South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006
H. 4811
STATUS INFORMATION
Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Ways and Means Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9320htc06.doc
Introduced in the House on March 21, 2006
Introduced in the Senate on April 4, 2006
Last Amended on March 30, 2006
Currently residing in the Senate
Summary: Surplus general fund revenues
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
3/21/2006 House Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference HJ4
3/22/2006 House Special order, set for immediately following consideration of H.4810 HJ10
3/30/2006 House Amended HJ17
3/30/2006 House Read second time HJ28
3/30/2006 House Roll call Yeas86 Nays18 HJ28
3/31/2006 Scrivener's error corrected
4/4/2006 House Read third time and sent to Senate HJ33
4/4/2006 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ34
4/4/2006 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ34
5/31/2006 Senate Recalled from Committee on Finance SJ18
6/1/2006 Scrivener's error corrected
VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
3/21/2006
3/21/2006-A
3/30/2006
3/31/2006
5/31/2006
6/1/2006
RECALLED
May 31, 2006
H.4811
Introduced by Ways and Means Committee
S. Printed 5/31/06--S. [SEC 6/1/06 2:41 PM]
Read the first time April 4, 2006.
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A JOINT RESOLUTION
TO APPROPRIATE SURPLUS FISCAL YEAR 20052006 GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The following sums are appropriated from Fiscal Year 20052006 surplus general fund revenues for the purpose stated to the extent unobligated surplus revenues are available:
(1) Department of Disabilities & Special Needs
Residential Waiting List $9,231,000;
(2) Department of Mental Health
Community Services 1,500,000;
(3) Department of Health & Human Services
OSS Long Term Care 5,000,000;
(4) Department of Health & Environmental Control
Trauma Center Fund 2,000,000;
(4.1) Of the funds appropriated to the South Carolina State Trauma Care Fund, $2,000,000 must be utilized for increasing the reimbursement rates for trauma hospitals, for trauma specialists’ professional fee, for increasing the capability of EMS trauma care providers from counties with a high rate of traumatic injury deaths to care for injury patients, and for support of the trauma system, based on a methodology as determined by the department with guidance and input from members of the medical and trauma providers community. The methodology to be developed must include a breakdown of disbursement of funds by percentage, with a proposed 75 percent disbursed to hospitals and trauma physician fees, 21 percent disbursed to EMS providers in counties with high trauma mortality rates, and 4 percent allocated to the department for administration of the fund and support of the trauma system.
(5) Department of Health & Environmental Control
Beach Renourishment 5,000,000;
(6) Department of Disabilities & Special Needs
Crisis Prevention 6,000,000;
(7) Department of Health & Human Services
Nursing Home Beds 9,000,000;
(8) Department of Health & Human Services
Rural Hospital Grants 3,500,000;
(9) Department of Health & Human Services
Breast Cancer Treatment and Screening 1,000,000;
(10) Department of Mental Health Veterans Nursing Homes Colleton County 2,400,000;
(11) Department of Health & Human Services
Physician Reimbursements 3,000,000;
(12) Department of Health & Environmental Control
Critical Public Health Staffing 3,910,958;
(13) Department of Health & Environmental Control
Vaccine Purchases for the Underinsured 1,147,589;
(14) Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Palmetto Trails 100,000;
(15) Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Charlestown Landing 7,000,000;
(16) Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism
International Advertising 500,000;
(17) Department of Education
Student Athletics 1;
(17.1) From the funds appropriated and any other funds necessary, the South Carolina Department of Education shall insure that no public school participates in the South Carolina High School League if, by imposition of a waiting period, a private school student is prohibited from participating in a sport against a public school if the student is otherwise eligible and the private school is governed by and participates in sports under the auspices of the South Carolina High School League. If any public school should violate this provision, the Department of Education is directed to withhold, from all schools in the league or from that particular school, any funds appropriated or authorized for Student Athletics, as well as any services provided for student athletics, including, but not limited to, the use of state owned school buses for the transport of said student.
(18) School for the Deaf & the Blind
Student Safety, Independence,
and Efficiency 1,268,078;
(19) Prosecution Coordination Commission
Victims and Witness Assistance Programs 1,800,000;
(19.1) The $1,800,000 appropriated for Solicitors Victim/Witness Assistance Programs must be apportioned among the circuits on a per capita basis and based upon the official census of 2000. Payment must be made as soon after the beginning of each quarter as practical.
