities:
Cash Overdraft Accounts Payable Encumbrances Salaries Payable Payroll Withholdings Benefits Payable Undrawn Appropriation Allotments Undistributed Local Government Sales Tax Unearned Revenue Accrued Interest Payable General Obligation Bonds Payable Other Liabilities Total Liabilities

$228,000,729 2,224,451,118 13,756,455,873
16,369,446 21,630,970 1,943,985,172 4,456,481,235
7,000,000 1,864,226,853
12,653,380 9,682,750,000
108,688,549 $34,322,693,326

Fund Balances (Reserved): Colleges and Universities Revenue Shortfall Reserve Lottery for Education Guaranteed Revenue Debt Common Reserve Fund State Revenue Collections Tobacco Settlement Funds Federal Financial Assistance Inventories Debt Service Indigent Care Trust Fund Medicaid Reserves Health Insurance Claims Motor Fuel Tax Funds Self Insurance Trust Fund Underground Storage Trust Fund Unissued Debt Other Reserves Total
Undesignated: Surplus Regular Lottery for Education Tobacco Settlement Funds

$754,101,898 5,391,680,822 2,164,234,094
45,082,028 1,399,717
157,527,680 94,306,639 34,091,921 25,331,288 9,895,004
433,810,882 3,769,474,731 2,220,521,340
71,697,076 114,586,482
32,266,341 1,488,424,640 $16,808,432,580
$10,898,285,383 151,053,169 1,925,915

Total Fund Balances

$27,859,697,046

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES

$62,182,390,372

June 30, 2022
$2,163,936,701 25,866,437,525
172,378,474 19,134,199,495
239,495,915 35,699,655
603,172,747 9,794,165,000 $58,009,485,513
$2,756,173,795 12,360,062,790
33,670,860 16,046,572 1,623,845,361 3,159,308,832
6,600,000 4,852,989,648
88,591,473 10,084,005,000
606,929,876 $35,588,224,206
$755,579,228 5,240,228,297 1,895,981,691
49,514,903 16,753,683 134,088,436 70,419,254 28,865,619 147,370,777 23,443,812 562,193,627 3,304,805,659 2,196,747,213 182,928,810 107,559,271 14,715,496 613,440,388 $15,344,636,162
$6,978,505,963 96,858,428 1,260,754
$22,421,261,306
$58,009,485,513

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ADJUSTED BASE -- The beginning point for development of the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The adjusted base consists of the current fiscal year Annual Operating Budget, less non-recurring expenditures, plus the amount to annualize pay for performance.
AGENCY FUNDS -- Funds collected by the various agencies of state government and retained to be spent on agency programs. These funds are estimated in the Governor's Budget Report and the Appropriations Act. The agencies can change the amount of these funds by amendments to the Annual Operating Budget based on actual collections during the year. Also known as Other Funds.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE (DISTILLED SPIRITS) TAX -- A state excise tax per liter upon the first sale, use, or final delivery within the state and an import tax per liter of distilled spirits; an excise tax per liter upon the first sale, use, or final delivery within the state and an import tax per liter on all alcohol.
ALLOTMENT -- The authorization for a state agency to withdraw funds from the state treasury for expenditure. Before each fiscal year begins, agencies must file an annual operating budget plan based on an Appropriations Act. Allotments are requested monthly based on the plan. Once a monthly allotment is approved for an agency, that agency can draw funds as needed.
AMENDED BUDGET REPORT -- A document submitted by the Governor to the General Assembly in which the Governor recommends spending changes in the current fiscal year for the agencies of state government. The Amended Budget Report can involve budget additions, budget deletions or transfers of funds within agency object classes. Also known as the "supplemental budget" or the "little budget."
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) An act passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009. The purpose of the Recovery package is to jump-start the economy to create and save jobs. The Act specifies appropriations for a wide range of federal programs, and increases or extends certain benefits under Medicaid, unemployment compensation, and nutrition assistance programs. The legislation also reduces individual and corporate income tax collections, and makes a variety of other changes to federal tax laws.
ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET (AOB) -- A plan for annual expenditures based on the Appropriations Act, by agency and functional budget. The plan details a level of expenditure by object class for a given fiscal year and must be approved by the Office of Planning and Budget before taking effect.
ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AMENDMENT -- Revisions to the annual operating budget, which must be submitted to OPB for approval. Typically, these revisions are due to the receipt of

