NO. 62. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT.

(H.554)

Sec. 1. SHORT TITLE

   This bill may be referred to as the BIG BILL -- Fiscal Year 2000 Appropriations Act.

Sec. 2. PURPOSE

   The purpose of this act is to provide appropriations for the operations of state government during fiscal year 2000. It is the expressed intent of the legislature that activities of the various agencies, departments, divisions, boards, and commissions be limited to those which can be supported by funds appropriated in this act or other acts passed prior to June 30, 1999. Agency and department heads are directed to implement staffing and service levels at the beginning of fiscal year 2000 so as to meet this condition unless otherwise directed by specific language in this act.

Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS

The sums herein stated are appropriated for the purposes specified in the following sections of this act. When no time is expressly stated during which any of the appropriations are to continue, the appropriations are declared to be single-year appropriations, and only for the purpose indicated. These appropriations shall be the only appropriations available notwithstanding any other acts or laws. If in this act there is an error in either addition or subtraction, the totals shall be adjusted accordingly. Apparent errors in referring to section numbers of statutory title within this act may be disregarded by the commissioner of finance and management.

Sec. 4. TIME AVAILABLE

   The sums appropriated in this act, unless otherwise designated, shall be available only during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. The balance of any appropriations made in this act remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the appropriate fund balance unless otherwise specified in this act. Refunds of expenditures and reimbursements, except liability insurance premiums, which have been paid from the appropriations of a prior year shall be credited to the appropriate fund and not to appropriation accounts in the current fiscal year unless those refunds or reimbursements were previously paid from federal grants-in-aid or from appropriations whose unexpended balances are reappropriated by law. Refunds of liability insurance premiums paid in prior fiscal years are hereby available to reduce subsequent liability insurance premiums. Nothing contained in this act shall limit the time within which an appropriation to be raised by the issue of bonds may be expended.

Sec. 5. DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this act:

(1) "Personal services" means wages and salaries, consulting services, personnel benefits, personal injury benefits under section 636 of Title 21 and similar items.

(2) "Operating expenses" means supplies - food, medical, clothing, educational, fuel, highway materials and similar items; contractual services - postage, telephone, travel expenses, light, heat and power, rentals, insurance and other similar items; equipment articles of substantial value which have a long period of usefulness - desks, computers, typewriters, furniture, motor vehicles and similar items.

(3) "Land, structures, improvements" means expenditures for the purchase of land, construction of new buildings and permanent improvements, highway construction and similar items.

(4) "Grants" means subsidies, aid or payments to local governments, to community and quasi-public agencies for providing local services, and to persons who are not wards of the state for services or supplies, and cash or other direct assistance, including pension contributions.

(5) "Other" means a lump sum appropriation not differentiated by object of expenditure.

(6) "Encumbrances" means a portion of an appropriation reserved for the subsequent payment of existing purchase orders or contracts. The commissioner of finance and management shall make final decisions on the appropriateness of encumbrances.

Sec. 6. SOURCE OF FUNDS

   The appropriations made in this act are made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000 except as provided in this act, and are to be paid from funds shown as the source of funds.

Sec. 7. Secretary of administration - secretary's office

	Personal services	512,570
	Operating expenses	51,808
	Total	564,378
	Source of funds
	General fund	361,051
	Transportation fund	58,327
	Interdepartmental transfer	145,000
	Total	564,378

Sec. 8. Secretary of administration - GOVNet

	Personal services	281,150
	Operating expenses	968,850
	Total	1,250,000
	Source of funds
	Internal service funds	1,250,000

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Administrative Assistant A - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 9. Finance and management - budget and management

	Personal services	662,088
	Operating expenses	54,280
	Total	716,368
	Source of funds
	General fund	580,216
	Transportation fund	126,152
	Interdepartmental transfer	10,000
	Total	716,368

Sec. 10. Finance and management - financial operations

	Personal services	855,376
	Operating expenses	156,284
	Total	1,011,660
	Source of funds
	General fund	625,416
	Transportation fund	340,214
	Special funds	46,030
	Total	1,011,660

   (a) The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - one (1) Network Administrator II and one (1) Information Technology Specialist II - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 11. Personnel - operations

	Personal services	2,040,140
	Operating expenses	423,106
	Total	2,463,246
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,733,842
	Transportation fund	607,604
	Special funds	47,000
	Internal service funds	67,300
	Interdepartmental transfer	7,500
	Total	2,463,246

Sec. 12. Personnel - employee benefits

	Personal services	706,487
	Operating expenses	269,320
	Total	975,807
	Source of funds
	Internal service funds	975,807

Sec. 13. Buildings and general services - administrative

	Personal services	668,926
	Operating expenses	137,900
	Total	806,826
	Source of funds
	General fund	370,000
	Transportation fund	63,000
	Interdepartmental transfer	373,826
	Total	806,826

   (a) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Personnel Assistant - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 14. Buildings and general services - facilities operations

	Personal services	5,296,223
	Operating expenses	5,991,792
	Total	11,288,015
	Source of funds
	General fund	9,660,189
	Transportation fund	1,327,826
	Interdepartmental transfer	300,000
	Total	11,288,015

(a) The establishment of twenty-two (22) new classified positions - one (1) Maintenance Mechanic A, three (3) Maintenance Mechanic B, one (1) Maintenance Mechanic II, fourteen (14) Custodian A, and three (3) Custodian B - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 15. Buildings and general services - engineering

	Personal services	1,330,618
	Operating expenses	164,750
	Total	1,495,368
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,339,664
	Transportation fund	90,704
	Interdepartmental transfer	65,000
	Total	1,495,368

Sec. 16. Buildings and general services - property management

	Personal services	276,833
	Operating expenses	3,661,776
	Total	3,938,609
	Source of funds
	General fund	513,166
	Internal service funds	3,425,443
	Total	3,938,609

Sec. 17. Buildings and general services - postal

	Personal services	476,766
	Operating expenses	345,816
	Total	822,582
	Source of funds
	General fund	75,000
	Transportation fund	63,085
	Internal service funds	684,497
	Total	822,582

Sec. 18. Buildings and general services - supply center

	Personal services	207,401
	Operating expenses	189,851
	Total	397,252
	Source of funds
	Internal service funds	397,252

Sec. 19. Buildings and general services - copy center

	Personal services	564,853
	Operating expenses	803,920
	Total	1,368,773
	Source of funds
	Internal service funds	1,368,773

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - Support Services Worker - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 20. Buildings and general services - purchasing

	Personal services	614,653
	Operating expenses	120,062
	Total	734,715
	Source of funds
	General fund	483,439
	Transportation fund	251,276
	Total	734,715

Sec. 21. Buildings and general services - public records

	Personal services	638,983
	Operating expenses	192,633
	Total	831,616
	Source of funds
	General fund	566,558
	Transportation fund	85,019
	Special funds	160,039
	Interdepartmental transfer	20,000
	Total	831,616

Sec. 22. Buildings and general services - communications and information technology

	Personal services	2,156,311
	Operating expenses	3,041,100
	Total	5,197,411
	Source of funds
	Internal service funds	5,197,411

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing temporary and contractual services. The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - one (1) Information Technology Specialist II, and one (1) Telecommunications Systems Specialist - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 23. Buildings and general services - state surplus property

	Personal services	39,197
	Operating expenses	28,855
	Total	68,052
	Source of funds
	Internal service funds	68,052

Sec. 24. Buildings and general services - federal surplus property

	Personal services	36,527
	Operating expenses	60,545
	Total	97,072
	Source of funds
	Enterprise funds	97,072

Sec. 25. Buildings and general services - workers' compensation insurance

	Personal services	682,418
	Operating expenses	192,698
	Total	875,116
	Source of funds
	Internal service funds	875,116

Sec. 26. Buildings and general services - general liability insurance

	Personal services	255,183
	Operating expenses	389,331
	Total	644,514
	Source of funds
	Internal service funds	644,514

Sec. 27. Buildings and general services - all other insurance

	Personal services	26,642
	Operating expenses	14,285
	Total	40,927
	Source of funds
	Internal service funds	40,927

Sec. 28. Buildings and general services - information centers

	Personal services	2,154,820
	Operating expenses	555,302
	Grants	175,000
	Total	2,885,122
	Source of funds
	General fund	256,499
	Transportation fund	2,576,623
	Special funds	52,000
	Total	2,885,122

Sec. 29. APPROPRIATIONS; REDUCTION

   (a) The commissioner of buildings and general services shall reduce by $250,000.00 in general funds, amounts appropriated in Secs. 13 through 28 of this act.

   (b) The commissioner shall use the fee for space program in agencies supported by federal programs and in agencies supported by special funds to the extent allowable to fully fund the appropriation of the facilities operating program of the department. Any additional revenues from the fee for space program shall be available for appropriation.

Sec. 30. Tax - administration/collection

	Personal services	8,339,462
	Operating expenses	2,247,350
	Total	10,586,812
	Source of funds
	General fund	9,362,241
	Transportation fund	247,566
	Special funds	899,505
	Interdepartmental transfer	77,500
	Total	10,586,812

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - one (1) Clerk B and one (1) Tax Examiner II - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 31. REPEAL

   Sec. 303 of No. 89 of the Acts of 1987 (enhanced tax collection special fund) is repealed.

Sec. 32. Libraries

	Personal services	1,511,437
	Operating expenses	1,047,830
	Grants	41,300
	Total	2,600,567
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,835,067
	Federal funds	638,700
	Special funds	64,200
	Interdepartmental transfer	62,600
	Total	2,600,567

Sec. 33. Geographic information system

	Grants	345,000
	Source of funds
	Special funds	345,000

Sec. 34. Auditor of accounts

	Personal services	1,323,444
	Operating expenses	80,317
	Total	1,403,761
	Source of funds
	General fund	418,994
	Transportation fund	66,844
	Special fund	47,573
	Internal service funds	870,350
	Total	1,403,761

Sec. 35. State treasurer

	Personal services	1,297,696
	Operating expenses	246,700
	Total	1,544,396
	Source of funds
	General fund	472,535
	Transportation fund	115,953
	Special funds	862,378
	Expendable trust	93,530
	Total	1,544,396

   (a) The conversion of one (1) limited service position - Program Services Clerk - to a new classified position is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 36. Vermont state retirement system

	Personal services	9,367,097
	Operating expenses	108,377
	Total	9,475,474
	Source of funds
	Special funds	9,475,474

Sec. 37. Municipal employees' retirement system

	Personal services	747,684
	Operating expenses	38,076
	Total	785,760
	Source of funds
	Special funds	785,760

Sec. 38. State labor relations board

	Personal services	140,705
	Operating expenses	21,400
	Total	162,105
	Source of funds
	General fund	152,058
	Transportation fund	5,125
	Special funds	4,922
	Total	162,105

Sec. 39. Executive office

	Personal services	973,328
	Operating expenses	207,347
	Grants	51,978
	Unrestricted fund	13,000
	Total	1,245,653
	Source of funds
	General fund	956,056
	Transportation fund	177,497
	Special funds	3,100
	Interdepartmental transfer	109,000
	Total	1,245,653

Sec. 40. Executive - national and community service

	Personal services	156,405
	Operating expenses	86,335
	Grants	1,272,320
	Total	1,515,060
	Source of funds
	General fund	54,880
	Federal funds	1,445,416
	Interdepartmental transfer	14,764
	Total	1,515,060

Sec. 41. VOSHA review board

	Personal services	25,000
	Operating expenses	3,250
	Total	28,250
	Source of funds
	General fund	11,415
	Federal funds	16,835
	Total	28,250

Sec. 42. Use tax reimbursement fund - municipal current use

	Other	4,000,000
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,950,000
	Transportation fund	2,050,000
	Total	4,000,000

Sec. 43. Lieutenant governor

	Personal services	95,921
	Operating expenses	7,414
	Total	103,335
	Source of funds
	General fund	82,193
	Transportation fund	21,142
	Total	103,335

Sec. 44. Legislature

	Other	3,891,728
	Source of funds
	General fund	3,093,628
	Transportation fund	798,100
	Total	3,891,728

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of two (2) exempt positions - Committee Assistant - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 44a. Sec. 41 of No. 147 of the Acts of 1998, as amended by Sec. 8 of No. 1 of the Acts of 1999, is further amended to read:

Sec. 41. Legislature

	Other	*[4,241,500]*	4,751,500
	Source of funds
	General fund	*[3,443,400]*	3,953,400
	Transportation fund	798,100	798,100
	Total	*[4,241,500]*	4,751,500

(a) Of the above appropriation, up to $40,000.00 shall be available for the costs of planning and preparing for the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Regional conference of the Council of State governments in Burlington. This appropriation shall be matched through fundraising on a two-for-one basis.

(b) Beginning in the 1999 biennial session of the legislature, and in each biennial and adjourned session thereafter, the first installment payment of salary of members shall be made no later than the last day of the first week of the legislative session in an amount no less than one week's salary. Thereafter, members shall be paid in biweekly installments as provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1051(a) and (c) and 32 V.S.A. § 1052(a).

(c) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in 32 V.S.A. §§ 1051 and 1052, for attendance at sessions of the 1999 regular session of general assembly after May 8, 1999 members shall be compensated on a daily basis, except that in no event shall compensation to any member in any week exceed the weekly amount provided by law.

