Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Controller for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Office of the State Controller. It appropriates a total of $25,230,600 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 114.00. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for the equivalent of a 3% salary structure shift and provides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. The bill provides four line items, which provide nine positions to support Luma and additional funds for a financial specialist, grants web portal, and enhanced cybersecurity of the state's central systems housed in the office's data center. Also included in this bill are two FY 2022 supplemental appropriations, which provide for a behavioral health reporting data system and the second tranche of American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) passthrough funding for units of local government with populations less than 50,000.