South Carolina General Assembly

General Appropriations Bill H. 3400 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997

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 4                          FISCAL YEAR 1996-97 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
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 7     SECTION 1.  The sources of general fund surplus revenues appropriated in this Part are as follows:
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 9     (1)        Fiscal Year 1996-97 BEA Surplus                                         $89,929,045
10     (2)        Fiscal Year 1996-97 Set-aside pursuant to Section 11-11-140             $52,422,258
11     (3)        Citadel Lapse                                                            $4,360,000
12     (4)        Proceeds of CCI Sale Transferred to General Fund                         $3,000,000
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14     Total, all sources                                                                $149,711,303
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16     SECTION 2.  The following sums are appropriated from the general
17     fund of the State to supplement appropriations made for the expenses
18     of state government in the annual general appropriations act for the
19     Fiscal Year 1997-98 to the extent that unobligated surplus revenues
20     are available:
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22     (1)        General Reserve Fund                                                      3,373,537
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24     (2)        Aid to Subdivisions - Comptroller General
25                      Property Tax Relief Fund                                           17,975,473
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27     (3)        Aid to Subdivisions - Treasurer
28                      Local Government Fund                                              21,812,494
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31     (4)        Department of Education
32                      (a)   Fringe Equity                                                 8,500,000
33                      (b)  School Bus Maintenance & Parts                                 1,450,000
34                      (c)   Instructional Materials                                       7,792,132
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36     (4.1)     The $1,000,000 appropriated herein shall be used only to
37                  purchase parts for the local school bus maintenance shops.


PART III PAGE III-2 1 (5) Commission on Higher Education 2 Formula Funding 10,209,194 3 4 (6) Budget and Control Board, Division of Operations 5 (a) Local Government Fund 5,588,619 6 (b) Infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund 7,000,000 7 8 (7) Department of Health and Human Services 9 (a) FY 98 Client Growth 9,387,281 10 (b) Nursing Home Rate Adjustment 4,000,000 11 12 (8) Department of Disabilities and Special Needs 13 Medicaid Match 1,174,000 14 15 (9) Department of Health and Human Services 16 Nursing Home Beds 2,000,000 17 18 (10) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education 19 Special Schools 5,000,000 20 21 (11) Department of Social Services 22 (a) Annualization of Welfare Reform 2,000,000 23 (b) Annualization of Emotionally Disturbed Children Fund 12,000,000 24 25 (12) University of South Carolina 26 Institute of Public Affairs 500,000 27 28 (13) Commission on Higher Education 29 (a) EPSCOR 2,250,000 30 (b) SCAMP 600,000 31 32 (14) Department of Juvenile Justice 33 Wilderness Camps & Crafts Farrow 5,000,000
PART III PAGE III-3 1 (15) Department of Archives and History 2 SC History Center Relocation 268,240 3 4 (16) Probation, Parole and Pardon Services 5 Community Control System 1,658,116 6 7 (17) Higher Education Tuition Grants 8 Grant Program 900,000 9 10 (18) Department of Education 11 Governors School for the Arts 600,000 12 13 (19) SC State University 14 Business School Accreditation 500,000 15 16 (20) Department of Social Services 17 (a) Adoption Subsidy for Special Needs Children 1,552,294 18 (b) Foster Care Clothing Allowance 1,307,581 19 20 (21) Budget and Control Board - Division Of Executive Director 21 (a) Statewide Performance Audit 600,000 22 (b) Prepaid College Tuition Program 400,000 23 24 (21.1) Part VI, Section 2 of Act 458 of 1996 created a Performance Audit 25 Steering Committee which was directed to retain independent 26 contractors to conduct performance audits in all aspects of state 27 government. For Fiscal Year 1997-98, the Performance Audit 28 Steering Committee may direct agencies audited under this 29 directive to pay up to one-half of the cost of the audit. No state 30 agency with an appropriation of less than $2,500,000 in state 31 general funds is required to pay any cost of the audit. 32 33 (21.2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Part VI, Section 2 of Act 458 of 34 1996, the existence of the Performance Audit Steering Committee