(20) Department of Mental Health
Patient Care Buildings Safety Renovations 4,400,000;
(21) Department of Mental Health
Crafts Farrow Renovation for
Forensic Capacity 2,560,000;
(22) Department of Mental Health
Bryan Renovation for Crisis Capacity 1,250,000;
(23) Department of Mental Health
Charleston Center Administration Addition 1,500,000;
(24) Department of Mental Health
Nurturing Center 90,000;
(25) Department of Transportation
Mass Transit 1,300,000;
(26) Department of Transportation
Port Access Road 500,000;
(27) Department of Corrections
Operating Funds Turbeville 1,500,000;
(28) Department of Corrections
Salary Differential Level 2 & 3 Facilities 5,750,000;
(28.1) From the funds appropriated for a targeted pay differential for the Department of Corrections, uniformed security staff at Level II and Level III prisons shall receive an incentive pay. All of these funds are earmarked for this purpose and must be used in a fashion to address vacancies and turnover of security staff. If any officer leaves a Level II or Level III prison for any non Level II or Level III facility that officer is no longer eligible to receive the pay differential.
(29) Department of Probation, Pardon
& Parole Services
Sex Offender Monitoring and Supervision 1,825,000;
(30) Department of Natural Resources
Law Enforcement Officers 1,000,000;
(31) Department of Juvenile Justice
Alternative Placements & Intensive PPS 581,160;
(32) Department of Juvenile Justice
Reopen Omega Dorm 1,246,346;
(33) Clemson University
International Center for Auto Research 2,000,000;
(34) Clemson University
Academic Road Map 4,000,000;
(35) University of South Carolina Columbia
Congaree Initiative 2,000,000;
(36) University of South Carolina Columbia
Faculty Support 4,000,000;
(37) Medical University of South Carolina
Hollings Cancer Center 500,000;
(38) Medical University of South Carolina
College of Dental Medicine 4,000,000;
(39) University of Charleston
MRR Parity 524,238;
(40) Coastal Carolina University
MRR Parity 3,765,000;
(41) Lander University
MRR Parity 174,252;
(42) University of South Carolina Aiken
MRR Parity 599,237;
(43) University of South Carolina Upstate
MRR Parity 1,877,675;
(44) University of South Carolina Beaufort
MRR Parity 502,175;
(45) University of South Carolina Lancaster
MRR Parity 650,000;
(46) University of South Carolina Salkehatchie
MRR Parity 100,000;
(47) Winthrop University
MRR Parity 1,172,423;
(48) SC State University
Transportation Center 748,365;
(49) University of Charleston
Real Estate Program 612,764;
(50) University of Charleston
School of Business: Office of
Tourism Analysis 150,000;
(51) University of Charleston
Marine Genomics 602,999;
(52) Francis Marion University
Early Childhood Training Program 585,000;
(53) Francis Marion University
Women & Minorities in Science
& Mathematics 100,000;
(54) Lander University
Nursing Program 130,000;
(55) Judicial Department
Family & Circuit Court Travel 1,000,000;
(56) Department of Education
Governor’s School for Science
& Mathematics 500,000;
(57) Department of Education
Governor’s School for the Arts
& Humanities 500,000;
(58) Office of Indigent Defense
Operations & Maintenance 200,000;
(59) Office of Indigent Defense
Conflict Fund 500,000;
(60) Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School
Software Update 68,000;
(61) Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School
Operating Expenses 275,000;
(62) Commission on Higher Education
Data and Facilities Staffing 135,000;
(63) Lieutenant Governor’s Office
Community Based Support Services
Office on Aging 2,900,000;
(64) State Library
Public Library Construction Grants 110,000;
(65) Arts Commission
Arts Facility Project 378,636;
(66) Forestry Commission
Mission Critical Functions 2,000,000;
(67) Human Affairs Commission
Legal Personal Service & Other Operating 9,591;
(68) State Museum
Myrtle Beach Children’s Museum 750,000;
(69) State Museum
Imagine Nation: Children’s Museum
of the Upstate 700,000;
(70) State Museum
Greer Museum 100,000;
(71) State Museum
Mauldin Cultural Center 200,000;
(72) State Museum
Observatory, Planetarium, Theater 3,459,000;
(73) State Museum
Chapman Cultural Center 500,000;
(74) State Museum
Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium 500,000;
Total $130,429,487.
SECTION 2. The appropriations in Section 1 of this act are listed in priority order beginning with item (1) and each separate appropriation item or subitem must be fully funded before the next item or subitem in order is paid. Provided, however, that any individual item may be partially funded in the order in which it appears to the extent that revenues are available. Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this act may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years and expended for the same purposes.
SECTION 3. Except as otherwise stated, this joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor, but no appropriation in Section 1 may be paid until thirty days after the Comptroller General closes the state’s books on fiscal year 20052006.
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