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FL H5001
Bill
Status
3/9/2012
Primary Sponsor
Denise Grimsley
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AI Summary
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Total FY 2012-2013 budget of $70.04 billion ($24.77B General Revenue, $45.27B Trust Funds) supporting 117,881.75 positions with an approved salary rate of $4.93 billion, effective July 1, 2012
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Education receives $20.29 billion (Sections 1 & 2), including a K-12 FEFP base student allocation of $3,582.98, $2.88B for class size reduction, $329.4M for Bright Futures Scholarships (with per-credit-hour awards of $100/$75/$38 by tier), $413.3M for Voluntary Prekindergarten ($2,383/FTE), and $581.5M for School Readiness Services
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Human Services is the largest section at $29.91 billion, encompassing Medicaid, children's medical services, behavioral health, developmental disabilities, and public health programs, with $542.1M in trust fund transfers to General Revenue helping to balance the budget
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Criminal Justice and Corrections receives $4.19 billion, funding incarceration of 98,885 inmates (variable expenses for 99,257 average daily population), with provisos requiring DOC to submit proposals before closing facilities and prohibiting use of funds for unoccupied leased space
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Natural Resources, Environment, and Transportation totals $11.33 billion, including $415.2M for land acquisition debt service, $125M for petroleum tank cleanup, $50M for Florida Keys wastewater treatment, $30M for Everglades restoration, $10M for beach projects, and $1.07B for the school lunch program through the Department of Agriculture
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General Government appropriations of $3.87 billion cover the Legislature ($199.3M, with a proviso to challenge the federal Affordable Care Act), Highway Patrol ($203.6M), lottery operations ($149.4M), emergency management ($226.4M including hurricane mitigation funds), and state technology/telecommunications ($256.5M including $135.5M in E911 distributions to counties)
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$10 million in nonrecurring General Revenue allocated to Space Coast economic development for communities disproportionately affected by Kennedy Space Center changes, with funding preference for jurisdictions offering expedited permitting for research, commercialization, and job creation
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$542.1 million transferred from trust fund balances to General Revenue, including $350M from the Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund, $66.8M from the Local Government Housing Trust Fund, and $29.8M from the State Housing Trust Fund, with $214.5M authorized for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund
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Fixed capital outlay totals $10.30 billion across all funds, including $975.4M in PECO debt service, $155M for Florida Forever and Save Our Everglades bond debt service, $125.7M for wastewater revolving loans, $64.6M for drinking water revolving loans, $55.2M for charter school capital, and numerous named university and college construction projects
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The Judicial Branch receives $446.2 million, while the bill adopts by reference 47 budget amendments modifying the FY 2011-2012 operating budgets across multiple state agencies and includes standard severability and retroactivity provisions
Legislative Description
Appropriations
Last Action
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1716
3/9/2012