(d) In addition to any other funds appropriated to the sergeant at arms in fiscal year 1999, there is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 1999 to the sergeant at arms an additional amount of $21,000.00 for the purpose of meeting additional personnel and other costs related to the extension of the 1999 legislative session.

Sec. 45. Legislative council

	Personal services	1,436,000
	Operating expenses	18,500
	Total	1,454,500
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,202,968
	Transportation fund	251,532
	Total	1,454,500

(a) The establishment of two (2) new exempt positions - Legislative Counsel - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 46. Sergeant at arms

	Personal services	203,072
	Operating expenses	42,669
	Total	245,741
	Source of funds
	General fund	199,524
	Transportation fund	46,217
	Total	245,741

Sec. 47. Joint fiscal committee

	Personal services	625,335
	Operating expenses	25,600
	Total	650,935
	Source of funds
	General fund	499,702
	Transportation fund	151,233
	Total	650,935

   (a) The following limited service positions are converted to permanent exempt positions in fiscal year 2000: #117010 and #117011.

Sec. 48. Lottery commission

	Personal services	931,410
	Operating expenses	692,422
	Total	1,623,832
	Source of funds
	Enterprise funds	1,623,832

Sec. 49. Payments in lieu of taxes - Montpelier services

	Grants	184,000
	Source of funds
	General fund	184,000

Sec. 50. Payments in lieu of taxes - correctional facilities

	Grants	40,000
	Source of funds
	General fund	40,000

Sec. 50a. State payment in lieu of property taxes

	Grants	1,500,000
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,250,000
	Special funds	250,000
	Total	1,500,000

   (a) The above appropriation is for state payments in lieu of property taxes under subchapter 4 of chapter 123 of Title 32.

Sec. 51. Total general government		81,610,338
	Source of funds
	General fund	38,080,301
	Transportation fund	9,521,039
	Federal funds	2,100,951
	Special funds	13,042,981
	Enterprise funds	1,720,904
	Expendable trust	93,530
	Internal service funds	15,865,442
	Interdepartmental transfer	1,185,190
	Total	81,610,338

Sec. 52. Protection to persons and property -

	Attorney general
	Personal services	3,604,134
	Operating expenses	408,200
	Total	4,012,334
	Source of funds
	General fund	2,020,089
	Transportation fund	78,539
	Federal funds	460,000
	Special funds	612,706
	Tobacco funds	190,000
	Interdepartmental transfer	651,000
	Total	4,012,334

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing temporary and contractual services. The establishment of three (3) new classified positions - one (1) Administrative Assistant and two (2) Paralegal - and five (5) new exempt positions - Assistant Attorney General - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Investigator - and two (2) new exempt positions - Assistant Attorney General - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 53. Vermont court diversion

	Grants	821,967
	Source of funds
	General fund	424,342
	Transportation fund	172,625
	Special funds	225,000
	Total	821,967

Sec. 54. Center for crime victim services

	Personal services	311,149
	Operating expenses	79,836
	Grants	3,369,676
	Other	498,000
	Total	4,258,661
	Source of funds
	General fund	570,126
	Federal funds	2,744,000
	Special funds	944,535
	Total	4,258,661

Sec. 55. State's attorneys

	Personal services	5,846,810
	Operating expenses	693,540
	Total	6,540,350
	Source of funds
	General fund	4,651,739
	Transportation fund	414,598
	Federal funds	216,827
	Special funds	91,004
	Interdepartmental transfer	1,166,182
	Total	6,540,350

   (a) The establishment of eight (8) new exempt positions - three (3) Deputy State's Attorney, three (3) Victim Advocate and two (2) Secretary - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 56. Sheriffs

	Personal services	1,681,448
	Operating expenses	218,280
	Total	1,899,728
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,365,427
	Transportation fund	534,301
	Total	1,899,728

   (a) Of the above appropriation, $15,000.00 shall be transferred to the state's attorneys office as reimbursement for the cost of the executive director's salary.

Sec. 56a. 32 V.S.A. § 1591(2)(A) is amended to read:

(A) For necessary assistance in arresting or transporting prisoners, juveniles or mental patients the sum of *[$9.50]* $11.00 per hour for each deputy sheriff or assistant so required if the sheriff or constable makes oath that the deputy sheriff, assistant or assistants were required giving the name of the assistant or assistants if there were more than one; provided, however, a full-time law enforcement officer shall not receive compensation under this subsection if otherwise compensated for the hours during which such transportation is performed. In addition to the rate established in this section, the sheriffs' department shall be reimbursed for the costs of the employers' contribution to social security and workers' compensation insurance attributable to services provided under this section. Reimbursement shall be calculated on an hourly basis; the sheriff's department shall also be reimbursed for the costs of employer contributions for unemployment compensation, when a claim is filed and the percentage owed from the sheriff's department to the state can be accounted for under this section;

Sec. 56b. SHERIFFS' COMPENSATION; REPORT

The department of state's attorneys shall review the statutory schedule for sheriffs' compensation and determine whether the compensation for sheriffs is equitable. The department shall report its findings, together with its recommendation for an equitable compensation schedule for sheriffs, to the general assembly on or before January 15, 2000.

Sec. 57. Defender general - public defense

	Personal services	4,089,215
	Operating expenses	440,724
	Total	4,529,939
	Source of funds
	General fund	3,629,935
	Transportation fund	600,692
	Federal funds	48,000
	Special funds	251,312
	Total	4,529,939

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing temporary and contractual services. The establishment of five (5) new exempt positions - three (3) Staff Attorney and two (2) Support Secretary - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 57a. GRANT ACCEPTANCE

Notwithstanding section 5 of Title 32 pertaining to acceptance of grants, the defender general may accept up to $150,000.00 in federal grant funds from the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the United States Department of Justice to identify, assess and accommodate developmental disabilities of persons who are assigned the services of the office of the defender general.

Sec. 58. Defender general - assigned counsel

	Personal services	1,757,137
	Operating expenses	34,505
	Total	1,791,642
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,532,058
	Transportation fund	259,584
	Total	1,791,642

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of one (1) new exempt position - Support Secretary - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 59. AD HOC COUNSEL COMPENSATION RATE

   Beginning July 1, 1999, such rate of compensation shall be as prescribed by the supreme court pursuant to section 5205(a) of Title 13.

Sec. 60. Military - administrative

	Personal services	547,827
	Operating expenses	336,909
	Grants	30,000
	Total	914,736
	Source of funds
	General fund	874,111
	Special funds	40,625
	Total	914,736

   (a) $200,000.00 shall be transferred to the Vermont student assistance corporation for the national guard scholarship program, which is comprised of $30,000.00 of the above appropriation and $170,000.00 carry-forward fiscal year 1999 funds.
(b) Total grants under 16 V.S.A chapter 87, subchapter 4a shall not exceed $200,000.00 in fiscal year 2000, nor shall commitments or obligations be made for expenditure amounts above $200,000.00 in fiscal year 2001.

Sec. 61. 16 V.S.A. chapter 87, subchapter 4A is added to read:

Subchapter 4A. National Guard

§ 2856. EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE

(a) An active member of the Vermont army national guard or the air national guard may be eligible for an interest-free loan in an academic year for financial assistance to pay for tuition and fees for courses taken at a Vermont college, university, or regional technical center. Academic year awards may be up to $2,500.00 for a full-time student, up to $700.00 for a half-time student and up to $200.00 for a quarter-time student.

(b) To be eligible for an educational loan under this section, a person shall:

(1) have been a Vermont resident for at least one year;

(2) be an active member in good standing of a federally-recognized unit of the Vermont army national guard or air national guard;

(3) have successfully completed basic training or commissioning;

(4) not hold a baccalaureate degree or higher; and

(5) be enrolled in a program that leads to a postsecondary degree, diploma or be studying for relevant continuing education purposes.

(c) A loan awarded under this section shall be interest free and may be partially or completely cancelled and forgiven for a person who:

(1) submits certification that the person has successfully completed the course; and

(2) submits certification that the person has completed two years of national guard service for each full academic year award. Service requirements for less than a full academic year award shall be proportionate to the amount of the award. The board shall determine the amount of loan to be cancelled for each completed year of service. The amount cancelled for each year of service shall not exceed 50 percent of the loan.

(d) The adjutant general shall provide a certificate of eligibility to each person who has been found to be eligible for educational assistance under this section. The certificate shall be valid for one academic year.

(e) A person shall not be eligible for educational assistance under this section for any courses taken after he or she has been awarded a baccalaureate degree or is no longer an active member in good standing of the Vermont army national guard or the air national guard.

(f) The board, in consultation with the office of the adjutant general, shall adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Rules shall include definitions of "successful completion of a course", "relevant continuing education courses" and what constitutes an "academic year". Rules adopted by the Vermont state colleges under section 2183 of this title, prior to its repeal, shall remain valid under this section and shall be administered by the corporation.

(g) Annually by January 15, the adjutant general shall report to the legislature, and shall include in the report statistics and information on the following issues:

(1) the number of guardsmen and women enrolled in educational programs as a result of the funding provisions of this section;

(2) the number of guardsmen and women who applied for funding under this section but were not able to obtain such funding;

(3) the types of programs undertaken and names of institutions attended by students; and

(4) the number of guards men and women who have completed their course work.

Sec. 62. REPEAL

   16 V.S.A. § 2183, relating to Vermont state colleges administration of national guard scholarships, is repealed.

Sec. 63. Military - veterans' affairs

	Personal services	85,392
	Operating expenses	21,165
	Grants	74,000
	Total	180,557
	Source of funds
	General fund	180,557

Sec. 64. Military - army service contract

	Personal services	857,180
	Operating expenses	2,006,700
	Total	2,863,880
	Source of funds
	General fund	113,598
	Federal funds	2,750,282
	Total	2,863,880

Sec. 65. Military - air service contract

	Personal services	2,450,062
	Operating expenses	577,792
	Total	3,027,854
	Source of funds
	General fund	232,123
	Federal funds	2,795,731
	Total	3,027,854

Sec. 66. Military - building maintenance

	Personal services	484,999
	Operating expenses	142,498
	Total	627,497
	Source of funds
	General fund	627,497

Sec. 67. Labor and Industry

	Personal services	3,747,417
	Operating expenses	1,040,000
	Total	4,787,417
	Source of funds
	General fund	673,773
	Federal funds	459,393
	Special funds	3,602,251
	Interdepartmental transfer	52,000
	Total	4,787,417

   (a) Of the $3,602,251.00 appropriated from special funds, $200,000.00 is appropriated for the purpose of information technology equipment, software and implementation costs, and is contingent upon approval of an information technology plan by the chief information officer.

   (b) The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - one (1) Fire Prevention Officer, Inspector and one (1) Fire Prevention Officer, Trainer - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 68. Criminal justice training council

	Personal services	616,662
	Operating expenses	152,460
	Total	769,122
	Source of funds
	General fund	121,917
	Transportation fund	339,807
	Special funds	199,398
	Interdepartmental transfer	108,000
	Total	769,122

Sec. 69. Liquor control - enforcement and licensing

	Personal services	1,340,163
	Operating expenses	359,657
	Total	1,699,820
	Source of funds
	Federal funds	36,888
	Tobacco funds	300,000
	Enterprise funds	1,322,932
	Interdepartmental transfer	40,000
	Total	1,699,820

(a) The establishment of four (4) new classified positions - one (1) Enforcement Supervisor, two (2) Investigator, and one (1) Clerk C - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 70. Liquor control - administration

	Personal services	1,393,268
	Operating expenses	717,005
	Total	2,110,273
	Source of funds
	Enterprise funds	2,110,273

Sec. 71. Vermont racing commission

	Personal services	6,503
	Operating expenses	10,695
	Total	17,198
	Source of funds
	Special funds	17,198

Sec. 72. Secretary of state

	Personal services	2,150,359
	Operating expenses	809,697
	Total	2,960,056
	Source of funds
	General fund	816,446
	Special funds	2,068,610
	Interdepartmental transfer	75,000
	Total	2,960,056

   (a) The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - one (1) Campaign Finance Administrator and one (1) Data Clerk Typist - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The conversion of one (1) limited service position - Licensing Board Inspector - to a new classified position is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 73. Medical practice board

	Personal services	436,390
	Operating expenses	105,168
	Total	541,558
	Source of funds
	Special funds	541,558

Sec. 74. Banking, insurance, securities, and health care

	administration - administration
	Personal services	483,453
	Operating expenses	19,000
	Total	502,453
	Source of funds
	Special funds	502,453

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Secretary C - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Information Technology Specialist II - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 75. Banking, insurance, securities, and health care

	administration - banking
	Personal services	933,779
	Operating expenses	301,135
	Total	1,234,914
	Source of funds
	Special funds	1,234,914

Sec. 76. Banking, insurance, securities, and health care

	administration - insurance
	Personal services	2,519,836
	Operating expenses	482,740
	Total	3,002,576
	Source of funds
	Special funds	3,002,576

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Program Services Clerk - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 77. Banking, insurance, securities, and health care

	administration - securities
	Personal services	289,463
	Operating expenses	104,933
	Total	394,396
	Source of funds
	Special funds	394,396

   (a) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Securities Examiner - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 78. Banking, insurance, securities, and health care

	administration - captive
	Personal services	984,499
	Operating expenses	234,170
	Total	1,218,669
	Source of funds
	Special funds	1,218,669

   (a) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Insurance Examiner - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 79. Banking, insurance, securities, and health care

	administration - health care administration
	Personal services	1,960,500
	Operating expenses	331,965
	Total	2,292,465
	Source of funds
	General fund	525,932
	Special funds	1,766,533
	Total	2,292,465

Sec. 80. Public safety - state police

	Personal services	23,201,011
	Operating expenses	4,887,366
	Grants	572,100
	Other	135,700
	Total	28,796,177
	Source of funds
	General fund	6,363,436
	Transportation fund	18,157,462
	Federal funds	2,084,119
	Special funds	1,555,169
	Interdepartmental transfer	635,991
	Total	28,796,177

   (a) Of the above appropriation, $1,080,435.00 shall be expended for police cruisers for field duty work and $22,000.00 shall be available for snowmobile law enforcement activities.

