Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho Transportation Department for fiscal year 2020.

This is the FY 2020 original appropriation bill for the Idaho Transportation Department. It appropriates a total of $727,637,200 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 1,648.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP; provides a 5.5% increase for the employer's share of PERSI contributions; and temporarily reduces the rate agencies pay the Division of Human Resources for its services. Funding for replacement items includes $23,401,200 for computer equipment, office furniture, aircraft equipment, and trucks and equipment. For statewide cost allocation, $1,178,400 is provided. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 3% change in employee compensation for permanent employees, with a minimum increase of $550 for each employee and the remaining amount to be distributed based on merit. Funding for a 3% upward shift in the compensation schedule is also included. The bill funds 18 line items and the Governor's initiative for network equipment replacement, which provide $8,737,400 for an increase in revenue to the TECM Fund; $50,242,400 for excess revenue and receipts; $2,343,200 for highway operations equipment; $8,800 for DMV county equipment; $450,000 for the Idaho Airport Aid Program; $458,000 for video conference equipment; $45,600 for the Department of Correction to issue identification cards to inmates being released; $750,000 for AASHTO data analytic software; $2,100,000 for statewide capital facility needs; $350,000 for a D3 material lab testing facility; $206,000 for additional data storage; $146,400 for software license compliance; $200,000 for network access security; $1,255,000 for a GIS integration initiative; $985,000 for information technology service management; $1,200,000 for an integration service layer for software; $582,900 for FAST act increases; and $1,416,000 for public transportation federal grants. The bill also provides contin