Budget in brief, fiscal year 1997

GA GbOO .SI
Bg State of Georgia
ICjcn BUDGET IN BRIEF
Fiscal Year 1997
"1 want to leave a long-term legacy that outlasts all the short-term political gains. I want the children ojGeorgia to have better lives, more productive careers and be finer citizens. That is why as Governor I have chosen to jocus on education. "
GO VERNOR ZELL MILLER

BUDGET IN BRIEF
FISCAL YEAR 1997
(INCLUDES AMENDED FY 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS)
PUBLISHED BY OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET
SUITE 614 254 WASHINGTON ST., S.W. ATLANTA, GA. 30334-8500
(404) 656-3820
ZELL MILLER, GOVERNOR
Director of the Budget
TIM BURGESS, DIRECTOR
Office of Planning and Budget

CONTENTS

Estimated State Revenues, Appropriations and Reserves

4

Governor's Introduction

5

State Appropriations By Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8

Total Appropriations By Fund Source Fiscal Year 1997

. . . . . . . . .. 10

Total Appropriations By Fund Source Fiscal Year 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12

Total Expenditures By Object Class

14

Summary of State Revenue Collections

16

Summary of State Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17

Sources of State Revenue

18

How State Dollars Are Spent

19

State Revenue Shortfall Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20

Lottery Reserves

21

Budget Highlights

22

Editor's Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30

Olympic Safety and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 34

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

General Assembly

35

Department ofAudits

35

JUDICIAL BRANCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 36

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Department of Administrative Services

38

Agency for Removal of Hazardous Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 40

Department of Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 41

Department of Banking and Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 43

Department of Children and Youth Services

44

Department of Community Affairs

47

Department of Corrections

50

Department of Defense

55

State Board of Education

56

State Forestry Commission

62

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Georgia Bureau of Investigation

63

Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 65

Office of the Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 66

Department of Human Resources

69

Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism

77

Office of Commissioner of Insurance

79

Department ofLabor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 80

Department of Law

81

Department of Medical Assistance

82

Merit System of Personnel Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 85

Departmentof~aturalResources

86

Department of Public Safety

93

Public Service Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 95

Regents, University System of Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 96

Retirement Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 104

Employees' Retirement System

104

Public School Employees' Retirement System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 104

Teachers' Retirement System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 104

Department ofRevenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 106

Office of Secretary of State

108

State Soil and Water Conservation Commission

110

Georgia Student Finance Commission

11 I

Department of Technical and Adult Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 113

Department of Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 117

Department of Veterans Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 121

State Board of Workers' Compensation

122

State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 123

Bond Payment Percentages By Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 132

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ESTIMATED STATE REVENUES, APPROPRIATIONS, AND RESERVES

STATE FUND SOURCES
SURPLUS Audited Lapses Lottery Surplus--F.Y. 1995 Additional Surplus as 00-15-96
RESERVES Midyear Adjustment Reserve Motor Fuel Reserve
REVENUES Governor's Revenue Estimates
From Taxes and Fees Lottery Indigent Care Trust Funds
TOTALS

F.Y.1996

F.Y. 1997

92,556,292 81,724,945

17,500,000

96,256,585 35,197,509

10,134,000,000
409,457,796 146,300,000
10,995,493,127

10,629,000,000
546,198,773 148,828,880
11,341,527,653

STATE FUND USES
Appropriations Transfer to Lottery Reserves Veto Surplus
TOTALS

10,980,393,127 15,100,000
10,995,493,127

11,341,185,153 342,500
11,341,527,653

The 1996 General Assembly passed an Appropriations Act totaling $11,341,527,653 for F.Y. 1997. However, Governor Miller vetoed $342,500, resulting in a budget of $11,341,185,153 for 1997 expenditures. The vetoes are explained elsewhere in this publication.

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INTRODUCTION
MY FELLOW CITIZENS: A new approach to state budgeting is the impetus that will allow Georgia to
meet the critical needs ofits citizens during the coming years. The philosophy is simple: Use our resources wisely.
The days are gone when the state expanded programs and launched new programs from increased revenues, leaving existing budgets largely intact Budget Redirection, as implemented in the fiscal year (F. Y.) 1997 Appropriations Act, requires us to carefully examine existing spending, set priorities and allocate funds accordingly.
The results tell the story. In F.Y. 1997 we are redirecting $582.5 million from the existing budgets of every agency into programs and services of higher priority. In years past these funds would likely have remained as a continuation expenditure.
Ofthe $582.5 million in redirected funding, $362.6 million was retained by the same departments to fund their own increasing service needs. The remaining $219.9 million is being used to help attain two goals that are important to the citizens of Georgia:
The appropriation ofmore than $1 billion in new money for education during the 1996 session, including six percent pay raises for teachers and full funding of student growth in all of our educational institutions.
The elimination ofthe state's four cents sales tax on food, which will take place over the next three years starting on October 1, 1996.
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The importance ofRedirection is rooted in three factors: One, the state cannot assume a continued high level of economic growth. Second, our citizens want better services from government on the issues that they care about. And, third, our citizens do not believe they are getting true value in services for every dollar in taxes paid, which makes them unwilling to pay any higher taxes.
Georgia also is challenged by pressing demands for state services. Rapid student growth is occurring in our public schools, colleges and universities, and technical institutes. When the forces oflimited resources and increasing demands collide, it is time for aggressive action. Redirection is our answer.
Clearly, we could not have put $1 billion in new money into education at the 1996 session, cut taxes and met other priority needs of state government without the reallocation ofresources such as we have done with Redirection.
To meet the continuing requirements of education and to fund the next two phases of the sales tax removal from food, Redirection will continue through the remaining two years of my Administration. Our goal is to better serve all citizens, and make the best possible use of our resources. All programs and services will be funded based on their overall priority in importance and necessity.
Eliminating the state's four cents sales tax on groceries has been a goal of mine for a long time. I am glad that it will be a reality before I leave office.
It will be the largest tax cut in Georgia's history, amounting to $500 million in savings for Georgia's citizens. The state sales tax on food will be reduced by two cents on October 1, 1996; an additional one cent will be removed on October 1, 1997; and on October 1, 1998, there will be no state sales tax on groceries.
The food tax reduction is in addition to the $100 million reduction in state income taxes for senior citizens and families with dependents. This tax cut, which I proposed and pushed through the General Assembly, began in July 1994.
A major boost to the F. Y. 1997 budget is the astounding success of the state's
lottery which was approved by the voters through a constitutional amendment early in my Administration. Lottery proceeds will provide $273.3 million of the billion dollars in newfimding for education approved by the General Assembly in the F.Y. 1996 Amended
Budget and the F. Y. 1997 budget. The sum of lottery appropriations has soared to an
amazing total exceeding $1.7 billion over four budget years. The lottery has been successful beyond our highest expectations.
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Lottery funds have made possible the following expenditlll"es in the four fiscal years between 1994 and 1997:
$447.6 million for scholarships. $482.1 million for the pre-kindergarten program. $458 million to put technology into our classrooms. $351.9 million in new construction made necessary by enrollment growth in our public schools, our technical institutes and our colleges and universities. This commitment to education from lottery and state general funds has increased total state spending for education from 52.2 percent to 54.3 percent of total state fund spending in F.Y. 1997, as compared to the original F. Y. 1996 budget--an unprecedented increase for a budget exceeding $11 billion. I am proud ofthis achievement and the many other accomplishments in the F.Y. 1997 budget. We have demonstrated that your state government can be resilient and tough in using its resources responsibly and in the best interest of all citizens.
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STATE APPROPRIATIONS BY AGENCY

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH General Assembly Department of Audits

JUDICIAL BRANCH

00

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Department of Administrative Services

Agency for Removal of Hazardous Materials

Department of Agriculture

Department of Banking and Finance

Department of Children and Youth Services

Department of Community Affairs

Department of Corrections

Department of Defense

State Board of Education

State Forestry Commission

Georgia Bureau of Investigation

Office of the Governor

ORIGINAL FISCAL YEAR
1996

AMENDED FISCAL YEAR
1996

FISCAL YEAR 1997

25,029,738 18,664,008
74,187,472

25,617,738 18,664,008
78,549,681

26,278,571 19,706,494
85,346,430

25,219,650 117,064
41,476,571 9,237,778
126,604,705 34,348,807 724,068,921
4,694,610 3,883,099,793
36,533,648 46,352,276 32,046,663

25,821,650 117,064
41,543,571 9,237,778
126,614,517 38,983,882 723,538,001 4,694,610 3,982,230,434 36,458,648 46,667,108 34,574,963

26,133,157
42,020,166 9,318,265
137,198,138 40,635,112 718,862,168 4,230,851 4,319,518,577 35,443,370 46,619,323 31,288,257

Department of Human Resources Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism Office of Commissioner of Insurance Department of Labor Department of Law Department of Medical Assistance Department ofNatural Resources Department of Public Safety Public Service Commission Regents, University System of Georgia Retirement Systems
Public School Employees' Retirement System Teachers' Retirement System Department of Revenue Office of Secretary of State State Soil and Water Conservation Commission Georgia Student Finance Commission Department of Technical and Adult Education Department of Transportation Department of Veterans Service State Board of Workers' Compensation State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund Olympics

1,227,137,193 25,876,096 15,756,518 17,942,762 12,248,879
1,348,831,154 92,712,593 117,369,301 8,757,763
1,328,432,884
13,315,000 4,075,000 99,414,590 30,831,004 2,182,494 149,855,366 205,845,937 456,746,541 24,343,698 10,454,185 417,500,665

1,211,399,230 28,367,568 15,788,518 17,942,762 12,248,879
1,339,539,526 93,912,593 116,369,301 8,707,763
1,326,197,230
13,315,000 4,075,000 103,512,590 31,376,004 2,092,494 194,592,518 206,962,362 492,069,050 24,343,698 10,454,185 524,313,203 9,500,000

1,229,161,668 20,841,481 15,205,413 19,628,869 12,521,718
1,311,742,066 97,990,864 117,313,223 8,487,316
1,391,745,182
1,4,212,500 4,130,000 95,717,904 30,746,948 2,122,473 192,146,016 232,978,508 542,896,193 21,567,780 10,702,701 414,482,451 12,245,000

TOTAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

10,691,311,327

10,980,393,127

11,341,185,153

TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS BY FUND SOURCE FISCAL YEAR 1997

DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES

TOTAL APPROPRIATION

FEDERAL FUNDS

OTHER FUNDS

INDIRECT DOAS LOTTERY FUNDS PROCEEDS

STATE FUNDS

Legislative Branch

26,278,571

26,278,571

Department of Audits

19,706,494

19,706,494

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Judicial Branch Department of Administrative Services

Agency for Removal of Hazardous Mats.

87,045,066 169,812,104

1,698,636 143,678,947

85,346,430 26,133,157

Department of Agriculture

49,751,824

3,477,835

4,253,823

42,020,166

Department of Banking and Finance

9,318,265

9,318,265

Department of Children & Youth Services

142,719,890

5,521,752

137,198,138

Department of Community Affairs

76,410,979 35,775,867

40,635,112

Department of Corrections

739,000,045

1,500,600 18,637,277 450,000

718,412,168

Department of Defense

15,780,248 11,549,397

4,230,851

Department of Education

4,818,221,159 498,702,582

340,000 283,218,263 4,035,960,314

Employees' Retirement System

4,389,972

4,389,972

Forestry Commission

40,350,065

822,000

4,084,695

35,443,370

Georgia Bureau of Investigation

46,619,323

46,619,323

Office of the Governor

38,459,653

7,171,396

31,288,257

Department of Human Resources

2,382,300,078 1,153,138,410

6,032,000

1,223,129,668

Department ofindustry, Trade & Tourism

21,097,481

256,000

20,841,481

Department of Insurance

16,512,068

1,256,440

50,215

15,205,413

Department of Labor

155,808,877 134,347,690

1,832,318

19,628,869

Department of Law

13,427,658

905,940

12,521,718

Department of Medical Assistance

3,739,739,927 2,320,332,054 107,665,807

1,311,742,066

Merit System of Personnel Administration 1,099,766,134

1,099,766,134

Department of Natural Resources

139,063,103 32,282,899

8,789,340 200,000

97,790,864

Department of Public Safety

121,187,740

3,874,517

1,650,000

115,663,223

Public School Employees' Retirement Sys.

14,212,500

14,212,500

Public Service Commission

10,536,019

2,048,703

8,487,316

-

Regents, University System of Georgia Department of Revenue

Office of Secretary of State

2,548,794,208 97,058,269 31,791,948

1,157,049,026 1,340,365 1,045,000

3,583,000 3,845,000

50,254,000

1,337,908,182 91,872,904 30,746,948

Soil and Water Conservation Commission

2,657,810

535,337

2,122,473

Georgia Student Finance Commission

198,477,039

6,331,023

159,413,161

32,732,855

Teachers' Retirement System

10,805,196

6,675,196

4,130,000

Department of Technical & Adult Ed.

285,807,286 19,338,365 33,490,413

53,313,349 179,665,159

Department of Transportation

1,164,343,369 604,120,834 17,326,342

542,896,193

Department of Veterans Service

29,275,348

7,707,568

21,567,780

State Board of Workers' Compensation

10,892,701

190,000

10,702,701

G.O. Debt Sinking Fund

414,482,451

414,482,451

Olympics

12,245,000

12,245,000

TOTAL FUND SOURCES

18,804,145,868 4,837,142,121 2,625,818,594 16,100,000 546,198,773 10,778,886,380

TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS BY FUND SOURCE FISCAL YEAR 1996 AMENDED

DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES

TOTAL APPROPRIATION

FEDERAL FUNDS

OTHER FUNDS

INDIRECT DOAS LOTTERY FUNDS PROCEEDS

STATE FUNDS

Legislative Branch

25,617,738

25,617,738

Department of Audits

18,664,008

18,664,008

Judicial Branch

81,949,868

3,400,187

78,549,681

Department of Administrative Services

......

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Agency for Removal of Hazardous Mats.

181,294,307 5,467,238

155,472,657 5,350,174

25,821,650 117,064

Department of Agriculture

49,068,500

3,293,692

4,231,237

41,543,571

Department of Banking and Finance

9,237,778

9,237,778

Department of Children & Youth Services

131,267,311

4,652,794

126,614,517

Department of Community Affairs

71,479,371 30,904,056

1,591,433

38,983,882

Department of Corrections

731,533,079

1,260,010

6,735,068 450,000

723,088,001

Department of Defense

16,422,473 11,727,863

4,694,610

Department of Education

4,526,139,986 543,909,552

340,000 202,636,245 3,779,254,189

Employees' Retirement System

4,471,567

4,471,567

Forestry Commission

41,325,909

822,000

4,045,261

36,458,648

Georgia Bureau of Investigation

47,127,108

460,000

46,667,108

Office ofthe Governor

42,123,045

7,548,082

34,574,963

Department of Human Resources

2,358,048,163 1,146,648,933

6,032,000

1,205,367,230

Department of Industry, Trade & Tourism

29,297,368

929,800

28,367,568

Department of Insurance

17,095,318

1,256,440

50,360

15,788,518

Department of Labor

163,894,364 144,119,284

1,832,318

17,942,762

Department of Law

13,154,819

905,940

12,248,879

Department of Medical Assistance

3,816,735,449 2,384,189,710 93,006,213

1,339,539,526

Merit System of Personnel Administration 1,032,760,644

1,032,760,644

Department of Natural Resources

134,353,172 31,656,690

8,783,889 200,000

93,712,593

Department of Public Safety

120,967,296

4,597,995

1,650,000

114,719,301

Public School Employees' Retirement Sys.

13,315,000

13,315,000

Public Service Commission

11,097,427

2,389,664

8,707,763

Regents, University System of Georgia

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Department of Revenue Office of Secretary of State

2,458,601,953 104,368,460 32,421,004

1,132,404,723 855,870
1,045,000

3,583,000 3,845,000

71,947,611

1,250,666,619 99,667,590 31,376,004

Soil and Water Conservation Commission

2,260,955

168,461

2,092,494

Georgia Student Finance Commission

203,037,614

8,445,096

161,240,172

33,352,346

Teachers' Retirement System

11,054,563

6,979,563

4,075,000

Department of Technical & Adult Ed.

257,835,253 19,338,365 31,534,526

40,258,713 166,703,649

Department of Transportation

1,134,516,226 625,120,834 17,326,342

492,069,050

Department of Veterans Service

31,648,982

7,305,284

24,343,698

State Board of Workers' Compensation

10,644,185

190,000

10,454,185

G.O. Debt Sinking Fund

524,313,203

524,313,203

Olympics

9,500,000

9,500,000

TOTAL FUND SOURCES

18,474,110,704 4,967,613,929 2,526,103,648 16,100,000 476,082,741 10,488,210,386

TOTAL EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT CLASS

I. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH General Assembly Department of Audits

......

II. JUDICIAL BRANCH

.+:0-

III. EXECUTIVE BRANCH: (Does Not Include Authorities)

Personal Services Regular Operating Expenses Travel Motor Vehicle Purchases Equipment Computer Charges Real Estate Rentals Telecommunications

HB 1186 AMENDED FISCAL YEAR
1996

HB 1265 FISCAL YEAR
1997

CHANGE AMOUNT PERCENT

25,617,738 18,664,008
81,949,868

26,278,571 19,706,494
87,045,066

660,833 1,042,486
5,095,198

2.6% 5.6%
6.2%

3,858,517,581 465,418,246 20,379,005 19,486,508 26,686,385 126,268,271 55,909,161 37,119,685

4,008,196,727 446,147,586 19,511,564 17,025,321 23,121,960 125,838,007 53,400,002 38,036,702

149,679,146 (19,270,660)
(867,441) (2,461,187) (3,564,425)
(430,264) (2,509,159)
917,017

3.9% -4.1% -4.3% -12.6% -13.4% -0.3% -4.5% 2.5%

Per Diem, Fees and Contracts Other Operating Expenses

Sub-Total

Capital Outlay

Authority Lease Rentals

General Obligation Bonds

Grants

Benefits

.......