PART III PAGE III-4 1 and the completion date of its audit report is extended through 2 June 30, 1999. 3 4 (22) Judicial Department 5 (a) Automation 450,000 6 (b) Judicial Commitment 343,200 7 (c) Automation and Furnishings 18,000 8 9 (23) State Law Enforcement Division 10 DNA Grants 110,000 11 12 (24) Adjutant General 13 Emergency Preparedness Division 250,000 14 15 (24.1) Funds appropriated in this item to the Adjutant General for 16 Emergency Preparedness for the potential loss of federal funds 17 lapse to the general fund if federal funds are received. 18 19 (25) Department of Juvenile Justice 20 (a) Operating Expenses-Assessment & Classification 304,488 21 (b) Medical Services 179,158 22 (c) Programs & Services 1,695,311 23 (d) Attorney Fees 763,000 24 25 (26) Clemson-PSA 26 (a) Agri-Systems Productivity and Profitability 1,500,000 27 (b) Long Leadership Center 500,000 28 29 (27) House of Representatives 30 Southern Legislative Conference 125,000 31 32 (27.1) Funds appropriated in the amount of $125,000 for the annual 33 meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference lapse to the general 34 fund if this State is not selected as the 1998 host state. 35 36 (28) Department of Natural Resources 37 (a) Aquatic Plant Management 500,000 38 (b) Heritage Trust 100,000
PART III PAGE III-5 1 (29) Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services 2 The Bridge 300,000 3 4 (30) Prosecution Coordination Commission 5 Per Capita 500,000 6 7 (31) Appellate Defense 8 Administration 340,000 9 10 (32) Indigent Defense 11 Maintenance of Current Program 594,068 12 13 (33) Department of Corrections 14 (a) Operation of Four 256-Bed Facilities 1,092,950 15 (b) Medical Contract Costs 780,000 16 (c) Substance Abuse Facility at Manning 650,375 17 (d) Operating Expenses 363,718 18 19 (34) College of Charleston 20 Avery Normal Institute 660,000 21 22 (35) Department of Social Services 23 Foster Care 35,000 24 25 (36) State Museum 26 Outreach Programs 160,000 27 28 (36.1) Of the funds appropriated for outreach programs, $140,000 shall be 29 allocated to the South Carolina Cotton Museum and $20,000 shall 30 be allocated to the Cayce Museum. 31 32 (37) State Election Commission 33 (a) Voter Registration System-Increase in Voter Reg. 75,000 34 (b) Voter Registration System-Ineligible Voters 27,000 35 (c) Training & Certification 15,000 36 37 (38) Parks, Recreation and Tourism 38 Palmetto Trails 75,000
PART III PAGE III-6 1 (39) Budget and Control Board-Employee Benefits 2 Dental Premiums-Retiree Growth 91,681 3 4 (40) Department of Commerce 5 (a) Exchange Rate Shortfall 264,000 6 (b) Advertising/Marketing 300,000 7 8 (41) University of South Carolina 9 Small Business Development Center 191,398 10 11 (42) Department of Agriculture 12 (a) NASAD Annual Meeting 50,000 13 (b) Annual Spring Dairy Show 10,000 14 (c) Local Area Network 34,000 15 16 (43) Attorney General's Office 17 (a) Medicaid Fraud Control Unit 39,316 18 19 (44) Confederate Relic Room and Museum 20 Artifact Conservation 75,000 21 22 (45) Department of Education 23 Challenger Learning Center 25,000 24 25 (45.1) The funds appropriated for the Challenger Learning Center shall be 26 allocated to Richland School District One for support of that 27 project. 28 29 (46) Confederate Relic Room and Museum 30 Outreach 10,000 31 32 (47) College of Charleston 33 Race Relations 50,000 34 35 (48) Governor's Office 36 Alzheimer Matching Grants 50,000
PART III PAGE III-7 1 (49) Department of Education 2 C.R. Neal Learning Center 200,000 3 4 (50) Department of Revenue 5 Integrated Print Management Development/Implementation 205,000 6 7 (51) Aid to Subdivisions - Comptroller General 8 Property Tax Bill - Counties 50,000 9 10 (51.1) The Department of Revenue shall use the funds provided to assist 11 local governments in implementing the uniform property tax bill 12 format requirements provided in Section 12-43-350 of the 1976 13 Code as amended in this act. 14 15 (52) Department of Health and Environmental Control 16 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Councils 125,000 17 18 (52.1) The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall 19 collaborate with the Department of Social Services, the Department 20 of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, the 21 S.C. Council on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, the March of 22 Dimes, and the Perinatal Association to devise a statewide system 23 to reduce adolescent pregnancy, premature births, and infant 24 mortality and to develop guidelines for the implementation of local 25 community based Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Councils 26 modeled after the York County model. Through collaboration, 27 York County has reduced the number of teen pregnancies in that 28 county by 41%. 29 30 Representatives from the above listed organizations shall 31 annually review the activities of local Adolescent Pregnancy 32 Prevention Councils and evaluate the performance of recipients. 33 The S. C. Council on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention will 34 monitor the progress of funded Councils and provide training and 35 technical assistance to said Councils. 36 Each Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Council shall: 37 (1) comply with reporting, contracting, and evaluation 38 requirements of the department;
