FY 2001-02 MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET - S.B. 237 (S-1): SENATE-PASSED
Senate Bill 237 (S-1 as passed by the Senate)
Committee: Appropriations
| FY 2000-01 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation | $101,172,700 |
| Changes from FY 2000-01 Year-to-Date: | |
| 1. Challenge Program. The Governor recommended an increase of GF/GP ($210,700) and Federal ($95,900) funds to provide 5.0 FTEs for caseworkers to monitor progress of Challenge Program graduates. | 306,600 |
| 2. National Guard Tuition Assistance. The Governor recommended a reduction to reflect actual costs. | (200,000) |
| 3. Retirement/Survivor Benefit Adjustments. The Governor recommended an increase in retirement payments ($44,600) and survivor benefits ($48,400) to reflect actual costs. | 93,000 |
| 4. Budgetary Savings Line. The Governor recommended a negative appropriation line in the bill into which budget savings would later be transferred to. The Senate took reductions from various budget lines. | (215,000) |
| 5. Unclassified Salaries. The Governor recommended a 5% increase in accordance with Federal guidelines for State military pay. | 30,500 |
| 6. Civil Air Patrol. The Governor recommended the elimination of a one-time grant to the Civil Air Patrol. | (20,000) |
| 7. Economic Adjustments. | 1,961,900 |
| 8. Other Changes. | (302,600) |
| 9. Comparison to Governor's Recommendation. The Senate concurred with the Governor in all funding levels. | |
| Total Changes | 1,654,400 |
| FY 2001-02 Senate Gross Appropriation | $102,818,700 |
| FY 2001-02 MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET - BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS |
| Changes from FY 2000-01 Year-to-Date: |
| 1. The Senate recommended that several FY 2000-01
boilerplate sections be retained for FY 2001-02, including:
Sec. 207. Requires privatization procedure. Sec. 209. Prohibits foreign goods purchases. Sec. 210. Requires steps to provide business to deprived and depressed areas. Sec. 211. Requires creation and retention of reports. Sec. 602. Requires veterans homes annual report. Sec. 604. Specifies veterans homes board of managers appropriation as work project. Sec. 701. Requires an applicant for a benefit program to be provided an appeal, if due to lack of information being provided to applicant. Sec. 704. Requires Department to assist county counselors to obtain training. |
| 2. The Senate recommended the following new boilerplate
language for FY 2001-02:
Sec. 302. Challenge Program. Provides that donations received for program be considered restricted funds that shall not lapse. |