Appropriates $8,058,900 to the Regulatory Boards for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 69; and appropriates an additional $78,300 to the Regulatory Boards for fiscal year 2017.

This is the FY 2018 appropriation to the Regulatory Boards in the amount of $8,058,900 with full-time equivalent positions capped at 69. There are also two FY 2017 supplemental line items, one providing $65,000 to the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors for disciplinary hearing fees, and one appropriating 1.00 FTP and $13,300 to hire a records specialist at the Bureau of Occupational Licenses. The FY 2018 appropriation includes the funding for benefit cost increases, inflationary adjustments due to rent and computer cost increases, statewide cost allocation, an annualization to provide ongoing salary and benefit costs related to hiring a records specialist at the Bureau of Occupational Licenses, a 3% CEC, and Cybersecurity Insurance. The 3% CEC is a merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of each director. Additionally, this motion includes a replacement scanner for the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Line item 1 provides $40,000 in capital outlay to install a fiber optic cable connection at the headquarters for the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Line item 2 provides $5,000 in additional operating expenditures for database and software updates for the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Line item 3 provides $10,000 in personnel costs and $30,000 in operating expenditures to pay the FY 2018 portion of disciplinary hearing fees for the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Line item 4 provides $62,500 for the Bureau of Occupational Licenses to pay fees charged to Appraisal Management Companies by the Board of Real Estate Appraisers pursuant S1318. Line item 5 provides $56,000 in operating expenditures to the Bureau of Occupational Licenses for a contracted IT analyst housed in the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Line item 6 appropriates $255,300 to the Bureau of Occupational Licenses for a database upgrade to