   (b) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Account Clerk B - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (c) Of the above appropriation, $25,000.00 shall be used to provide clerical assistance to any state police office providing no dispatch services and recording over 5,000 incidents per year. The dispatch services at the Vermont State Police Shaftsbury field station shall not be consolidated with other dispatch services in another location in the state until the essential nondispatch services currently being provided by the dispatchers at the Shaftsbury field station are replaced.

Sec. 81. Public safety - criminal justice services

	Personal services	4,264,802
	Operating expenses	2,663,425
	Grants	1,168,000
	Total	8,096,227
	Source of funds
	General fund	25,000
	Transportation fund	2,903,659
	Federal funds	2,892,367
	Special funds	1,734,081
	Interdepartmental transfer	541,120
	Total	8,096,227

   (a) The Vermont center for justice research is designated as the state's instrumentality to receive statistical analysis center federal funds.

   (b) The department of public safety shall provide business manager services for the Vermont criminal justice training council.

   (c) Of the above appropriation, $575,000.00 shall be used for DUI enforcement at the local level.

   (d) The above universal service fund appropriation shall be limited for use to support activities directly related to enhanced 911 call taking.
(e) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Coordinator of Alcohol Traffic Safety Programs - authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 82. 30 V.S.A. § 7054(e)(4) is added to read:

(e) Disbursements may be made for:

* * *

(4) Costs solely attributable to statewide public safety answering point operations.

Sec. 83. Public safety - emergency management

	Personal services	947,151
	Operating expenses	490,714
	Grants	477,300
	Total	1,915,165
	Source of funds
	General fund	132,298
	Transportation fund	68,345
	Federal funds	1,269,251
	Special funds	445,271
	Total	1,915,165

   (a) The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - one (1) Hazardous Materials Coordinator and one (1) State Hazard Mitigation Officer - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 84. Agriculture, food and markets -

	administration
	Personal services	552,602
	Operating expenses	85,402
	Grants	268,871
	Total	906,875
	Source of funds
	General fund	708,594
	Special funds	74,210
	Interdepartmental transfer	124,071
	Total	906,875

   (a) The commissioner of agriculture, food and markets is authorized to participate in the Northeast States Agricultural Stewardship Program for the development of agricultural policy.

Sec. 85. Agriculture, food and markets -

	agriculture development
	Personal services	431,818
	Operating expenses	120,735
	Other	321,173
	Total	873,726
	Source of funds
	General fund	415,890
	Special funds	407,836
	Interdepartmental transfer	50,000
	Total	873,726

Sec. 86. Agriculture, food and markets -

	animal and dairy
	Personal services	1,255,513
	Operating expenses	254,001
	Grants	4,492
	Total	1,514,006
	Source of funds
	General fund	962,044
	Federal funds	503,622
	Special funds	43,340
	Interdepartmental transfer	5,000
	Total	1,514,006

Sec. 87. Agriculture, food and markets - plant industry, labs and consumer

	assurance
	Personal services	1,792,659
	Operating expenses	406,087
	Total	2,198,746
	Source of funds
	General fund	663,595
	Transportation fund	43,082
	Federal funds	298,737
	Special funds	1,048,359
	Interdepartmental transfer	144,973
	Total	2,198,746

Sec. 88. Agriculture, food and markets - state stipend

	Grants	125,000
	Source of funds
	General funds	125,000

Sec. 89. Agriculture, food and markets - mosquito control

	Grants	90,000
	Source of funds
	Special funds	90,000

Sec. 90. Public service - regulation and energy

	Personal services	3,576,361
	Operating expenses	694,641
	Grants	290,000
	Total	4,561,002
	Source of funds
	Federal funds	665,197
	Special funds	3,870,805
	Interdepartmental transfer	25,000
	Total	4,561,002

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of one (1) new exempt position - Attorney - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 91. Public service - purchase and sale of power

	Personal services	7,213
	Operating expenses	370
	Total	7,583
	Source of funds
	Special funds	7,583

Sec. 92. Enhanced 9-1-1 Board

	Personal services	1,953,059
	Operating expenses	133,340
	Total	2,086,399
	Source of funds
	Special funds	2,086,399

   (a) The establishment of three (3) new classified positions - one (1) E-911 Assistant Database Administrator, one (1) E-911 Systems Administrator/engineer and one (1) GIS Technician - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no other agency of state government may spend funds appropriated by this act for the purpose of requiring any individual to disclose any enhanced 911 address related to such individual, provided that the individual furnishes an alternative mailing address.

Sec. 93. Public service board

	Personal services	1,937,800
	Operating expenses	285,000
	Total	2,222,800
	Source of funds
	Special funds	2,222,800

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Secretary B - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 94. Judiciary

	Personal services	17,272,500
	Operating expenses	2,724,500
	Other	2,000
	Total	19,999,000
	Source of funds
	General fund	15,254,387
	Transportation fund	2,926,073
	Federal funds	127,000
	Interdepartmental transfer	1,691,540
	Total	19,999,000

   (a) The establishment of one (1) new exempt position - Systems Developer III - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 95. Human rights commission

	Personal services	268,874
	Operating expenses	26,956
	Total	295,830
	Source of funds
	General fund	250,341
	Federal funds	45,488
	Special funds	1
	Total	295,830

Sec. 96. Vermont radiological emergency response plan fund

	Other	300,000
	Source of funds
	Special funds	300,000

Sec. 97. Vermont fire service training council

	Personal services	469,333
	Operating expenses	271,903
	Total	741,236
	Source of funds
	General fund	59,688
	Transportation fund	95,000
	Federal funds	155,248
	Special funds	323,000
	Interdepartmental transfer	108,300
	Total	741,236

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - one (1) Fire Service Training Site Coordinator and one (1) Data Clerk - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 98. Total protection to persons and		127,729,834 property
	Source of funds
	General fund	43,319,943
	Transportation fund	26,593,767
	Federal funds	17,552,150
	Special funds	30,922,592
	Tobacco funds	490,000
	Enterprise funds	3,433,205
	Interdepartmental transfer	5,418,177
	Total	127,729,834

Sec. 99. Human services - agency of human services - central office

	Personal services	2,789,655
	Operating expenses	944,397
	Grants	5,612,448
	Total	9,346,500
	Source of funds
	General fund	3,580,070
	Federal funds	5,025,804
	Special funds	740,626
	Total	9,346,500

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Vermont Prevention Institute Team Director - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The amount included in grants allocated for Parents Anonymous is hereinafter allocated to the organization referred to as Prevent Child Abuse - Vermont.

(c) The establishment of one (1) new exempt position - Staff Attorney III - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 100. IMPROVING OUTCOMES THROUGH STATE AND

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

(a) The general assembly supports and encourages the collaborative, reciprocal ventures undertaken by the agency of human services, the department of education, the University of Vermont and their community partners in order to improve the lifelong well-being of all Vermonters. It creates a research partnership among the parties to study and improve the effectiveness of this collaborative work and gives permission for this research to be cooperatively funded by the partners.

(b) Outcomes related to the well-being of Vermonters shall be studied and reported for at least the following areas: Pregnant women and newborns thrive, infants and children thrive, children are ready for school, children are successful in school, children live in stable and supported families, youth choose healthy behaviors, youth successfully transition to adulthood, families, youth and citizens are engaged in and contribute to their community's decisions and activities, families and individuals live in safe and supportive communities, and elders and people with disabilities live with dignity and independence in settings they prefer.

(c) On or before February 15 of each year, the secretary of the agency of human services and the commissioner of education shall file a written report with the general assembly regarding the development and accomplishments of state and regional partnerships, the status of outcomes on a state and local level, and the findings of research undertaken. The secretary and commissioner shall also make recommendations for improving existing state, regional and local partnerships based on the outcome research data.

Sec. 101. Rate Setting

	Personal services	525,813
	Operating expenses	60,250
	Total	586,063
	Source of funds
	Interdepartmental transfer	586,063

Sec. 102. Human services board

	Personal services	204,860
	Operating expenses	26,109
	Total	230,969
	Source of funds
	General fund	84,298
	Federal funds	124,171
	Interdepartmental transfer	22,500
	Total	230,969

Sec. 103. Corrections - administration

	Personal services	1,237,946
	Operating expenses	352,087
	Grants	3,511,330
	Total	5,101,363
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,501,363
	Federal funds	3,550,000
	Special funds	50,000
	Total	5,101,363

   (a) Vermont correctional industries is authorized to develop prison industry enhancement projects, as permitted in the Federal Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-473). No appropriation is authorized for these purposes.

   (b) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - Information Technology Specialist - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 104. Corrections - parole board

	Personal services	154,611
	Operating expenses	64,555
	Total	219,166
	Source of funds
	General fund	219,166

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Secretary B - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 105. Corrections - corrections services

	Personal services	41,645,364
	Operating expenses	18,541,365
	Grants	150,000
	Total	60,336,729
	Source of funds
	General fund	57,734,246
	Transportation fund	1,343,011
	Federal funds	508,587
	Special funds	274,500
	Interdepartmental transfer	476,385
	Total	60,336,729

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing temporary and contractual services. The establishment of three (3) new classified positions - one (1) Secretary B, one (1) Domestic Abuse Chief, one (1) Volunteer Services Coordinator, and one (1) new exempt position - Assistant Attorney General - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The establishment of forty-nine (49) new classified positions - six (6) Correctional Officer III, ten (10) Corrections Services Specialist II, one (1) Corrections Services Manager, seventeen (17) Correctional Officer II, one (1) Living Unit Coordinator, nine (9) Correctional Officer I, one (1) Administrative Assistant A, one (1) Secretary C, and three (3) Foreman B - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (c) The department of corrections shall study and report to the general assembly by January 15, 2000 all options which address the development of supervised community capacity that will attenuate the state's increasing reliance on secure correctional facility beds.

(d) The department of corrections shall have a residential treatment program for female offenders which provides a full range of appropriate treatment options comparable to those available to male offenders. This program shall be in place no later than January 1, 2000.

Sec. 106. Corrections - correctional facilities

	Special fund
	Personal services	138,715
	Operating expenses	276,900
	Total	415,615
	Source of funds
	Special funds	415,615

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of eight (8) new classified positions - Recreation Coordinator - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

(b) In counties in which ten or more furloughed inmates reside, the department of corrections shall maintain a supervisory presence in such counties for those inmates. Such supervisory presence shall be maintained in such counties a minimum of 40 hours per week, and shall be staffed by one or more furlough personnel at the correctional officer III level or higher.

Sec. 107. Corrections - correctional education

	Personal services	1,904,104
	Operating expenses	357,925
	Total	2,262,029
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,958,244
	Interdepartmental transfer	303,785
	Total	2,262,029

   (a) The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - Correctional Instructor - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 108. Corrections - Vermont correctional industries

	Personal services	945,610
	Operating expenses	802,100
	Total	1,747,710
	Source of funds
	Internal service funds	1,747,710

Sec. 109. Developmental disabilities council

	Personal services	104,852
	Operating expenses	33,498
	Other	264,743
	Total	403,093
	Source of funds
	Federal funds	403,093

Sec. 110. Health - administration and support

	Personal services	2,241,733
	Operating expenses	788,000
	Total	3,029,733
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,183,354
	Federal funds	1,809,512
	Special funds	17,767
	Interdepartmental transfer	19,100
	Total	3,029,733

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Staff Assistant - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 111. Health - health protection

	Personal services	2,651,050
	Operating expenses	656,600
	Grants	120,000
	Total	3,427,650
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,424,915
	Federal funds	1,126,735
	Special funds	756,000
	Interdepartmental transfer	120,000
	Total	3,427,650

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - one (1) Business Manager B, and one (1) Lead Control Program Specialist - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 112. Health - health surveillance

	Personal services	4,035,099
	Operating expenses	1,551,010
	Grants	1,907,153
	Total	7,493,262
	Source of funds
	General fund	3,235,987
	Federal funds	3,440,175
	Special funds	771,700
	Interdepartmental transfer	35,400
	Expendable trust	10,000
	Total	7,493,262

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of eight (8) new classified positions - two (2) Health Surveillance Biostatistician, one (1) Certified Cancer Registrar, one (1) AIDS Medication Assistant Coordinator, one (1) AIDS Special Projects Coordinator, two (2) AIDS Prevention Specialist, and one (1) AIDS Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The establishment of three (3) new classified positions - one (1) Public Health Physician, one (1) Microbiologist B, and one (1) Data Entry Operator - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (c) Of the above general fund appropriation, $300,000.00 shall be allocated through the AIDS services program for community-based support services to persons living with HIV/AIDS in every county provided by AIDS services organizations, at least 75 percent of whose program is HIV/AIDS services and/or prevention.