Other

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Lottery Proceeds for Education

Olympics

Total Part III

TOTAL PARTS I,ll AND III Less: Federal and Other Funds
DOAS Indirect Funds

TOTAL STATE GENERAL FUNDS

385,034,389 630,659,655
5,625,478,886
756,384,258 1,280,000
524,313,203 4,863,755,136 4,386,939,913 1,704,144,953
476,082,741 9,500,000
18,347,879,090
18,474,110,704 7,493,717,577
16,100,000

429,085,921 642,941,080
5,803,304,870
789,411,137 645,915
414,482,451 5,096,437,960 4,281,334,246 1,727,055,385
546,198,773 12,245,000
18,671,115,737
18,804,145,868 7,462,960,715
16,100,000

44,051,532 12,281,425
177,825,984
33,026,879 (634,085)
009,830,752) 232,682,824 005,605,667)
22,910,432 70,116,032 2,745,000
323,236,647
330,035,164 (30,756,862)

11.4% 1.9%
3.2%
4.4% -49.5% -20.9%
4.8% -2.4% 1.3% 14.7%
1.8%
1.8% -0.4% 0.0%

10,964,293,127 11,325,085,153 360,792,026

3.3%

SUMMARY OF STATE REVENUE COLLECTIONS
(Millions)

Fiscal Taxes and Percent

Years

Fees

Increases

1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

$ 493.7

551.5

11.7

617.3

11.9

672.4

8.9

739.9

10.0

833.1

12.6

951.5

14.2

1,001.9

5.3

1,212.8

21.1

1,375.1

13.4

1,544.0

12.3

1,576.8

2.1

1,693.1

7.4

1,925.8

13.7

2,218.0

15.2

2,507.5

13.1

2,810.0

12.1

3,109.6

10.7

3,378.0

8.6

3,572.4

5.8

4,010.6

12.3

4,607.8

14.9

5,020.7

9.0

5,421.3

8.0

5,890.9

8.7

6,467.7

9.8

7,196.4

11.3

7,258.2

0.9

7,356.2

1.4

8,249.9

12.1

8,906.5

8.0

9,625.7

8.1

10,134.0 (Est.) 5.3

10,629.0 (Est.) 4.9

Indigent Care Lottery Trust Funds Proceeds

$

$

37.0 96.4 96.5 140.4 163.0 146.3 148.8

362.4 514.9 409.5 546.2

Total Revenues
$ 493.7 551.5 617.3 672.4 739.9 833.1 951.5
1,001.9 1,212.8 1,375.1 1,544.0 1,576.8 1,693.1 1,925.8 2,218.0 2,507.5 2,810.0 3,109.6 3,378.0 3,572.4 4,010.6 4,607.8 5,020.7 5,421.3 5,890.9 6,467.7 7,196.4 7,295.2 7,452.6 8,346.4 9,409.4 10,303.6 10,689.8 11,324.0

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Fiscal1964 Fiscal1965 Fiscal1966 Fiscal 1967 Fiscal1968 Fiscal1969 Fiscal1970 Fiscal1971 Fiscal1972 Fiscal1973 Fiscal1974 Fiscal1975 Fiscal 1976 Fiscal1977 Fiscal 1978 Fiscal1979 Fiscal1980 Fiscal 1981 Fiscal1982 Fiscal1983 Fiscal1984 Fiscal 1985 Fiscal1986 Fiscal1987 Fiscal1988 Fiscal 1989 Fiscal1990 Fiscal 1991 Fiscal 1992 Fiscal1993 Fiscal1994 Fiscal1995 Fiscal1996 Fiscal 1997

SUMMARY OF STATE APPROPRIATIONS
Total Appropriation
(millions)
$ 473.5 526.1 593.4 674.8 782.7 865.7 941.9
1,083.8 1,175.5 1,358.7 1,674.2 1,700.2 1,790.0 1,890.1 2,262.8 2,715.9 2,851.1 3,217.1 3,533.0 3,685.5 3,960.8 4,364.8 5,225.9 5,412.8 5,946.1 6,405.1 7.646.0 7,617.7 7,552.9 8,252.2 9,192.0 10,236.1 10,980.4 11,341.2

Percent Increase
11.1 12.8
13.7
16.0 10.6 8.8 15.1
8.5
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1.6 5.3 5.6 19.7 20.0 5.0 12.8 9.8 4.3 7.5 10.2 19.7 3.6 9.9
7.7
19.4 (0.4) (0.9)
9.3 11.4 11.4 7.3 3.3

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SOURCES OF STATE REVENUE

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HOW STATE DOLLARS ARE SPENT

EDUCATION TOTAL 54.3%
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM 12.3%
OTHER EDUCATION 3.9% TRANSPORTATION 4.8% MEDICAID 11.6%

BOARD OF EDUCATION 38.1%
ALL OTHERS 12.2% CORRECTIONS 6.3% HUMAN RESOURCES 10.8%

STATE REVENUE SHORTFALL RESERVE

The 1976 Session of the General Assembly created the Revenue Shortfall Reserve in lieu of the Working Reserve. This reserve serves as a savings account or "rainy day" fund for the state should revenue collections decline unexpectedly or uncontrollably. The Reserve is created and maintained by allocating any surplus revenue collections of the state to this account up to three percent of net revenue collections, excluding lottery funds and the Indigent Care Trust Fund. Additional surplus over three percent is available for appropriation.

The reserve was filled in F. Y. 1994 for the first time since F. Y. 1989 and was filled again inF.Y. 1995. Following is a summary of the Reserve's balance at the end of each year, beginning with F.Y. 1985.

FY 1995 FY 1994 FY 1993 FY 1992 FY 1991 FY 1990 FY 1989 FY 1988 FY 1987 FY 1986 FY 1985

$ 288,769,754
267,195,474 (1) 122,640,698 (1)
-0-0-0194,030,593 176,727,306 162,639,563 150,621,753 138,234,402

(1) This amount includes agency lapses that were added to the Revenue Shortfall Reserve by the State Auditor after all agency audits were completed. The June 30 totals for each year, as shown in the Statement of Financial Condition, were $249,484,896 for F.Y. 1994 and $85,537,891 forF.Y. 1993.

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LOTTERY RESERVES

Georgia's lottery laws require the establishment of two reserves that are funded as a percentage oflottery collections to avoid disruption in programs should collections fall short of annual appropriations.

The Shortfall Reserve Subaccount was included in the original law and required that an amount be set aside each year equal to 10 percent of the total lottery proceeds deposited into the Lottery for Education Account for the preceding year. Ifnet funds in the account are not sufficient to meet appropriations, funds shall be drawn from the reserve to make up the shortage.

Funds have been set aside for the reserve each year and totaled $36 million on June 30,1995. An additional $15.1 million ofthe F.Y. 1996 lottery revenue estimate has been designated for transfer to the Shortfall Reserve Subaccount on June 30, 1996, an action that will increase the reserve to its legal capacity of $51.1 million.

The lottery law was amended during the 1994 legislative session to require that a Scholarship Shortfall Reserve Subaccount also be maintained within the Lottery for Education Account.

The scholarship reserve law requires that the subaccount be fully established over five years at a rate of 10 percent a year until the reserve equals 50 percent of the amount of scholarship proceeds disbursed during the preceding year.

Lottery sw-plus available at the end ofF. Y. 1995 was sufficient to meet immediate needs in the amended F. Y. 1996 budget and still leave enough funds over to fully fund the scholarship reserve in its first year. Governor Miller wrote the State Auditor a letter requesting that the Scholarship Shortfall Reserve Subaccount be fully funded from the 1995 surplus, and the Auditor complied with the Governor's request.

The two lottery reserves as of June 30, 1995 total as follows:

Shortfall Reserve Subaccount

$ 36,000,000

F. Y. 1996 revenues allocated for Subaccount

15,100,000

TOTAL

51,000,000

Scholarship Shortfall Reserve Subaccount TOTAL LOTTERY RESERVES

77,718,586 $ 128,818,586

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BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
Total Spending and Revenues
FISCAL YEAR 1997 The state budget in F.Y. 1997 totals $11,341,185,153, an increase of $360,792,026, or 3.3 percent, over amended F. Y. 1996 state appropriations. The budget is an increase of $649,873,826, or 6.1 percent, over the original F.Y. 1996 appropriation.
New revenues will total an estimated $11,324,027,653 and $17.5 million is available for expenditure from Medicaid reserves declared to be surplus on March 15, 1996. The projected revenue totals are:
-$10,629,000,000 from taxes and fees that comprise the Governor's revenue estimate. --$546,198,773 from state lottery collections. --$148,828,880 from the Indigent Care Trust Fund.
AMENDED FISCAL YEAR 1996 The F.Y. 1996 budget was amended to a total of $10,980,393,127, an increase of $289,081,800, or 2.7 percent, over original F. Y. 1995 appropriations.
Funds for new spending in the amended budget came from the following sources: --$92,556,292 in audited lapses. --$81,724,945 in F.Y. 199510ttery surplus funds. --$96,256,585 in the Midyear Adjustment Reserve. --$35,197,509 in the Motor Fuel Reserve.
The amended budget includes new expenditures of $9,545,242 that were available as a result of vetoes in the original appropriations act by the Governor.
Ofthe original revenue sources, two are unchanged--taxes and fees, $10,134,000,000, and the Indigent Trust Fund, $146,300,000. The third revenue source, the state lottery, was reduced from $435,656,569 to $409,457,796.
SCHOLARSHIP RESERVES Georgia's State Revenue Shortfall Reserve and two lottery reserves are full, with $417,588,340 set aside to meet obligations should revenues fall below expectations. The Revenue Shortfall Reserve is the largest--$288,769,754, based on three percent of net revenue collections for the prior fiscal year. The Scholarship Shortfall Reserve Subaccount was fully funded ($77.7 million) from 1995 lottery surplus funds on June 30, 1995 by the State Auditor, at the request of Governor Miller. State law required the reserve to be filled within five years, but it was filled the first year. Funds were set aside in the original F.Y. 1996 budget to fill the Shortfall Reserve Subaccount at a level of $51 million. See "Lottery Reserves" page.
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BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
Salary Adjustments
TEACHERS Six percent pay raises for public school teachers, University System academic personnel and technical institute instructors, effective September 1, 1996. University System non-academic personnel will receive a six percent merit increase, effective July 1, 1996. Public school bus drivers and lunchroom workers will receive four percent raises, effective July 1, 1996.
To help ensure that local systems are able to pass on the full six percent pay raise on the teacher salary schedule, the state funded $39,518,618 to pay the 1.45 percent of Medicare for all certificated personnel and $31,877,900 to increase maintenance and operations by $25.00 per FTE from $236 to $261.
STATE EMPLOYEES Four percent merit pay increase for all employees of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of state government, including non-teaching employees of the Department of Technical and Adult Education, effective October 1, 1996.
An additional five percent pay increase was approved for the correctional officer class series, effective October 1, 1996. This is in addition to performance increases awarded to correctional officers.
Sales Tax Reduction
The state's four cents sales tax on food will be eliminated over the next three years, beginning with a two cents reduction on October 1, 1996. Another one cent will be removed on October 1, 1997, with the fmal one cent removed on October 1, 1998. The tax cut will total $500 million a year in savings to taxpayers when it is in full effect.
Redirection
Redirection is a planned budgeting tool developed by Governor Miller to identify low priority expenditures and redirect these funds to higher priority services and programs. With revenue growth expected to slow its rate of growth for the remainder of the 1990s, Governor Miller felt that it was incumbent on the state to start emphasizing greater efficiencies and economies throughout state government. Redirection was the path he chose to help fund his priorities in education and to make possible the elimination of the states sales tax on food.
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BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
H.B. 1265 contained $603,129,939 in Redirection funds. Of this amount, funds totaling $391,659,313 were retained within agencies to fund their critical needs, while the remaining funds were available for other allocations, mostly for education.
Education
More than one billion dollars in new fund availability were allocated to education by the 1996 General Assembly. This total included $712.9 million in new state general and lottery funds in the F. Y. 1997 budget and in the 1996 amended budget; $222.6 million in bonds to construct new school facilities, and $77.7 million to create the legislativemandated scholarship shortfall reserve
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Ahnost $300 million was appropriated in bonds and cash to construct new facilities to accommodate the continuing increase in students in public schools, colleges and universities, and technical institutes. The State Board of Education was allocated $101,400,000 in bonds and $64,726,684 in cash from state lottery funds for public school construction, and $11,885,000 to construct nine public libraries in eight counties. The State Board of Regents received $98,250,000 in bonds for new facilities, and the Department of Technical and Adult Education was allocated $10,040,000 in bonds.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Georgia's public schools continue to grow in enrollment every year, requiring large new appropriations to accommodate these new students. Enrollment has increased by 171,000 students--an average of 28,000 a year--since Governor Miller took office. The midterm adjustment in the Amended F.Y. 1996 budget soared to $77.6 million, the largest total ever. And a large portion of the F. Y. 1997 increase in state general funds for public schools is allocated for this continuing growth. Student growth in the QBE formula increased the budget by $126.5 million.
Even though the public school budget increased by $436 million in F.Y. 1997 over the original F. Y. 1996 budget, public schools were still required to participate in the Redirection process. A total of$243.3 million was redirected in public schools, with the largest effort involving a redirection of aides in grades K-3 and remedial programs at a savings of$181.5 million. The largest transfer of funds was $177.2 million to reduce funding class sizes in the following QBE programs: from 20 to 15 in kindergarten, from 23 to 17 118 in grades 1-3, and from 20 to 15 in remedial classes.
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BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM
The pre-kindergarten program is being expanded in F.Y. 1997 to include all students who want to enroll in the program next fall. While Governor Miller requested funding for 60,000 students, the General Assembly provided funding for only 55,000 students. But legislators agreed to allocate funds at the 1997 session for actual enrollment, which is expected to total 60,000. The budget for pre-kindergarten now totals $185 million in lottery funds, including an increase of $27,490,674 in F. Y. 1997 and $22,030,000 in the Amended F.Y. 1996 budget.
Legislation was passed at the 1996 session to create a new independent state department, the Office of School Readiness, on April 15, 1996, to focus more attention on the importance of the pre-kindergarten initiative. The new agency will remain attached to the State Board of Education for administrative purposes only and will be displayed in future budgets as a function ofthe board, although it will operate independently. Funding for the new department will be transferred by Executive Order.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Appropriations for state scholarships soared to more than $192 million, including $115 million for HOPE scholarships to 90,000 eligible students enrolled in public colleges and technical institutes and $34.6 million to 18,547 students who are recipients of Tuition Equalization Grants (TEGs) to attend eligible private colleges
A major change in the lottery-funded Tuition Equalization Grant (TEG) program will take place in F. Y. 1997 for students attending eligible private colleges. While students attending public colleges have been receiving free tuition and fees through the lotteryfunded HOPE scholarship program ifthey maintain a B average, TEG-eligible students have been receiving $1,500 a year in lottery funds in addition to the $1,000 TEG grant from state general funds, with no academic requirements. Beginning with 1996-97 college freshmen, the TEG grant from lottery funds will be doubled to $3,000, but students will be required to maintain a B average.
UNNERSITY SYSTEM
Enrollment in the University System has increased by 26,007 students in the five years since Governor Miller has taken office. While the rate of growth has slowed in recent years, total enrollment continues to increase each year. In the fall of 1995, an all-time high of 206,484 attended the 34 state-operated colleges and universities--2,284 more students than the previous fall.
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BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
To help fund the growing enrollment, the University System redirected $44,395,051 from low priority expenditures to higher priority spending. Overall, the budget increased by $63,312,298. New lottery funding included $7.1 million to continue the University System Chancellor's F.Y. 1996 initiatives, including $5 million for Connecting Teachers and Technology, $500,000 for Connecting Students and Services, and $1.6 million for GALILEO, the statewide library system. Also included was $16.4 million to continue the Equipment, Technology and Construction Trust Fund. UNNERSITY SYSTEM-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The University System's growing role in economic development was expanded from lottery and state general fund sources. New lottery funding totaled $20,254,000 for laboratory equipment and renovations at institutions participating in the Georgia Research Alliance and construction of a new laboratory facility on Skidaway Island, and $125,000 for equipment for the Southeast Environmental Resources Alliance (SERA). State general fimds included $4.5 million for the Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (lCAPP), a specialized education program designed to meet identified unmet workforce needs throughout the state.
Economic Development
Action was taken in the F. Y. 1996 Amended Budget to establish a funding mechanism for operating the state's Centennial Olympic Park on a permanent basis after the 1996 Olympic Games have ended. The state appropriated $2.5 million to payoff a loan made
New State Welcome Center at Lavonia being readiedfor opening in 1996.
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BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
in connection with construction of the Georgia Dome. This will allow the conversion of a one-quarter of a cent ofthe state's hotel/motel tax proceeds from paying off the Dome's debt to the operation of the park.
Local Assistance Grants totaling $17,412,335 were approved for a variety of projects around the state. The largest were $7.1 million to purchase land for economic development in Newton County and $3 million for construction of a Warner Robins Engineering Research and Training Facility in Houston County.
The state also authorized $20 million in bonds to complete construction of Container Berth Seven in Garden City, with the funds to be repaid by the Georgia Ports Authority after the facility goes into operation. Also authorized was $550,000 in bonds to pay the state's portion of a feasibility study for deepening the Brunswick navigation channel.
The Department of Transportation was authorized $4.8 million for spoilage area projects for the Savannah Harbor.
Children and Youth
The bed capacity for housing youths sentenced to state-operated facilities will be increased by 75 percent through funding approved at the 1996 legislative session. Funding was approved in the amended and outyear budgets to increase capacity by 1,013 beds to a level of 2,365. The increased capacity includes adding 403 beds to current facilities and constructing new facilities totaling 610 beds. The expansions will take place at eight different facilities. The new beds include 300 at the Eastman Youth Development Facility operated by the Department of Corrections.
Corrections
New In-bed fast-track housing units at the Coastal, Autry and Lee Correctional fustitutions will be opened during F.Y. 1997 for adult inmates. Funding is also provided directly to the Department of Corrections to operate the Eastman facility for children and youth mentioned above.
The jail subsidy paid to counties and cities for housing state inmates will be increased from $15 to $20 per day in F.Y. 1997 at a cost of $1,017,500. The amended budget also included $2,138,207 in additional funds to address a projected shortage in county jail subsidies.
The Department of Corrections redirected $38,832,966 from existing programs and services that covered $22,286,280 in added funds and yielded $16,546,686 for priorities
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BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
outside corrections. The redirected funds came from savings other than secwity requirements. Enhancement funds included $9,873,750 to provide five percent salary adjustments for correctional officer job classes effective Oct. 1, 1996.
Medicaid
One ofthe most dramatic examples of Redirection is the $114.5 million in state funds reallocated in Medicaid for other purposes. With more than one in every seven Georgians served by this $3.8 billion program (total funds), Governor Miller did not want to take any actions that would reduce eligibility or the amount of services provided.
The $114.5 million, therefore, centered on managed care, fraud and abuse, and streamlined service delivery. The initiatives also include changes in various reimbursement methodologies to align provider reimbursement with cost or to be consistent with other states comparable to Georgia in size and demographics.
The savings are offset by an increase of $50 million in funding for anticipated growth in Medicaid Benefits and $24.3 million in enhancement funds that mostly focused on establishing more community-based programs as alternatives to institutional placements. The savings are possible partly through an almost 50 percent reduction in the rate of growth to the six to seven percent range in recent years.
Human Services
The Department ofHuman Resources is redirecting $66.5 million, with the main focus on redirecting resources from hospital services to community services; a decline in AFDC recipients and in the cost per case; increasing the Medicaid reimbursement cap for outpatient mental health services from the 50th percentile to the 80th percentile; and by working with judges to require child support from parents of children in foster care.
Ofthe savings, $26.4 million is being redirected to an emphasis on more community care treatment and providing day care and programs which promote employment and selfsufficiency.
Transportation
The Governor's Road Improvement Program was continued at a level of $120 million in bonds. Excess motor fuel collections over the estimate were appropriated in the
Amended F.Y. 19% budget to increase funding for construction of the main span of the
Sidney Lanier Bridge at Brunswick ($20,197,509) and for"greatest need" projects on the state highway system to enhance economic development activities ($15 million).
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BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
Natural Resources
Funds collected from fmes assessed, against the City of Atlanta for polluting the Chattahoochee River will be used to upgrade the Chattahoochee River Basin. The funds will be directed towards water quality study grants and pollution damage reduction capital improvement grants. Also, additional funding of $1 ,516,412 for the Solid Waste Trust Fund will increase funding to $6,792,756 to implement a scrap tire cleanup and regulatory program. The Department of Natural Resources was allocated $24,090,000 in bonds to fund various capital outlay projects. The largest were $5 million to acquire land under the River Care 2000 program and $15 million in state commitments to help construct, furnish and equip the $57 million Columbus Performing Arts Complex.
Privatization
The 1996 General Assembly, acting on Governor Miller's recommendation, authorized the Department ofCorrections to contract with private operators to construct and operate three new correctional institutions for the state. The facilities would be located in Coffee, Wheeler and Charlton Counties. The new privatization venture is expected to save the state between $15.00 to $20.00 a day for each inmate. The law authorizing prison privatization also would allow the Department of Corrections to consider privatizing existing state correctional institutions. In another major action, the General Assembly approved privatization of the Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home at the Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, with a target date of October 1, 1996. A study revealed that the state could save $3.7 million, while maintaining quality care for Georgia veterans. Most privatization efforts do not require legislative approval.
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EDITOR'S NOTES
Vetoes by Governor
(HB. 1265--F.Y. 1997 General Appropriations Act)
Section 5 (page 6, line 220) Vetoed an appropriation of $250,000 that represents payments through the Department ofAgriculture to the Georgia Development Authority for the Emerging Crop Fund loan program. "The General Assembly appropriated $250,000 for this program in both F. Y. 1995 and F.Y. 1996," the Governor explained. "Despite a present balance exceeding $500,000, no loans have been made to date because of the failure of any applicant to meet the prerequisites of O.C.G.A. Section 2-8A-6 and the regulations adopted by the Georgia Development Authority, which require a security or lien as a condition for making an interest loan. Since there exists more than an adequate amount of $500,000 still available for these loans, I am vetoing this $250,000 appropriation."
Section 44 (page 43, lines 1923 through 1924) Vetoed language that would have excluded pharmacy services from the Department of Medical Assistance's HMO pilot and allowed acute care hospitals to contract with the department on a non-risk capitated rate. "Pharmacy benefits are an essential part ofthe primary care for which HMOs assume risk," the Governor explained.
"Appropriate drug therapy is an integral part of medical treatment. In order to manage
the cost of care for recipients within the capitation rates, the HMOs must be able to manage pharmacy benefits. Therefore, the exclusion of pharmacy services from the HMO pilot may jeopardize the viability of the Medicaid HMO program by making that program unattractive to prospective HMOs. The exclusion of pharmacy services from the HMO pilot program may compromise the ability of the Department of Medical Assistance to achieve savings in state funds.
"Moreover, most HMOs in both the public and private sector do not exclude pharmacy services. An analysis of other state managed care programs found that 27 out of the 30 states had pharmacy services included in the managed care contract, and two ofthe three that do not currently include such services will be modifying their managed care plans to place pharmacy services back in the plans in order to provide higher quality patient care. An analysis ofpl1vate sector health benefit initiatives indicates a significant trend towards complete managed care contracting for all covered services, including phmmacy services.
"For tllese reasons, I am vetoing the cited language."
Section 44 (page 43, lines 1925 through 1926) Vetoed language requiring the Department of Medical Assistance to implement a clinically based, automated prospective drug utilization review (OUR) program. "The department should retain the authority to identify the most effective and efficient system for controlling inappropriate utilization of pharmacy services," the Governor explained.
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"It is not appropriate to limit the department's ability to achieve its prospective savings in the pharmacy program.
"The available data is insufficient to support the projected savings that might occur from a prospective automated DUR program. The August 1994 report of the General Accounting Office (GAO) was unable to quantify potential savings from a proDUR program. Further, the GAO Report indicated that any such savings would be offset whenever a pro-DUR cancelled prescription was subsequently filled or replaced with a substitute prescription.
"In order to permit the department to maintain the flexibility to identify the most effective and efficient cost savings measures within the phannacy program, I am vetoing the cited language."
Section 49 (page 44, lines 1981 through 1982): Vetoed language that would allow the Department of Transportation to retain income delived from the sale ofintermodal aircraft to fmance the expansion of the state aircraft facility at Charlie BrO\vn Airport. "This provision was originally inserted several years ago when the department moved the state aircraft facility from DeKalb-Peachtree Airport to Charlie Brown Airport," the Governor explained. "Funds are no longer required for expansion purposes, and this language is unnecessary."
Section 49 (page 44, lines 1983 through 1986): Vetoed language that authorized the Department of Transportation to transfer position counts between budget functions provided that the department's total position count shall not exceed the maximum number of annual positions assigned by law. "All executive branch agencies are legally authorized to amend their budgets and transfer positions between budget functions when a properly drawn amendment to the annual operating budget has been approved by the Office ofPlanning and Budget," the Governor explained. "In addition, the number of positions in each budget function is not specified in the Governor's budget recommendations to the General Assembly or in the annual Appropriations Act. Therefore, this language is unnecessary. This language has been vetoed previously."
Section 59 (page 47, lines 2086 through 2091): Vetoed language that essentially provides a pool of federal money to be available only to supplant state fimds. "It prohibits an amendment of federal funds above the amount appropriated in the Appropriations Act for purposes other than to supplant state appropliations for the pettinent programs," the Governor explained. "This language limits the state's ability to accept additional federal funds as they become available throughout the fiscal year. This language has been vetoed previously."
Section 60 (page 49, lines 2161 through 2167): Vetoed the appropliation of $1 million in bonds to continue work on the reno-
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EDITOR'S NOTES
vation ofthe Old State Capitol Building in Milledgeville. "I supported this project with a recommendation of$7,826,611 to fully fund it in F. Y. 1996," the Governor explained. "The General Assembly only appropriated $3.5 million of the total needed to complete the renovations. Of the funds appropriated in F. Y. 1996, $459,955 was released to the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission for planning and design costs of a $7.8 million project, and $200,000 was released to Georgia Military College for approved relocation costs.
"The college requested the balance offunds in F. Y. 1997 so that renovations could begin. My priorities for funding this year did not include the Old Capitol Building project. Georgia Military College officials have indicated that they could not scale the project back to a level below $7.8 million without starting over again and completely redesigning the entire project. An additional $1 million will not provide the level of support necessary to go forward with the existing funding level requirement."
Appropriation Transfers by Executive Order
Several appropriations in the original F. Y. 1996 Appropriations Act were transfelTed to other agencies through Executive Orders signed by Governor Miller. These transfers will explain differences in the original F. Y. 1996 appropriations as shown in this publication as compared to those shown in the F. Y. 1996 Budget in Brief The transfers include:
$354,600 from the Board of Regents, University System to the Office of Planning and Budget, to comply with Senate Bill 293, which created the Georgia Information Technology Policy Council and attached the council to the Office of Planning and Budget for administrative purposes only. Funds for the council, however, were in the budget of the Board ofRegents.
$2,859,449 from seven different agencies to the Department of
Administrative Services (DOAS), to comply with HB. 1443, which created the Office
of State Administrative Hearings and assigned the office to DOAS for administrative purposes only. The new office assumed responsibilities which had previously been funded through the seven agencies. The agencies, and the amount offunds transferred from each, were:
--Department of Human Resources, $1,933,874. --Department ofNatural Resources, $164,969. --Department of Public Safety, $415,000. --Department of Revenue, $50,000. --Secretmy of State, $21,437. --Depmiment of Labor, $51,457. --Depmiment of Transportation, $222,712.
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EDITOR'S NOTES Indirect Funding
The Appropriations Act eacl} year allocates $16.1 million in direct funding to the Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) for computer and telecommunications services to be provided to seven specific state agencies. These funds are allocated in this manner to facilitate cash flow for DOAS but are available to DOAS only as services are provided to each agency. To report each department's actual budget, these funds are included in the totals of each department in this publication rather than in the DOAS budget.
Computer funds by department are: Human Resources, $4,615,000; Revenue, $3,755,000; Public Safety, $1,500,000; Corrections, $300,000; and Education, $230,000.
Telecommunications funds are: Regents, $3,583,000; Human Resources, $1,417,000; Natural Resources, $200,000; Corrections, $150,000; Public Safety, $150,000; Education, $110,000; and Revenue, $90,000.
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OLYMPIC SAFETY AND SECURITY

