FIFTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 2020

 

June 19, 2020

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

HOUSE BILL 1

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

     1. On page 6, lines 16 through 18, strike Paragraph (19) in its entirety.

 

     2. Renumber the succeeding paragraphs accordingly.

 

     3. On page 7, lines 23 and 24, strike "twenty-five million two hundred sixty-four thousand seven hundred dollars ($25,264,700)" and insert in lieu thereof "eighteen million seven hundred ninety-five thousand four hundred dollars ($18,795,400)".

 

     4. On page 8, lines 2 and 3, strike "one million six hundred nineteen thousand three hundred dollars ($1,619,300)" and insert in lieu thereof "one million two hundred four thousand six hundred dollars ($1,204,600)".

 

     5. On page 8, line 22, strike "forty-five" and insert in lieu thereof "thirty-three and one-half".

 

     6.   On page 9, lines 9 and 10, strike "one hundred sixty-two million twenty-eight thousand nine hundred dollars ($162,028,900)" and insert in lieu thereof "one hundred forty-six million one hundred ninety-eight thousand nine hundred dollars ($146,198,900)".

 

     7. On pages 10 and 11, strike Paragraph (4) in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new paragraph:

 

                "(4) fifty-nine million one hundred eighty thousand two hundred dollars ($59,180,200) to provide an average four percent salary increase to all licensed teachers whose primary duty is classroom instruction, no additional funding shall be included to provide salary increases for licensed teachers whose primary duty is classroom instruction, and the secretary of public education shall not require that the operating budget of a school district or charter school provide an average four percent salary increase for licensed teachers whose primary duty is classroom instruction; and".

 

     8. On pages 11 and 12, strike Paragraph (5) in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new paragraph:

 

                "(5) thirty-three million four hundred forty-seven thousand four hundred dollars ($33,447,400) to provide salary increases to all school personnel, other than licensed teachers whose primary duty is classroom instruction, no additional funding shall be included to provide salary increases for school personnel, other than licensed teachers whose primary duty is classroom instruction, and the secretary of public education shall not require that the operating budget of a school district or charter school provide an average four percent salary increase for all school personnel, other than licensed teachers whose primary duty is classroom instruction.".

 

     9. On page 12, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following new subsection:

 

           "D. The general fund appropriation to the state equalization guarantee distribution includes sufficient funding to provide an average one percent salary increase for all school personnel, other than licensed school administrators who are employed as licensed school administrators and unlicensed school employees employed to perform primarily district-wide management functions. School districts and charter schools shall submit a plan to the public education department detailing the implementation of the salary increases.".

 

     10. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.

 

     11. On page 13, line 21, strike "F" and insert in lieu thereof "G".

 

     12. On page 15, lines 4 and 5, strike "five million three hundred one thousand one hundred dollars ($5,301,100)" and insert in lieu thereof "five million six hundred seven thousand nine hundred dollars ($5,607,900)".

 

     13. On page 15, strike lines 6 through 25 and on page 16, strike lines 1 through 4 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new subsection:

 

          "L. As provided in Item (2) of Subsection K of the General Appropriation Act of 2020, in lieu of the one million five hundred ninety-four thousand dollars ($1,594,000) to provide an average four percent salary increase for all public school transportation personnel, no additional funding shall be included to provide salary increases for public school transportation personnel, and the secretary of public education shall not require that the operating budget of a school district or charter school provide an average four percent salary increase for all public school transportation personnel.".

 

     14. On page 16, line 5, strike "J" and insert in lieu thereof "K".

 

     15. On page 16, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following new subsection:

 

          "N. A school district or charter school shall not pay an

increase of more than six percent for group health insurance premium

increases that take effect in fiscal year 2021.".

 

     16. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.

 

     17. On page 17, line 16, after "REDUCTIONS", insert "AND CHANGES".

 

     18. On page 24, between line 16 and 17, insert the following new subsections:

 

          "B. In addition to the special appropriations provided in Section 5 of the General Appropriation Act of 2020:

 

                (1) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the administrative office of the courts to distribute to district courts for the cost of new judgeships; and

 

                (2) one million seven hundred thousand dollars ($1,700,000) is appropriated to the department of finance and administration to distribute to executive, legislative and judicial agencies to provide a one percent salary increase to cover cost increases of employee benefits for employees earning an annual salary of less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); provided that the agency is unable to provide these salary increases from the agency's operating budget.

 

          C. The appropriations provided in Subsection B of this section may be expended in fiscal year 2021, and any unexpended balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2021 shall revert to the general fund.".

 

     19. Reletter the succeeding subsection accordingly.

 

     20. On pages 27 through 29, strike Section 11 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new Section 11:

 

     "SECTION 11. A new section of the General Appropriation Act of 2020 is enacted to read:

 

     "[NEW MATERIAL] COMPENSATION APPROPRIATIONS REDUCTION--SECTION 8.--The general fund appropriations for salary increases provided in Section 8 of the General Appropriation Act of 2020 are reduced by one hundred percent, and no salary increases shall be provided pursuant to that section."".

 

     21. On page 31, line 2, after the semicolon, insert "provided that if the department of finance and administration allocates funds to each eligible city or county in the proportion that the population of the eligible city or county is to the total population of all eligible cities and counties, the population of an eligible city or county or municipality shall be determined by the most recent population estimate published by the United States census bureau that includes adequate data for the eligible city or county;".

 

     22. On page 31, line 10, after the semicolon, insert "provided that if the department of finance and administration allocates funds to each eligible county or municipality in the proportion that the population of the eligible county is to the total population of all eligible counties and municipalities, the population of an eligible county or municipality shall be determined according to the most recent population estimate published by the United States census bureau that includes adequate data for the eligible county or municipality;".

 

     23. On page 34, line 1, strike "and".

 

     24. On page 34, line 19, strike the period and closing quotation mark and insert in lieu thereof "; and", and between lines 19 and 20, insert the following new subsection:

 

          "D. if the department of finance and administration determines that the federal government will not provide funding in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2020 to extend the enhancements provided to the medical assistance program provided in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 public health emergency, the governor, with the approval of the state board of finance, may transfer up to thirty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($37,500,000) to the human services department for the medical assistance program."".

 

                        

                             Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                 

Patricia A. Lundstrom, Chair

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 11 For 6 Against

Yes:      11

No:       Anderson, Armstrong, G., Bandy, Brown, Chatfield, Crowder

Excused:  None

Absent:   None

 

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