(d) Of the above federal fund appropriation, $123,653.00 shall be allocated as follows: $40,000.00 shall be allocated to the University of Vermont comprehensive care clinic and $83,653.00 shall be allocated to community-based support services to persons living with HIV/AIDS in every county provided by AIDS services organizations, at least 75 percent of whose program is HIV/AIDS services and/or prevention.

(e) Of the above federal fund appropriation, $590,300.00 shall be allocated for community-based HIV prevention activities provided by nonprofit agencies in every county.

Sec. 113. HIV/AIDS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

(a) $200,000.00 of the general fund appropriation in Sec. 112 of this act shall be used for all aspects of the HIV/AIDS medication assistance program (AMAP), including the costs of prescribed medications, related laboratory testing, nutritional supplements and maximum cost effectiveness for the program.

(b) The secretary of human services shall immediately notify the joint fiscal committee if at any time there are insufficient funds in AMAP to assist all eligible individuals. The secretary shall work in cooperation with the persons with AIDS coalition to develop a plan to continue access to AMAP medications until such time as the legislature can take action.

(c) The secretary of human services shall continue to convene an AMAP advisory committee comprised of no less than 50 percent members who are living with HIV. The committee shall make recommendations regarding the program's formulary of approved medications, related laboratory testing, nutritional supplements and eligibility for the program.

Sec. 114. Health - health improvement

	Personal services	2,832,911
	Operating expenses	789,400
	Grants	5,501,682
	Other	500,000
	Total	9,623,993
	Source of funds
	General fund	2,313,607
	Federal funds	5,775,036
	Special funds	411,266
	Tobacco funds	960,584
	Interdepartmental transfer	163,500
	Total	9,623,993

   (a) The department of health may carry forward any unspent portion of funds designated for primary care loan repayment. These funds may be used either alone or to match Federal National Health Service Corps loan repayment funds, local funds, or private funds and shall be made available to primary care providers who agree to practice for a prescribed period of time in the state serving a portion of the state designated as a health professional shortage population, or other rural or underserved areas. Educational scholarships, loan repayment grants, loan deferment payments and payments of taxes due on the award may be considered for payment.

(b) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of ten (10) new classified positions - four (4) Medical Social Worker, one (1) Public Health Nutrition Specialist, one (1) Administrative Assistant B, one (1) Family, Infant, and Toddler Program Chief, one (1) Public Health Specialist, and two (2) Secretary C - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

(c) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Public Health Nutrition Specialist - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

(d) Of the above tobacco settlement fund appropriation, $500,000.00 is to support the Vermont coalition of clinics for the uninsured health care and dental services provided by clinics for uninsured individuals and families. The coalition shall report to the general assembly on or before January 1 of each year with a fiscal and program accounting of expenditures made with the monies appropriated by the general assembly.

(e) A portion of the above tobacco fund appropriation is to supplement the Robert Wood Johnson foundation grant and shall be used to develop an early education program which incorporates creative approaches to promoting appropriate lifelong health habits, including information on the dangers of tobacco use.

(f) The department of health shall devote tobacco prevention funds to the development of an awareness and education campaign targeted at young women to inform them about risks to the fetus associated with maternal smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke during pregnancy. The campaign shall also address that the risk to infants is associated with exposure to secondhand smoke during infancy and how smoking behavior effects an increased incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

Sec. 115. Health - community public health

	Personal services	7,904,743
	Operating expenses	1,369,879
	Grants	2,873,950
	Other	6,613,000
	Total	18,761,572
	Source of funds
	General fund	3,614,362
	Federal funds	14,765,710
	Special funds	264,500
	Interdepartmental transfer	117,000
	Total	18,761,572

(a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of twenty (20) new classified positions - one (1) Public Health Nursing Specialist, sixteen (16) Public Health Nurse, one (1) WIC Program Specialist, and two (2) Data Clerk - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 116. Health - alcohol and drug abuse programs

	Personal services	2,657,433
	Operating expenses	494,958
	Grants	8,854,000
	Total	12,006,391
	Source of funds
	General fund	2,826,493
	Federal funds	8,504,798
	Special funds	605,100
	Interdepartmental transfer	70,000
	Total	12,006,391

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of six (6) new classified positions - one (1) Secretary C, one (1) Secretary B, two (2) Substance Abuse Program Specialist, one (1) Grants Administrator, and one (1) Program Services Clerk - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 117. Social welfare - administration

	Personal services	24,641,992
	Operating expenses	12,496,021
	Grants	5,249,538
	Total	42,387,551
	Source of funds
	General fund	12,791,609
	Federal funds	25,462,365
	Special funds	3,636,361
	Tobacco funds	497,216
	Total	42,387,551

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - District Office Clerk - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The establishment of five (5) new classified positions - one (1) Organization and Operations Analyst B, one (1) Senior Research and Statistics Analyst, two (2) Program Service Clerk and one (1) Accountant C - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

(c) Of the above appropriation, $50,000.00 is allocated to provide ombudsman services for enrollees in the health care assistance programs administered by the department of social welfare.

Sec. 118. Social welfare - aid to needy families with children

	Grants	43,531,324
	Source of funds
	General fund	16,217,899
	Federal funds	25,113,425
	Special funds	2,200,000
	Total	43,531,324

   (a) An 18-year-old dependent child who is a full-time student in a secondary school, or attending an equivalent level of vocational or technical training, and reasonably expected to complete the program before reaching age 19 or not expected to complete the program before reaching age 19 solely due to a documented disability, may remain on the ANFC grant. Coverage of disabled 18-year olds shall remain in effect for so long as required by court decision.

   (b) Of the above appropriation $1,330,000 shall be expended to provide an ANFC special needs allowance for eligible families whose actually incurred allowable housing expenses exceed the maximum monthly allowances specified in the Welfare Assistance Manual section for the ANFC program titled "Housing Allowance - Eligibility Standards". This special needs allowance shall be applied as follows. Families whose actually incurred allowable housing expenses exceed the applicable maximum monthly allowance by at least $90.00 will receive, as part of their ANFC benefit, a housing-cost-based special needs allowance of $90.00, ratably reduced. Families whose actually incurred allowable housing expenses exceed the applicable maximum monthly allowance by less than $90.00 will receive, as part of their ANFC benefit, a housing-cost-based special needs allowance of the difference between their actually incurred allowable housing expenses and the applicable maximum monthly housing allowance, ratably reduced.

Sec. 118a. Sec. 120 of No. 147 of the Acts of 1998, as amended by Sec. 35 of No. 1 of the Acts of 1999, is further amended to read:

   Sec. 120. Social welfare - aid to needy families with children

	Grants	*[44,876,340]*	45,101,340
	Source of funds
	General fund	*[16,217,899]*	16,442,899
	Federal funds	26,558,441	26,558,441
	Special funds	2,100,000	2,100,000
	Total	*[44,876,340]*	45,101,340

(a) An 18-year-old dependent child who is a full-time student in a secondary school, or attending an equivalent level of vocational or technical training, and reasonably expected to complete the program before reaching age 19 or not expected to complete the program before reaching age 19 solely due to a documented disability, may remain on the ANFC grant. Coverage of disabled 18-year olds shall remain in effect for so long as required by court decision.

(b) Of the above appropriation $225,000.00 general funds and $875,000.00 federal funds shall be available for state match of the federal job access reverse commute grant.

   (c) The agency of transportation which shall act as the lead agency in cooperation with the agency of human services, agency of commerce and community development and the department of employment and training shall establish a permanent interagency working group for the purposes of developing and implementing a job access and reverse commute transportation plan as is required under federal law, as well as for statewide interagency coordination of public transit services. This interagency working group shall work in cooperation with public transit providers and others in developing the job access and reverse commute program and in developing an integrated public transit system. Consistent with conditions of the grant, the interagency working group shall continue to seek alternatives to the existing state general fund and federal TANF funds as a match for this federal grant. In addition to any federal requirements for implementing a job access and reverse commute transportation plan, the agency of transportation shall ensure:

(1) that the new services under this program are currently not being provided by transit providers under 24 V.S.A. § 5090, or Rideshare-Ridematch programs,

(2) that ridership surveys of the service population support the proposed additional service,

(3) that providers are able to implement their projects upon funding, including being able to cash-expend their grant award during the appropriate fiscal year,

(4) any requests for capital assistance shall be evaluated by the public transit section of the agency of transportation in coordination with the department of employment and training and the agency of human services.

   (d) The agency of transportation with the cooperation of the interagency working group shall submit an annual report to the house and senate committees on appropriations, health and welfare and transportation. The report shall provide an overview of the services provided under the job access/reverse commute program. Such report shall include but not be limited to information regarding ridership numbers of the intended population to be served, total ridership numbers, and employers providing jobs to the individuals receiving services under this program.

   (e) Upon completion of the second year of the program authorized under this section, the agency of transportation shall make recommendations to the general assembly regarding continuation of any services upon the conclusion of the job access/reverse commute program. Such recommendation shall be based in part upon an agency of transportation examination of the number of job access/reverse commute individuals receiving services under this section on each transit route. The agency in making its recommendation for continuation of service shall consider the state transit policy plan, distribution of existing public transit resources and levels of existing service other than the program under this section.

Sec. 119. Sec. 10(f) of Act No. 106 of the Acts of 1994 is added to read:

   (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a parent who is the able-bodied primary wage earner in a participating two-parent family subject to a work requirement in accordance with this section must be engaged in paid unsubsidized employment at least 40 hours per week or participate satisfactorily in the Reach Up program activities specified in subdivisions (1) through (3) of this subsection. Such a parent who fails, without good cause, to meet this requirement shall be subject to the sanctions applied to other failures to comply with Reach Up program requirements without good cause.

(1) Community work experience for 40 hours per week (or a lesser amount that, in combination with the parent's unsubsidized paid employment, equals 40 hours per week) during the first calendar month through the 14th calendar month for which ANFC benefits are received, unless required to participate in job search, as specified in subdivision (2) of this subsection. When the weekly amount of the monthly ANFC and food stamp benefits for a family of the same size with no income divided by Vermont's minimum wage is less than 39.5, the required number of hours per week shall be adjusted accordingly.

(2) Job search for 40 hours per week (or a lesser amount that, in combination with the parent's unsubsidized paid employment, equals 40 hours per week) during the periods specified below:

(A) the period of two weeks immediately following the family's application for benefits, or reapplication for benefits following a period of nonreceipt lasting at least 30 days, or during the period a decision on application or reapplication is pending, whichever period ends later;

(B) the first two weeks of the fifth and tenth calendar months for which ANFC benefits are received;

(C) the 15th calendar month for which ANFC benefits are received; and

(D) the two weeks following the loss, with good cause, of unsubsidized paid employment.

(3) Community service employment for 40 hours per week, community work experience for 40 hours per week, job search for 40 hours per week, other paid work activities, or any combination of these activities, as deemed appropriate by the department of social welfare or its designee, that equals 40 hours per week, or a lesser amount that, in combination with the parent's unsubsidized paid employment, equals 40 hours per week, during any calendar month subsequent to the 15th calendar month of ANFC receipt. When the weekly amount of the monthly ANFC and food stamps benefits for a family of the same size with no income divided by Vermont's minimum wage is less than 39.5, the required number of hours per week shall be adjusted accordingly.

Sec. 120. Social welfare - aid to aged, blind and disabled

	Grants	9,967,628
	Source of funds
	General fund	9,967,628

   (a) Of the above general fund appropriation, $450,000.00 shall be used to provide a five percent increase in the monthly AABD state supplement to federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for SSI/AABD recipients residing in all living arrangements except long-term care facilities and an increase of $2.25 in the monthly AABD state supplement for SSI/AABD recipients residing in long-term care facilities. This AABD benefit increase shall result in an increase, from $45.00 to $47.25, in the monthly personal needs allowance retained by SSI recipients who reside in residential care homes and long-term care facilities. This increase in the AABD state supplement and the increase in the personal needs allowance shall be effective on July 1, 1999, or the first day of the earliest calendar month in which the federal Social Security Administration can implement such AABD increase, whichever is later.

Sec. 121. Social welfare - Medicaid

	Grants	340,845,606
	Source of funds
	General fund	72,442,463
	Federal funds	212,475,462
	Special funds	40,945,620
	Tobacco funds	14,982,061
	Total	340,845,606

   (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the commissioner shall have the authority to establish by rule, program premiums and cost-sharing requirements for individuals and households eligible for medical assistance under either the provisions of Title XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act, whichever is applicable. Program premiums and cost-sharing requirements may be adjusted periodically by rule based on inflation or program changes.