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$12,245,000 $9,500,000

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$12,245,000. Provides for expenses associated with providing security during the 1996 Olympics. The funds are primarily for overtime expenses for personnel assigned to Olympic functions and overtime expenses for agency replacement personnel. The appropriation also includes funds to provide security during the 1996 Paralympic Games. Funds will be distributed to agencies as costs are incurred and verified by the State Olympic Law Enforcement Command.

The state's security operation is part of a coordinated effort involving the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, federal, county, and municipal jurisdictions. The role ofthe State of Georgia is to provide security at or around venues on state property and for other activities as determined by the State Olympic Law Enforcement Command. Over 2,600 personnel, including 2,395 sworn law enforcement personnel, from the following state agencies will participate:

Department of Administrative Services Department of Corrections Department of Defense State Forestry Commission Georgia Building Authority Georgia Bureau of Investigation Georgia Emergency Management Agency Department of Human Resources Department of Natural Resources Office of Planning and Budget

Board of Pardons and Paroles Department of Public Safety Public Safety Training Center Public Service Commission Regents, University System
of Georgia Department of Revenue Office of Secretary of State Department of Transportation Georgia World Congress Center

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$9,500,000

$9,500,000

Funds the housing contract, food services contract, support services, overtime, training and other expenses associated with providing security during the Olympics.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$26,278,571 $25,617,738 $25,029,738

ADJUSTED BASE--$26,278,571

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$26,278,571

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$588,000

$588,000

Funds the per diem differential passed during the 1995 General Assembly Session.

DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS
F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS
ADJUSTED BASE--$19,706,494
TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$19,706,494

$19,706,494 $18,664,008 $18,664,008

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JUDICIAL BRANCH

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$85,346,430 $78,549,681 $74,187,472

ADmSTED BASE--$84,419,257

ADDITIONS--$927,173

$500,000

Adds one new appellate judge and support staff for the Court of Appeals provided for in S.B. 750.

$300,000

Increases funds for the Georgia Courts Automation Commission for the conversion of local courts' data into SUSTAIN format.

$62,923

Funds a support staff position for the Chief Judge for the Court of Appeals.

$38,250

Provides the Judicial Council with funds for the revision and publication of the Handbook for Probate Judges of Georgia, the Georgia Probate Judges Benchbook and forms necessitated by the revision of Title 53.

$26,000

Allows the Court of Appeals to perform HVAC repairs to a Judicial Building restroom.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$85,346,430

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$4,362,209

$4,263,704

Provides funds for 46 additional assistant district attorneys and 10 new Superior Court judgeships.

$60,000

Adds additional funding for expenses resulting from formal proceedings performed by the Judicial Qualifications Commission.

$55,000

Transfers funds to the Supreme Court for the purchase of law books for the new Superior Court judgeships.

$47,597

Allows for a habeas corpus law clerk and related expenses for the Superior Courts to comply with S.B. 113.

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$29,000

Transfers one position and related expenses to the Judicial Council from the Department of Corrections.

$19,108

Transfers funding for one position to the Judicial Council from the Georgia Courts Automation Commission.

$18,808

Provides for a support staff position for the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.

($56,900) ($55,000)
($19,108)

Reduces personal services funds in the Court of Appeals.
Transfers funds from Superior Courts to the Supreme Court for law books.
Transfers funding for one position from the Georgia Courts Automation Commission to the Judicial Council.

The F.Y. 1997 budget includes appropriations for the following functions, Supreme Court ($6,015,631), Court of Appeals ($7,895,611), Superior Courts ($62,413,023), Juvenile Court ($1,053,172), Institute of Continuing Judicial Education ($758,378), Judicial Council ($2,026,094), Judicial Qualifications Commission ($168,197), Indigent Defense Council ($3,000,000), Georgia Courts Automation Commission ($1,767,256), and Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution ($249,068).

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DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$26,133,157 $25,821,650 $25,219,650

ADJUSTED BASE--$25,262,047

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($1,079,868)

($654,173)

Discontinues modifications on the state's present financial and cost accounting computer systems which will be replaced by the Georgia Integrated Financial System (GIFS) in F.Y. 1997.

($165,498)

Decreases personal services expenses within the Office of State Administrative Hearings.

($127,772)

Decreases personal services and other operating expenses for the Office of the Treasury and Fiscal Services due to automation.

($66,183)

Decentralizes purchase order processing from the department's central office to its divisions.

($41,513)

Reduces personal services expenses for the State Properties Commission due to attrition.

($18,929)

Reduces personal services expenses due to attrition and reallocation of insurance costs.

($5,800)

Reflects decrease in copier expenses.

ADDITIONS--$1,225,978

$450,000

Raises funding level for the Public Safety Officers' Indemnity Fund to $700,000.

$375,416

Completes the Georgia Integrated Financial System (GIFS) development.

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$365,498

Funds critical personal services expenses for the Office of State Administrative Hearings (OSAH), and OSAH personal services expenses related to the additional workload from Child Protective Service Information System cases for the Department of Human Resources.

$35,064

Funds critical position for the State Properties Commission.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$25,408, 157

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$500,000

Adds funds for direct payments to the Georgia Building Authority for improvements to the Plaza Park property ($500,000).

$175,000

Funds necessary appraisals and surveys administered by the State Properties Commission of certain state properties recommended for disposition by the Governor's Commission for the Privatization of Government Services and in accordance with Senate Resolution 457.

$50,000

Adds funds for direct payments to the Georgia Building Authority for erosion control and maintenance projects at Confederate cemeteries ($50,000).

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$725,000

The total F.Y. 1997 budget for the department from all fund sources is $185,912,104. This amount includes the direct state funds appropriations listed above as well as user fees collected from clients for services provided. To meet the department's cash flow requirements, the Appropriations Act includes $16,100,000 in indirect funding for DOAS for computer and communications services that will be provided to selected state agencies. This publication includes these funds in the various departments to more accurately reflect their true state funding levels.
AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$602,000

$400,000

Increases the funding level to $650,000 for the Public Safety

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Officers' Indemnity Fund due to a statutory increase in the indemnity amount paid per claim as enacted in S.B. 353 of the 1995 General Assembly.

$150,000

Provides additional operational expenses and use of contract Administrative Law Judges for the Office of State Administrative Hearings as a result of larger than expected caseloads.

$52,000

Provides additional funds for the State Health Planning Review Board to handle hearing case backlogs.

See the section on "State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund" for information about $34,000,000 in bonds that relate to the Georgia Building Authority for F.Y. 1997, $2,000,000 in bonds that relate to the Georgia Building Authority for F.Y. 1996, and $6,000,000 in bonds that relate to the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame for F.Y.1996.

AGENCY FOR REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

0 $117,064 $117,064

As part of the Governor's redirection, $100,000 in state funds and the underground storage tank program have been transferred to the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority. The remaining state funds ($19,990) have been eliminated.

The Agency for Removal of Hazardous Materials will continue to operate the asbestos abatement program on a limited basis with other funds. State and local governments reimburse the agency for expenses associated with providing asbestos abatement services.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE*

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$42,020,166 $41,543,571 $41,476,571

ADJUSTED BASE--$42,805,817

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($1,688,815)

($686,963)

Adjusts for non salary related personal services expenses.

($220,970)

Eliminates a total of 10 inspector positions from various state Farmers' Markets.

($200,000)

Requires Atlanta Farmers' Market wholesale tenants to pay for garbage disposal services which exceed the amount contracted for by the Atlanta Market.

($139,911)

Reduces expenses associated with the Athens and Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories.

($138,958)

Reduces expenses associated with the Poultry Veterinary Diagnostic laboratories contract.

($100,000)

Reduces veterinary fees.

($40,000)

Eliminates honey bee hive indemnities.

($32,588)

Reduces payment to the Georgia Agrirama Development Authority.

($29,359)

Abolishes bedding manufacturer and remanufacturer inspections.

($29,359)

Revises the inspection interval for convenience stores from three months to six months.

($25,000)

Privatizes Atlanta Farmers' Market groundskeeping, discontinuing groundskeeping arrangement with the Georgia Building Authority.

*Govemor Miller vetoed $250,000 in state funds from the F.Y. 1997 appropriation to the Department of Agriculture, and these funds have been deleted from the appropriation shown above. See Editor's notes for more details.

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($24,329)

Eliminates the "phony peach tree disease" program.

($21,378)

Reduces one laboratory technician position from the seed laboratory operation.

ADDITIONS--$872, I64

$350,000

Funds the Thomasville Farmers' Market relocation project with remaining funds to be used for repair and renovation projects at other Farmers' Markets statewide.

$180,000

Provides funds for the Atlanta Farmers' Market regular garbage disposal contract.

$150,000

Replaces obsolete personal computers, monitors and printers.

$100,000

Funds the increases in Market Bulletin printing and postage.

