Relates to the appropriation to the Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 2020.

This is the FY 2020 original appropriation bill for the Public Utilities Commission. It appropriates a total of $6,634,500 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 49.00. 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 $82,700 for software maintenance and IT equipment. For statewide cost allocation, $14,700 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 three line items, which provide $11,700 for a 3% change in employee compensation for the Public Utilities Commissioners; $4,500 for Network Equipment Replacement; and a reduction of 3.00 FTP and $188,700 for IT Consolidation. Section 3 of the bill amends Section 61-215, Idaho Code, to raise the Public Utilities Commissioners' annual salary to $110,074 to allow for the 3% salary increase in line item 1. Section 4 of the bill provides reappropriation authority for the FY 2019 supplemental appropriation for the agency's Chinden Campus relocation.