Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Finance for fiscal year 2020.

This is the FY 2020 original appropriation bill for the Department of Finance. It appropriates $8,934,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 63.00. 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. Replacement items include $31,000 for computers. 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. This budget includes four line items. Line item 1 provides $384,000 for costs associated with moving the department to the Chinden Campus. Line item 2 transfers $81,900 from personnel costs to operating expenditures. Gov Tech 1 provides the department's portion of the network equipment replacement in the OITS budget. Gov Tech 3 reduces 4.00 FTP and $179,000 in accordance with the Governor's Technology Initiative to consolidate and secure IT services. Overall, this budget is a 3.3% increase above the FY 2019 original appropriation. Section 3 of the bill provides continuous appropriation authority regarding the Idaho Residential Mortgage Practices Act.