funding that was not included during the appropriations process or transfer of funds from one activity/function to another.
APPROPRIATION -- An authorization by the General Assembly to a state agency to spend, from public funds, a sum of money not in excess of the sum specified for the purposes in the authorization.
APPROPRIATIONS ACT -- Legislation that has been passed by the General Assembly to authorize expenditure of state, federal and other funds during a given fiscal year. While under consideration, it is called an appropriations bill.
ATTACHED AGENCIES -- Smaller agencies are sometimes attached to a larger state agency for "administrative purposes only" to reduce administrative costs by consolidation. These small agencies operate autonomously but receive funding through the larger agency. Authorities by law cannot directly receive state funds and are attached to budgeted state agencies for any state appropriations that might occur.
ATTRITION -- A means of reducing state employment, especially during economic slowdowns, by eliminating positions as they become vacant rather than filling them with new employees.
AUTHORITY -- A public corporation formed to undertake a state responsibility that operates in a competitive financial and business environment and should be run like a business corporation. Most authorities generate revenue and need to operate without the strict regiment of rules that confine most departments of government. Authorities usually have the power to issue revenue bonds to construct facilities.
B
BUDGET -- A complete financial plan for a specific fiscal year as proposed in the Governor's Budget Report and as modified and adopted by appropriations and revenue acts.
BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY AND PLANNING ACT -- An Act passed by the 1993 General Assembly that fundamentally changed Georgia's budget process. The Act made accountability and efficiency the driving forces behind budget decisions, as well as the attainment of agreed-upon goals that have been outlined in comprehensive strategic plans for the state and each of its agencies. The requirement for outcome based budgeting is provided through the performance and results measures in Prioritized Program Budgeting. The measure mandated an ongoing review of agency continuation budgets and a more detailed review of expenditures at the individual program level. Procedures and requirements for grant awards by state agencies also were established.
BUDGET CLASS -- See Object Class.
BUDGET CYCLE -- A period of time in which a specific budget is in effect, usually 12 months. See fiscal year for dates applying to state and federal budgets.

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BUDGET ESTIMATE -- A statement which accompanies explanations, as required by state law, in which a budget unit states its financial requirements and requests for appropriations. Also known as an agency's budget request, which must be submitted to OPB by September 1 of each year.
BUDGET MESSAGE -- A speech by the Governor to the General Assembly in which the Governor outlines his spending proposals and revenue projections, including recommendations for increasing or decreasing revenues, which are included in an accompanying budget document. The formal budget message, dealing primarily with the following year's budget, is made to a joint session during the first week that the Legislature convenes.
BUDGET REPORT -- A document that displays all programs, efforts and expenditures that are recommended by the Governor for each agency during a specific fiscal year. The Budget Report includes the Governor's official estimate of state revenue to be collected during the fiscal year and details any surplus, reserve or other funds that are available for expenditure. The fund availability outlined by the Governor determines the size of the budget for any given year. The Budget Report for the upcoming fiscal year is also known as the "big budget," the "outyear budget" and the "Governor's budget." The Amended Budget Report, which recommends changes to the current fiscal year budget, is also known as the "little budget."
BUDGET UNIT -- A department, board, commission, office, institution or other unit of organization that has, under general law, an independent existence and thus is authorized to receive and expend an appropriation. A department or agency may have one or more budget units in the Appropriations Act.
C
CAPITAL OUTLAY -- Funds designated specifically to acquire, construct, renovate or repair public facilities and other assets. These funds may be appropriated in cash - from state general funds, lottery funds or other funds - or be provided through the sale of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE -- A group of six legislators-- three Representatives and three Senators--who are appointed by the presiding officers of the respective houses to reconcile different versions of the appropriations bill and other legislation that have been passed by the House and Senate.
CORPORATE INCOME TAX -- The tax is a non-graduated percentage tax based on a corporation's federal taxable net income. The tax rate is based on a corporation's taxable net income attributed to business done in Georgia.
D
DEDICATED FUNDS -- Funds collected from a specific revenue source that must be appropriated for a specific expenditure. An example in Georgia is motor fuel tax funds, which must be constitutionally appropriated for programs related to providing and maintaining an adequate system of public roads and bridges.