$92,164

Reflects expenses related to operating the recently expanded portion of the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$41,989,166

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$31,000

Provides for youth research and promotion projects in poultry.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$31 ,000

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$67,000

$67,000

Funds the purchase of computers for the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

See the section on "State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund" for information about $2,000,000 in bonds that relate to the Department of Agriculture for F.Y. 1996.

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DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS

F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS

,

F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$9,318,265 $9,237,778 $9,237,778

ADJUSTED BASE--$9,342,087

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($583,227)

($412,682)

Redirects 10 positions from the Supervision Program and one position from the Corporate Program.

($129,313)

Reduces operating expenses associated with the Supervision Program.

(41,232)

Reduces personal services funds and provides for the conversion of 71 positions from classified to unclassified service.

ADDITIONS--$559,405

$559,405

Provides personal services and operating funds for the reassignment of eight positions to the Mortgage Division and three to the Administrative Program.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$9,318,265

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DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$137,198,138 $126,614,517 $126,604,705

ADJUSTED BASE--$128,953,429

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($5,264,797)

($2,432,564)

Transfers 56 positions and operating funds from Community Treatment Centers (CTCs) to Court Services.

($1,483,168)

Eliminates 21 positions in administration and support services and various operating expenses throughout the department.

($484,030)

Reduces the department's contract with jails.

($411,035)

Reduces the colleges and universities contract.

($200,000)

Reduces the Mel Blount Group Home contract.

($129,000)

Adjusts contracts at the Regional Youth Detention Centers (RYDCs). Replaces individual medical services contracts with one statewide medical services contract for the detention centers ($119,000) and reduces the food contract at the Augusta RYDC ($10,000).

($125,000)

Reduces funding for the Project Youth Build contract ($15,000), Cities in Schools ($100,000) and the department's training contract ($10,000).

ADDITIONS--$5,786,425

$2,432,564

Adds 56 positions and operating funds from CTCs to Court Services to reduce the caseload for court service workers statewide.

$1,718,891

Annualizes 36 staff and the operating cost of 299 Youth Development Campus (YDC) beds funded in the F. Y. 1996 Amended Budget. (Beds added by double bunking or expanding existing space.)

$1,314,053

Provides 42 additional staff and operating cost for the new RYDCs located in Marietta and Savannah.

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$212,656

Expands the Augusta boot camp contract to 60 beds.

$108,261

Funds equipment and furniture for the new cottages at the Milledgeville YDC.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$129,475,057

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$2,258,439

Adds 94 positions and operating cost to expand the bed capacity at the Augusta YDC by 147 beds.

$2,252,708

Provides contract funds for the Pelham Youth Development Facility and one position to monitor the facility.

$1,639,436

Funds 75 positions and operating expenses to open 100 new cottage beds at the Milledgeville YDC, Augusta YDC and Lorenzo Benn YDC.

$1,437,498

Provides funds for 55 positions and operating cost for an 80-bed boot camp at the Milledgeville YDC.

$120,000

Adds funds for three positions at the Athens Clarke County Juvenile Court.

$15,000

Provides funds for the Project Uplift contract.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$7,723,081

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$9,812

$1,441,768

Expands the bed capacity at the Milledgeville, Augusta and Lorenzo Benn YDCs by renovating and converting current space (Total 162 beds).

$919,407

Funds operating deficits in the R YDCs and YDCs due to projected population growth.

$343,609

Provides staff and operating expenses for the new R YDCs in Marietta and Savannah.

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$115,127

Transfers nine positions and related expenses from the Department of Corrections. Two of the positions are designated for the Coffee County court services area.

($687,500)

Reduces funds for the following contracts: Training ($7,500), SIMBA ($30,000), Project Youth Build ($30,000), Group Home for Girls ($70,000), Cities in Schools ($150,000), Foster Care Clothing Allowance ($100,000) and Mel Blount Group Home ($300,000).

($2,122,599)

Reduces funds for the Middle Georgia Wilderness Program due to delay in contract implementation ($1,096,290); the Augusta boot camp program due to delay in construction ofthe camp ($564,309); lapsing labor and personal services funds ($407,000); and RYDC per diem due to implementation of a physician services contract to cover all of the RYDCs ($55,000).

See the section on "State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund" for information about $6,950,000 in bonds that relate to the Department of Children and Youth Services for F.Y. 1996.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$40,635,112 $38,983,882 $34,348,807

ADWSTED BASE--$23,631,787

FUNDS TO REDlRECT--($1,394,439)

($700,000)

Reduces funding for Regional Economic Business Assistance Grants ($350,000), Local Government Efficiency Grants ($250,000) and the Local Government Development Funds grant program ($100,000).

($250,000)

Eliminates state funding for education vouchers for the National and Community Service Program.

($105,451)

Reduces contracts for Regional Planning and Development.

($104,676)

Eliminates seven positions to be assigned to store clerk, security and janitorial functions at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority.

($96,404)

Reduces state funding for the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority for operating expenses and expenses associated with Energy Program publications and the Emergency Loan Program.

($48,266)

Eliminates state funding and a position assigned to the Governor's All Star Program.

($41,317)

Eliminates a contract with the U.S. Geological Survey for a geodetic advisor.

($37,299)

Eliminates state funding and a position assigned to the data entry function for Database Management.

($11,026)

Deletes one-time funding outlays associated with start-up costs for administration of the Empowerment ZonelEnterprise Community Program.

ADDITIONS--$224,4l6

$100,400

Provides funds for a contract with the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority to manage Georgia's EXPOlt Finance Program and to assist businesses in qualifying for EXIM Bank fmancing.

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$75,750

Provides funds to contract for private security and janitorial services for the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority.

$48,266

Provides funds for the addition of a position to assist with accounting and processing functions for the Job Tax Credit Program.

TOTALREDIRECTIONLEVEL--$22,461,764

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$15,062,335

Provides state funding for Local Assistance Grants which includes funds to purchase land for economic development in Newton County ($7.1 million); funds for construction of a Warner Robins Engineering Research and Training Facility in Houston County ($3 million); funds for operation of teacher preparation programs at Clark Atlanta University ($250,000); funds for operating expenses for the Aviation Museum ($175,000) in Houston County; and for various other grants.

$2,000,000 $958,244

Provides funds in Local Assistance Grants to the Macon Bibb County Hospital Authority for a Regional Health Education Center in Macon to be operated by the Medical Center ofMiddle Georgia.
Increases state funds to the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority to fully match currently available federal funds under the HOME Housing Block Grant Program. The F. Y. 1996 appropriation of $1,856,000 and thisF.Y. 1997 increase brings the total state HOME match to $2,814,244.

$102,769

Funds two positions and initial start-up costs for operation of the Sports Hall of Fame facility in Macon.

$50,000

Provides additional funding through the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority for the Georgia Rural Water Association in Bamesville to increase total funding for the association to $130,000.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$18,173 ,348

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$4,635,075

$3,259,075

Authorizes additional state funding through Local Assistance Grants to assist six local communities with repayment of economic incentive

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loans received from the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority to ensure that companies locate or expand in Georgia.

$1,000,000

Provides state funds to the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority to replace Authority reserve funds now supporting an Economic Development Administration revolving loan fund.

$210,000 $116,000

Provides funds in Local Assistance Grants for the construction/operation of school facilities for the Johnson County School System ($150,000) and the Paulding County School System ($60,000).
Provides additional funds in Local Assistance Grants for operation of teacher preparation programs at Clark Atlanta University for total funding of $250,000.

$50,000

Provides funds in Local Assistance Grants for litigation fees for the Baldwin County Board of Education.

See the section on "State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund" for information about $1,700,000 in bonds that relate to construction cost increases for the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Authority for F.Y. 1997 and $20,000,000 in bonds for water and sewer loans for local governments provided by the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority for F. Y. 1996.

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DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

1997 APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$718,862,168 $723,538,001 $724,068,921

Under Reorganization, the Board of Pardons and Paroles was attached to the Department of Corrections for administrative purposes. The board has become an independent agency over the years but is stilI budgeted as a part of the Department of Corrections in the Appropriations Act, as reflected above. To provide budget information consistent with actual expenditures, the budgets of the two agencies are shown separately below.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

1997 APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$675,623,004 $682,543,169 $682,699,089

ADJUSTED BASE--$692, 169,690

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($38,832,966)

($10,543,961) Eliminates 296 positions in education, chaplaincy, counseling and recreation services.

($6,502,209) Replaces state funds with telephone funds in various program areas.

($5,421,349)

Reduces institutional costs by eliminating 126 non-security positions and through other cost savings measures within the institutions.

($4,012,000)

Eliminates 101 probation officer positions by limiting the State probation caseload to felony cases.

($2,529,628)

Closes Stone Mountain Probation Boot Camp and eliminates 63 positions.

($2,000,000)

Reflects the requirement that inmates make co-payments for sick calls in order to reduce unnecessary use of sick call and to require inmates to cover a portion of their own health care costs.

($1,500,000) Supplants state funds with inmate store profits to pay for store managers.

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($1,497,819) ($1,200,000)

Reduces central office costs by eliminating 31 positions and other cost savings measures including a reduction of $850,000 in motor vehicle replacements, publications and printing reductions and computer contract reductions.
Reflects the increased reimbursement for correctional officers' salaries supervising work details for local agencies and Georgia Correctional Industries.

($900,000) ($800,000)

Reduces operating expenses through the implementation of automation and other cost savings measures within care and custody to include increased recycling efforts, inventory control and purchasing changes.
Reduces costs by replacing offender hot meals with sandwich meals in all institutions.

($750,000) ($700,000) ($236,000)

Reflects savings generated through the regionalization of institutional maintenance services.
Reflects an increase in room and board charges to probationers from eight dollars to $10 per day in probation diversion centers.
Reduces or eliminates certain stafftraining programs and eliminates one training position.

($100,000)

Reduces per diem, fees and contract costs.

($95,000)

Reduces the number of random employee drug tests from 400 to 200 per month.

($45,000)

Closes Hays and Walker Correctional Institution farming operations and eliminates one position.

ADDITIONS--$5,583,540

$2,065,096

Funds the cost for food, care and custody supplies and health care services for an increased offender population.

$1,900,944

Adds 64 positions and start-up costs for housing unit expansions at Coastal Correctional Institution (192 beds) and Autry Correctional Institution (192 beds).

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$1,017,500

Increases the jail subsidy paid to counties and municipalities for housing state inmates from $15 to $20 per day.

$500,000

Provides funds to purchase personal computers required for the infrastructure upgrade and to allow employees access to existing management information systems.

$100,000

Funds an increase in court costs in order to re-examine certain litigation issues.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$658,920,264

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$9,873,750

Provides a five percent salary adjustment for the correctional officer job classes effective October 1, 1996.

$1,594,650

Increases funding to provide four months operating costs for prison bedspace expansions at Coastal and Autry Correctional Institutions (384 beds).

$3,379,815

Adds 97 positions, start-up costs and six month operating costs for the 300 bed expansion at Eastman Youth Development Facility.

$1,854,525

Provides funding for 57 positions, start-up costs and four months operating costs for the 192 bed fast track expansion at Lee Correctional Institution.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$16,702,740

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--($155,920)

($3,600,000)

Eliminates capital outlay funding for the construction of three detention centers.

$2,138,207

Increases funding to address a projected shortage in county jail subsidies.

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$1,500,000
$500,000 ($500,000) ($194,127)

Allocates funding for health care purchases resulting from the three months delay in implementing the new comprehensive health care contract.
Provides court costs to fund plaintiff's atttomeys fees required to settle issues in the Cason v. Seckinger Case during F.Y. 1996.
Reduces funding for regular operating ($250,000) and county subsidies ($250,000).
Transfers 13 positions to various state agencies and eliminates three months funding.

See the section on "State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund" for information about $8,251,521 in re-directed bonds and $10,600,000 in bonds that relate to the Department of Corrections for F.Y. 1996.

40,000

Prison Capacity Increases by 61 %

35,000

30,000

25,000

20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000
o
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Capacity for fiscal years 1997 and 1998 is based on new construction approved by the 1996 General Assembly and scheduled to open during those years.

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BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$43,239,164 $40,994,832 $41,369,832

ADJUSTED BASE--$43,239,792

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($1,650,628)

($1,327,097)

Eliminates 44 substance abuse counselor positions in order to privatize the substance abuse counseling function for offenders under the supervision of the Parole Board.

($323,531)

Reduces operating costs in the Board of Pardons and Paroles through various object class reductions and through the elimination of the Employees Assistance Program contract.

ADDITIONS--$I,OOO,OOO

$1,000,000

Provides funds to contract for substance abuse counseling services for offenders under the supervision of the Parole Board.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$42,589,164

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$650,000

Provide 600 additional units in the electronic monitoring program in the Board of Pardons and Paroles. This expands the program to a total of 1,500 monitoring units.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$650,000

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET -- ($375,000)

($400,000)

Adjusts personal services funding.

$25,000

Adds two positions and three months personal services funding transferred from the Department of Corrections, budget unit A.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$4,230,851 $4,694,610 $4,694,610

ADJUSTED BASE--$4,468,225

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($237,374)

($210,418)

Adjusts funds for major repairs and renovations for armories.

($26,956)

Reduces personal services cost.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$4,230,851

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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION*

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$4,319,518,577 $3,982,230,434 $3,883,099,793

ADJUSTED BASE--$4,052,569,470 ($3,894,923,225 state general funds, $157,646,245 lottery funds). The adjusted base amount includes $169,547,307 to provide a six percent salary increase for teachers, and a four percent salary increase for state-paid bus drivers and lunchroom workers.

STATE GENERAL FUNDS

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($243,263,559)

($181,511,027) Redirects funds for aides in grades K-3 and remedial programs.

($18,150,478) Funds non-vocational and vocational labs at 20 students per class instead of 19 students per class.

($14,511,067) Increases Local Fair Share to reflect the most recent equalized tax index.

($10,214,002) Redirects funds for clerks in grades 4-8.

($5,848,658)

Caps the percentage for funding for high school students in nonvocational labs at 30 percent of total high school students.

($3,540,743) Implements the Department ofEducation reorganization plan.

($2,989,130)

Adjusts funds in various categorical grant programs based on the most recent student counts.

($2,954,598)

Reduces regular operating expenses within the Department of Education.

*S.B. 709 transferred all functions dealing with the operation and management of the pre-kindergarten, Even Start and child care food programs from the State Board of Education to the new Office of School Readiness, effective April 15, 1996. The legislation also transferred all responsibilities for the operation and management of public library services and public libraries from the State Board of Education to the Department of Technical and Adult Education, effective July 1, 1996. Funding for both transfers will be made by Executive Order of the Governor.

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($2,468,432) Reduces funds for the Pre-School Handicapped program.

($1,075,424) Reduces funds for the Governor's Scholarship program.

ADDITIONS--$184,293,905

$177,191,264

Provides fimds to reduce the funding class size in the following QBE programs: from 20 to 15 in kindergarten, from 23 to 17 1/8 in grades 1-3, and from 20 to 15 in remedial classes.

$3,995,086

Provides increased funds for Equalization grants.

$2,757,555

Funds various categorical grants based on the most recent student counts.

$350,000

Funds expansion of the elementary foreign language program to include kindergarten.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL (state general funds)-- $3,835,953,571

ENHANCE1vfENT FUNDS

$126,450,225

Provides funds for student growth in the QBE formula ($130,450,225) and reduces grants for professional and staff development ($4,000,000).

$39,518,618

Increases the state contribution for teacher benefits by paying Medicare costs.

$31,877 ,900

Increases maintenance and operations by $25 per FTE, from $236 to $261.

$850,000

Provides funds for public libraries to access PeachNet.

$850,000

Adds 11 new alternative school sites.

$500,000

Upgrades the GENESIS Network.

$300,000

Funds the 3 O'clock After School Program.

TOTAL ENHANCE1vfENT FUNDS (state general funds)-- $200,346,743

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STATE LOTTERY FUNDS

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$64,726,684 $27,490,674
$27,104,660 $3,650,000

Funds capital outlay for fast growing systems.
Provides additional funds to enable the Pre-Kindergarten program to serve up to 58,000 four-year-olds and their families. Midterm adjustment will be made in the Amended Budget if enrollment is higher.
Provides classroom computers for all public school systems.
Purchases equipment for Applied Technology Labs at high schools.

$1,100,000

Purchases equipment to support Alternative School programs for disruptive students.

$1,000,000

Provides tuition funds for the Postsecondary Options program.

$500,000

Provides funds for assistive technology grants to public libraries and public schools.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS (lotteryfunds)-- $125,572,018 AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$99,130,641

$77,586,216

Provides funds for the Midterm Adjustment based on updated FTE counts and adjusted local tax digests.

$2,284,191

Provides funds for the QBE Middle School Incentive grant to fund newly qualified school systems.

$458,417

Provides funds for technology center operations ($350,000), for architect's fees ($50,000), to properly match federal funds ($27,000), for increased administrative hearings costs in the Professional Practices Commission ($25,000), and for rehabilitation services ($6,417).

$432,918

Provides funds for reorganization expenses ($350,000), to properly match federal funds in Special Services ($26,458), for the Alternative

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$418,000
$291,120
$266,403 $190,000 $80,131 $10,000

School and Elementary Foreign Language programs ($25,925), for security services at the Georgia School for the Deaf ($23,035), and for weekend food services at the Georgia Academy for the Blind ($7,500).
Provides funds to begin GENESIS software conversion ($400,000) and additional funding for computer charges for the Alternative Schools and Elementary Foreign Language programs ($18,000).
Provides travel funds for the School Improvement staff ($250,000) and for the Alternative School and Elementary Foreign Language programs ($21,000) and properly matches federal funds ($20,120).
Provides funds for Migrant Education.
Provides funds to renovate FFA1FHA facilities at Lake Jackson.
Provides funds for Special Education Low-Incidence grants.
Provides additional funds for telecommunications charges.

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($73,578)

Reduces funds for computer charges ($60,200) and equipment ($13,378) to properly match federal funds.

($97,960) ($259,350)

Reduces Per Diem, Fees and Contracts. Reduces funds for the Young Farmer Program.

Growth in K-12 FTE Count
(In Millions)
1.31

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996 1997 projected

Fiscal Year

($300,000) ($450,000) ($688,917) ($936,950) ($1,060,000)

Reduces funds for the School Lunch Program. Reduces Pupil Transportation Grant. Reduces funds for departmental personal services. Reduces Teacher Salary Adjustment. Adjusts Pay for Performance grant.

