Idaho Bills

Appropriates an additional $300,000 to the Division of Building Safety for a new school security inspections program for fiscal year 2016.

Appropriates $675,400 to the Endowment Fund Investment Board for fiscal year 2017; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 3.7; authorizes continuous appropriation authority for certain costs; and expresses legislative intent with regard to transfers from the earnings reserve funds to the income funds.

Appropriates $3,175,600 to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2017; and limits the number of authoried full-time equivalent positions to 27.

Amends existing law to increase the salaries of members of the Public Utilities Commission; to increase the salaries of members of the State Tax Commission; to increase the salaries of members of the Industrial Commission; appropriates an additional $10,700 to the Public Utilities Commission for commissioner salaries; appropriates an additional $13,200 to the State Tax Commission for commissioner salaries; and appropriates an additional $10,400 to the Industrial Commission for commissioner salaries.

Appropriates $42,650,200 to the Idaho State Tax Commission for fiscal year 2017; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 451.

Appropriates $2,661,600 to the Office of the State Appellate Public Defender for fiscal year 2017; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 23; provides legislative intent for the payment of outside counsel costs; and provides legislative intent for the payment of capital representation costs.

Appropriates to the Supreme Court an additional $2,949,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2017; reduces the appropriation to the Supreme Court by $2,949,000 from the Drug Court, Mental Health Court and Family Court Services Fund for fiscal year 2017; and exempts the appropriation from object and program transfer limitations.

Appropriates $855,733,000 for the Public Schools Educational Support Program/Division of Teachers for fiscal year 2017; directs the use of moneys for professional development; and defines the term "distributed."

Appropriates $286,915,800 for the Public Schools Educational Support Program/Division of Children's Programs for fiscal year 2017; provides guidance on funds for the Idaho Digital Learning Academy; directs the use of funds for the Safe and Drug-Free Schools program; directs the use of funds for literacy programs and remedial coursework; directs the use of funds for limited English proficiency programs; requiring advanced opportunities reporting; defining the term "distributed."

Appropriates $1,956,200 to the Commission on the Arts for fiscal year 2017; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 10.

Appropriates additional funding for the Public Schools Support Program/Division of Children's Programs; appropriates additional funding for the Public Schools Support Program/Division of Operations; reduces the appropriation to the Public School Support Program/Division of Central Services; and appropriates additional funding to the Office of the State Board of Education.

Appropriates an additional $379,000 to the Department of Lands for fiscal year 2016; and authorizes 3.33 additional full-time equivalent positions.

Appropriates and transfers $28,892,700 from the Catastrophic Health Care Cost Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year 2016.

Appropriates an additional $511,600 for State Hospital South for fiscal year 2016.

Appropriates an additional $92,400 to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired for fiscal year 2016.

Appropriates an additional $92,400 to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired for FY 2016. Of this amount, $42,400 is a one-time appropriation from the Rehabilitation Revenue and Refunds Fund for reimbursements received from the Social Security Administration for those clients who are Social Security recipients. In addition, $50,000 is appropriated from the Federal Grant Fund on an ongoing basis for increased moneys received under Title 1 of the Rehabilitation, ComprehensiveServicesandDevelopmentalDisabilitiesActforvocationalrehabilitationservices.

Appropriates an additional $229,300 to the Department of Administration for the Purchasing Program; transfers $176,000 from the Idaho Education Network Fund; and appropriates an additional $461,800 for the Information Technology Program for fiscal year 2016.

Appropriates to the Department of Juvenile Corrections an additional $296,200 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2016; and reduces the General Fund appropriation to the Department of Juvenile Corrections by $247,000 for fiscal year 2016, for an overall net increase of $49,200 from the General Fund.

Appropriates to the Department of Correction an additional $1,146,500 from the General Fund, $441,100 from dedicated funds, and $263,700 from federal funds for a total of $1,851,300 for fiscal year 2016; and reduces the General Fund appropriation to the Department of Correction by $3,029,900 for fiscal year 2016. These changes represent a net reduction of $1,883,400 in the General Fund and an overall net reduction of $1,178,600 in all funds.

Appropriates $649,200 to the State Independent Living Council for fiscal year 2017; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 4; and appropriates and transfers up to $89,900 to the State Independent Living Council (Ded) Fund within the State Independent Living Council on July 1, 2016, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.

Appropriates $5,902,600 to the Idaho State Lottery for fiscal year 2017; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 45; and provides legislative intent with regard to certain continuous appropriations.

Appropriates $19,670,900 to the State Liquor Division for fiscal year 2017; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 222.

Appropriates $9,294,600 to Idaho Public Television for fiscal year 2017; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 64.48.

Appropriates $9,294,600 to Idaho Public Television for Fiscal Year 2017; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 64.48.

Appropriates $8,170,300 to the Department of Finance for fiscal year 2017; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 64; and provides legislative intent relating to certain continuous appropriations.

Appropriates $7,583,800 to the Regulatory Boards for fiscal year 2017; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 68.

Appropriates $54,525,400 to the Department of Lands for fiscal year 2017; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 291.1; and exempts certain appropriation object transfer limitations.

This is the fiscal year 2017 appropriation to the Department of Lands. It appropriates $5,344,900 from the General Fund, $42,562,900 from dedicated funds, and $6,617,600 in federal funds for a total of $54,525,400. It limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 291.1. The bill includes funding for the increased costs for health insurance, funding for increases in leased office space at Capitol Park Plaza, provides funding for replacement items, and accounts for an increase in statewide cost allocation. This bill includes an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of agency heads and accounts for the 27th payroll. The budget also includes an annualization of $540,800 to account for the remaining nine months of costs for the fire preparedness supplemental previously approved. The appropriation includes approval of seventeen line items as follow: $960,000 for the second phase of the Lands and Waterways Information System; $113,800 for a new eastern Idaho fire services coordinator; the addition of 0.66 full-time equivalent positons to make two part-time positions full-time; $112,400 for seasonal fire fighting support; $171,000 and one position for oil and gas and mineral resource protection; $223,500 for a remote sensing analyst and seasonal personnel; $140,000 for startup costs for two additional rangeland fire protection associations; $79,200foranITsystemsanalyst; $63,000forgeospatialserversoftware; $195,000tocontinuethe Governor's sage-grouse conservation initiative; $150,100 for additional equipment for the Forest Resource Management, Lands and Waterways, and Forest and Range Fire Protection programs; $562,000 and 2.33 positions to use the Good Neighbor Authority Agreement; $1,350,000 to match a $1,665,300 Permanent Building Fund appropriation to expand the Coeur d'Alene staff office; $60,000 to match a $54,500 Permanent Building Fund appropriation to remodel the existing Coeur d