South Carolina General Assembly

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

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PART III                                                                                     PAGE 623

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 2                       PART III
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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                                         14,372,104
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27     (3)        Aid to Subdivisions - Treasurer
28                      Local Government Fund                                            21,812,494
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30     (4)        Aid to Subdivisions - Comptroller General
31                      Homestead Exemption                                               1,403,157
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33     (5)        Department of Education
34                      (a)   Fringe Equity                                               8,500,000
35                      (b)  School Bus Maintenance & Parts                                                     1,000,000
36                      (c)   Instructional Materials                                     7,792,132
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PART III PAGE 624 1 (5.1) The $1,000,000 appropriated herein shall be used only to 2 purchase parts for the local school bus maintenance shops. 3 4 (6) Commission on Higher Education 5 Formula Funding 10,209,194 6 7 (7) Budget and Control Board, Division of Operations 8 (a) Local Government Fund 6,588,619 9 (b) Infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund 8,000,000 10 11 (8) Department of Health and Human Services 12 (a) FY 98 Client Growth 9,387,281 13 (b) Nursing Home Rate Adjustment 4,000,000 14 15 (9) Department of Disabilities and Special Needs 16 Medicaid Match 1,174,000 17 18 (10) Department of Health and Human Services 19 Nursing Home Beds 2,000,000 20 21 (11) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education 22 Special Schools 5,000,000 23 24 (12 Department of Social Services 25 (a) Annualization of Welfare Reform 2,000,000 26 (b) Annualization of Emotionally Disturbed Children Fund 12,000,000 27 28 (13) University of South Carolina 29 Institute of Public Affairs 500,000 30 31 (14) Commission on Higher Education 32 (a) EPSCOR 2,000,000 33 (b) SCAMP 600,000 34 35 (15) Department of Juvenile Justice 36 Wilderness Camps & Crafts Farrow 5,000,000 37
PART III PAGE 625 1 (16) Probation, Parole and Pardon Services 2 Community Control System 1,658,116 3 4 (17) Higher Education Tuition Grants 5 Grant Program 900,000 6 7 (18) Department of Education 8 Governors School for the Arts 600,000 9 10 (19) SC State University 11 Business School Accreditation 500,000 12 13 (20) Department of Health and Human Services 14 Residential Care Facilities 1,812,000 15 16 (21) 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 (22) Arts Commission 21 Grants Program 200,000 22 23 (23) Budget and Control Board - Division Of Executive Director 24 (a) Statewide Performance Audit 800,000 25 (b) Prepaid College Tuition Program 400,000 26 27 (23.1) Part VI, Section 2 of Act 458 of 1996 created a Performance Audit 28 Steering Committee which was directed to retain independent 29 contractors to conduct performance audits in all aspects of state 30 government. For Fiscal Year 1997-98, the Performance Audit 31 Steering Committee may direct agencies audited under this 32 directive to pay up to one-half of the cost of the audit. No state 33 agency with an appropriation of less than $2,500,000 is state 34 general funds is required to pay any cost of the audit. 35 36 (23.2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Part VI, Section 2 of Act 458 of 37 1996, the existence of the Performance Audit Steering Committee 38
PART III PAGE 626 1 and the completion date of its audit report is extended through June 2 30, 1999. 3 4 (24) Judicial Department 5 (a) Automation 740,000 6 (b) Judicial Commitment 343,200 7 (c) Administration 50,000 8 9 (25) State Law Enforcement Division 10 DNA Grants 110,000 11 12 (26) Adjutant General 13 Emergency Preparedness Division 250,000 14 15 (27) Department of Juvenile Justice 16 (a) Operating Expenses-Assessment & Classification 304,488 17 (b) Medical Services 179,158 18 (c) Programs & Services 1,695,311 19 (d) Attorney Fees 763,000 20 21 (28) Clemson-PSA 22 (a) Agri-Systems Productivity and Profitability 760,000 23 (b) Industrial Extension Grants 600,000 24 25 (29) House of Representatives 26 Southern Legislative Conference 125,000 27 28 (29.1) Funds appropriated in the amount of $125,000 for the annual 29 meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference lapse to the general 30 fund if this State is not selected as the 1998 host state. 31 32 (30) Department of Natural Resources 33 Aquatic Plant Management 400,000 34 35 (31) Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services 36 The Bridge 300,000 37