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LOTTERY FUNDS

$22,030,000

Provides additional funds for the Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Program for four-year-olds.

($1,050,000)

Adjusts Special Needs Capital Outlay for the Pre-Kindergarten Program.

See the section on "State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund" for information about $104,885,000 in bonds that relate to the State Board of Education for F.Y. 1996.

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STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$35,443,370 $36,458,648 $36,533,648

ADJUSTED BASE--$36,508,026

FUNDS TO REDIRECT-- ($1,314,656)

($438,872)

Eliminates 16 of the 22 fire tower positions.

($460,251)

Reduces tempormy help ($402,997) and regular operating expenses ($57,254).

($227,728)

Delays the replacement of two fire suppression units.

($100,000)

Delays the replacement and networking of 23 personal computers.

($70,105)

Eliminates vacant forester positions in the Field Services Division ($39,937) and in the General Administration Division ($30,168).

($16,200)

Cancels personal computer maintenance contracts.

($1,500)

Reduces funding to the Southern Forest World by five percent.

ADDITIONS--$250,000

$250,000

Funds computer software, computer hardware and contracts for development of the commission's Geographic Information System to help fight fires and manage Georgia's forests..

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$35,443,370

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--($75,000)

($75,000)

Decreases state matching funds for the Georgia Community Tree Planting Program.

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GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y.1996AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$46,619,323 $46,667,108 $46,352,276

ADJUSTED BASE--$47,171,847

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($1,674,190)

($709,488)

Redirects savings from using multi-jurisdictional task forces in lieu of the Local Violator Squad.

($558,046)

Adjusts the number of part-time positions from 18 to 14 for the Instant Gun Check program ($355,000) and reduces operating expenses in the Georgia Crime Information Center ($203,246).

($352,959)

Reduces operating expenses and funds for the purchase of laboratory equipment for the Forensic Sciences Division.

($53,697)

Removes the GBI from the Bingo regulation code, eliminating one position.

ADDITIONS--$950,666

$431,000

Provides eight special agents and related expenses to increase the number of child abuse specialists statewide from seven to 15, one for each regional office.

$174,251

Adds six positions to staff the branch laboratory in Chattooga County.

$162,895

Provides for real estate rentals ($80,375) and operating expenses ($82,520) for the Investigative Division.

$132,520

Funds the 1-800 telephone system for the Instant Gun Check program.

$50,000

Allows for the purchase of supplies for the Forensic Sciences Laboratory.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$46,448,323

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ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$171,000

Adds two scientists, one lab technician and related expenses to reduce the workload in the Forensic Sciences Division.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$171 ,000

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$314,832

$314,832

Increases state matching funds for the State Health Care Fraud Control Unit to a 75/25 federal/state match.

In addition to the state appropriations listed above, the Bureau is authorized to use Asset Sharing funds for construction of regional facilities in Bulloch and Rockdale counties.

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GEORGIA STATE FINANCING AND INVESTMENT COMMISSION

F.Y. 1997 AGENCY FUND APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED AGENCY FUND APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL AGENCY FUND APPROPRIATIONS

$1,896,300 $1,946,995 $1,946,995

ADmSTED BASE--$1 ,946,995

FUNDS TO ADmST-- ($66,963)

($66,963)

Provides for decreases in costs of ongoing programs.

ADDITIONS--$16,268

$16,268

Provides for basic increases inRegular Operating Expenses.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$l ,896,300

The Commission's annual operating budget is funded from income generated through its finance and investment services and is based on recommendations in the Governor's Budget Report to the General Assembly.

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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$31,288,257 $34,574,963 $32,046,663

ADJUSTED BASE--$31,461,674

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($1,623,607)

($517,344)

Eliminates six positions and reduces contract funds for the Professional Standards Commission.

($326,887)

Reduces the Governor's Emergency Fund by $150,000 and Cost of Operations by $176,887.

($226,178)

Reduces operating expenses for the Office of Consumer Affairs.

($225,000)

Reduces funding in the Office of Planning and Budget for the following: Museum/Library planning ($100,000), Advisory Commission on Science and Technology ($50,000), Governor's Development Council ($50,000) and the Geographic Information System ($25,000).

($126,560)

Deletes eight and one-half months funding for the operations of the Office of State Olympic Coordination.

($81,289)

Eliminates the Radiological Instrument Maintenance Calibration Program and reduces operating expenses in the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.

($42,292)

Reduces funding for travel, operating expenses and personal services for the Commission on Equal Opportunity.

($31,735)

Reduces funding for operating expenses for the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.

($27,651)

Reduces expenditures in common object classes for the Children and Youth Coordinating Council.

($16,171)

Adjusts contract funds and computer charges for the Human Relations Commission.

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($2,500)

Reduces funding in the Georgia Council for the Arts for the Historic Chattahoochee Commission from $50,000 to $47,500.

ADDITIONS--$1 ,250, 190

$1,150,000

Increases the Governor's Emergency Funds to $4,000,000.

$74,260

Provides for additional personal services funding for the Office of Consumer Affairs.

$25,930

Increases the Humanities Grant from $130,500 to $150,000 in the Georgia Council for the Arts.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$3l ,088,257

ENHANCEMENTS FUNDS

$200,000

Provides funding for one position and operating expenses for the Governor's Commission for the Privatization of Government Services.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$200,000

The FY 1997 budget includes an Emergency Fund of $4,000,000; $3,432,344 to operate the Governor's personal office; and $7,590,762 to operate the Office of Planning and Budget. Included in the total appropriations for the Office of the Governor are funds for 11 attached activities. These are the Commission on Equal Opportunity ($823,413), Georgia Council for the Arts ($4,420,782), Office of Consumer Affairs ($3,251,629), Council on Vocational Education ($89,000), Criminal Justice Coordinating Council ($421,827), Children and Youth Coordinating Council ($531,223), Human Relations Commission ($313,156), Professional Standards Commission ($4,389,399), Georgia Emergency Management Agency ($1,182,434), Governor's Commission for the Privatization of Government Services ($200,000) and Office of State Olympic Coordination ($94,895).

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$2,528,300

$2,932,000

Increases the Governor's Emergency Funds for the following: Georgia Olympic Training Alliance ($400,000), Law Department reimbursements ($372,000), Governmental assistance

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($200,000)
($150,000) ($53,700)

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
reimbursements ($372,000), 25 percent match for Hurricane Opal ($2,000,000), land purchase in Newton County Development Authority ($75,000).
Reduces funding in the Office of Planning and Budget for the Geographic Information System ($100,000), and eliminates planning funds for the State Museum and Library ($100,000).
Reduces funding for State Art Grants to $3,850,000.
Eliminates one position and related operating expenses for the Elderly Abuse Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$1,229,161,668 $1,211,399,230 $1,227,137,193

ADJUSTED BASE--$l ,268,559,691 FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($66,451,733)

($14,125,089)

Provides group therapy in lieu of individual therapy where appropriate and increases the Medicaid reimbursement cap for outpatient mental health services from the 50th percentile to the 80th percentile.

($12,487,618)

Reflects a 6.5 percent decline in the number of AFDC recipients and a decline in the cost per case due to increased work activities and child support collections. (Total funds -- $32,494,452.)

($5,000,000)

Collects foster care per diem from custodial parents through court ordered child support.

($3,994,765) Reduces or eliminates funding for various contracts.

($3,433,436) Reassigns 140 stafffrom eligibility determination to Work First.

($2,408,300)

Converts state funded community placements for mentally retarded individuals to Medicaid slots under the Home and Community-Based Services waiver.

($2,190,884) Closes the tuberculosis unit at Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital.

($2,100,000)

Closes 50 percent of the short-term children and adolescent hospital beds.

($2,000,000)

Reduces the workers' compensation premium for staff employed through the Community Services Boards.

($1,875,000)

Reflects savings due to the privatization of the Veterans Nursing Home at Central State hospital.

($1,819,376) Freezes hospital budgets at current average client load levels.

($1,658,877)

Reduces funding for Troubled Children Benefits based on the most current projections and eliminates funding for incidentals.

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($1,479,315)
($1,288,300) ($1,125,413) ($1,026,200)

Closes the substance abuse detoxification unit at the Georgia Mental Health Institute.
Reduces the extended care unit at Central State Hospital by 50 beds.
Adjusts for surplus funding in the immunization program.
Closes River's Crossing by transferring 37 mentally retarded clients to community placements.

($852,011)
($800,000) ($753,320) ($750,000) ($650,966)

Reduces the average client load at Georgia Regional Hospital in Atlanta by 24 due to the success of the ACCESS program in reducing repeat hospital admissions.
Supplants state funds with increased federal funds for public health.
Discontinues funding for two social service information systems.
Reduces nonrecurring funding for Family Connection sites.
Reduces funding in various administrative functions.

($390,000) ($385,176) ($373,139)

Eliminates 12 positions at Georgia Regional Hospital in Atlanta and redirects funding to a pilot managed care program in Clayton County.
Eliminates funding for the Kidney Dialysis program and reduces funding for the Stroke and Heart Attack Prevention Program.
Transfers 21 clients from the mental retardation unit at Southwestern State Hospital in Bainbridge to community placements under the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waiver program.

($325,858)

Discontinues the state rate supplement for mental retardation lawsuit clients.

($300,000)

Closes the medical unit at the Atlanta Rehabilitation Center.

($300,000)

Adjusts the assessment for non-AFDC child support cases from $1 to $25.

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
AFDC INDIVIDUAL ENROLLMENT GROWTH
400,000 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000
50,000 0 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97

($263,896) ($249,545) ($200,350) ($200,000) ($195,708) ($154,100) ($152,919) ($150,000)
($139,904)

Reduces funding for perinatal services. Reduces funding for the DFCS field management function. Reduces medical benefits for indigent cancer patients. Reduces funding for early intervention services. Reduces various objects in public health. Decreases funding for postage due to the decline in AFDC. Reduces funding for the Genetics program. Assesses private health care providers for HIV screenings done by the state laboratory. Eliminates one audit position and reduces funding for training in the Office Of Aging.

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($111,150)

Eliminates three positions in health care regulation.

($107,345)

Eliminates the program for vocational training in automobile repair at the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.

($102,156)

Supplants state funds with federal funds for the inspection of mammography facilities.

($100,000) ($92,448)

Eliminates three positions in the mail distribution ofAFDC checks.
Eliminates one coordinator position for services for the deaf and supplants state funds with federal funds for independent living.

($91,359)

Eliminates funding for the Silver-Haired Legislature. (See Office of Secretary of State)

($86,522)

Reduces funding for the State Health Planning Agency.

($83,242) ($58,046)

Eliminates the administrative supply function. Reduces funding for sheltered employment.

($20,000)

Eliminates the licensure requirement for domestic violence shelters.

ADDITIONS--$26,407,790

$5,790,839

Provides day care for 3,228 children of the working poor ($3,082,511) and for 3,792 children of Work First participants ($2,708,328).

$3,942,454

Expands community-based services for severely emotionally disturbed children in the Baldwin ($342,060), Bulloch ($176,136), Clarke ($787,693), Emanuel ($281,444), Fulton ($326,575), Laurens ($457,640), Spalding ($397,565), Sumter ($422,897), Walker ($340,384) and Whitfield ($410,060) County service areas. State funds of $383,818 are also included in the Department of Medical Assistance for these services.

$3,450,606

Expands the Work First initiative by providing 140 caseworkers to penormjob development and placement ($2,598,211), developing a curriculum and training eligibility staff ($702,395), and providing parenting classes for fathers ($150,000).

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$1,600,000

Adds 461 slots under the Community Care for the Elderly Program ($800,000) and serves 417 additional low income elderly who are not eligible for Medicaid ($800,000).

$1,500,000

Provides funding to counties for the purchase of medical care for individuals with tuberculosis.

$1,300,190

Expands community-based services for the chronically mentally ill in the Baldwin ($212,066), Glynn ($387,060), Lowndes ($247,697), Troup ($247,740), and Ware County ($205,627) service areas. State funds of $55,192 are also included in the Department of Medical Assistance for these services.

$1,279,315

Increases medical detoxification services in the community for clients previously served at the Georgia Mental Health Institute.

$1,185,410

Expands community-based services for approximately 54 mentally retarded clients, including 40 slots in BUD-financed homes in DeKalb, Houston, Irwin, Laurens, Tift and Turner Counties.

$1,122,053

Funds adoption supplements for 483 additional families.

$950,033

Transfers 37 mentally retarded clients from River's Crossing in Athens to community placements.

$852,011

Provides :fimding for the ACCESS project to reduce multiple hospital admissions.

$550,000

Purchases laboratory equipment for the new public health lab.

$532,430

Enhances adoption services by establishing a statewide system of Adoption Intake Coordinators ($219,752) and contracting with private agencies for recruitment and training ($312,678).

$451,186

Provides funding for the projected increase in the workers' compensation premium for county board of health employees.

$390,000

Funds crisis services for mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse clients in Clayton County.

$375,000

Provides first year funding for 15 new Family Connection sites.

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$334,484

Increases funding for substance abuse services including Women's Place in Bulloch County, Covenant Community in Fulton County and pregnant and postpartum intensive outpatient services.

$245,322

Funds projected cost increases for the STARS computer system, legal fees and rent costs for Child Support Enforcement.

$202,515

Adds 10 positions to conduct fraud and abuse investigations of applicants for AFDC.

$100,734

Increases case services funding to cover the estimated roll growth for rehabilitation clients in employment programs.

$90,412

Provides training for foster parents caring for children with physical and mental problems and licenses two Model Approach to Positive Parenting trainers.

$75,103

Covers an increase in the unemployment insurance premium.

$50,000

Provides rehabilitation services for blind senior citizens.

$35,000 $2,693

Provides funding for Motherhood and Beyond.
Funds a 1-800 telephone service for the Developmental Disabilities Council.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$1 ,228,515,748

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$200,000

Provides funding for the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Team at Egleston Hospital.

$106,600

Renovates a facility at Gracewood State School and Hospital for the purpose of housing a medium security forensic unit.

$76,300

Provides funding for the Community of Care for troubled children.

$76,300

Provides funding for Children 1st.

$66,720

Provides funding for People Making Progress, Inc. for supported employment.

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$40,000

Supports the Scottdale Child Development Center, Inc.

$40,000

Supports the Cobb County Children's Center (Open Gate).

$30,000

Provides additional funding for the Augusta Mini Theater.

$10,000

Provides funding for the Savannah Family Connection site.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$645,920

In addition to the state appropriations noted above, the department is authorized to use existing resources to fund the clothing allowance increase for foster care and to relocate DFCS offices in Appling, Coffee, Dougherty, Houston and Meriwether Counties.

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--($15,737,963)

($30,000)

Reduces funding for the Georgia Advocacy Office.

($30,000)

Reduces funding for the SHARE (Speech, Hearing and Rehabilitation Enterprises) program of coastal Georgia.

($177,000)

Delays implementation of the rate increase for respite care in the Alzheimer's program.

($350,179)

Transfers state funds to the Department of Medical Assistance in order to move 21 mentally retarded clients from the Bainbridge campus of Southwestern State Hospital to the community under the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waiver program.

($428,690)

Reduces funding for the following public health programs: AIDS core staff ($210,575), Healthy Farmer's Program ($49,365), Gwinnett Rape Crisis ($18,750), and family planning services associated with welfare reform initiatives ($150,000).

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($682,767)

Reduces funding for the following mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse programs: crisis intervention for the chronically mentally ill in Ware County ($153,513); crisis group homes for th~ chronically mentally ill in Bulloch,Troup and Baldwin Counties ($98,491); psychotropic medications ($37,500); additional services for the mentally iII in Lowndes County ($22,798); substance abuse treatment for women ($67,188); supported employment ($125,000); MR independent living program ($100,000); MR center in Walker County ($17,500); Prader-Willi Syndrome ($22,500); the Cofer Home ($5,000); and the urban drug court ($33,277).

($701,134)

Reduces funding for the following family and children services: clothing allowance for foster care children ($417,384), shelters for battered women ($150,000), Harbor House ($43,750), Court Appointed Special Advocates ($30,000), and funding for various DFCS offices ($60,000).

($938,193)

Transfers state funds to the Department of Medical Assistance to convert state-funded community placements for the mentally retarded to Medicaid waiver slots.

($1,600,000)

Reduces personal services in state mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse institutions.

($10,800,000)

Adjusts AFDC benefits due to a decline in the number of recipients, reduced costs per case, increased child support coIlections and work activities. (Total funds -- $28,103,044.)

See the section on "State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund" for information about $8,415,000 in bonds that relate to the Department of Human Resources for F. Y. 1996.

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, TRADE AND TOURISM

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS
ADWSTED BASE--$21,323,482
FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($930,443)

$20,841,481 $28,367,568 $25,876,096

($559,316) ($206,090) ($60,000)
($43,095) ($32,000) ($29,942)

Reduces departmental marketing funds for vanous items not associated with "Georgia Global Now".
Reduces contracts in tourism, trade and economic development.
Eliminates one position and reduces printing and publications and operating expenses associated with publication of the Manufacturing Directory.
Eliminates the Foreign Office Reserve for Brussels and Tokyo.
Eliminates one position associated with the Georgia Olympic Training Alliance.
Eliminates one position in warehouse administration.

ADDITIONS--$75,000

$75,000

Adds one position and computer expenses to more effectively coordinate and utilize the department's computer technology for marketing and database management.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$20,468,039

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$363,442 $10,000

Provides funds to extend visitor information hours and services for the state's visitor centers during the Olympic Games.
Provides funds to assist welcome centers in the City of Byron and Fannin County.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$373,442

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In addition to funds appropriated for operations, H.B. 1265 authorizes the use of existing "Georgia Global Now" funds for ads in Olympic ticket confmnation mailouts ($105,000); Olympic Special Events Promotions at the state visitor centers ($92,000); the coordinated German Market Program ($75,385); and expansion of the Trade Division's Big Emerging Markets initiative ($95,000).

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$2,491,472

$2,500,000

Provides funds for the Georgia World Congress Center to payoff a loan made in connection with the construction of the Georgia Dome. This will allow the Congress Center to commit one-quarter of a cent of its HotellMotel tax proceeds, currently committed to the Georgia Dome debt, to fund the operation of the Centennial Olympic Park.

$85,472

Provides funds to the state's visitor information centers for expenses associated with increased hours of operation before the Olympics.