(b) HIV/AIDS HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

(1) The department of social welfare, in cooperation with the department of health, shall operate an HIV/AIDS insurance assistance program.

(2) The program shall pay all or a portion of continuation health insurance premiums for those eligible individuals with HIV/AIDS for whom it can be determined that continuation of private insurance coverage is less costly to the state than other alternatives.

(3) Eligibility for this program shall be limited to individuals whose household income does not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level, after deducting unreimbursed medical expenses and health insurance premiums from gross income, and whose assets, exclusive of the primary residence and certain other exclusions to be defined by the department of social welfare, do not exceed $10,000.00.

(4) Expenditures under this program shall not exceed $55,000.00 in fiscal year 2000.

(c) Of the above general fund appropriation, $25,000.00 shall be used to provide a five percent increase in the personal needs allowance retained by Vermont Medicaid beneficiaries who live in a long-term care facility and who are not recipients of SSI/AABD benefits. This five percent increase results in the monthly personal needs allowance increasing from $45.00 to $47.25. This increase in the Medicaid personal needs allowance shall be effective on the same date as the five percent increase in the AABD state supplement is effective.

   (d) Of the above general fund, $308,587.00 shall be used for the expansion of the VScript program as amended in Sec. 122 and Sec. 123 of this bill. The department shall seek to minimize the use of state funds through rebates with pharmacuetical manufacturers. The department shall begin enrollment of eligible Vermonters on December 1, 1999 and shall provide benefits to enrolled individuals as of January 1, 2000.

   (e) The rules for Medicaid payments for nursing homes shall be amended, effective January 1, 1999, to raise the limit on recognition of base year indirect per diem costs to 137 percent of the median of base year indirect per diem costs of all private nursing homes participating in the Vermont Medicaid program, for hospital-based nursing homes that meet all of the following criteria on the date of passage of this act: (1) are physically integrated as part of a hospital building with at least one common wall and a direct internal access between the hospital and the nursing home; (2) are part of a single corporation that governs both the hospital and the nursing home; and (3) file one Medicare cost report for both the hospital and the nursing home. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, annually the estimated additional cost of this increased limit on indirect costs for hospital-based nursing facilities as defined herein shall be deducted from the inflation factor adjustments to Medicaid payment rates for all nursing homes.

   (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, this rule change in subsection (e) shall be adopted as soon as practicable after passage of this act and shall be exempt from the procedural requirements of 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, except that the agency of human services shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the change is made known to persons who may be affected by it. The required rule change shall stay in effect for two years from its effective date or until such time as it is amended pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, whichever is later.

   (g) Of the above general fund appropriation, $50,000.00 shall be used to add over-the-counter and prescription smoking cessation products, with a limit of two treatment regimes per calendar year, as a covered benefit for traditional Medicaid and Vermont Health Access Plan (uninsured) beneficiaries. These funds shall be matched with available federal funds.

   (h) Of the above special funds, $46,000.00 shall be used to extend Medicaid eligibility to disabled workers in families whose income is less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level and who would be considered to be receiving supplemental security income (SSI) except for earnings in excess of SSI income limits or, subsequent to initial Medicaid eligibility, assets in excess of SSI limits that are attributable to savings from earnings. In addition, up to $500.00 per month of the disabled worker's Social Security disability insurance payments shall be disregarded in the Medicaid eligibility determination. The commissioner shall have the authority to establish program premiums and other cost-sharing charges by rule for such coverage. These funds shall be matched with available federal funds.

   (i) Of the above general fund appropriation, $114,000.00 shall be used to add analog hearing aids, batteries, repairs and audiological examinations as covered benefits for traditional Medicaid beneficiaries. If determined to be cost-effective, such analog hearing aids shall be provided through a single-source contractor. These funds shall be matched with available federal funds.

   (j) Of the above appropriation, $46,000.00 shall be used to expand vision benefits to Medicare eligible individuals enrolled in the Vermont health access plan. The department shall seek to maximize federal funds for this program. This expansion shall be effective when the amended state plan receives approval from HCFA.

Sec. 122. 18 V.S.A. § 251(3) is amended to read:

For purposes of this chapter:

* * *

(3) "Drug" means a drug that may not be dispensed unless prescribed by a *[licensed physician]* health care provider as defined by section 9402(6) of this title acting within the scope of the provider's license. A drug shall always be the lowest cost brand available to the pharmacist unless the *[physician]* health care provider writing the prescription specifies otherwise. The term includes insulin, an insulin syringe and an insulin needle. The term excludes:

(A) a drug determined less than effective under the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act;

(B) a drug within therapeutic classifications primarily associated with the treatment of acute medical conditions; and

(C) a central nervous system agent other than:

(i) agents used for treatment of convulsive disorders;

(ii) non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents for arthritis; and

(iii) agents used primarily for control of psychotic conditions diagnosed under current classifications of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual.

Sec. 123. 18 V.S.A. § 252 is amended to read:

§ 252. PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE TO ELDERLY AND

DISABLED VERMONTERS; PROGRAM ESTABLISHED

(a) A pharmaceutical assistance program for elderly and disabled Vermonters is established within the department of social welfare. The program shall be administered by the department which, to the extent funding permits, shall establish application, eligibility, coverage and payment standards. The program shall be designed to provide maximum access to program participants, to incorporate mechanisms that are easily understood and require minimum effort for applicants and *[pharmacies]* health care providers, and to promote quality, efficiency and effectiveness through cost controls and utilization review. The department may contract with a fiscal agent for the purpose of processing claims and performing related functions required in the administration of this program. Upon determining that an applicant is eligible under this chapter, the department shall issue an identification *[form]* card to the applicant indicating that he or she is eligible to participate in the pharmaceutical assistance program.

(b) The department of aging and disabilities shall conduct an education and outreach program to inform elderly and disabled Vermonters of the benefits they may be entitled to pursuant to this chapter and make available information concerning the pharmaceutical assistance program. *[(d)]*(c) The department shall adopt by rule standards and criteria needed to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including standards and schedules establishing coverage and exclusion of allowable drugs, allowable charges and maximum quantities of drugs to be dispensed.

(d) The department shall report on the status of the pharmaceutical assistance program established by this chapter to the health access oversight committee in accordance with Sec. 13(e) of the Act No. 14 of the Acts and Resolves of the 1995 Session of the general assembly, as amended.

(e) Any manufacturer of prescription drugs purchased by persons receiving assistance under this chapter shall pay to the commissioner, as a condition of participation in the program, a rebate in an amount at least as favorable as the rebate paid to the commissioner in connection with the Medicaid program.

Sec. 123a. 18 V.S.A. § 253 is amended to read:

§ 253. ELIGIBILITY

(a)(1) A person shall be eligible for assistance under this chapter if:

(A) he or she is a resident of Vermont at the time of application for benefits and has been such, continuously, for the 12 months immediately preceding application;

(B) he or she is at least 65 years of age or disabled and receives Social Security disability benefits (SSDI), or is a Medicare beneficiary;

(C) the person's household income, when calculated in accordance with the rules adopted for the Vermont health access plan under Act No. 14 of the Acts and Resolves of the 1995 Session of the general assembly, as amended, is no greater than 225 percent of the federal poverty level

(2) A person shall be eligible for assistance with prescription drug expenses covered under this chapter upon payment of the cost sharing amount required by section 254 of this title. *[(c)]*(b) A person whose prescription drug expenses are paid or reimbursable, either in whole or in part, by any plan of assistance or insurance, other than Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare), shall not be eligible for pharmaceutical assistance under this chapter. No assistance shall be provided under this chapter with respect to an individual drug purchase that may be covered in whole or in part by Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare).

Sec. 123b. 18 V.S.A. § 254 is amended to read:

§ 254. CO-PAYMENT; COINSURANCE AND OTHER COST-SHARING;

ENROLLMENT

(a) Benefits under this chapter shall be subject to payment of a co-payment or coinsurance amount by the recipient in accordance with the provisions of this section:

(1) In the case of recipients with income of less than 176 percent of the federal poverty level, such co-payment shall be the same co-payment requirements that exist under the pharmaceutical benefits component of the Vermont health access plan under Act No. 14, Sec. 14(a)(6) of the Acts and Resolves of the 1995 Session of the general assembly, as amended.

(2) In the case of recipients whose household income is 176 percent of the federal poverty level or more and no greater than 225 percent of the federal poverty level the coinsurance payment shall be 50 percent of the cost of the drug. *[(b) Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the department shall establish, by rule, the percentage of the charge for a drug to be paid as a co-payment by eligible recipients. The percentage adopted under this section shall be reasonably calculated to insure that the state's obligation to provide benefits under this chapter shall not exceed funds appropriated for the program.]* *[(c)]*(b) A pharmacy shall dispense a drug to an eligible recipient upon payment of the required co-payment or coinsurance amount. The pharmacy shall collect the remainder of the charge for the drug from the department. *[(d)]*(c) A drug may also be dispensed to an eligible recipient, subject to the required co-payment or coinsurance amount, provided such dispensing is pursuant to and in accordance with any contractual arrangement that the department may enter into or approve for the group discount purchase of drugs. When a person or business located in Vermont and employing citizens of this state has submitted a bid for the group discount purchase of drugs and has not been selected, the commissioner of social welfare shall record the reason for nonselection. The commissioner's report shall be a public record available to any interested person. All bids or quotations shall be kept on file in the commissioner's office and open to public inspection. *[(e)]*(d) *[If in the course of a fiscal year the department determines that expenditures will exceed funds appropriated the department shall, by emergency rule, increase the co-payment to an amount sufficient to insure that expenditures will not exceed appropriations within that fiscal year.]* The department shall monitor enrollment in the pharmaceutical assistance program on a monthly basis, and shall limit enrollment in the program so that expenditures do not exceed the appropriation available for the program in any fiscal year.

Sec. 123c. VISION BENEFITS FOR MEDICARE ELIGIBLE

VERMONTERS

   Section 14(a)(6) of Act No. 14 of the Acts and Resolves of the 1995 Session of the General Assembly is amended to read:

(6) PHARMACEUTICAL AND VISION BENEFITS *[A health plan contract]* The Vermont health access plan shall provide *[enrollees]* Vermonters who are Medicare eligible and whose household income meets the income eligibility requirements of nonMedicare eligible beneficiaries full coverage for prescription drugs and vision with the same copayment that categorically Medicaid eligible individuals are required to pay, and coverage for the same vision benefits, including any applicable copayment, and benefit limits provided under the Vermont health access plan to nonMedicare eligible beneficiaries.
Sec. 123d. REPEAL

Sec. 5 of Act No. 48 of 1989 (annual report) is repealed.

Sec. 123e. RECODIFICATION

   18 V.S.A. §§ 251, 252, 253, 254, and 255 shall be recodified in the Vermont Statutes Annotated as 33 V.S.A. §§ 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995, respectively, as part of a new subchapter 4 of chapter 19 of Title 33.

Sec. 124. [Deleted.]

Sec. 125. 33 V.S.A. § 1906a is added to read:

§ 1906a. RECOVERY AGAINST ESTATE; HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION

No recovery of medical expenses shall be made under this subchapter against a homestead of modest value; provided that the homestead would pass to one or more lineal heirs or siblings of the decedent who either have income below 300 percent of the federal poverty level or who have contributed significantly, monetarily or otherwise, to the decedent so as to allow the decedent to delay or avoid nursing home placement. For the purposes of this section, "a homestead of modest value" means a homestead valued at less than $125,000.00. This section shall take effect when the amended state plan is deemed approved by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) pursuant to 42 CFR 430.16. If such approval is received after June 30, 1999 the exemption shall be retroactive and apply to all probate estates opened after June 30, 1999.

Sec. 126. 16 V.S.A. § 2959a is added to read:

§ 2959a. EDUCATION MEDICAID RECEIPTS

(a) It is the intent of the general assembly that the state of Vermont shall maximize its receipt of federal Medicaid dollars available for reimbursement of medically-related services provided to students who are Medicaid eligible. It is further the intent that:

(1) Each supervisory union identify special education and other students eligible for Medicaid reimbursement and, to the extent possible, submit Medicaid bills for services reimbursement.

(2) The department of education and the agency of human services work with local school districts to maximize reimbursements including services to non-IEP students.

(b) A Medicaid reimbursement administrative special fund is established within the department of education. Eleven percent of the Medicaid reimbursement funds shall be deposited into the fund. The funds shall be used for agency of human services and department of education administrative costs related to the collection, processing and reporting of education Medicaid reimbursements and statewide programs identified and approved by the commissioner of education with the advice of the secretary of human services. The commissioner shall expend monies from the fund only as appropriated by the general assembly.

(c) At least annually, the commissioner of education shall pay to each supervisory union submitting Medicaid bills under this section, 50 percent of the reimbursed funds generated by the supervisory union's bill, excluding claims generated by state-placed students. The supervisory union shall distribute the funds to its member school districts based on how the funds were generated unless the supervisory union board has agreed to a different distribution. The commissioner of education may withhold payment due a school district pursuant to § 2950 of Title 16 for a Medicaid-eligible state-placed student if the school district has not submitted a Medicaid claim for reimbursable services for that student.