PART III PAGE 627 1 (32) Prosecution Coordination Commission 2 Per Capita 500,000 3 4 (33) Appellate Defense 5 Administration 340,000 6 7 (34) Indigent Defense 8 Maintenance 500,000 9 10 (35) Department of Corrections 11 (a) Operation of Four 256-Bed Facilities 1,092,950 12 (b) Medical Contract Costs 780,000 13 (c) Substance Abuse Facility at Manning 650,375 14 (d) Operating Expenses 363,718 15 16 (36) College of Charleston 17 Avery Normal Institute 660,000 18 19 (37) Department of Social Services 20 Foster Care 35,000 21 22 (38) State Museum 23 Outreach Programs 160,000 24 25 (38.1) Of the funds appropriated for outreach programs, $140,000 26 shall be allocated to the South Carolina Cotton Museum and $20,000 27 shall be allocated to the Cayce Museum. 28 29 (39) State Election Commission 30 (a) Voter Registration System-Increase in Voter Reg. 75,000 31 (b) Voter Registration System-Ineligible Voters 27,000 32 (c) Training & Certification 15,000 33 34 (40) Parks, Recreation and Tourism 35 Palmetto Trails 100,000 36 37 (41) Department of Commerce 38 (a) Frankfurt Office 149,772
PART III PAGE 628 1 (b) European Consultant 45,000 2 (c) Advertising/Marketing 103,678 3 4 (42) University of South Carolina 5 Small Business Development Center 191,398 6 7 (43) Department of Agriculture 8 (a) NASAD Annual Meeting 50,000 9 (b) Annual Spring Dairy Show 10,000 10 11 (44) Attorney General's Office 12 (a) Violence Against Women Act Grant 95,849 13 (b) Medicaid Fraud Control Unit 39,316 14 15 (45) Confederate Relic Room and Museum 16 Flag Preservation 75,000 17 18 (46) Department of Education 19 Challenger Learning Center 25,000 20 21 (46.1) The funds appropriated for the Challenger Learning Center 22 shall be allocated to Richland School District One for support of that project. 23 24 (47) Confederate Relic Room and Museum 25 Outreach 10,000 26 27 (48) Commission on Higher Education 28 African-American Loan Program 50,000 29 30 (49) College of Charleston 31 Race Relations 50,000 32 33 (50) Governor's Office 34 Alzheimer Matching Grants 50,000 35 36 (51) Department of Education 37 C.R. Neal Learning Center 200,000 38
PART III PAGE 629 1 (52) Department of Health and Environmental Control 2 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Councils 150,000 3 4 (52.1) The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall 5 collaborate with the Department of Social Services, the Department of 6 Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, the S.C.Council 7 on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, the March of Dimes, and the 8 Perinatal Association to devise a statewide system to reduce adolescent 9 pregnancy, premature births, and infant mortality and to develop guidelines 10 for the implementation of local community based Adolescent Pregnancy 11 Prevention Councils modeled after the York County model. Through 12 collaboration, York County has reduced the number of teen pregnancies in 13 that county by 41%. 14 15 Representatives from the above listed organizations shall annually 16 review the activities of local Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Councils 17 and evaluate the performance of recipients. The S. C. Council on 18 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention will monitor the progress of funded 19 Councils and provide training and technical assistance to said Councils. 20 Each Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Council shall: 21 (1) comply with reporting, contracting, and evaluation 22 requirements of the department; 23 (2) define, develop, and maintain cooperative ties with other 24 community institutions; 25 (3) document sources of local financial support for match money; 26 (4) demonstrate the proven effectiveness of strategies to be used to 27 reduce adolescent pregnancy with a primary focus on postponing the onset 28 of sexual activity; 29 (5) show level of demonstrated community support, including 30 endorsement from the appropriate local government entities and from 31 community organizations that serve youth; 32 (6) show that citizens were given the opportunity for input. 33 Documentation of support may include letters or statements of support from 34 citizens or community organizations; and 35 (7) show clear demonstration of how a Council will coordinate, 36 collaborate with, and utilize the resources of other community entities that 37 have an interest in positive youth development and the reduction of high 38 risk adolescent behavior.
PART III PAGE 630 1 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Councils will be eligible for state 2 match money at a ratio of one dollar ($1.00) state to one and one-half 3 dollars ($1.50) local not to exceed appropriated funds. 4 The maximum available per project per annum shall not exceed 5 $75,000. 6 7 (53) Parks, Recreation and Tourism 8 U.S. Youth Games 25,000 9 10 (54) Arts Commission 11 Williamsburg County Arts Council 20,000 12 13 (55) State Library 14 Equipment (Photocopier) 6,500 15 16 17 ----------------------- 18 TOTAL Supplemental Appropriations $149,708,222 19 20 SECTION 3. (A) The appropriations in Section 2 are listed in priority order beginning with item 21 (1) and each separate appropriation item or subitem must be funded before the next appropriation 22 item or subitem in order is paid. 23 (B) Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this Part may be carried forward to succeeding 24 fiscal years and expended for the same purposes. 25 26 SECTION 4. Except where otherwise provided, this Part takes effect upon approval by the 27 Governor, but no appropriation in Section 2 may be paid until the Comptroller General closes the 28 state's books on Fiscal Year 1996-97. 29 30 END OF PART III 31 32 All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of Part I or Part III of this Act 33 are hereby suspended for the Fiscal Year 1997-98. 34 All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of Part II of this Act are hereby 35 repealed. 36 Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Act shall take effect immediately upon its 37 approval by the Governor.