$31,000

Adds funds to offset loss of buying power in the Tokyo and Brussels offices due to currency fluctuations.

($125,000)

Reduces funding for department operations.

See the section on "State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund" for information about $3,500,000 in bonds that relate to the Georgia World Congress Center and $400,000 in bonds that relate to the Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism for F.Y. 1997 and $20,550,000 in bonds that relate to the Georgia Ports Authority and $1,835,000 in bonds that relate to the Department ofIndustry, Trade and Tourism.for F.Y. 1996.

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OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS. " F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$15,205,413 $15,788,518 $15,756,518

ADJUSTED BASE--$15,920,606

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($799,316)

($665,511)

Eliminates 17 positions within the Internal Administration (eight positions), Insurance Regulation (three positions), Industrial Loan Regulation (one position) and Fire Safety & Manufactured Housing Regulation (five positions) divisions.

($133,805)

Reflects decreases in operating expenses and purchases.

ADDITIONS--$84,123

$84,123

Adds one attorney and one administrative clerk to handle the department's rulemaking responsibilities.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$15,205,413

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$32,000

$32,000

Funds the purchase of two specially equipped vans for transporting the department's two arson canines.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$19,628,869 $17,942,762 $17,942,762

ADWSTED BASE--$19,643,775

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($24,906)

($21,656)

Reduces funding for the 10 approved child labor positions for the Child Labor Inspection Program.

($3,250)

Reduces state funding for the Georgia Commission on Women.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$19,618,869

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$10,000

Provides funds for the expansion of the Jobs for Georgia Graduates Program.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$lO,OOO

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DEPARTMENT OF LAW

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$12,521,718 $12,248,879 $12,248,879

ADJUSTED BASE--$12,521,718

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($276,485)

($236,735)

Provides for an adjustment to personal services funding.

($39,750)

Reduces real estate rental costs by delaying the lease of non-state owned property.

ADDITIONS--$276,485

$226,485

Funds increased real estate rental costs to provide for additional state owned office space.

$50,000

Increases regular operating expenses to provide for increased access to the Lexis and Westlaw legal research systems.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$12,521,718

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

The department is authorized to use agency funds to acquire consultant services to assist the department in the transition from a minicomputer environment to LAN based technology.

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F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

, $1,311,742,066 $1,339,539,526 $1,348,831,154

ADWSTED BASE--$1,352,023,363

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($114,499,275)

($69,969,173)

Reduces Medicaid Benefits to reflect changes in reimbursement methodologies: inpatient hospital ($25,043,320), nursing homes ($23,353,280), and physicians ($21,572,573). (Total funds -$182,069,147.)

($17,438,140)

Expands managed care initiatives to include a pilot project using HMOs in the metro Atlanta area and 51 additional Georgia Better Health Care (GBHC) counties. (Total funds -- $45,376,373.)

($11,523,000) Reflects savings from the implementation of a streamlined formulary and negotiated drug rebates. (Total funds -- $29,984,387.)

($9,325,948)

Implements program policy and reimbursement changes to control inappropriate utilization of Medicaid services. (Total funds -$24,267,364. )

($4,815,462)

Adjusts pharmacy program policy and dispensing fee. (Total funds -$12,530,476.)

($1,427,552)

Streamlines service and administrative procedures. (Total funds-$3,714,681.)

ADDITIONS--$50,000,000

$50,000,000

Provides funding for anticipated growth in Medicaid Benefits. (Total funds -- $130,106,687.)

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$1 ,287,524,088

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$10,000,000

Establishes community-based programs as alternatives to institutional placements. (Total funds -- $26,021,337.)

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$8,722,078

Increases reimbursement rates for nursing home facilities. (Total funds -- $22,696,013.)

$3,560,861

Reimburses providers ofcommunity outpatient mental health services up to the 80th percentile rather than the current 50th percentile. (Total funds -- $9,253,797.)

$996,029

Expands community-based services for mentally-retarded clients, including placements for 21 clients transferred from the mental retardation unit at Southwestern State Hospital in Bainbridge. (Total funds -- $2,588,433.)

$500,000

Provides additional funding for computer charges. (Total funds -$2,000,000.)

$439,010

Develops community-based services for severely emotionally disturbed children ($383,818) and the chronically mentally ill ($55,192). (Total funds -- $1,140,878.)

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$24,217,978

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--($9,291,628)

$1,288,372

Transfers funds from the Department of Human Resources to expand community-based services for the mentally retarded. (Total funds-$3,352,516.)

($580,000)

Reduces Medicaid Benefits to reflect April 1, 1996 implementation: dental rate increase ($311,250), Independent Care Waiver program expansion ($250,000), and podiatry service expansion ($18,750). (Total funds -- $1,509,238.)

($10,000,000) Reduces F.Y. 1996 Medicaid Benefits to reflect revised benefit projections. (Total funds -- $26,274,304.)

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MERIT SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

F.Y. 1997 APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED APPROPRIAJIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL APPROPRIATIONS

$1,099,766,134 $1,032,760,644 $1,032,760,644

ADJUSTED BASE--$I, 117,190,159

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($20,558,874)

($19,958,976)

Reflects projected State Health Benefit Plan cost savings through the following actions: adopting a new physician reimbursement schedule ($2,535,765); rebidding the HMO contract ($7,262,371); including three major diagnostic laboratories in the State Health Benefit Plan's Prudent Buyer Program ($1,000,840); adopting a new laboratory reimbursement schedule ($4,860,000); collecting hospital overpayments ($300,000); and implementing the Chronic Disease Management Program ($4,000,000).

($599,898)

Eliminates 13 positions.

ADDITIONS--$3,134,849

$2,191,202

Reflects inclusion of Macon and Savannah areas into the HMO contract.

$488,405

Funds the Chronic Disease Management Program contract.

$385,622

Adds eight positions to implement and administer the GeorgiaGain personnel performance and compensation system.

$69,620

Adds two positions to oversee delegation to agencies of applicant review and rating responsibilities for certain classes of positions. These two positions will coordinate outplacement and counseling services to agencies.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$1,099,766,134

The Merit System normally does not receive any state funds, but has an authorized spending level set by the Appropriations Act from income generated through merit assessments from other state agencies, from employer/employee health insurance contributions and from deferred compensation investments.

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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y.1996AMENDEDSTATEAPPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS
ADJUSTED BASE--$95,616,505
FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($3,939,430)

$97,990,864 $93,912,593 $92,712,593

($700,000) ($300,000) ($259,135)
($229,834)

Reduces state funds by increasing park revenue due to expected growth from the implementation of the new reservation system.
Replaces state funds with federal and other funds for real estate rentals associated with the environmental laboratories.
Eliminates four positions in the Environmental Protection Division's (EPD) Water Resources Branch involved in the review of engineering plans and permit applications for the construction and expansion of municipal and industrial water pollution control facilities.
Replaces state funds used by the Special Environmental Investigation Unit with other funds.

($221,179) ($183,637)
($175,000)

Removes three positions in EPD's Geologic Survey Branch associated with the surface mining and the industrial solid waste programs.
Closes the Muskhogean Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Telfair County and the Treat Mountain WMA in Haralson and Polk Counties and reduces the amount of land leased by the state at the Rayonier WMA in Wayne and Brantley Counties.
Reduces state funding for the hunter safety program to the required 25 percent state match. State funds will be replaced with federal funds and the program will continue to operate at the present level of service.

($162,536)

Eliminates two positions in EPD's Geologic Survey Branch and discontinues intensive recharge area mapping, cartography and editing of technical publications.

($134,000)

Deletes state funds for various expenses in the Pollution Prevention Assistance Division.

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($115,317)

Eliminates the biologist position and related expenses for administering Wildlife Resources' Statewide Wildlife Trails and Backyard Habitat program.

($107,000)

Reduces state funding in EPD by increasing federal Safe Drinking Water funds by $50,000 and Air Permit Fees by $57,000.

($104,692)

Eliminates three positions in EPD's Asbestos program responsible for the licensing and certification of asbestos contractors.

($98,999)

Eliminates two positions in EPD's Water Resources Branch responsible for the review of engineering plans and permit applications for the construction and expansion of public water supply systems.

($94,000)

Limits utility costs paid by the state for staff housing of Wildlife Resources and Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites employees.

($81,009)

Eliminates the Performance Audit Unit removing one position.

($80,000) ($80,000)

Removes two regional interpretive naturalists positions and related expenses in Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites.
Discontinues Coastal Resources' Shellfish Resource Management program and eliminates one position and related expenses.

($79,895)

Reduces state funding for the Georgia State Games Commission ($79,545) and the Georgia Boxing Commission ($350).

($72,600)

Cuts funding for new and replacement radios.

($65,555)

Consolidates the Walton Law Enforcement District with the Thomson Law Enforcement District and eliminates one position.

($60,000)

Removes historic reports assistance contract funds in Historic Preservation.

($55,000)

Eliminates the graphic artist position and related expenses in Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites.

($50,000)

Discontinues in-house repair and maintenance of historic markers and eliminates one position.

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($49,177)

Reduces the cost associated with the issuance of boat registration cards/decals and hunting and fishing licenses.

($47,750) ($46,539)

Discontinues Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon research in coastal Georgia.
Converts one position and a portion of the operating expenses in Wildlife Resources' Georgia Natural Heritage program from state to federal funds.

($43,500) ($43,203)

Eliminates one position in Coastal Resources which is no longer needed due to the sale of the research vessel Cobia.
Removes one position in the Financial Audits Unit.

($40,000)

Eliminates one position and related expenses involved with grants administration in Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites.

($30,000)

Closes the Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites' maintenance and construction office at Sweetwater Creek Conservation Park in Douglas County and eliminates one position and related expenses.

($25,000)

Removes state funds and $25,000 in federal funds for the State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.

($21,073)

Deletes state funding ofthe educational efforts of Wildlife Resources' Nongame-Endangered Wildlife Program.

($20,000)

Reduces printing costs by redesigning the way boat registration cards/decals are printed and by computerizing commercial licenses.

($20,000)

Eliminates state funds for health screening for all sworn officers in Wildlife Resources' Law Enforcement Branch.

($13,500)

Reduces funding ofthe Georgia Heritage 2000 Grants program to the $256,500 level.

($11,250)

Decreases funds for the Land Acquisition Support Unit.

($10,300)

Reduces the annual payment to the Institute of Community and Area Development at the University of Georgia ($5,300) and the contract payment for the Paralympic Games ($5,000).

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($8,750)

Supplants state funds associated with Coastal Resources' offshore artificial reef buoy maintenance with federal funds.

ADDITIONS--$2,413,000

$800,000

Provides additional funding for the Paralympic Games for a total F. Y. 1997 funding level of $895,000.

$350,000

Adds two positions and related expenses to EPD's Water Resources Branch to provide a more comprehensive water resource management program ($152,300), state funds to match a like amount in federal funds for monitoring wells in Chatham County ($147,581) and contract funds for technical review of planning documents related to "water wars" ($50,199).

$300,000

Allocates funds for labor and operating expenses to operate the new facilities being developed at Lake Richard B. Russell State Park in Elbert County. This includes $150,000 in one-time start-up costs.

$239,000

Increases hourly wages for day laborers throughout the department.

$225,000

Adds six position and related expenses to operate the new 18-hole golf course at George 1. Bagby State Park in Clay County.

$211,000

Provides additional funds to cover increased operating costs in the Park, Recreation and Historic Sites Division due to increased occupancy.

$138,000 $100,000

Provides funding to update the boat registration computer system.
Funds two positions and related costs for direct habitat management and law enforcement at Big Hammock WMA in Tattnall County, Griffin Ridge WMA in Long County, Richmond Hill WMA in Bryan and Chatham Counties, and Wilson Shoals WMA in Burke County. Of the $100,000 added, $80,240 is from the net increase in funds from the 1987 license fee increase. The department is also directed to use $81,813 from the sale of the new Sportman license plate for management of these WMAs.

$50,000

Adds one position and related expenses to manage the flathead catfish population in the Altamaha River system.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$94,090,075

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ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$2,900,000

Directs that state fimds collected from Chattahoochee River pollution fines be used for water quality study grants, and pollution damage reduction capital improvement grants in the Chattahoochee River Basin.

$1,516,412

Provides additional funding for the Solid Waste Trust Fund for total funding of $6,792,756 to implement a scrap tire cleanup and regulatory program.

$252,000

Adds funds for EPD to contract for economic analysis of various environmental policies.

$125,000

Provides funding for off-shore reef development and boat ramp and dock improvements along the Georgia coast for better access to coastal waterways.

$100,000

Provides funds for the reactivation of the Jeff Davis Park in Irwin County as a state facility.

$50,000

Includes funding toward the implementation of Phase II of the Little White House Pools and Springs project in Meriwether County. It is estimated that $200,000 in total funds will be required to complete this project.

$50,000

Adds fimds for the construction of a walk-in lodge at Amicalola Falls State Park in Dawson County. It is estimated that an additional $300,000 to $400,000 in total fimds will be required to complete this project.

$40,000

Adds funds for cabin construction at General Coffee State Park in Coffee County.

$25,000

Adds funds for Wildlife Resources to implement a quick response system to handle the problem of bears that destroy beeyards.

$25,000

Provides funds to purchase land for Victoria Bryant State Park in Franklin County.

$25,000

Provides funds for parking lot and boat dock construction and renovation at Elijah Clark State Park in Lincoln County.

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$19,140 $5,000 ($1,231,763)

Adds funds for repairs and maintenance at Sweetwater Creek Conservation Park in Douglas County.
Provides funds to construct a flag pole and purchase supplies for the United Keetoowah Band ofIndians.
Reduces funding for the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund (HWTF) for total funding of $10,280,472 to finance the cleanup of hazardous waste sites not covered under federal laws. The decrease in the HWTF is due to the Chattahoochee River pollution fmes being directed for other uses.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$3,900,789
In addition to funds appropriated for operations, HB. 1265 directs the department to conduct a feasibility study using existing funds to develop a state park/wilderness area along the Ocmulgee River.

The High Falls State Park in Monroe County that has been rebuilt after being virtually destroyed during the 1995 floods.
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AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$1,200,000

$1,400,000

Provides additional funding for the Paralympic Games for a total F. Y. 1996 funding level of $1 ,500,000.

$225,000

Increases funding for additional Recreation Grants for a total $1,025,000 to local governments to assist them with the acquisition, development and maintenance ofpublic recreation areas and facilities.

$100,000

Adds funds for marketing and advertising the state's outstanding parks and historic sites to the residents of Georgia.

($25,000)

Eliminates funding for a feasibility study into the planning and development of a park for Fannin County. This study was completed in F. Y. 1995 using existing department funds.

($500,000)

Removes state funds and replaces with other funds received by the department for reimbursement of expenses associated with the Flood of 1994.

See the section on "State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund" for information about $15,000,000 in bonds that relate to the Columbus Performing Arts Center in Muscogee County, $9,090,000 in bonds that relate to the Department of Natural Resources and $2,045,000 in bonds that relate to the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority for F. Y. 1996.

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$117,313,223 $116,369,301 $117,369,301

ADJUSTED BASE--$117,659,066

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($1,893,343)

($573,097)

Streamlines the operations of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, and reduces 14 positions and nine vehicles.

($470,000)

Reduces 16 ticket coding data entry positions and replaces them with contract employees.

($302,013)

Eliminates 16 contract housekeeping and food service positions at the Public Safety Training Center and reflects savings in operating costs.

($228,117)

Transfers the emissions program to the Department of Natural Resources and reassigns 11 trooper positions to highway safety enforcement duties. The transfer eliminates four clerical positions.

($201,536)

Reduces the department's operating costs and equipment purchases to offset additions.

($55,433)

Reduces contract funds used for firefighter certification and reduces per diem in the Fire Academy. Legislation transferred these duties to the Firefighter Standards and Training Council.

($63,147)

Reduces funds in various object classes in the attached agencies.

ADDITIONS--$l ,547,500

$510,000

Reassigns 29 trooper positions to highway safety enforcement duties and provides for the Safety Education program to be conducted through a contract.

$470,000

Funds a contract for 16 data entry employees ($300,000) and outsources the processing of accident reports ($170,000).

$267,500

Provides additional funds for the Peace Officers Training Grant for four weeks of basic mandated training and compensation for newly elected sheriffs.

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$157,500

Adds nine vans and reassign examiners to create nine travel teams to issue licenses in counties without permanent drivers' license facilities.

$142,500

Purchases 40 video cameras for troopers' vehicles.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$117,313,223

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--($I,OOO,OOO)

($1,000,000) Eliminates 25 trooper positions and related operating costs.

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

" $8,487,316 $8,707,763
" $8,757,763

ADJUSTED BASE--$8,802,618

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($415,302)

($282,285)

Reduces per diem, fees and contracts ($230,492), out-of-state travel ($27,762), real estate rentals ($19,631) and equipment purchases ($4,400).

($133,017)

Eliminates the DOAS computer maintenance contract ($68,214) and reduces DOAS technical computer support ($64,803).

ADDITIONS--$100,000

$50,000

Provides funds for computer training for the 140 Commission staff positions.

$50,000

Adds funds for new computer equipment and telephone data lines.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$8,487,316

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--($50,000)

($50,000)

Reduces per diem, fees and contracts.

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REGENTS, UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$1,391,745,182 $1,326,197,230 $1,328,432,884

ADJUSTED BASE--$1,310,190,932 (state general funds only) The adjusted base includes $64,686,756 to provide a six percent merit salary increase to University System employees, effective July 1, 1996, for non-academic personnel and September 1, 1996, for academic personnel.

STATE GENERAL FUNDS

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($44,395,051)

(29,000,000)

Redirects funds from low priority academic programs, administrative and other support areas, and certificate programs.

($7,763,370)

Redirects special funding initiative funding from academic programs generating formula funding.

($1,585,000)

Eliminates 29 positions and operating costs ($538,900) at Talmadge Memorial Hospital.

($1,485,262)

Eliminates 28 county agents, eight state specialists and one marketing position from 12 Cooperative Extension Service educational program areas.

($1,124,281)

Eliminates 12 equivalent full-time (EFT) positions and related costs from nine productivity research projects at the Agricultural Experiment Stations.

($695,625)

Eliminates 10 EFT positions and related costs from 11 processing, marketing, rural development and environmental research projects at the Agricultural Experiment Stations.

($470,619)

Reduces funding at the Georgia Tech Research Institute and the Economic Development Institute.

($370,000)

Eliminates funding for the acquisition and production of programs for broadcast.

