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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 592 2022 Regular Session Zeringue
APPROPRIATIONS/SUPPLEML: Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year
2021-2022
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Increases appropriations as follows: State General Fund (Direct) by
$166,257,386; Interagency Transfers by $80, 661,289; Fees and Self-Generated
Revenues by $9,703,000; Statutory Dedications by $35,527,994; and Federal
Funds by $813,435,114. Adds one authorized position.
2.Increases from $42,500,000 to $127,500,000 the amount of state general fund
appropriated in capital outlay to the DOTD Highway Program. Further requires
$75,000,000 of this appropriation to be used for the DOTD Opportunity Fund
and $10,000,000 for the Norther Rail Project.
3.Deems certain prior appropriations in Sales Tax Dedications and State Aid to
Local Government Entities as bona fide obligations through June 30, 2023.
Additionally, modifies prior appropriations made in Acts 119 and 120 of the
2021 R.S. for new purposes.
4.Adds appropriations for certain judgments against the state, increasing the total
appropriated for such judgments from $4,734,287 to $6,747,787.
5.Adds funding for various state and local projects.
6.Makes technical changes.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Appropriates supplemental funding and provides for means of financing substitutions and
other budgetary adjustments for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. Provides for net increases
(decreases) as follows: State General Fund (Direct) by $189,766,876; Interagency Transfers
by $118,098,983; Fees & Self-generated Revenues by $17,419,599; Statutory Dedications
by $474,805,239; and Federal Funds by $654,117,662.
Additionally appropriates $69,921,974 of State General Fund (Direct) of nonrecurring
revenue out of the surplus from Fiscal Year 2020-2021 for the Initial Unfunded Accrued
Liability in state retirement systems.
Proposed law provides $6,747,787 for payment of several judgments against the state.
Proposed law deems certain prior appropriations in Sales Tax Dedications and State Aid to
Local Government Entities as bona fide obligations through June 30, 2023. Modifies certain
prior appropriations.
Further provides that any appropriation contained in proposed law shall be deemed a bona
fide obligation of the state.
Further provides that 100% of the funds appropriated to East Carroll Parish out of the East
Carroll Parish Visitor Enterprise Fund in the state sales tax dedications in Act 119 of the
2021 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be distributed to the East Carroll Parish
Tourism Commission D/B/A Doorway to Louisiana, Inc.
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Proposed law makes the following supplemental capital outlay appropriations for the 2021-
2022 fiscal year:
(1)Adds $10,000,000 of state general fund (direct) for the Community Water
Enrichment Program.
(2)Adds $10,000,000 of state general fund (direct) for the Local Government Assistance
Program.
(3)Adds $127,500,000 of state general fund (direct) to the Dept. of Transportation and
Development Highway Program. Requires $75,000,000 of that amount to be used
for the DOTD Opportunity Fund and $10,000,000 for the Norther Rail Project.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
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