Bill > HB560

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2022-2023, providing additional funding for various state agencies and programs. * **Executive Department:** * Office of Inspector General: $81,546 from the State General Fund (Direct) for vehicle purchases. * Division of Administration: $212,688 from the State General Fund (Direct) and Interagency Transfers for replacement vehicles, equipment, and tools. * Division of Administration: $2,790,500 from the State General Fund (Direct) for an Electronic Data Management System. * Division of Administration: $10,000,000 from Federal Funds for the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund. * Division of Administration: $1,645,764 from the State General Fund (Direct) for building maintenance at the capitol complex. * Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness: $36,095,477 from the State General Fund (Direct) for state-run non-congregant sheltering. * Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness: $2,407,563 from the State General Fund (Direct) for the ten percent share of the COVID-19 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. * Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness: $5,000,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for emergency response efforts related to the severe weather event of December 13-14, 2022. * Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness: $22,580,800 from the State General Fund (Direct) for cybersecurity software, hardware, and staffing contracts. * Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness: Various appropriations totaling over $18 million for hurricane cost-sharing and emergency response efforts. * **Department of Military Affairs:** * Military Affairs Program: $2,220,531 from the State General Fund (Direct), Fees & Self-Generated Revenues, and Federal Funds for acquisitions and major repairs. * Military Affairs Program: $250,250 from Federal Funds for painting and signage due to renaming Camp Beauregard. * Military Affairs Program: $125,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) and Federal Funds for a generator, lawn mowers, and a tractor. * Education Program: $1,327,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) and Federal Funds for acquisitions and major repairs. * Military Affairs Program: $520,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for furnishings and equipment at the new Emergency Operation Center at Camp Beauregard. * Military Affairs Program: $2,750,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for National Guard death benefits payments. * Military Affairs Program: $719,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for increased utility costs. * **Department of Public Safety and Corrections:** * Corrections - Administration: $11,778,553 from the State General Fund (Direct) for major repairs at all facilities. * Louisiana State Penitentiary: $1,110,997 from the State General Fund (Direct) for major repairs and equipment replacement. * Raymond Laborde Correctional Center: $1,030,682 from the State General Fund (Direct) for major repairs and equipment replacement. * Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women: $1,613,668 from the State General Fund (Direct) for furnishing the new facility. * Dixon Correctional Institute: $2,247,470 from the State General Fund (Direct) for major repairs and equipment replacement. * Elayn Hunt Correctional Center: $5,886,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for salaries and supplies. * David Wade Correctional Center: $3,219,750 from the State General Fund (Direct) for overtime and premium pay expenses. * Adult Probation and Parole: $4,279,980 from the State General Fund by Fees & Self-Generated Revenues for replacement acquisitions. * B. B. “Sixty” Rayburn Correctional Center: $621,364 from the State General Fund (Direct) for major repairs and equipment replacement. * Office of State Police: $13,032,238 from the State General Fund (Direct) for the replacement of one helicopter. * Office of State Police: $4,210,069 from the State General Fund (Direct) for the Louisiana State Police crime lab. * Office of State Police: $957,961 from the State General Fund by Interagency Transfers for security patrols at juvenile justice facilities. * Office of State Police: $900,000 from the State General Fund by Interagency Transfers for cybersecurity. * Office of Motor Vehicles: $1,100,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for the purchase of license plates. * Office of State Fire Marshal: $525,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for building repairs at the Fire and Emergency Training Academy. * **Department of Children and Family Services:** * Office of Children and Family Services: $5,200,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) and Federal Funds for the Louisiana Integrated Technology for Eligibility (LITE) system. * Office of Children and Family Services: $4,085,510 from the State General Fund (Direct) for the Crisis Stabilization Project. * **Retirement Systems:** * Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System: $148,365,390 from the State General Fund (Direct) and FY 2021-2022 surplus for unfunded accrued liability. * Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana: $49,286,662 from the FY 2021-2022 surplus for unfunded accrued liability. * **Higher Education:** * Board of Regents: $3,800,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for cybersecurity software for all institutions of higher education. * Board of Regents: $1,000,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for safety assessments for all institutions of higher learning. * Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors: $4,000,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for debt liquidation for the Health Sciences Center at New Orleans. * Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors: $11,000,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for research related equipment for the Agricultural Center. * Southern University Board of Supervisors: $3,868,010 from the State General Fund by Fees & Self-Generated Revenues due to changes in enrollment. * University of Louisiana Board of Supervisors: $2,171,612 from the State General Fund by Statutory Dedications out of the Support Education in Louisiana First Fund for various institutions. * Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges Board of Supervisors: $2,500,083 from the State General Fund by Fees and Self-generated Revenues due to changes in enrollment. * Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges Board of Supervisors: $125,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for the SkillsUSA program. * Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges Board of Supervisors: $300,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for the Northshore Technical Community College YouthBuild facility. * **Other Requirements:** * Judgments: $18,500,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) to pay consent judgments, Board of Tax Appeals judgments, and attorney fee reimbursements. * Firefighters' Supplemental Payments: $300,000 from the State General Fund (Direct). * Office of Risk Management: $18,324,500 from the State General Fund by Interagency Transfers for rebuilding the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women. * Office of Risk Management: $48,431,180 from the State General Fund (Direct) for operating expenses and claims payments. * Office of Technology Services: $33,080,000 from the State General Fund by Interagency Transfers for cybersecurity software and hardware. Section 2 of the bill specifies that all appropriations are bona fide obligations through June 30, 2024, with specific exceptions for certain local government entities with Cooperative Endeavor Agreements. Section 3 details amendments to previous appropriations, and Section 4 makes supplemental capital outlay appropriations.