(d) If the amount of Medicaid reimbursement funds received in one fiscal year exceeds $25,000,000, in addition to the 50 percent of said funds paid to supervisory unions submitting Medicaid bills, 25 percent of the amounts in excess of $25,000,000 shall be paid into an incentive fund hereby created in the department of education. These funds shall be used for an incentive payment to supervisory unions with student participation rates of over 80 percent in accordance with a formula to be developed by the department of education, in consultation with the Vermont Superintendents Association.

(e) School districts shall utilize funds received under this section for prevention and intervention programs in grades pre-K through 12. The programs shall be designed to ensure all students achieve rigorous and challenging standards adopted in the Vermont framework of standards and learning opportunities or locally adopted standards. A school district shall provide an annual written justification to the commissioner of education of the use of the funds. Such annual submission shall show how the funds' use is expressly linked to those provisions of the school district's action plan that directly relate to improving student performance.

(f) Remaining reimbursed funds shall be deposited into the education fund.

Sec. 127. 16 V.S.A. § 4025(a)(12) is added to read:

(12) Medicaid reimbursement funds pursuant to subsection 2959a(f) of this title.

Sec. 128. REPEAL

(a) Sec. 14 of No. 155 of the Acts of 1998 (Medicaid reimbursement special fund) is repealed.

(b) 16 V.S.A. § 2959a(c), (d) and (e) are repealed on June 30, 2002.

Sec. 128a. REPORTS

   The agency of human services, the department of education and the Vermont Superintendent's Association shall submit a report in November 1999 and November 2000, to the secretary of administration and the house and senate appropriations and education committees on the use, source and rate of receipt of Medicaid reimbursement funds generated by schools, and any legislative recommendations.

Sec. 128b. Sec. 122(f) of No 71 of the Acts of 1998 is amended to read:

   (f) There is appropriated from the Education Fund to the Department of Education the amount of *[$250,000.00]* $450,000.00 in fiscal year 1999 to establish a contingency fund for use in that fiscal year. A school district may apply to the Commissioner of Education for assistance under this section if the district made incorrect statewide, base year, education tax rate assumptions in building its fiscal year 1999 budget; and the district discovered the assumptions were incorrect after it was too late to correct the information contained in the material presented to the school district electorate. A school district may also receive funds if they can document that the FY 1999 voter-approved budget anticipated greater Medicaid reimbursement revenue under the fee for service billing system in place prior to December 31, 1998 and the participation rate of Medicaid eligible students on individual education plans was at 80 percent or greater as of June 30, 1999. Payments for this purpose shall not exceed $200,000.00 and shall be prorated if necessary. The Commissioner, in his or her discretion, may award funds under this section to eligible school districts demonstrating undue hardship as a result.

Sec. 129. Social welfare - general assistance

	Grants	3,844,762
	Source of funds
	General fund	3,358,441
	Federal funds	486,320
	Special funds	1
	Total	3,844,762

   (a) $250,000.00 in federal funds is appropriated to provide assistance to families who demonstrate that they are faced with a reasonably preventable loss of housing and who meet state requirements for this assistance, as established by regulation effective July 1, 1998, with the following modification. The regulation adopted effective July 1, 1998, shall be modified by adding, as an alternative to the requirement that families in rental housing have received from their landlord a notice of rental termination under 9 V.S.A. § 4467(a), the requirement that families in rental housing have received from their landlord a notarized statement indicating the amount of rent owed as of the date of the statement.

   (b) Assistance under this provision is not an entitlement and shall cease upon expenditure of these allocated funds.

(c) Of the above appropriation, an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 in general funds may be expended on a pilot project whose purpose is to provide financial assistance and self-sufficiency services to children who bear children and relinquish such children for adoption. For the purpose of this pilot project, children are defined as individuals who have not attained their 21st birthday; who are eligible for and in receipt of ANFC benefits immediately before they relinquish their children for adoption; and who, as a result of the relinquishment of their children for adoption, are ineligible for ANFC benefits. The pilot project will begin on July 1, 1999, and is expected to end on June 30, 2002. An eligible child's participation in the pilot project begins when ANFC benefits terminate due to the relinquishment and may continue for up to one year after this date. Acceptance for participation in this pilot project is not an entitlement and shall cease upon expenditure of these allocated funds.

Eligibility for participation in this project requires the relinquishing child, as defined above, to:

(1) Participate satisfactorily in the Reach Up program by completing the activities included in the individualized family development plan.

(2) If the relinquishing child is under 18 years old, reside in the household of a parent, legal guardian, or adult relative; or in an approved living arrangement. For the purpose of this pilot project, the definitions of "adult relative" and "living arrangement" shall be the definitions for these terms found in WAM 2242.31.

(3) If the relinquishing child is 18 years old or older, have identified an adult who shall provide strong support to the child in dealing with the consequences of the relinquishment and achieving the goals of the family development plan, who is not in a peer relationship with the child, and who is not the child's Reach Up case manager. This requirement may be waived upon a finding of good cause.

(d) Eligibility for and the amount of the maintenance assistance grant provided under this project will be determined based on ANFC rules. Case management and support services will be provided through the Reach Up program in accordance with the rules established for ANFC-parent participants. These services may continue after termination of the maintenance assistance grant, as long as the relinquishing child's income does not exceed the Vermont Health Access Plan (VHAP) income test that applies to adults who are not parents and the one-year limit has not been reached.

(e) The department shall submit a written report to the general assembly no later than January 15, 2002, or 30 months and 15 days after the program begins, whichever is later. The report shall indicate the number of participants, cost per participant, projected savings, successes, strengths and weaknesses, and recommendations for improvement, so that, by the conclusion of the pilot project, adjustments can be made to improve the project and make it ongoing, or the project can be terminated.

Sec. 130. Social welfare - food stamp cash out

	Grants	4,519,544
	Source of funds
	Federal funds	4,519,544

Sec. 131. Social welfare - home heating fuel assistance/LIHEAP

	Personal services	118,000
	Operating expenses	50,000
	Grants	5,629,476
	Total	5,797,476
	Source of funds
	Special funds	5,797,476

Sec. 132. SOCIAL WELFARE - HOME HEATING FUEL

ASSISTANCE/LIHEAP

(a) All federal funds granted to the state for home heating fuel assistance under the low income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP), or other similar federal programs in fiscal year 2000, and all unexpended LIHEAP funds granted to the state in fiscal year 1999, are hereby transferred to the home heating fuel assistance trust fund for the provision of home heating fuel assistance including program administration, under chapter 26 of Title 33.

(b) For the purposes of a crisis set aside, seasonal home heating fuel assistance through December 31, 1999, and program administration, the commissioner of finance and management shall transfer $2,550,000.00 from the home weatherization assistance trust fund to the home heating fuel assistance trust fund to the extent that federal LIHEAP or similar federal funds are not available. An equivalent amount shall be returned to the home weatherization trust fund from the home heating fuel assistance trust fund to the extent that federal LIHEAP or similar federal funds are received. Should a transfer of funds from the home weatherization assistance trust fund be necessary for the 1999-2000 crisis set-aside and seasonal home heating fuel assistance through December 31, 1999, and LIHEAP funds awarded as of December 31, 1999 for fiscal year 2000 do not exceed $2,550,000.00, subsequent payments under the home heating fuel assistance program shall not precede January 30, 2000. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments authorized by the office of home heating fuel assistance shall not exceed funds available except that for fuel assistance payments made through December 31, 1999, the commissioner of finance and management may anticipate receipts into the home weatherization assistance trust fund.

Sec. 133. THE ADOPTION OF SOCIAL WELFARE RULES

   (a) The secretary of human services is authorized to adopt rules under the expeditious rule-making procedures provided in this section in order that changes reflected in this act to programs administered by the department of social welfare may be implemented by July 1, 1999. Notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary of 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, the agency of human services may file prior to and adopt, effective July 1, 1999, all rules necessary to do the following:

(1) Implement ANFC policies as specified in this act.

(2) Exempt all individuals domiciled in the state of Vermont from the implementation of § 115(a) of Public Law 104-193 through June 30, 2000.

(3) Repeal language in the Medicaid section of the Welfare Assistance Manual that provides for the termination of the adult dentures benefit for the remainder of the fiscal year when the appropriated amount for this service has been exhausted.

(4) Add over-the-counter and prescription smoking cessation products as a covered benefit for traditional Medicaid and VHAP (uninsured) beneficiaries in accordance with this act.

(5) Increase the annual Medicaid dental benefit maximum for adults from $400.00 to $475.00 to accommodate dental fee increases and maintain current service levels for beneficiaries.

(6) Implement a special needs allowance for families whose actually incurred allowable housing expenses exceed the applicable maximum in accordance with this act and make adjustments to the ANFC combined basic need standards, the ANFC housing allowance maximums, and the proportion (ratable reduction) of these standards and maximums that is paid in the monthly ANFC benefits.

(7) Increase AABD benefits in accordance with this act.

(8) Increase the personal needs deduction for non-SSI Medicaid beneficiaries residing in long-term care facilities in accordance with this act.

(9) Implement a special project within the general assistance program for individuals who relinquish their children for adoption in accordance with this act.

(10) Delete language in the Medicaid section of the Welfare Assistance Manual that provides for co-payment requirements for children in households with income that exceeds 225 percent of the federal poverty level but does not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty level, and modify the regulation to increase premium requirements for these households by $5.00 per month for children without other insurance and $2.00 per month for children with other insurance.

   (11) Implement policy changes that are consistent with statutory changes made in Sec. 119 of this act and relate to able-bodied primary-wage-earner parents in two-parent families subject to a work requirement as follows: discontinue the substitution of a second parent's Reach Up participation for the primary wage earner's fulfillment of his or her work and participation requirements; under specified conditions, authorize other Reach Up activities as a substitute, on an hour-for-hour basis, for job search or community work experience; add a self-employment schedule for primary wage earners that complies with the work and participation requirements in Sec. 119; and remove obsolete references to the JOBS program.

   (12) Add analog hearing aids, batteries, repairs and audiological examinations as covered services for traditional Medicaid beneficiaries.

   (13) Add assistive community care services provided by licensed Level III residential care homes that have been enrolled in Medicaid as Private Non-Medical Institutions as a Medicaid-covered service for traditional Medicaid beneficiaries residing in such a residential care home.

   (14) Modify Medicaid estate recovery policy in accordance with this act.

   (15) Add to the VHAP pharmaceutical benefit for Medicare-eligible enrollees coverage of vision services with the same benefit limits for such services that apply to non-Medicare-eligible VHAP enrollees.
(b) Such rules may be adopted by filing them in final proposed form with the secretary of state and the legislative committee on administrative rules under 3 V.S.A. § 841, after the agency of human services' publication, in the three daily Vermont newspapers of highest average circulation, of a notice that lists all rules to be adopted by this process and provides for a seven-day public comment period. The legislative committee on administrative rules shall review and may approve or object to the final proposed rules under the provisions of 3 V.S.A. § 842, except that its action shall be completed within 15 days or by June 25, 1999, whichever is sooner. Rules so adopted may be effective as soon as five days after adoption and have the full force and effect of rules adopted pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 and may supersede or amend existing rules. Any such rules filed by the secretary of human services with the secretary of state shall be deemed to be in full compliance with 3 V.S.A. § 843 and shall be accepted by the secretary of state if filed with a certification by the secretary of human services that the rule is required to meet the purposes of this section.
(c) Two agency of human services-filed rules, 99P008 Changes in SSI/AABD Living Arrangements for Residential Care Homes (DSW Bulletin 99-9) and 99P009 Establishment of the Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) Program (DSW Bulletin 99-8), shall be held harmless from the impact of H.83, enacted in 1999, as specified herein. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as long as the agency of human services files these rules in final form with the secretary of state and the legislative committee on administrative rules under 3 V.S.A. § 841 no later than May 17, 1999, the legislative committee on administrative rules shall review and may approve or object to the final proposed rules under the provisions of 3 V.S.A. § 842, except that its action shall be completed by June 28, 1999. These rules may be effective on July 1, 1999, or upon adoption, whichever is later, and have the full force and effect of rules adopted pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 and may supercede or amend existing rules. The secretary of human services' filing of these rules with the secretary of state in accordance with the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed to be in full compliance with 3 V.S.A. § 843 and shall be accepted by the secretary of state if filed with a certification by the secretary of human services that the rule is required to meet the purposes of this section.

Sec. 134. Office of economic opportunity

	Personal services	613,487
	Operating expenses	95,744
	Grants	9,099,416
	Total	9,808,647
	Source of funds
	General fund	752,049
	Federal funds	4,376,788
	Special funds	4,312,598
	Interdepartmental transfer	367,212
	Total	9,808,647

   (a) Of the above general fund appropriation, $500,000.00 shall be granted to community agencies for homeless assistance by preserving existing services or increasing resources available statewide. These funds may be granted alone or in conjunction with federal McKinney emergency shelter funds. Grant decisions shall be made with assistance from the coalition of homeless Vermonters.