($365,492)

Reduces funding for the Residency Capitation Grants at the Joint Board of Family Practice.

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An artist's rendering of the new Perfonning and Visual Arts Center at the University of Georgia. The center opened in late 1995.

REGENTS, UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA

($330,751) ($314,737) ($226,950) ($104,000)
($97,355) ($74,155) ($67,920)
($67,259) ($55,500) ($53,024) ($49,450) ($32,335) ($25,630) ($18,218)

Eliminates one position and facility rental for developing educational programmmg.
Reduces personal services funding for four positions and per diem, fees and contracts in Regents' Central Office.
Reduces SREB payments by reducing the number of entering freshmen slots at each institution.
Eliminates one position at the Warner Robins office and reduces funding for the technology champion function of the Advanced Technology Development Center.
Eliminates two positions and related costs from nutrition and ratite research in the Veterinary Medicine Experiment Station.
Eliminates funding for wastewater treatment research in the Agricultural Technology Research program at Georgia Tech.
Reduces development funding for the Family Practice Residency programs at Emory and Georgia Baptist and reduces operating expenses at the Joint Board ofFamily Practice.
Reduces operating expenses at the Marine Extension Service.
Eliminates one position and equipment funding at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography.
Reduces personal services funding at the Center for Rehabilitation Technology and $10,969 for the CRT, Inc. contract.
Eliminates one research position and one hourly maintenance position at the Marine Institute.
Eliminates the tri-armual catalogue of scheduled courses and reduces operating expenses for Continuing Education at Georgia Tech.
Eliminates one position at the Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital.
Reduces travel and consultant fees m the Student Education Enrichment program.

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($18,118)

Reduces fimding for faculty and technical support for biometrics and forest products.

ADDITIONS--$34,765,767

$29,000,000

Provides funds to high priority academic programs, consistent with mission: direct instruction and services to students and other programs leading to bachelor degrees.

$1,418,036

Provides 17 positions and operating expenses in 10 research areas at the Agricultural Experiment Stations.

$1,063,857

Provides 24 positions in five program areas in the Cooperative Extension Service.

$1,063,795 $627,539

Provides funds for renovations at Talmadge Memorial Hospital to correct life safety deficiencies.
Provides funds to the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission for 13 positions and related costs to support distribution of closed circuit education material to Georgia schools.

$380,988 $319,112 $315,445

Provides additional funding for the Mercer Medical School grant.
Provides additional fimding for the Morehouse Medical School grant.
Provides funding for 16 additional slots in the Family Practice Capitation grant.

$250,000 $98,953

Provides fimding for the telemedicine program at Talmadge Memorial Hospital.
Provides fimds for a manager and a half-time administrative assistant for the Advanced Technology Development Center expansion at GCATT.

$88,254 $70,000

Provides funds to expand efforts in the speed and accuracy of diagnosis of infectious diseases, test and evaluate new poultry vaccines in the Veterinary Medicine Experiment Station.
Provides funds to support the second year residents in the pediatric residency capitation program in Macon.

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$26,040

Provides telecommunications funding to expand distance learning activities at the Marine Extension Service.

$25,630

Provides funds for computer hardware and software at the Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital.

$18,118

Increases funds for intensive forest management research.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL (state general funds)--$1 ,300,561 ,648

University System of Georgia Fall Enrollment Growth -- 1986-1995

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$18,904,164

Provides funding for fOllliula related increases, including a 0.7 percent enrollment increase.

$6,300,000

Provides additional support for major repairs and renovations, including $400,00 for an estimated increase to construct a classroom at Georgia Southem University.

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$4,500,000 $3,887,370
$1,645,000 $1,350,000

Provides funds for the Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (ICAPP), a specialized education program designed to meet identified unmet economic development needs throughout the state.
Provides funds for graduate education programs at the following institutions: Georgia Institute of Technology ($1,575,000); Medical College of Georgia ($812,370); University of Georgia ($450,000); Georgia State University ($450,000); Fort Valley State College ($300,000); Albany State College ($150,000); and Savannah State College ($150,000).
Provides the following additional funding for the Research Consortium: $1,045,000 for Traditional Industries, which includes $560,000 for kenaf and carrot research; $500,000 for the Technology Development Investment Program; and $100,000 for the Southeastern Environmental Resources Alliance.
Provides $45,000 for each of 30 non-research institutions for the Distinguished Teacher Program. Funds are to be matched with $25,000 in non-state funds.

$1,000,000 $816,000
$500,000 $450,000 $425,000 $300,000

Provides funds for professional development programs throughout the University System: $500,000 for curriculum redesign; $250,000 for retraining; and $250,000 for post-tenure review:
Provides continuation funding for the Chancellor's F. Y. 1996 initiatives. (Total funding of $5,922,000 includes: Teachers and Technology - $2,900,000; Connecting Students and Services $800,000; GALILEO - $2,222,000).
Provides funds for elementary foreign language distance learning programs for all elementary schools to be delivered via satellite broadcasts.
Provides funds for institution facilities master plans at North Georgia College, South Georgia College and Floyd College--all due for reaccreditation in F. Y. 1997.
Provides funds for the Area Health Education Centers in southeast and southwest Georgia.
Provides funds for the Pre-School - College (P-16) Reform. Funding

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$250,000 $212,000

includes $150,000 for 15 Challenge Grants and $150,000 for the PreCollege Program.
Provides state funds to supplant a federal grant to the International Trade and Technology Center at Savannah State College.
Provides maintenance and operation funding for the Georgia Research Alliance projects at Agricultural Experiment Stations.

$210,000

Provides funds to establish the State Data and Research Center as a Public Service Institute affiliated with the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

$180,000

Provides funds for three positions in Regents Central Office.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS (state general funds)--$40,929,534

STATE LOTTERY FUNDS

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$20,129,000

Provides funds for laboratory equipment and renovations at Georgia Research Alliance participating institutions, and construction of a new laboratory facility on Skidaway Island.

$16,400,000

Provides funds for the continuation ofthe Equipment, Technology and Construction Trust Fund to be matched systemwide on a one-to-one basis with non-state funds. Three million dollars of the fund are designated for "B" Unit activities.

$7,100,000
$3,000,000 $2,000,000

Provides continuation funding for the Chancellor's F. Y. 1996 initiatives: Connecting Students and Services ($500,000); Connecting Teachers and Technology ($5,000,000) and GALILEO, the statewide library system ($1,600,000).
Provides 30 non-research institutions with $100,000 each for model classrooms.
Provides funds to construct an education center to support distance learning at Chehaw Park in Albany.

$1,500,000

Provides funds to purchase educational programming for the Georgia

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Public Telecommunications Commission to be used for distance learning.

$125,000

Provides equipment funding for the Southeast Environmental Resources Alliance (SERA).

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS (lottery funds)--$50,254,000

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET IDGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--($2,235,654)

$1,433,001

Adjusts Other Funds for payback projects as follows: Southern Tech dorms, Georgia State student center and Kennesaw State student center.

$52,000

Provides personal services funds for the Fiscal Policy Research Center at Georgia State University.

($85,000)

Reduces funds for the Special Funding Initiatives.

(212,655)

Provides three months funding for five agent-in training and 4-H program assistants in the Cooperative Extension Service.

($2,000,000) Reduces personal services funding for the Optional Retirement Plan.

LOTTERY FUNDS

($1,423,000)

Eliminates funding for the Georgia Research Alliance dredging project.

See the section on "State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund" for information about $3,240,000 in bonds that relate to the University System for F. Y. 1997 and for $95,010,000 in bondsforF.Y. 1996.

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RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
A budget of $4,389,972 is authorized for the administration of the Employees' Retirement System. However, no state funds were appropriated for this purpose. The System operates on income from investments.

PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$14,212,500 $13,315,000 $13,315,000

ADJUSTED BASE--$13,315,000

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$897,500

Adds funding to increase the state contribution from $9.00 to $9.25 per participant to provide an increase in benefits.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$897,500

TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$4,130,000 $4,075,000 $4,075,000

ADJUSTED BASE--$4,075,000

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($45,000)

($45,000)

Adjusts the floor fund to local system retirees.

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ADDITIONS--$100,000

$100,000

Provides for cost-of-living increases for local system retirees.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$4,130,000

In addition, a budget of $6,675,196 is authorized for the administration of the Teachers' Retirement System. However, no state funds were appropriated for this purpose. The System operates on income from investments.

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DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$95,717,904 $103,512,590
$99,414,590

ADJUSTED BASE--$97,770,050

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($4,219,889)

($1,703,634)

Replaces 28 positions and operating costs with imaging technology in the tax processing areas.

($834,778)

Reduces expenses for mainframe use and storage requirements.

($632,958)

Eliminates 15 tax examiner positions by implementing an automated collections system.

($500,000)

Reduces temporary help due to electronic submission oftag data by counties.

($272,519)

Reduces various printing costs in the Motor Vehicle and Taxpayer Accounting Divisions.

($155,000)

Reduces postage costs due to new bar code mailing equipment approved in the F.Y. 1996 Amended Budget.

($121,000)

Transfers operation of tax assessor training and motor vehicle evaluation system to department staff.

ADDITIONS--$2,167,743

$1,238,718

Implements imaging technology in the tax processing areas to improve the department's efficiency and reduce the turnaround time for refund check processing.

$578,000

Funds automated collections system at the regional office level to improve delinquent tax collections.

$190,000

Adds five audit positions to comply with the federal International Fuel Tax Agreement requiring increased auditing of motor carrier accounts.

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$64,000

Provides reimbursement for employer retirement contribution for employees of the Stephens County Tax Office.

$55,825

Provides automated cashiering system for the International Registration Plan section.

$41,200

Provides in-house training of county tax assessors using long distance learning technology.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$95,717,904

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$4,098,000

$3,891,000

Completes manufacturing of remaining 2.2 million license plates and county decals needed for the 1997 tag series.

$250,000

Purchases postal mailing equipment to comply with Postal Service rate reform. The new equipment will save $155,000 annually beginning in F.Y. 1997 due to lower postage rates.

$200,000

Funds an increase in the cost of printing annual income tax forms and instruction booklets.

($193,000)

Eliminates four positions and three vehicles to implement H.B. 374 and H.B. 185.

($50,000)

Reduces funds for telecommunications data network charges to reflect projected expenditures.

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F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS

,

F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS

F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$30,746,948 $31,376,004 $30,831,004

ADJUSTED BASE--$31 ,315,703

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($1,095,461)

($299,706)

Redirects funding from the State Examining Boards examination contract and operating expenses.

($235,367)

Reduces funding for operating expenses in Business Services and Regulation and Administration and eliminates two positions.

($215,000)

Reduces funding for Election Expense.

($169,317)

Privatizes the microfilming process in Archives, eliminating five positions.

($98,148)

Eliminates two positions and reduces funding in Business Services and Regulation due to a change in the auditing procedure of Perpetual Care Trust Accounts.

($77,923)

Redirects operating expenses from Drugs and Narcotics ($58,072) and the State Ethics Commission ($19,851).

ADDITIONS--$526,706

$299,706

Allows for an alternative examination site for Examining Board exams during the summer of 1996 and increases operating expenses.

$150,000

Increases funding for computer and telecommunications charges for the Elections Division due to projected volume increases.

$27,000

Provides for a clerical position for the Examining Boards.

$25,000

Allows for a clerical position for the Holocaust Commission.

$25,000

Provides funding for the Silver-Haired Legislature.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$30,746,948

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AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$545,000

$520,000

Provides funds for precinct cards, postage, computer processing and temporary employees for implementation of the redistricting plan.

$25,000

Adds one position and related expenses to Administration--Front Office.

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STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMISSION

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS
ADmSTED BASE--$2,170,440

$2,122,473 $2,092,494 $2,182,494

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($143,967)

($85,500)

Eliminates eight vacant positions in the County Conservation Grant Program, reducing the program to 25 positions and $314,500. This program is being phased out as vacancies occur.

($27,450)

Redirects funding in the motor vehicle purchases object class.

($13,198)

Decreases the funding for a vacated program manager position. A new employee will be hired at a lower salary level.

($12,870 )

Decreases the funding for a vacated secretary position. A new employee will be hired at a lower salary level.

($4,949)

Reflects the decrease in state liability premiums for board members.

ADDITIONS--$96,000

$96,000

Funds two positions and related expenses to initiate a new Resource Specialist Program. The positions will be located in two of the commission's six regional offices.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$2, 122,473

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--($90,000)

($90,000)

Reduces funding for the County Conservation Grant Program due to vacancies. This program is being phased out as vacancies occur.

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GEORGIA STUDENT FINANCE COMMISSION

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$192,146,016 $194,592,518 $149,855,366

ADTIJSTED BASE--$190,181,410 ($30,768,249 state general funds, $159,413,161 state lottery funds)

STATE GENERAL FUNDS

FUNDS TO REDIRECT-- ($1,523,236)

($1,523,236)

Reduces Student Incentive Grants due to a reduction in federal support.

ADDITIONS --$1,523,236

$1,511,236

Provides additional funds for Tuition Equalization Grants to partially cover the projected enrollment at eligible private colleges.

$12,000

Adds real estate rentals for the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission at its current location.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL (state general funds)--$30,768,249

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$1,636,731

Provides full funding for Tuition Equalization Grants for all Georgians enrolled in eligible private colleges.

$251,875

Increases the North Georgia College ROTC grant amount from $300 to $1,500 per year.

$50,000

Supports total projected enrollment in the North Georgia College Military Scholarship program.

$26,000

Provides for a projected enrollment increase in the Law Enforcement Personnel Dependents Grant program.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS (state general funds)--$1,964,606

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GEORGIA STUDENT FINANCE COMMISSION

STATE LOTTERY FUNDS

In F.Y. 1997, the $1,500 lottery supplement to the Tuition Equalization Grants for eligible students emolled in participating private colleges will be converted to a $3,000 academic scholarship. This change will be phased in beginning with the 1996-1997 freshman class.

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET IDGHLIGHTS NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET -- $44,737,152

$2,295,480

Provides for projected annual emollment in the Tuition Equalization Grant program.

$242,500

Increases the North Georgia College ROTC grant amount from $300 to $1 ,500 per year.

$40,000

Provides for an increased emollment in the Law Enforcement Personnel Dependents Grant program.

LOTTERY FUNDS

$36,574,182

Increases HOPE scholarship funds to support the projected annual enrollment in public colleges and technical schools, bringing the total to $111,094,182.

$5,486,990

Adds funds to Tuition Equalization Grants for eligible Georgians emolled in participating private colleges.

$98,000

Increases the lottery funded portion of the Law Enforcement Dependents Grant program due to increased emollment.

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DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$232,978,508 $206,962,362 $205,845,937

ADWSTED BASE--$179,665,159 (state general funds only) The adjusted base includes $6,411,246 to provide a 6 percent increase on the teacher salary schedule and a 4 percent merit salary increase for non-teachers.

STATE GENERAL FUNDS

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($8,729,608)

($6,145,855)

Eliminates 72 instructional and 42 non-instructional positions and reduces 13 contracts for services at the state technical institutes. Program reductions are aimed at courses with low student demand.

($1,382,787)

Eliminates instructional and non-instructional positions at local technical institutes. Program reductions are aimed at courses with low student demand.

($1,066,050) Reduces adult literacy grant funds.

($121,002)

Eliminates instructional and non-instructional positions at vocational programs at Regents colleges. Program reductions are aimed at courses with low student demand.

($13,914)

Reduces the Department's Central Office Computer Charges.

ADDITIONS--$8,729,608

$3,497,815

Funds the second year ofDeKalb Tech's two-year conversion to state management.

*S.B. 709 transferred all responsibilities for the operation and management of public library services and public libraries from the Department of Education to the Department ofTechnical and Adult Education, effective July 1, 1996. Funding for this function will be transferred by Executive Order.

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DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

$3,257,622

Provides fimding for 234 new equivalent full-time positions and operating costs for facilities under construction scheduled to open in F. Y. 1997, including Athens-Elbert County satellite, Augusta, Augusta-McDuffie County satellite, Ben Hill-Irwin-Coffee County satellite, Chattahoochee-Paulding County satellite, Coosa ValleyGordon County satellite, DeKalb-Covington satellite, Flint River, Lanier-Forsyth County satellite, Macon-Milledgeville satellite, Middle Georgia, Moultrie-Tift County satellite, Pickens, Thomas and Walker technical institues. The estimated cost to open these facilities in F.Y. 1997 totals $4,857,622; this amount in state funds is reduced by $1.6 million in tuition income based on higher enrollment to be generated by the opening of these facilities.

$1,580,058 $1,000,000 $690,000

Raises the base level fimding for Quick Start to the F. Y. 1995 level of $8,124,563. Funds will cover costs associated with continuing high levels of project activity.
Continues the phase-in of a plan to have at least one full-time adult literacy teacher in each Georgia county. With this funding, 133 counties will have literacy teachers. The final phase of this program is expected to be completed in F. Y. 1998.
Adds instructional and non-instructional positions at the local technical institutes.

$60,000

Adds instructional and non-instructional positions to vocational programs in Regents colleges.

($1,355,887)

Offsets expenditure increases with higher tuition income based on projected enrollment increases that have averaged eight percent for the last two years. This amount includes an increase of $2 million based on enrollment growth, less a reduction of $644,113 due to program closures in Redirection.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL (state general fimds)--$179,665, 159

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STATE LOTTERY FUNDS

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

$25,133,349

Provides funds to construct technical institute satellite facilities for Altamaha-Appling County, Albany-Early County, Coosa Valley-Polk County, North Georgia-Union County, South Georgia-Crisp County, and Heart of Georgia-Eastman.

$20,000,000

Provides funds to purchase equipment for technical institute facilities under construction.

$5,295,000 $1,355,000

Funds major renovation and retrofit projects at North Georgia ($3,370,000), Chattahoochee ($1,015,000) and Thomas ($910,000) technical institutes.
Finances the linking of all technical institutes to the University System's electronic library and to libraries on the Internet to create a statewide electronic library.

$1,000,000

Provides computer laboratories and software along with satellite downlinks to access distance leaming programming for the 25 new adult literacy teachers.

$290,000

Increases funding to complete the construction of the Coosa ValleyPolk County satellite facility.

$240,000

Funds the planning and design of an Augusta Tech satellite facility in Burke County.

TOTAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS (lottery funds)--$53,313,349

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET IDGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$1,116,425

$2,500,000

Increases state funds to the Quick Start program to accommodate the increased level of project activity occurring this year.