DEBT LIMITATION -- The State Constitution places a ceiling on state indebtedness by limiting general obligation bond debt service payments to 10% of net treasury receipts for the prior fiscal year.
E
EMERGENCY FUND -- An appropriation to the Office of the Governor that is set aside for the Governor to provide grants to state agencies to meet emergency needs. Grants from the fund cannot involve a recurring obligation.
ENHANCEMENT FUNDS -- Funding for required services that are above adjusted base level.
ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS -- Certain programs, usually federal in origin, that provide benefits to individuals based on specific eligibility requirements. Medicaid is the largest entitlement program operated by the state.
ESTATE (INHERITANCE) TAX -- Based on the value of the estate of residents as required to be reported for federal tax purposes. The tax is the amount equal to the amount allowable as a credit for state tax credits under the Internal Revenue Code.
F
FEDERAL FUNDS -- Funding from the federal government to pay for all or portions of specific programs. Often, federal funds require a state fund "match" in order to receive the federal allocation.
FEDERAL RECOVERY FUNDS -- See American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
FISCAL AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE -- Twenty members of the House of Representatives and the Senate comprise the Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee, which is authorized to meet when the General Assembly is not in session to consider fiscal affairs transfers as described below at the request of the Governor. The membership includes the House Speaker and four other State Representatives appointed by the Speaker, the Lieutenant Governor and four Senators appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, and five members of each house appointed by the Governor.
FISCAL AFFAIRS TRANSFERS -- Appropriations are made through allocations to specific object classes, and funds must be spent within those object classes. Language in each Appropriations Act states that "...no funds whatsoever, shall be transferred between object classes without the prior approval of at least 11 members of the Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee in a meeting called to consider said transfers. This...shall apply to all funds of each budget unit whatever source derived." Fiscal affairs transfers can be considered at any time at the Governor's request but are usually considered near the end of the fiscal year to help agencies to meet emergency needs and to address unanticipated budget problems.

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FISCAL YEAR -- Any 12-month period at the end in which financial accounts are balanced. The state fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30. The federal fiscal year begins October 1 and ends September 30.
FRINGE BENEFITS -- Benefits that are provided to state employees over and above their salaries, as an inducement to employment. These benefits include retirement, health insurance and employer Social Security contributions.
FUNDS [i.e., state, total, other] -- As used for the general purposes of the budget summaries and schedules in this document, unless otherwise noted, refers to state revenues available or received. The state's specific governmental accounting fund classifications are documented in the state Comprehensive Annual Financial Report prepared by the Department of Audits and Accounts.
G
GENERAL FUNDS -- State money that is used for general purposes of state government. General funds are derived from taxes, fees and other general revenues and are appropriated to finance the ordinary operations of governmental units. These funds are included in the Governor's Revenue Estimate and are a part of the State's Budget Fund for accounting purposes.
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS -- Bonds sold by the state to fund major capital outlay projects or for the management of state debt. The bonds are backed by "the full faith, credit and taxing power of the state."
GUARANTEED REVENUE BONDS -- State-sold bonds that have the principal and interest payable from earnings of a public enterprise. The state is required by law to appropriate one year's debt payment and to retain the total at that level until the bonds have been retired. Guaranteed Revenue Bonds can only be issued for specific purposes as outlined in the State Constitution.
H
HOUSE BUDGET AND RESEARCH OFFICE -- An agency within the Legislative Branch that serves as budget advisor to the House of Representatives.
I
INDIGENT CARE TRUST FUNDS -- A program that involves the use of Medicaid funds to compensate disproportionate share hospitals for indigent care and to support expanding primary care programs. Participating hospitals make payments into the Trust Fund, and these payments are used to match with Medicaid funds. Most of the funds are then returned to the hospitals, with a small amount used for state-level programs. An amendment to the State Constitution authorized the newly revamped program and restricts the use of these funds. These funds are included in the Governor's Revenue Estimate and are a part of the State's Budget Fund for accounting purposes.

INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX -- The tax is based upon an individual's federal adjusted gross income with specific adjustments as provided by state law.
INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX -- Tax based on premiums on persons, property, or risks in Georgia written by insurance companies conducting business in the state.
INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS -- A transfer of funds between state departments, either in an Appropriations Act or by the State Office of Planning and Budget pursuant to a legislative authorization.
L
LAPSE -- The automatic termination of an appropriation. Since most appropriations are made for a single fiscal year, any unexpended or unencumbered fund balances at the end of the fiscal year lapse into the state's general treasury, unless otherwise provided by law. There are two kinds of lapses. Nonallotted lapses occur when appropriations are never allotted to a state agency for expenditure and automatically revert to the state treasury on June 30 of each year. Audited lapses occur when budgeted funds are allotted to a state agency for expenditure but are not spent. These unspent funds are identified and lapsed by the State Auditor in the annual audit of each state agency.
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATION -- An appropriation spelled out in language in the Appropriations Act that authorizes specific expenditures for a state agency. Line-items appropriations may be vetoed by the Governor.
LOTTERY FUNDS -- The net proceeds from the sale of lottery tickets dedicated to funding educational purposes and programs. By law educational purposes include capital outlay projects for educational facilities; tuition grants, scholarships or loans to citizens of Georgia to attend post-secondary institutions in Georgia; training to teachers in the use of electronic instructional technology; costs associated with purchasing, repairing and maintaining advanced electronic instructional technology; a voluntary pre-kindergarten program; and an education shortfall reserve. These funds are included in the Governor's Revenue Estimate and are a part of the State's Budget Fund for accounting purposes.
LUMP SUM -- A single appropriation for a specific purpose that does not specify a breakdown by object class expenditure.
M
MATCHING FUNDS -- A type of federal or state grant that requires the government or agency receiving the grant to commit funding for a certain percentage of costs to be eligible for it.
MIDTERM ADJUSTMENT -- Additional appropriations to the State Board of Education in an Amended or Supplementary Budget to fund State Quality Basic Education (QBE) requirements for increased enrollment. Initial QBE funding cannot fully and accurately anticipate future enrollment. Midterm

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adjustments in funding are based on full-time equivalent enrollment counts during the fall quarter.
MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENT RESERVE -- A reserve of funds that is set aside each year from prior fiscal year surplus funds to provide additional spending for state agencies in an Amended or Supplementary Budget. The reserve totals 1% net revenue collections, to the extent that surplus funds are available. It is established prior to the Revenue Shortfall Reserve, which is explained elsewhere.
MOTOR FUEL RESERVES -- If actual motor fuel tax collections exceed the estimate, these funds are set-aside in a reserve and are appropriated to the State Department of Transportation in a subsequent Appropriations Act.
MOTOR FUEL TAX FUNDS -- All motor fuel revenue collections are allocated for public highway and bridge construction or maintenance by provisions of the State Constitution. Motor fuel tax revenues are collected from a cents per gallon excise tax collected at the time of sale by the licensed distributor. These funds are included in the Governor's Revenue Estimate and are a part of the State's General Fund for accounting purposes.
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAX -- Collected for the title registration and license tags of motor vehicles, trailers, and truck tractors.
N
NON-APPROPRIATED FUNDS -- Monies received or spent that are not contemplated by an Appropriations Act. These funds must be amended into an agency's budget through a request to the Office of Planning and Budget.
O
OBJECT CLASS -- A grouping of similar expenditure items that form the basis of appropriations and records of expenditure. Establishment of budget object classes and changes are coordinated with the State Auditor's Chart of Accounts to ensure consistency in statewide financial reports. Common object classes are those that are shared by almost all agencies, including personal services, regular operating expenses, travel, motor vehicle purchases, postage, equipment, computer charges, real estate rentals and telecommunications. Unique object classes are those that apply to only one or a few agencies, such as public library materials and driver's license processing.
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (OPB) -- A part of the Office of the Governor with the responsibility of providing the Governor with assistance in the development and management of the state budget. The Governor is the Director of the Budget.
ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION -- The first budget passed that sets appropriations for all of state government for the next full year after a legislative session. The budget is generally

amended in midyear to more accurately reflect current needs of state agencies.
OTHER FUNDS -- Funds received by state agencies and institutions for services performed such as tuition fees paid by students to colleges, universities and technical colleges and fees collected by state parks. These funds are not turned into the state treasury but are retained by agencies and spent in accordance with an Appropriations Act or state law. Also known as agency funds.
P
PERFORMANCE MEASURES -- Quantitative or qualitative criteria by which to gauge a program's performance.
PERSONAL SERVICES -- The cost of state employees, including salary, fringe benefits and other expenses. This also includes temporary labor.
PROGRAM -- Systematic set of activities undertaken to accomplish an agency's core businesses.
PRIORITIZED PROGRAM BUDGET -- A performance/results and customer-focused method of budgeting wherein agency programs are identified and are funded based upon their importance in carrying out the agency's mission and core businesses. Programs are measured on their effectiveness and efficiency in achieving desired outcomes.
R
RESULTS MEASURES -- Indicators by which to assess the impact of a program on its customers or community.
REVENUE ESTIMATE -- An estimate of revenues that will be collected by the state during a fiscal year. These revenues include taxes, fees and sales, and other general revenues that flow into the state treasury and are available for expenditure in a budget recommended by the Governor and approved by the General Assembly.
REVENUE SHORTFALL RESERVE -- An account established by the State Auditor to make up shortages that might occur in revenue collections at the end of the fiscal year and is commonly known as the "rainy day" fund. The reserve cannot exceed 15% of the previous fiscal year's net revenue. Funds are set-aside in the Revenue Shortfall Reserve only after the Midyear Adjustment Reserve is fully funded.
S
SALES TAX -- Common name for the state Sales and Use Tax levied upon retail sales, rentals, leases, use or consumption of tangible personal property, and certain services. The statewide sales tax rate is 4%. Various items are exempt from the state sales tax by state law.