Sec. 135. Office of child support services

	Personal services	5,835,623
	Operating expenses	1,985,879
	Other	900,000
	Total	8,721,502
	Source of funds
	General fund	834,126
	Federal funds	6,118,398
	Special funds	1,768,978
	Total	8,721,502

   (a) The establishment of twenty (20) new classified positions - one (1) Administrative Assistant B, two (2) Administrative Assistant A, three (3) Paralegal, four (4) Child Support Specialist, two (2) Child Support Services Technician, and eight (8) Child Support Information Representative - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The satellite offices of the office of child support in Brattleboro and Bennington shall not fall below their service levels as they existed on January 1, 1999 through January 1, 2000.

Sec. 136. Social and rehabilitation services -

	administrative and support services
	Personal services	1,553,994
	Operating expenses	210,668
	Total	1,764,662
	Source of funds
	General fund	851,698
	Federal funds	912,964
	Total	1,764,662

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of four (4) new exempt positions - Assistant Attorney General - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 137. Social and rehabilitation services - disability determination services

	Personal services	2,408,274
	Operating expenses	443,991
	Total	2,852,265
	Source of funds
	Federal funds	2,607,120
	Interdepartmental transfer	245,145
	Total	2,852,265

   (a) The establishment of six (6) new classified positions - Disability Determination Specialist A - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 138. Social and rehabilitation services - social services

	Personal services	12,130,883
	Operating expenses	1,914,053
	Other	40,717,360
	Total	54,762,296
	Source of funds
	General fund	21,228,189
	Federal funds	32,619,644
	Special funds	914,463
	Total	54,762,296

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of eight (8) new classified positions - three (3) Child Benefit Specialist, one (1) Medicaid Programs Auditor, one (1) Administrative Assistant, and three (3) Domestic Violence Specialist - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The establishment of ten (10) new classified positions - nine (9) Social Worker and one (1) Social Service Supervisor - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (c) The Youthful Offender Coordinator position and current position holder in the agency of human services, central office shall be transferred and converted to a classified Social Worker in the department of social and rehabilitation services.

Sec. 139. Social and rehabilitation services -

	Woodside juvenile rehabilitation center
	Personal services	1,713,318
	Operating expenses	259,384
	Total	1,972,702
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,889,951
	Interdepartmental transfer	82,751
	Total	1,972,702

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Nurse Practitioner - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Teacher - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 140. Social and rehabilitation services - child care services

	Personal services	1,073,984
	Operating expenses	301,091
	Grants	23,149,206
	Total	24,524,281
	Source of funds
	General fund	5,845,083
	Transportation fund	75,000
	Special funds	832,000
	Federal funds	17,772,198
	Total	24,524,281

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of three (3) new classified positions - one (1) Child Care Licensor, one (1) Child Care Consumer Information Specialist and one (1) Child Care Information and Technology Consultant - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Child Care Licensor - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

(c) The department of social and rehabilitation services is allocated $2,200,000.00 to implement a 13 percent across-the-board rate increase for all licensed and registered child care providers serving families enrolled in the subsidy program. The legislature intends that this rate increase be passed on directly to providers to partially close the gap between market rates and rates paid by the subsidy system. The legislature further intends that the rate increase be implemented in conjunction with internal modifications to the fee scale structure to assure that the rate increase has positive impact on families' out-of-pocket child care expenditures.

(d) $500,000.00 of the above appropriation is allocated for adjusting the sliding fee scale for individuals with income below 82 1/2 percent of state median.

(e) Of the above appropriation $683,851.00 shall be used to fund childcare quality initiatives as follows:

(1) $357,851.00 shall be used to continue to provide quality incentive bonuses at 15 percent above the subsidy rate;

(2) $221,000.00 shall provide for quality bonuses as follows:

(A) $130,000.00 for child care program bonuses at the time of accreditation;

(B) $91,000.00 for bonuses to individual providers upon receipt of a degree and employment in a licensed or registered child care program.

(3) $105,000.00 shall be used for the child care mentoring program.

Sec. 141. Developmental and mental health services - central office

	Personal services	1,756,814
	Operating expenses	463,772
	Total	2,220,586
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,050,170
	Federal funds	1,170,416
	Total	2,220,586

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Secretary B - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 142. Developmental and mental health services -

	Community mental health
	Personal services	1,419,972
	Operating expenses	120,183
	Grants	52,794,448
	Other	137,200
	Total	54,471,803
	Source of funds
	General fund	20,055,022
	Federal funds	30,674,649
	Special funds	2,522,299
	Interdepartmental transfer	1,219,833
	Total	54,471,803

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing temporary and contractual services. The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - one (1) Human Resources Analyst, and (1) Secretary C - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 143. Developmental and mental health services - developmental services

	Personal services	2,445,181
	Operating expenses	367,718
	Grants	64,346,293
	Other	81,340
	Total	67,240,532
	Source of funds
	General fund	25,742,032
	Federal funds	40,730,997
	Special funds	546,253
	Interdepartmental transfer	221,250
	Total	67,240,532

Sec. 144. Developmental and mental health services -

	Vermont state hospital
	Personal services	7,664,581
	Operating expenses	794,066
	Grants	81,341
	Total	8,539,988
	Source of funds
	General fund	2,048,252
	Federal funds	6,421,736
	Special funds	70,000
	Total	8,539,988

Sec. 145. Aging and disabilities - administration

	and support
	Personal services	11,896,590
	Operating expenses	2,365,351
	Total	14,261,941
	Source of funds
	General fund	5,939,501
	Federal funds	7,795,921
	Special funds	277,215
	Interdepartmental transfer	249,304
	Total	14,261,941

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace on-going temporary and contractual services. The establishment of seventeen (17) new classified positions - one (1) Data Clerk C, one (1) Vocational Rehabilitation Home Care Attendant, one (1) Independent Living Services Coordinator, two (2) Employment Training Specialist, one (1) Nutritionist, one (1) Elder Rights Services Developer, one (1) Grants and Compliance Manager, one (1) Vocational Evaluator, one (1) Systems Developer II, one (1) Training, Information and Referral Specialist, one (1) Policy Specialist, one (1) Administrative Assistant, two (2) Computer Access Specialist, one (1) Systems Developer III, and one (1) Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

(b) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Public Health Nurse Surveyor - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

(c) Personal care attendants are exempt from 21 V.S.A. § 342 and shall not be construed as state employees except for purposes of 21 V.S.A. chapters 9 and 17.

   (d) Of the above appropriation, at least $10,000.00 shall be expended by the department for the support of "The Independent", an independent newsletter to provide information and education on aging and disabilities issues.

Sec. 146. Aging and disabilities - vocational

	Rehabilitation
	Grants	4,574,834
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,381,945
	Federal funds	3,047,889
	Special funds	10,000
	Interdepartmental transfer	135,000
	Total	4,574,834

   (a) The state shall allocate the appropriation for the traumatic brain injured waiver for FY 2000 in the following manner: rehabilitation program, 58 slots; long-term program, seven slots. The number of long-term program slots may be increased by no more than 18 if matching funds are available to support the additional slots.

Sec. 147. Aging and disabilities - blind and visually impaired

	Grants	1,214,634
	Source of funds
	General fund	465,106
	Federal funds	629,528
	Special funds	120,000
	Total	1,214,634

Sec. 148. Aging and disabilities - division of

	advocacy and independent living
	Grants	8,980,349
	Source of funds
	General fund	2,771,264
	Transportation fund	522,000
	Federal funds	5,271,836
	Special funds	355,249
	Interdepartmental transfer	60,000
	Total	8,980,349

   (a) Of the above appropriation, $325,000.00 is for grants to the area agencies on aging to fund programs for nutrition and successful aging. Successful aging means the ability to maintain a low risk of disease and disease-related disability, a high mental and physical functioning capacity and an active engaged life.

(b) There is appropriated to the department of aging and disabilities the amount of $200,000.00 from the general fund for a one time funding enhancement of the home health - homemaker program.

(c) In addition to the appropriation in subsection (b) the amount of $180,000.00 shall be expended for the home health - homemaker program.

Sec. 149. Children's trust fund

	Grant	386,178
	Source of funds
	General fund	109,748
	Federal funds	196,430
	Special funds	80,000
	Total	386,178

   (a) At least 65 percent of the state appropriation for the children's trust fund will be awarded for community-based program activities for the broad range of child abuse and neglect prevention activities.

Sec. 150. Governor's commission on women

	Personal services	213,384
	Operating expenses	51,564
	Total	264,948
	Source of funds
	General fund	205,941
	Federal funds	34,007
	Special funds	5,000
	Interdepartmental transfer	20,000
	Total	264,948

Sec. 151. Retired senior volunteer program

	Grants	129,340
	Source of funds
	General fund	129,340

Sec. 152. Disabled & needy veterans

	Personal services	1,800
	Operating expenses	900
	Grants	28,136
	Total	30,836
	Source of funds
	General fund	30,836

Sec. 153. Vermont veterans' home - care and support services

	Personal services	8,289,761
	Operating expenses	2,201,193
	Total	10,490,954
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,048,169
	Federal funds	2,579,959
	Special funds	6,862,826
	Total	10,490,954

Sec. 154. Vermont association for blind

	and visually impaired, inc.
	Grants	24,160
	Source of funds
	General fund	24,160

Sec. 155. Independence Fund

	Grants	1
	Source of funds
	General fund	1

(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of Act No. 160 of the Acts of 1996 (Adjourned Session) or other provisions of chapter 61 of Title 33, up to $100,000.00 of the redirected funds in fiscal year 2000 shall be directed to the independence fund to be used for grants which have matching funds equivalent to that of Medicaid and are consistent with the purposes of and the time frame of Act No. 160. Proposals shall be received by September 1, with recommendations submitted to the secretary within 30 days thereafter.

Sec. 156. Total human services		863,123,168
	Source of funds
	General fund	286,856,728
	Transportation fund	1,940,011
	Federal funds	476,051,217
	Special funds	75,563,413
	Tobacco fund	16,439,861
	Internal service funds	1,747,710
	Interdepartmental transfer	4,514,228
	Expendable trust	10,000
	Total	863,123,168

Sec. 157. Employment and training

	Personal services	17,215,400
	Operating expenses	8,945,700
	Grants	4,344,000
	Total	30,505,100
	Source of funds
	General fund	402,160
	Federal funds	26,787,273
	Special funds	102,667
	Interdepartmental transfer	3,213,000
	Total	30,505,100

   (a) Of the above appropriation, up to $50,000.00 of federal funds shall be available as a portion of the matching requirement for the job access/reverse commute grant.

Sec. 157a. WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING

(a) There is hereby created a Workforce Education and Training Fund in the department of employment and training to be managed in accordance with subchapter 5 of chapter 7 of Title 32.

(b) The sum of $1,500,000 is hereby appropriated for transfer from the general fund debt service reserve to the Workforce Education and Training Fund.

(c) These funds are hereby appropriated and shall be used exclusively for the purposes of workforce education and training to improve the skills of Vermont unemployed and underemployed workers.

(d) The commissioner shall use the funds to make awards on a competitive basis to private and public higher education institutions, technical centers, and programs offering postsecondary courses in collaboration with business, to enhance the quality of the Vermont workforce and increase its number of highly skilled workers. The commissioner shall give preference to programs and projects that test innovative and collaborative approaches to workforce development, and to the linking of workforce-education and economic development strategies. The commissioner may continue to fund a program or project which demonstrates that it has resulted in increased income and economic opportunity for employees and employers.

(e) In making awards from the fund, the commissioner shall use criteria developed by the human resources investment council which shall include the following:

(1) Proposals which address the needs of workers who are unemployed, underemployed or are at risk of becoming unemployed due to new demands in the workplace.

(2) Proposals which will lead to jobs paying 200 percent of the current minimum wage or 150 percent, including benefits.

(3) Proposals which improve the productivity and job security of incumbent workers by addressing the need to upgrade skills.

(4) Proposals which do not duplicate, supplant or replace other programs funded with public money.

(f) The commissioner shall, in collaboration with the human resources investment council, develop evaluation standards to measure the effectiveness of the programs and projects funded by the grant awards. By January 15, 2000 the commissioner shall submit a report of awards made and the effectiveness of the funded programs and projects.

(g) The commissioner in collaboration with the human resource investment council shall develop a plan for an on going funding source for this program.

Sec. 158. Education - policy, planning, operations & finance

	Personal services	2,576,569
	Operating expenses	496,587
	Grants	3,949,570
	Total	7,022,726
	Source of funds
	General fund	2,143,109
	Federal funds	4,843,646
	Interdepartmental transfer	971
	Special funds	35,000
	Total	7,022,726

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of three (3) new classified positions - one (1) Information Technology Specialist, one (1) Investigator, and one (1) Senior Research Analyst - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The establishment of six (6) new classified positions - one (1) Education Communications Consultant, one (1) Education Statistician, one (1) Systems Developer III, two (2) Systems Developer II and one (1) Administrative Assistant B - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 158a. CIVIC EDUCATION

(a) The general assembly recognizes that the preservation of our democratic society depends on a citizenry knowledgeable about its government and actively participating in the democratic process. The general assembly also recognizes that currently many citizens are not knowledgeable about their Constitution and government and do not participate in the process. Therefore, the general assembly intends to provide assistance for schools to participate in the nationally acclaimed civic education program about the history and philosophy of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, "We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution".