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($40,903) ($116,625) ($161,795)

Deletes nine months' funding for four positions for the Paramedic Program at North Georgia Tech.
Deletes nine months' funding for two positions and operating expenses for the Glennville Technical Education Center.
Deletes nine months' funding for four positions at Swainsboro Tech's Automated Manufacturing Technology program.

($400,000) ($674,252)

Eliminates state funds to pay for the cost of first-time GED test fees.
Reduces state funds due to delays in opening dates for facilities scheduled to open in F. Y. 1996.

($1,000,000)

Replaces state funds with tuition income due to projected enrollment growth.

LOTTERY FUNDS

$750,000 $260,000

Provides lottery funds for cost overruns at various satellite facilities.
Provides lottery funds for the planning and design of Phase II at the Heart of Georgia Technical Institute in Eastman.

See the section on "State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund" for information about $10,040,000 in bonds that relate to the Department of Technical and Adult Education for F. Y. 1996.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$542,896,193 $492,069,050 $456,746,541

ADJUSTED BASE--$542,551 ,620

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($23,959,629)

($9,368,083)

Eliminates motor fuel funding in Planning and Construction for Governor's Road Improvement Program design work since the department has enough designed projects that can be funded for construction through F. Y. 1997.

($3,028,026)

Reduces motor fuel funds in Planning and Construction for personal services, including liability insurance ($513,000), workers compensation ($66,686), forfeitedlterminalleave ($800,000), and lapse increase ($1,648,340).

($2,893,000)

Reducesmotor fuel funds in Maintenance and Betterments for regular operating expenses, including road betterments with state crews ($1,500,000), reduces asphalt plant materials ($873,000), eliminates the asphalt plant and a lay down crew in District 4, eliminates Roadside Enhancement Installation, abolishes a chip seal crew in District 6, reduces motor vehicle expenses five percent through fleet upgtades, and reduces vehicle insurance rates.

($2,481,827)

Reduces motor fuel funds in Maintenance and Betterments for personal services including liability insurance ($654,000), workers compensation ($436,000), forfeitedlterminalleave ($300,000), and lapse increase ($1,091,827).

($1,750,000) ($1,552,810) ($973,429)

Decreases motor fuel funds in Planning and Construction for capital outlay.
Decreases motor fuel funds in Maintenance and Betterments in various object classes.
Decreases motor fuel funds in Facilities and Equipment for equipment purchases ($494,016), curtails computer equipment purchases department-wide by five percent plus an additional $50,000 by the Office of Systems Development ($229,413), and reduces motor vehicle purchases from $2.25 million to $2 million.

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($689,000)

Reduces motor fuel funds in Planning and Construction for computer consultant contracts.

($368,375)

Reduces motor fuel funds in Planning and Construction for regular operating expenses including auto insurance ($70,000), printing ($51,600), supplies ($123,000) and motor vehicle expenses ($123,775).

($261,910)

Reduces motor fuel funds in Administration for DOAS billings by $24,000, computer consultant contracts by $50,000, data line telecommunication expenses by $30,000, and decreases various object classes by $157,910.

($185,000)

Eliminates motor fuel funds in Administration for a contracted radio operator nights and weekends at the Georgia Emergency Management Agency ($43,000), plus reduces the contract with the Office of Administrative Hearings by $142,000.

($133,697)

Eliminates state funds in Intermodal Transfer Facilities for a vacant position ($48,776), delays the purchase of replacement vehicles ($46,000), reduces expenses for graphics work ($1O,918),and decreases funding for computer purchases ($26,000) and regular operating expenses ($2,003).

($106,953)

Reduces state funds in Intermodal Transfer Facilities for grants to local governments for transit capital programs by five percent based on anticipated federal funding.

($78,299)

Reduces motor fuel funds in Administration for personal services including liability insurance ($50,000), and lapse increase ($28,299).

($74,633)

Reduces motor fuel funds in Planning and Construction for various object classes.

($14,587)

Reduces state funds in Air Transportation for liability insurance payments ($2,587) and expenditures on equipment ($12,000).

ADDITIONS--$24,304,202

$10,162,987

Increases motor fuel funds in Planning and Construction for operating costs for the first full-year operation of the Traffic Management Center by $982,685, increases telecommunications

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including $275,660 for the Traffic Management Center and $92,505 for fax machines and data lines for each of the department's 42 area offices, and increases capital outlay by $8,812,137.

$5,621,876

Funds with motor fuel funds in Maintenance and Betterments the evaluation, clean up and mitigation of underground and above ground storage tank sites, contingent upon and consistent with the findings and recommendations of studies being conducted by the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority and the Governor's Privatization Council.

$3,397,876

Funds a four percent pay for performance increase ($3,764,255) in Maintenance and Betterments with motor fuel funds. This amount is offset by an increase in the lapse factor to the F. Y. 1996 level.

$3,103,693

Funds a four percent pay for performance increase ($4,231,198) in Planning and Construction with motor fuel funds. This amount is offset by an increase in the lapse factor to the F.Y. 1996 level.

$608,000

Raises motor fuel funds in Maintenance and Betterments for regular operating expenses including $200,000 for water and sewer at rest areas, $70,000 for expressway lighting, $38,000 for landfill charges, and $300,000 for increases in the cost of paint.

$586,525

Funds a four percent pay for performance increase ($642,000) in Administration with motor fuel funds. This amount is offset by an increase in the lapse factor to the F.Y. 1996 level. Also increases funding for software maintenance agreements ($180,000), plus increases in fimding for Law Department litigation support ($66,000) and per diem for members of the board of the department ($10,000).

$304,810

Provides increases in functions supported by state general funds including an increase in Merit System assessments ($116), pilot training ($10,000), aircraft operating expenses due to the addition of a new aircraft in F.Y. 1996 ($34,694), funding for a dual engine change on one aircraft ($200,000), and a higher level offunding for routine maintenance ofthe Savannah Harbor dikes ($60,000).

$223,435

Provides motor fuel fimds in Maintenance and Betterments for a 10% increase in travel, increases asphalt site plant leases in Districts Two and Three, provides for $95,800 in equipment purchases for the including telecommunications and other operating expenses.

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$150,000

Provides state fimds for commuter rail demonstration projects during the 1996 Summer Olympics.

$145,000

Provides an increase in state funds for the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority to continue implementation of the Commuter Rail Plan.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$542,896, 193

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET IllGHLIGHTS

NET CHANGE IN FUNDING FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET--$35,322,509

$35,197,509

Increases motor fuel fimds by $34,667,630 in the capital outlay object class to reflect actual collections ofmotor fuel taxes in F. Y. 1996. An additional increase of $529,879 in motor fuel funds in the capital outlay object class returns interest earned on motor fuel funds in the Guaranteed Revenue Debt Common Reserve Fund in excess of debt service requirements for the Georgia 400 project. The increased motor fuel funds will be used to complete construction of the main span of the Sidney Lanier Bridge ($20,197,509) and to provide $15 million for "greatest need" projects on the state highway system to enhance economic development activities.

$125,000

Matches existing federal funds with state funds on a 90: 10 basis to complete construction of the Ringgold and Lavonia Visitor Information Centers.

See the section on "State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund" for information about $22,500,000 in bonds that relate to the Department of Transportation for F.Y. 1997 and about $107,290,000 in bonds for F.Y. 1996.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS SEIlVICE

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$21,567,780 $24,343,698 $24,343,698

ADJUSTED BASE--$24,363,293

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($9,880,506)

($9,880,506)

Redirects funds by privatizing the Milledgeville Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home as of October 1, 1996.

ADDITIONS--$7,084,993

$7,053,593

Provides funds to contract for nursing home services at the Milledgeville Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home.

$31,400

FlUlds an on-site coordinator for the privatization of the Milledgeville facility.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$21,567,780

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STATE BOARD OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRlATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRlATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORlGINAL STATE APPROPRlATIONS

$10,702,701 $10,454,185 $10,454,185

ADJUSTED BASE--$10,849,114

FUNDS TO REDIRECT--($647,976)

($422,786)

Eliminates the Division of Rehabilitation.

($123,777)

Reduces funding in common object classes.

($101,413)

Eliminates payments to the State Treasury.

ADDITIONS--$50 1,563

$422,786

Creates the Division of Managed Care and Catastrophic Disability.

$78,777

Covers projected deficits.

TOTAL REDIRECTION LEVEL--$lO,702,701

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STATE OF GEORGIA GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SINKING
FUND*

F.Y. 1997 STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 AMENDED STATE APPROPRIATIONS F.Y. 1996 ORIGINAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$414,482,451 $524,313,203 $417,500,665

EXISTING OBLIGATIONS--$408,438,50 1.

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$6,043,950. These funds include debt service for the following new issues (listed by department and authority):

Georgia Building Authority

$1,850,000

Authorizes $20,000,000 in 20-year bonds to continue the renovation of the Trinity-Washington Building. This funding will be used to relocate the operations of the Revenue Department now located in the Trinity-Washington Building.

$925,000

Authorizes $10,000,000 in 20-year bonds to continue the renovation of the #2 Peachtree Building.

$370,000

Authorizes $4,000,000 in 20-year bonds to repair and refinish certain areas of the State Capitol Building.

Department oflndustry, Trade and Tourism

$37,000

Authorizes $400,000 in 20-year bonds for the planning phase of the Gateway Information Welcome Center in Cobb County.

Board of Regents, University System of Georgia

$299,700

Authorizes $3,240,000 in 20-year bonds for the purchase of facilities at Georgia Southern University.

*Governor Miller vetoed $1,000,000 in 20-year bonds from the F.Y. 1997 appropriation for projects for the Board of Regents. The funds had been authorized to renovate the Old Capitol Building at Milledgeville. These funds have been deleted from the appropriation shown above.

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Georgia Sports Hall of Fame

$157,250

Authorizes $1,700,000 in 20-year bonds to complete the Sports Hall of Fame in Macon as originally designed.

Department of Transportation

$1,850,000

Authorizes $20,000,000 in 20-year bonds for the four-lane program.

$231,250

Authorizes $2,500,000 in 20-year bonds for the purchase and rehabilitation of existing and abandoned rail lines.

Georgia World Congress Center

$323,750

Authorizes $3,500,000 in 20-year bonds to purchase land adjacent to the World Congress Center for future expansion.

NEW AMOUNT OF BOND PRINCIPAL AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE

F.Y.1997

20-year bonds

$65,340,000

Total

$65,340,000

AMENDED F.Y. 1996 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
EXISTING OBLIGATIONS--$481,509,725. The appropriations reflect a net increase of $64,009,060 due to an addition of $62,307,985 to pre-fund obligations due in F.Y. 1997 and an addition of$I,701,075 for actual principal and interest on all issued debt. In addition, $4,125,760 from bonds previously authorized and issued for the Dooly CI fast track bed expansion and $4,125,761 from bonds previously authorized and issued for the Dodge CI and Rogers CI fast track bed expansions are being redirected for the following Department of Corrections projects: $630,000 for perimeter security upgrades and $1,163,000 for kitchen and laundry upgrades at eight fast track sites; $2,359,000 for utility system upgrades at various institutions; $520,000 for two control rooms at Hancock CI; $793,000 to reroof Baldwin CI; $521,521 for critical

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reroofmg repairs statewide; $450,000 to upgrade security at Eastman YDF; $815,000 for security infrastructure repair Sit 16 institutions; and $1,000,000 for minor construction projects statewide.

ENHANCEMENT FUNDS--$42,803,478. These funds include debt service for the following new issues (listed by department and authority):

Department of Agriculture

$178,000

Authorizes $2,000,000 in 20-year bonds for repairs and maintenance at farmers markets.

Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority

$182,005

Authorizes $2,045,000 in 20-year bonds to construct a multi-purpose sheep/swine building.

Georgia Building Authority

$178,000

Authorizes $2,000,000 in 20-year bonds to repair and refinish certain areas of the State Capitol Building.

Department of Children and Youth Services

$550,560

Authorizes $2,400,000 in 5-year bonds for various projects as follows: $1,030,000 for electrical, HVAC and locking systems; $180,000 for floor and ceiling replacements; $335,000 for repainting and roofmg projects; $375,000 for safety and regulatory requirements; and $480,000 to renovate two cottages at Augusta YDC.

$211,375

Authorizes $2,375,000 in 20-year bonds as follows: $1,275,000 for water, sewer and plumbing projects at various YDCs and RYDCs and $1,100,000 for state match to construct a boot camp at the Milledgeville YDC.

$178,000

Authorizes $2,000,000 in 20-year bonds to plan and design two 250-bed YDCs in Muscogee and Sumter Counties.

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$40,145

Authorizes $175,000 in 5-year bonds as follows: $100,000 to design a cottage at Macon YDC and $75,000 to design a new dining facility at the Milledgeville YDC.

Department of Corrections

$480,600

Authorizes $5,400,000 in 20-year bonds to construct three detention centers.

$462,800

Authorizes $5,200,000 in 20-year bonds for renovations at Lee Arrendale CI.

State Board of Education

$8,277,000

Authorizes $93,000,000 in 20-year bonds as follows: $20,170,000 to 12 school systems for regular entitlements; $53,370,000 to 20 systems for regular advanced funding; $5,315,000 to one system for school consolidation; and the advanced incentive funding balance of$14,145,000 from F.Y. 1996 to four systems.

$1,926,960

Authorizes $8,400,000 in 5-year bonds for equipment for new and modified vocational high school laboratories.

$1,057,765

Authorizes $11,885,000 in 20-year bonds for the construction of nine public libraries in Catoosa, Chatham, Emanuel, Newton, Paulding, Peach (two libraries), Rabun and Ware Counties.

Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority

$1,780,000

Authorizes $20,000,000 in 20-year bonds to provide low interest loans to local governments for water, sewer and wastewater treatment projects.

Georgia Golf Hall of Fame

$534,000

Authorizes $6,000,000 in 20-year bonds to construct a facility for the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.

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The Srnithgall Woods Dukes Creek Conservation Area in White County acquired by the state through a gift and Preservation 2000 funds.
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Department of Human Resources

$1,550,744

Authorizes $6,760,000 in 5-year bonds for repair and renovation projects at various facilities as follows: $4,470,000 for safety and regulatory requirements; $1,790,000 for HVAC systems; and $500,000 for roof replacements.

$147,295

Authorizes $1,655,000 in 20-year bonds for major construction projects.

Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism

$163,315

Authorizes $1,835,000 in 20-year bonds to provide matching funds for the construction of a new Augusta Visitor Information Center. Total cost of the project is estimated to be $9,000,000.

Department of Natural Resources

$1,335,000

Authorizes $15,000,000 in 20-year bonds for the state's commitment to construct, furnish and equip the Columbus Performing Arts Complex. Total cost ofthe project is $57,000,000.

$445,000

Authorizes $5,000,000 in 20-year bonds to acquire land under the River Care 2000 program.

$268,846

Authorizes $2,090,000 as follows: $1,500,000 in 20-year bonds to complete Phase II construction and $590,000 in 5-year bonds to equip the 18-hole golf course at George T. Bagby State Park in Clay County.

$178,000

Authorizes $2,000,000 in 20-year bonds to construct a meeting facility at Georgia Veterans State Park in Crisp County.

Georgia Ports Authority

$1,780,000

Authorizes $20,000,000 in 20-year bonds to complete construction of Container Berth Seven in Garden City. The Ports Authority will begin repaying the state's investment after construction is completed.

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Site preparation underway for construction ofContainer Berth 7 at Savannah.

$126,170

Authorizes $550,000 in 5-year bonds for the state's portion of a feasibility study for deepening the Brunswick navigation channel. Total cost of the study is $1,750,000 with $550,000 provided by the Ports Authority and $650,000 by the Corps of Engineers.

Regents, University System of Georgia

$8,131,930

Authorizes $91,370,000 in 20-year bonds as follows: $7,650,000 for flood recovery at Albany State; $6,360,000 to construct a humanities building at Dalton College; $13,435,000 for an academic building at Southern College of Technology; $11,800,000 for an athletic complex at Savannah State College; $4,855,000 for a classroom/student center at Floyd College; $22,885,000 for a biology and chemistry building at Valdosta State University; $2,590,000 to complete the Animal Science Complex at the University of Georgia; $2,500,000 to renovate Brooks Hall at the University of Georgia; $3,045,000 to renovate Price Memorial Hall at North Georgia College; $2,210,000 to renovate an academic building at Brunswick College;$1,725,000 for campus

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drainage system improvements at South Georgia College; and $12,315,000 for GPTC equipment and furnishings.

$68,820

Authorizes $300,000 in 5-year bonds to design a laboratory building housing the Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

$438,154

Authorizes $1,910,000 in 5-year bonds for the Herty Foundation to upgrade two existing paper machines.

$328,042

Authorizes $1,430,000 in 5-year bonds for the purchase of equipment for the Governor's Traditional Industries Competitiveness Initiatives as follows: $500,000 for textiles, carpet and apparel for fifth-year funding of the National Textile Center; $521,000 for food processing; and $409,000 for pulp and paper.

Department of Technical and Adult Education

$2,226,327

Authorizes $9,705,000 in 5-year bonds for repairs, renovations and maintenance projects at various facilities statewide.

$29,815

Authorizes $335,000 in 20-year bonds to plan the design of a Regional Business and Industry Training Center at Heart of Georgia Technical Institute in Dublin.

Department of Transportation

$8,900,000

Authorizes $100,000,000 in 20-year bonds for the Governor's Road Improvement Program.

$427,200 $221,610

Authorizes $4,800,000 in 20-year bonds for spoilage area projects for the Savannah Harbor.
Authorizes $2,490,000 in 20-year bonds for the purchase and rehabilitation of existing and abandoned rail lines.

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NEW AMOUNT OF BOND PRINCIPAL AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE

Amended F.Y. 1996

20-year bonds 5-year bonds

$397,890,000 $32.220,000

Total

$430,110,000

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BOND PAYMENTS AS A PERCENTAGE* OF NET TREASURY RECEIPTS FOR PRIOR FISCAL YEARS

YEAR
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980

PERCENTAGE
11.3
10.9
10.4
10.8 10.6 8.8 7.9
8.4
7.3 6.8 7.0 7.6 7.6 6.9 4.6
4.3

YEAR
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

PERCENTAGE
4.4
5.0 5.8 6.1 6.8 6.8
6.4
6.9 5.7 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.8 5.9
5.4 5.5 5.3 (Est.)

*The maximmn percentage allowed by the new state Constitution is 10 percent.

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