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SENATE BUDGET AND EVALUATION OFFICE -- An agency within the Legislative Branch that serves as budget advisor to the Senate.
STATE AID -- Grants and other funding provided by Georgia's state government to assist cities, counties, public schools and other allied groups in providing various services and programs to the citizens of Georgia.
STATE FUNDS Includes: (1) The taxes and fees collected by the state and deposited directly into the state treasury to be appropriated; (2) Reserves; (3) Surplus funds; (4) Lottery receipts; (5) Indigent Care Trust Funds; (6) Motor Fuel tax funds; and (7) Tobacco Settlement funds, all of which form the basis for the Governor's revenue estimate.
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION -- A statement which discloses the assets, liabilities, reserves and equities of the state and its governmental units at the end of each fiscal year.
STATE TREASURY -- A function of state government that receives, manages, invests and allocates all state revenues that are available for expenditure through the state's general fund budgetary process. The function is managed by the Office of the State Treasurer within the Department of Administrative Services.
STRATEGIC PLANNING -- The process through which a preferred future direction and organizational mission are established and periodically updated in light of changing trends and issues. Goals, objectives and strategies are adopted and implemented to guide an organization toward that preferred future direction.
SUB-OBJECT CLASS -- The lowest level of detail used in recording expenditures. Supplies and materials is a sub-object class of regular operating expenses.
SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS -- Increased funding that is approved by the General Assembly in a separate, stand-alone Appropriations Act, usually passed early in the session to get new money into projects with a high time priority. A supplementary appropriations act, which is often called a "speedy bill," cannot reduce spending or transfer funds previously appropriated.
SURPLUS -- Unspent funds at the end of a fiscal year. Surplus funds come from two sources: excess revenue collections over the revenue estimate, and unspent appropriations that were lapsed back to the state treasury and are available for re-appropriation.
T
TITLE AD VALOREM TAX -- The Title Ad Valorem Tax replaced the previous general sales tax on motor vehicles effective March 1, 2013. The general sales tax had generally applied only to the purchase of new and used vehicles from dealers, while the TAVT is applied when a title to a vehicle is

issued and applies to virtually all transfers of title. As of January 1, 2015, the tax rate is 7.0%, although different rates apply to certain categories of title transfers. The tax rate is applied to the market value of the vehicle less any trade-in.
TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS -- Funds received as part of the 1998 national settlement with five major tobacco manufacturers to recover smoking related costs. The settlement provides for annual payments to Georgia based on a formula, with annual adjustments based on inflation and future national sales of cigarettes. These funds are included in the Governor's Revenue Estimate and are part of the State's Budget Fund for accounting purposes.
TOBACCO TAX -- State tax on cigars based on the wholesale cost price; the state tax on cigarettes is based on per pack of 20. The state tax on loose or smokeless tobacco is based on the wholesaler's cost.
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UNIT -- A state agency or a division within an agency that is authorized to receive an appropriation. Functions or activities are a part of a unit.
USER TAXES AND FEES -- Charges associated with using a particular service provided by state government to its citizens. The charge generally recovers the cost of providing the service. Examples include state park receipts and driver's licenses.
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VETO -- An action by the Governor that rejects appropriations passed by the General Assembly. The Governor is authorized to veto by line-item specific spending authorizations, or language within an appropriations bill, or the entire bill. Line-item vetoes are more customary.
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WINE TAX -- An excise tax per liter on the first sale, use, or final delivery within the state and an import tax per liter for table wines; dessert wines (more than 14%, but not more than 21% alcohol by volume) have an excise tax per liter and an import tax per liter.

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