Bill > HB312

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, totaling over $300 million from the State General Fund and other sources for various state agencies and local entities. * **Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System:** $144,268,468 from the FY 2024-2025 surplus for unfunded accrued liability. * **Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Corrections Services):** Over $32 million for offender medical expenditures, personal services, and operating expenses across various correctional facilities. * **Department of Health (Medical Vendor Payments):** Over $23 million for eligibility contracts, with significant adjustments to State General Fund and Federal Funds. * **Department of Transportation and Development:** Over $3.5 million for various projects including ice storm equipment, ferry fuel efficiency study, and road/drainage improvements. * **Department of Agriculture and Forestry:** $10.68 million for forestry equipment and acquisitions and $5 million for rice marketing. * **State General Fund (Direct) to various local governments and entities:** Numerous appropriations totaling tens of millions of dollars for infrastructure, community programs, public safety, and economic development projects across the state. * **Higher Education Institutions:** Over $50 million allocated to various university systems (LSU, Southern, UL, Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges) for enrollment changes, specific campus projects, and programs. * **Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness:** Over $6.3 million for disaster closeout costs and state cost shares for past and future storm events. * **Department of Environmental Quality:** $5 million for improvements to the Fire Prevention Program training facility. * **Office of Economic Development:** $5.5 million for the Louisiana Ports Complex and the Louisiana Talent Opportunity initiative. * **Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism:** $2.5 million for museum repairs and acquisitions and over $3.6 million for park acquisitions and improvements. * **Department of Wildlife and Fisheries:** $4.4 million for system upgrades and $1 million for outdoor conservation projects. * **Office of Behavioral Health:** $15 million for the acquisition of an electronic health record system. * **Department of Children and Family Services:** Over $17 million for operating expenses and child welfare services. * **Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District:** $469,930 for contractual obligations. * **Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice:** $15 million for perpetual licenses and implementation costs for the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools, contingent on House Bill No. 821 becoming law. * **Department of Veterans Affairs:** Over $3.6 million for various programs including National Guard disability benefit claims and veterans' home repairs. * **Office of State Police:** Over $16 million for moving into the new crime lab, fusion center operations, and traffic enforcement expenses. * **State Retirement Systems:** Over $145 million for the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana for unfunded accrued liability. * **Board of Regents:** Over $33 million for disbursement to eligible institutions and TOPS awards. * **Office of Group Benefits:** $100 million for contractual obligations and operating expenses. * **Local Housing of State Offenders:** Over $6.9 million for the housing of adult and juvenile offenders in local facilities. * **Sales Tax Dedications and Local Revenue Fund:** Over $21 million allocated to various local entities for tourism, economic development, and general revenue. * **Sports Wagering Local Allocation Fund:** $2.95 million for payments to locals. * **Louisiana Economic Development - Debt Service and State Commitments:** Over $110 million for economic development initiatives, major events, and infrastructure improvements. * **Ancillary Appropriations:** Includes $2 million for aircraft services equipment and $1 million for the Division of Administrative Law. * **Judicial Expense:** Over $350,000 for court modernization and equipment. * **Legislative Expense:** $15,000 for the Youth Advisory Council. Additionally, the bill includes provisions for amending and repealing certain prior appropriations and clarifies that these appropriations are considered bona fide obligations of the state through June 30, 2027.