HLS 15RS-979 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 222
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRIS
APPROPRIATIONS: Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for
Fiscal Year 2015-2016
1 AN ACT
2To make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive branch of state
3 government, pensions, public schools, public roads, public charities, and state
4 institutions and providing with respect to the expenditure of said appropriations; to
5 provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. The appropriations in this Act from state revenue shall be payable out of
8the sources specified and shall be limited by the provisions of Article VII, Section 10(D) of
9the Louisiana Constitution.
10 Section 2. All money from federal, interagency, statutory dedications, or self-
11generated revenues shall be available for expenditure in the amounts herein appropriated.
12Any increase in such revenues shall be available for allotment and expenditure by an agency
13on approval of an increase in the appropriation by the commissioner of administration and
14the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. Any increase in such revenues for an agency
15without an appropriation from the respective revenue source shall be incorporated into the
16agency's appropriation on approval of the commissioner of administration and the Joint
17Legislative Committee on the Budget. In the event that these revenues should be less than
18the amount appropriated, the appropriation shall be reduced accordingly. To the extent that
19such funds were included in the budget on a matching basis with state funds, a corresponding
20decrease in the state matching funds may be made.
21 Section 3. The figures in parentheses following the designation of a department are
22the total authorized/appropriated positions for that department.
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1 Section 4. The following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary are hereby
2appropriated out of any monies in the state treasury from the sources specified; from federal
3funds payable to the state by the United States Treasury; or from funds belonging to the State
4of Louisiana and/or collected by boards, commissions, departments, and agencies thereof,
5for purposes specified herein for the year commencing July 1, 2015, and ending June 30,
62016.
7 Department (Authorized Positions)
8 State
9 General
10 Fund
Interagency
Transfers
Fees & Self-
generated
Revenue
Statutory
Dedications Federal Total
11 01 - Executive Department (Authorized Positions - 1,849)
12 $121,247,463$76,463,836 $139,644,003$158,276,493$1,779,948,643$2,275,580,438
13 03 - Department of Veterans Affairs (Authorized Positions - 838)
14 $5,268,618 $1,555,603 $16,000,000 $115,528 $39,048,575 $61,988,324
15 04 - Elected Officials
16 Department of State (Authorized Positions - 313)
17 $48,937,624$237,813 $25,584,789 $514,078 $0 $75,274,304
18 Department of Justice (Authorized Positions - 479)
19 $11,539,853$21,302,807 $3,269,377$22,433,009 $7,750,321 $66,295,367
20 Office of the Lieutenant Governor (Authorized Positions - 7)
21 $1,240,907 $329,132 $10,000 $0 $5,511,341 $7,091,380
22 Department of Treasury (Authorized Positions - 54)
23 $0 $1,421,123 $8,139,506 $857,596 $0 $10,418,225
24 Department of Public Service (Authorized Positions - 97)
25 $0 $0 $0 $8,895,471 $0 $8,895,471
26 Department of Agriculture and Forestry (Authorized Positions - 553)
27 $21,296,854 $636,945 $7,231,922$33,527,654 $8,176,775 $70,870,150
28 Department of Insurance (Authorized Positions - 220)
29 $0 $0 $26,291,090 $1,432,793 $1,842,690 $29,566,573
30 05 - Department of Economic Development (Authorized Positions - 110)
31 $16,614,622 $2,300,000 $2,614,739$19,300,699 $0 $40,830,060
32 06 - Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (Authorized Positions - 616)
33 $30,388,779 $5,455,462 $25,030,395$10,426,959 $7,218,319 $78,519,914
34 07 - Department of Transportation and Development (Authorized Positions - 4,205)
35 $0$11,910,000 $28,184,037$512,351,491 $22,797,811 $575,243,339
36 08 - Department of Public Safety and Corrections
37 Corrections Services (Authorized Positions - 4,684)
38 $462,086,382 $4,755,047 $40,179,645 $54,000 $1,480,697 $508,555,771
39 Public Safety Services (Authorized Positions - 2,386)
40 $0$38,036,571 $132,043,013$217,876,170 $47,545,275 $435,501,029
41 Youth Services (Authorized Positions - 996)
42 $96,470,601$16,959,959 $775,487 $149,022 $891,796 $115,246,865
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1 09 - Department of Health and Hospitals (Authorized Positions - 5,502)
2 $2,808,651,003$443,808,923 $176,708,180$320,977,294$5,746,796,570$9,496,941,970
3 10 - Department of Children and Family Services (Authorized Positions - 3,404)
4 $144,341,187$44,217,734 $17,517,760 $1,255,661 $474,430,052 $681,762,394
5 11 - Department of Natural Resources (Authorized Positions - 324)
6 $8,251,107$18,726,573 $343,750$28,932,120 $16,370,273 $72,623,823
7 12 - Department of Revenue (Authorized Positions - 727)
8 $0 $749,801 $94,305,887 $549,459 $0 $95,605,147
9 13 - Department of Environmental Quality (Authorized Positions - 677)
10 $460,700 $350,000 $38,790$93,941,517 $19,930,946 $114,721,953
11 14 - Louisiana Workforce Commission (Authorized Positions - 916)
12 $8,163,120 $4,595,368 $272,219$111,396,051 $162,475,300 $286,902,058
13 16 - Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (Authorized Positions - 753)
14 $0 $6,093,264 $5,266,234$114,962,826 $44,426,071 $170,748,395
15 17 - Department of Civil Service (Authorized Positions - 169)
16 $5,261,126$11,505,478 $987,934 $2,120,685 $0 $19,875,223
17 19 - Higher Education (Authorized Positions - 19,483)
18 $762,990,068$37,703,027$1,348,114,704$172,250,711 $91,088,940$2,412,147,450
19 19 - Special Schools and Commissions (Authorized Positions - 724)
20 $38,816,575$23,805,269 $3,055,133$24,651,920 $105,086 $90,433,983
21 19 - Department of Education (Authorized Positions - 490)
22 $3,499,279,410$320,049,531 $57,422,846$273,621,371$1,131,692,979$5,282,066,137
23 19 - Louisiana State University Health Care Services Divisions (Authorized Positions - 331)
24 $3,860,659$33,243,383 $4,334,389 $0 $4,800,336 $46,238,767
25 20 - Other Requirements (Authorized Positions - 0)
26 $486,713,374$44,613,189 $8,832,200$194,938,576 $5,046,260 $740,143,599
27 Section 5. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 222 Original 2015 Regular Session Harris
Makes appropriations for FY 2015 - 2016.
Effective July 1, 2015.
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