Appropriates $5,752,900 to the Idaho Commission for Libraries for fiscal year 2018; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 37.5.

ThisbillistheFY2018appropriationtotheIdahoCommissionforLibrariesfor$4,025,300fromtheGeneral Fund,$70,000indedicatedfunds,and$1,657,600infederalfundswithfull-timeequivalentpositionscapped at 37.50. It includes $31,900 in benefit cost increases, $27,900 for inflation, $92,000 for replacement items, $26,100 for statewide cost allocation, and $62,100 for an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of agency heads and institution presidents. It also includes $100 for cybersecurity insurance. The appropriation totals $5,752,900.