531#5s (CA) Social Services Balances. SB700 - Committee Approved

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1997 Session

Budget Amendments - SB700 (Committee Approved)

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Social Services Balances

Item 531 #5s

Item 531 #5s	First Year - FY1997	Second Year - FY1998
Central Appropriations
Central Appropriations	FY1997 ($1,125,000)	FY1998 $0	GF

Language
Page 358, line 14, strike "($5,926,932)" and insert "($7,051,932)".
Page 359, after line 16, insert:
"F. The Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall unallot the general fund appropriation in the first year of the Department of Social Services in the amount of $1,125,000. The amount shall be transferred to this item."

Explanation
(This amendment transfers to the general fund unexpended funds for two purposes: (1) $750,000 carried forward in FY 1996 balances for evaluation of welfare reform, and (2) $375,000 in the FY 1997 appropriation for the targeted grants program for employers who hire welfare recipients -- a program which was never implemented. A companion amendment to the first purpose provides funds to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, to contract for assistance in conducting a study of welfare reform. For the second purpose, $375,000 remains in the FY 1998 appropriation, pursuant to SB 873, which would re-authorize the targeted grants program.)

Item 531

Item 531	First Year - FY1997	Second Year - FY1998
Reversion Clearing Account - Miscellaneous (22600)	-$5,926,932	-$10,160,282
Fund Sources:
General	FY1997 -$5,926,932	FY1998 -$10,160,282

Authority: Discretionary Inclusion.

A. The Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall withhold from agency general fund appropriations, and transfer to this item, the amount of $2,500,000 in the second year for reductions in the cost of using vehicles provided by the Central Garage Car Pool of the Department of Transportation. The amount to be withheld from each agency shall be equal to the proportion of general fund contributions paid by that agency during the fiscal year 1997 to the total general fund amount paid into the Internal Service Fund of the Car Pool.

B. The Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall withhold from agency general fund appropriations, and transfer to this item, the amount of $5,000,000 the first year and $5,000,000 the second year for reductions in personnel costs resulting from a statewide hiring freeze.

C. The Director of the Department of Information Technology shall provide the information necessary for the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget to withhold from agency appropriations amounts from the general fund for computer services in excess of the amounts required based on savings to be achieved from rate reductions, and to transfer such amounts to this item. The total general fund reduction to be achieved by this action is estimated at $730,762 the first year and $1,820,915 the second year. These amounts are to be withheld prior to June 30 of each year, under such rules and regulations as the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget may prescribe. In the case of agencies supported in part by nongeneral funds, the calculation of the general fund amount shall be based on the proportionate share of total funding from the general fund.

D. The Director of the Department of Information Technology shall provide the information necessary for the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget to withhold from agency appropriations amounts from the general fund for telecommunications services in excess of the amounts required based on savings to be achieved from rate reductions, and to transfer such amounts to this item. The total general fund reduction to be achieved by this action is estimated at $196,170 the first year and $839,367 the second year. These amounts are to be withheld prior to June 30 of each year, under such rules and regulations as the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget may prescribe. In the case of agencies supported in part by nongeneral funds, the calculation of the general fund amount shall be based on the proportionate share of total funding from the general fund.

E. The Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall withhold from agency appropriations, and transfer to this item, amounts from the general fund that are in excess of the amounts required to pay the cost of privatization authorized by Chapter 152 of the 1995 Acts of Assembly.