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Senate Bill 1 |
Senate Author: Williams |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
House Sponsor: Pitts |
Senate Bill 1, the General Appropriations Act, appropriates almost $197.0 billion for the FY2014-FY2015 state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2013. That amount includes all funding sources except interagency contracts. Of the legislatively approved amount, more than $101.4 billion, or 51.5 percent, is derived from general revenue, both dedicated and nondedicated. Another $68.7 billion, or 34.9 percent, represents federal funding, and $26.8 billion, or 13.6 percent, comes from other funds. (Figures and percentages do not add up due to rounding.) The $196.95 billion budgetary total for FY2014-FY2015 represents an increase of approximately 3.7 percent over the FY2012-FY2013 budget.
Legislative appropriations for major governmental functions and services for FY2014‑FY2015 compared with appropriations for the preceding fiscal biennium are as follows: General government receives $4.8 billion, a decrease of 2.4 percent. Total funding for health and human services is $73.9 billion, an increase of 7.7 percent. The legislature appropriates $74.1 billion for both public and higher education, a 2.1 percent decrease. The judiciary receives $727.9 million, a 12.3 percent increase. Public safety and criminal justice receives $11.6 billion, a decrease of 1.3 percent. Natural resources is funded at $4.7 billion, a 3.8 percent decrease. Business and economic development is funded at $25.0 billion, an increase of 12.1 percent. Regulatory functions are funded at $784.9 million, an increase of 11.0 percent. The legislature is appropriated $358.3 million, an increase of 2.7 percent.
The governor vetoed approximately $17.1 million in all funding sources from Senate Bill 1. The appropriations vetoed by the governor represent contingency riders or contingent appropriations for bills that either did not pass or were vetoed by the governor, with the exception of funding for water aquifer research and the Public Integrity Unit.