PART III PAGE III-8 1 (2) define, develop, and maintain cooperative ties with other 2 community institutions; 3 (3) document sources of local financial support for match 4 money; 5 (4) demonstrate the proven effectiveness of strategies to be used 6 to reduce adolescent pregnancy with a primary focus on postponing 7 the onset of sexual activity; 8 (5) show level of demonstrated community support, including 9 endorsement from the appropriate local government entities and 10 from community organizations that serve youth; 11 (6) show that citizens were given the opportunity for input. 12 Documentation of support may include letters or statements of 13 support from citizens or community organizations; and 14 (7) show clear demonstration of how a Council will coordinate, 15 collaborate with, and utilize the resources of other community 16 entities that have an interest in positive youth development and the 17 reduction of high risk adolescent behavior. 18 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Councils will be eligible for 19 state match money at a ratio of one dollar ($1.00) state to one and 20 one-half dollars ($1.50) local not to exceed appropriated funds. 21 The maximum available per project per annum shall not exceed 22 $75,000. 23 24 (53) Parks, Recreation and Tourism 25 U.S. Youth Games 25,000 26 27 (53.1) Of the funds appropriated in this item $25,000 is allocated to 28 reimburse the US Youth Games for expenses incurred for activities 29 held in this State. 30 31 (54) State Library 32 Equipment (Photocopier) 6,500 33 ------------ 34 TOTAL Supplemental Appropriations $149,707,124 35 36 SECTION 3. A. Section 12-43-350 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 145 of 1995, is amended to 37 read:
PART III PAGE III-9 1 "Section 12-43-350. Affected political subdivisions must use a tax bill for real property which 2 must contain contains standard information and include the following as follows: 3 (1) name and address of owner; 4 (2) tax map number; 5 (3) location of property; 6 (4) appraised value; 7 (5) assessed value; 8 (6) assessed ratio; 9 (7) millage for each tax district; 10 (8) receipt number; 11 (9) total tax liability for current year; 12 (10) state property tax relief benefit (savings); 13 (11) local option sales tax credit. 14 (1) tax year; 15 (2) tax map number; 16 (3) property location; 17 (4) appraised value, taxable; 18 (5) tax amount; 19 (6) state homestead tax exemption, if applicable; 20 (7) state property tax relief, if applicable; 21 (8) local option sales tax credit, if applicable; 22 (9) any applicable fees; 23 (10) total tax due; 24 (11) tax due with penalties and applicable dates; 25 (12) prior year amount paid-only required to be shown if assessment is unchanged from prior 26 year, except during reassessment years, in which case all properties must show the prior year tax 27 amount. 28 The information required pursuant to this section must be contained in a boxed' area measuring 29 at least three inches square placed on the right side of the tax bill." 30 31 B. This section takes effect January 1, 1998, and first applies for real property tax bills for property 32 tax year 1998. 33 34 SECTION 4. (A) The appropriations in Section 2 are listed in priority order beginning with item 35 (1) and each separate appropriation item or subitem must be funded before the next appropriation 36 item or subitem in order is paid. 37 (B) Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this Part may be carried forward to succeeding 38 fiscal years and expended for the same purposes.
PART III PAGE III-10 1 SECTION 5. Except where otherwise provided, this Part takes effect upon approval by the 2 Governor, but no appropriation in Section 2 may be paid until the Comptroller General closes the 3 state's books on Fiscal Year 1996-97. 4 5 END OF PART III 6 7 All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of Part I or Part III of this Act 8 are hereby suspended for the Fiscal Year 1997-98. 9 All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of Part II of this Act are hereby 10 repealed. 11 Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Act shall take effect immediately upon its 12 approval by the Governor.