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Senate Bill 190 Enrolled SENATE BILL 190 B1 (0lr0142) ENROLLED BILL — Budget and Taxation/Appropriations — Introduced by The President (By Request – Administration) Read and Examined by Proofreaders: _______________________________________________ Proofreader. _______________________________________________ Proofreader. Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this _______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M. ______________________________________________ President. CHAPTER ______ 1 Budget Bill 2 (Fiscal Year 2021) 3 AN ACT for the purpose of making the proposed appropriations contained in the State 4 Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, in accordance with Article III, 5 Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; and generally relating to appropriations 6 and budgetary provisions made pursuant to that section. 7 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 8 That subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth and subject to the Public General Laws 9 of Maryland relating to the Budget procedure, the several amounts hereinafter specified, 10 or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, are hereby 11 appropriated and authorized to be disbursed for the several purposes specified for the fiscal 12 year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, as hereinafter indicated. EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. Underlining indicates amendments to bill. Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by amendment. Italics indicate opposite chamber committee amendments. *sb0190* 2 SENATE BILL 190 1 PAYMENTS TO CIVIL DIVISIONS OF THE STATE 2 A15O00.01 Disparity Grants 3 General Fund Appropriation, provided that 4 $250,000 of this appropriation made for the 5 purpose of a Disparity Grant for Baltimore 6 City may not be expended until Baltimore 7 City includes in its Capital Improvement 8 Plan an upgrade for a facility in East 9 Baltimore that would be suitable as a 10 transfer site for small haulers that need to 11 dispose of waste and provides a report to 12 the budget committees detailing the 13 transfer site location and timeline for 14 opening. The report shall be submitted 15 prior to the expenditure of funds, and the 16 budget committees shall have 45 days from 17 the date of receipt of the report to review 18 and comment. Funds restricted pending 19 receipt of this report may not be 20 transferred by budget amendment or 21 otherwise to any other purpose and shall 22 revert to the General Fund if the report is 23 not received, provided that $250,000 of this 24 appropriation made for the purpose of a 25 Disparity Grant for Baltimore City may not 26 be expended until Baltimore City includes 27 in its Capital Improvement Plan an 28 upgrade for a facility in East Baltimore 29 that would be suitable as a transfer site for 30 small haulers that need to dispose of waste 31 and provides a report to the budget 32 committees detailing the transfer site 33 location and timeline for opening. The 34 report shall be submitted prior to the 35 expenditure of funds, and the budget 36 committees shall have 45 days from the date 37 of receipt of the report to review and 38 comment. Funds restricted pending receipt 39 of this report may not be transferred by 40 budget amendment or otherwise to any 41 other purpose and shall revert to the 42 General Fund if the report is not received … 158,321,523 43 A15O00.02 Teacher Retirement Supplemental 44 Grants 45 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 27,658,661 SENATE BILL 190 3 1 A15O00.03 Miscellaneous Grants 2 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 1,220,000 3 SUMMARY 4 Total General Fund Appropriation ........................................ 185,980,184 5 Total Special Fund Appropriation ......................................... 1,220,000 6 7 Total Appropriation .......................................................... 187,200,184 8 9 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND 10 B75A01.01 Senate 11 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 14,596,654 12 B75A01.02 House of Delegates 13 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 27,907,775 14 B75A01.03 General Legislative Expenses 15 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 1,158,515 16 DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES 17 B75A01.04 Office of Operations and Support 18 Services 19 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 18,585,967 20 B75A01.05 Office of Legislative Audits 21 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 15,118,434 22 B75A01.06 Office of Program Evaluation and 23 Government Accountability 24 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 893,437 25 B75A01.07 Office of Policy Analysis 26 General Fund Appropriation, provided that 27 this appropriation is increased by 28 $2,000,000 and 6 regular positions are 29 added ........................................................... 22,788,516 30 SUMMARY 31 Total General Fund Appropriation ........................................ 101,049,298 32 4 SENATE BILL 190 1 JUDICIARY 2 Provided that $2,662,280 $3,554,879 3 $2,662,280 in general funds for new 4 positions is reduced and 46.0 57.0 46.0 new 5 positions (35 46 35 regular employees and 6 11 full–time equivalent contractual 7 bailiffs) are eliminated. 8 Further provided that $5,713,700 in general 9 funds, $377,991 in special funds, and 10 $83,363 in reimbursable funds for 11 employee merit increases in fiscal 2021 is 12 reduced. The Chief Judge is authorized to 13 allocate this reduction across the Judiciary. 14 Further provided that the Judiciary’s budget 15 is increased by $4,537,198 in general funds 16 and $282,818 in special funds to provide 17 employees with a 2% general salary 18 increase effective January 1, 2021. The 19 Chief Judge is authorized to allocate these 20 funds across the Judiciary. 21 Further provided that it is the intent of the 22 General Assembly that all general salary 23 increases provided by the Executive Branch 24 for State employees be provided for the 25 Judiciary in the budget of the Department 26 of Budget and Management. 27 C00A00.01 Court of Appeals 28 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 13,892,374 29 C00A00.02 Court of Special Appeals 30 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 13,819,003 31 C00A00.03 Circuit Court Judges 32 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 75,668,981 33 Funds are appropriated in other agency 34 budgets to pay for services provided by this 35 program. Authorization is hereby granted 36 to use these receipts as special funds for 37 operating expenses in this program. 38 C00A00.04 District Court SENATE BILL 190 5 1 General Fund Appropriation, provided that 2 $8,250,000 of the general fund 3 appropriation may be expended only for the 4 purpose of providing attorneys for required 5 representation at initial appearances 6 before District Court Commissioners 7 consistent with the holding of the Court of 8 Appeals in DeWolfe v. Richmond. Any 9 funds not expended for this purpose shall 10 revert to the General Fund ......................... 218,114,834 11 212,823,507 12 C00A00.06 Administrative Office of the Courts 13 General Fund Appropriation, provided that 14 $750,000 of this appropriation made for the 15 purpose of providing grants through the 16 Administrative Office of the Courts may not 17 be expended for that purpose but instead 18 may be transferred by budget amendment to 19 program D21A01.01 in the Governor’s 20 Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and 21 Victim Services to be used only to provide 22 funds for the Pretrial Services Program 23 Grant Fund, established by Chapter 771 of 24 2018. Funds not expended for this restricted 25 purpose may not be transferred by budget 26 amendment or otherwise and shall revert to 27 the General Fund ........................................ 75,696,933 28 74,827,042 29 75,136,933 30 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 22,000,000 31 Federal Fund Appropriation ............................ 268,822 97,965,755 32 97,095,864 33 97,405,755 34 35 C00A00.07 Court Related Agencies 36 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 3,554,118 37 C00A00.08 Thurgood Marshall State Law Library 38 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 3,890,563 39 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 5,979 3,896,542 40 41 C00A00.09 Judicial Information Systems 42 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 51,260,172 43 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 9,079,654 60,339,826 6 SENATE BILL 190 1 2 C00A00.10 Clerks of the Circuit Court 3 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 110,631,070 4 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 20,239,881 130,870,951 5 6 Funds are appropriated in other agency 7 budgets to pay for services provided by this 8 program. Authorization is hereby granted 9 to use these receipts as special funds for 10 operating expenses in this program. 11 C00A00.12 Major Information Technology 12 Development Projects 13 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 18,360,001 14 SUMMARY 15 Total General Fund Appropriation ........................................ 560,676,721 16 Total Special Fund Appropriation ......................................... 69,685,515 17 Total Federal Fund Appropriation ........................................ 268,822 18 19 Total Appropriation
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