(b) The amount of $17,000.00 in general funds are appropriated to the commissioner of education to be used as follows:

(1) $8,000.00 is used for administration of the program including reimbursement to participating schools for curricular materials and training and delivery of the program "We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution", and

(2) $2,500.00 is to be awarded to the school that wins the state "We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution" competition to be used for travel and participation in national competition.

(3) $1,500.00 is to be awarded equally to the three Vermont finalist schools in the state "We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution" competition.

(4) $5,000.00 shall be available for grants to schools participating in the program who raise local funds on a one for one matching basis.

(c) The commissioner of education shall appoint a five-person advisory board to help to develop an application process, develop selection procedures and criteria, and to advise the commissioner on oversight and promotion of the "We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution" program in Vermont.

Sec. 158b. 16 V.S.A. § 563(8) is amended to read:

The school board of a school district, in addition to other duties and authority specifically assigned by law:

* * *

(8) Shall establish and maintain an adequate system of financial disbursement, accounting, control and reporting procedures that ensures that all payments are lawful and in accordance with a budget adopted or amended by the school board. The school board may authorize a subcommittee, the superintendent of schools, or a designated employee of the school board to examine claims against the district for school expenses and draw orders for such as shall be allowed by it payable to the party entitled thereto. Such orders shall state definitely the purpose for which they are drawn and shall serve as full authority to the treasurer to make such payments. It shall be lawful for a school board to submit to its treasurer a certified copy of those portions of the board minutes, properly signed by the clerk and chairman, or a majority of the board, showing to whom, and for what purpose each payment is to be made by the treasurer, and such certified copy shall serve as full authority to the treasurer to make the payments as thus approved.

* * *

Sec. 159. Education - school and instructional support

	Personal services	3,111,475
	Operating expenses	1,154,800
	Grants	16,061,096
	Total	20,327,371
	Source of funds
	General fund	4,873,219
	Transportation fund	639,932
	Federal funds	13,290,584
	Special funds	1,404,379
	Interdepartmental transfer	119,257
	Total	20,327,371

(a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of four (4) new classified positions - one (1) Basic Program Specialist - Community Based Learning, one (1) Basic Program Specialist - Safe and Drug Free Schools, one (1) Basic Program Specialist - Driver Education, and one (1) Secretary C - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 160. Education - family and educational support

	Personal services	2,580,049
	Operating expenses	883,487
	Grants	49,428,461
	Total	52,891,997
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,713,093
	Federal funds	50,540,610
	Special funds	434,800
	Interdepartmental transfer	203,494
	Total	52,891,997

(a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of twenty-two (22) new classified positions - one (1) Drug and Alcohol Prevention Trainer, one (1) Act 51 Coordinator, one (1) Health Education - HIV/AIDS - Technical Assistant, one (1) Special Education Finance Administrative Assistant, two (2) Medicaid Data Entry Clerk, one (1) School Counseling Technical Advisor, one (1) IDEA Preschool, Infants and Toddlers Coordinator, four (4) Special Education Compliance Monitor, one (1) Interagency Coordinator, two (2) Medicaid Trainer/Auditor, one (1) Health Program Consultant, one (1) Model Program and Effective Practices Consultant, one (1) Special Education and Title I Administrative Assistant, one (1) Residential Review Coordinator, one (1) Special Education Program and Fiscal Reviewer, one (1) School Health Services Consultant, and one (1) Health Program Administrative Assistant - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 161. Education - licensing

	Personal services	295,267
	Operating expenses	133,600
	Grants	45,000
	Total	473,867
	Source of funds
	Special funds	473,867

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - Basic Education Program Specialist - Licensing - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 162. Education - adult basic education

	Grants	3,147,664
	Source of funds
	General fund	2,419,927
	Federal funds	727,737
	Total	3,147,664

Sec. 163. Education - career and lifelong learning

	Personal services	1,157,073
	Operating expenses	244,316
	Grants	12,608,133
	Total	14,009,522
	Source of funds
	General fund	992,293
	Education fund	7,070,901
	Federal funds	4,709,778
	Special funds	284,018
	Interdepartmental transfer	952,532
	Total	14,009,522

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - one (1) Communication Technologist and one (1) Administrative Assistant - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The appropriations in this section shall be authorized notwithstanding sections 1564, 1565, 1566, and 1567 of Title 16.

Sec. 164. FUND APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS

(a) There is appropriated in fiscal year 2000 from the general fund for transfer to the education fund the amount of $231,099,412.00.

(b) There is appropriated in fiscal year 2000 from the education fund to the commissioner of education $450,000.00 for the purpose of awarding grants to pilot technical education projects under Sec. 121a of Act No. 71 of the Acts of 1998. In each fiscal year following fiscal year 2000, there is transferred from the general fund to the education fund the amount transferred thereto in the previous fiscal year increased by 2.8 percent.

   (c) There is appropriated $50,000.00 in fiscal year 2000 from the general fund to the fiscal review panel established under 16 V.S.A. § 2974(e).

Sec. 164a. ONE-TIME FUND TRANSFER

   There is appropriated in fiscal year 2000 from the general fund for transfer to the education fund the amount of $11,100,000.00.

Sec. 165. Education - small school grants

	Grants	4,122,209
	Source of funds
	Education fund	4,122,209

Sec. 166. Education - special education: formula grants

	Grants	46,838,371
	Source of funds
	Education fund	46,838,371

   (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 16 V.S.A. § 2969 or any other provisions of law, the reimbursements and grants pursuant to 16 V.S.A. § 2967 for fiscal year 2000 costs incurred by school districts shall be paid partially from the fiscal year 2000 appropriation and partially from the fiscal year 2001 appropriation. The fiscal year 2000 appropriation will cover the final reimbursements for fiscal year 1999 with the remainder available for reimbursements for fiscal year 2000 grants and reimbursements. Funds distributed to school districts for fiscal year 2000 expenses but to which the school districts were not entitled based on final reports for fiscal year 2000 shall not be considered as part of the total expenditures for fiscal year 2000 under the 60 percent state funding provision of 16 V.S.A. § 2967. Such funds held by local school districts shall be treated as expenditures in fiscal year 2001.

Sec. 167. EDUCATION - SPECIAL EDUCATION; SUCCESS BEYOND

SIX

   (a) General funds of the appropriation for special education - formula grants, or other funds eligible to be used for matching federal funds, may be used by each supervisory union to participate in the success beyond six program. The purpose of the program is to expand local partnerships to enhance the educational opportunities of students that are at risk of failure in school. The services are to be supplied through contracts with community-based Medicaid providers. The form and substance of the contracts shall be established as part of the overall agreement for the implementation of the program, to be executed between the commissioner of education and the secretary of human services.

Sec. 168. Education - state-placed students

	Grants	8,000,000
	Source of funds
	Education fund	8,000,000

Sec. 168a. Sec. 164 of No. 147 of the Acts of 1998, as amended by Sec. 54 of No. 1 of the Acts of 1999, is further amended to read:

Sec. 164. Education - state-placed students

	Grants	*[7,045,000]*	7,535,000
	Source of funds
	Education fund	*[7,045,000]*	7,535,000

Sec. 169. Education - school construction aid - past state obligations

	Grants	7,000,000
	Source of funds
	Education fund	7,000,000

   (a) Notwithstanding any provision of 16 V.S.A. § 559 concerning prequalification requirements, the Board of Directors of the U-32 School District is authorized to award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder conforming to specifications for Phase I of its school construction project.

Sec. 170. Education - construction interest aid

	Grants	440,580
	Source of funds
	Education fund	440,580

Sec. 171. Education - capital debt service aid

	Grants	3,943,000
	Source of funds
	Education fund	3,943,000

Sec. 172. Education - transportation

	Grants	11,000,388
	Source of funds
	Education fund	11,000,388

Sec. 173. EDUCATION - EDUCATION GRANTS

There is appropriated from the education fund for fiscal year 2000 to the department of education, $217,125,000.00 for education grants to school districts as required by Sec. 24 of No. 60 of the Acts of 1997. Such grants shall provide in fiscal year 2000 a total statewide average education grant per equalized pupil $5,377.00. Of the $217,125,000.00 appropriated in this section, $125,000.00 shall be utilized as an adjustment for average daily membership errors reported by the Coventry school district during prior fiscal years.

Sec. 174. EDUCATION - LOCAL SHARE PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS

   There is appropriated from the education fund for fiscal year 2000 to the department of education $36,800,000.00 for local share property tax payments to school districts as required by 16 V.S.A. § 4028(a)(2).

Sec. 174a. 16 V.S.A. § 4027(c) is amended to read:

(c) The commissioner of education shall calculate the equalized yield amount so that the amount due into the education fund under this section, plus any additional amount that may be allocated for this purpose in any fiscal year by the general assembly, equals the amount due out of the fund under this section.

Sec. 175. State teachers' retirement system

	Personal services	6,571,426
	Operating expenses	131,603
	Grants	18,586,240
	Total	25,289,269
	Source of funds
	General fund	18,586,240
	Special funds	6,703,029
	Total	25,289,269

   (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 16 V.S.A. chapter 55, the amount of annual contributions to the Vermont state teachers' retirement system shall be $18,586,240.00 in fiscal year 2000. Notwithstanding the provisions of 16 V.S.A. chapter 55, no person shall be eligible to receive benefits from the state teachers' retirement system who is receiving a continuation of salary under the early retirement provisions of the applicable article of the agreement between Vermont state colleges and the Vermont state colleges faculty federation, VSCFF, AFT, Local 3180, AFL-CIO.

Sec. 176. TAX DEPARTMENT - REAPPRAISAL AND LISTING

PAYMENT

   The amount of $2,320,000.00 in education funds is appropriated to implement 32 V.S.A. § 4041(a), relating to payments to municipalities for reappraisal costs and 32 V.S.A. § 5405(f), relating to payments of $1.00 per grand list parcel.

Sec. 177. Tax department - homestead property tax income sensitivity adjustments

	Other	82,300,000
	Source of funds
	General fund	4,329,417
	Transportation fund	3,035,083
	Special funds	635,500
	Education fund	74,300,000
	Total	82,300,000

Sec. 178. Total general education and property tax support		785,768,376
	Source of funds
	General fund	277,323,710
	Transportation fund	3,675,015
	Education fund	419,410,449
	Federal funds	74,112,355
	Special funds	9,970,593
	Interdepartmental transfer	1,276,254
	Total	785,768,376

Sec. 179. University of Vermont

	Grants	30,330,748
	Source of funds
	General fund	30,330,748

   (a) The commissioner of finance and management shall issue warrants to pay one-twelfth of the appropriation to the university of Vermont on or about the 15th of each calendar month of the year.

Sec. 180. University of Vermont - Morgan horse farm

	Grants	1
	Source of funds
	General fund	1

Sec. 181. Vermont public television

	Grants	579,535
	Source of funds
	General fund	579,535

Sec. 182. Vermont state colleges

	Grants	17,218,440
	Source of funds
	General fund	17,218,440

   (a) The commissioner of finance and management shall issue warrants to pay one-twelfth of the appropriation to the Vermont state colleges on or about the 15th of each calendar month of the year.

   (b) Of the above appropriation, $100,000.00 shall be reserved for use as the state's fiscal year 2000 contribution toward the creation of an endowment fund for the Vermont state colleges. The state's funds are to serve as a challenge match to enhance the state colleges' ability to secure endowment contributions from alumni and other interested parties. The intent is that the fiscal year 2000 appropriation will be the fourth of five appropriations through fiscal year 2001 totaling $500,000.00. The conditions of this challenge match are that the state colleges are required to raise three dollars for each dollar appropriated by the state. A method for accounting for the state colleges' share has been agreed to between the state colleges and the commissioner of finance and management. The first three appropriations have been transferred to the state colleges' endowment fund under the condition that only the interest accruing to the fund will be available for purposes as designated by the board of trustees of the state colleges. Subsequent appropriations of $100,000.00 also shall be transferred to the state colleges as the state colleges successfully raise endowment increments of $300,000.00. By June 30, 2001, any remaining state appropriations designated for the state colleges' endowment fund that have not been matched by the state colleges shall revert to the general fund. The funds appropriated for this purpose shall be retained by the state.

   (c) The last best offer of the Vermont State Colleges recommended to the general assembly by the Vermont Labor Relations Board in accordance with 3 V.S.A. § 925(i) shall be the collective bargaining agreement for part-time faculty between the Vermont State Colleges and the Vermont State Colleges Faculty Federation. Funds appropriated under this section may be used for purposes of this subsection.

Sec. 183. Vermont state colleges - practical nursing schools

	Grants	514,670
	Source of funds
	General fund	514,670

Sec. 184. Vermont interactive television

	Grants	788,933
	Source of funds
	General fund	788,933

Sec. 185. Vermont student assistance corporation

	Grants	13,831,839
	Source of funds
	General fund	13,831,839

   (a) Not less than 99 percent of grants shall be used for direct student aid.

Sec. 186. New England higher education compact

	Operating expenses	72,605
	Source of funds
	General fund	72,605

Sec. 186a. Education commission of the states

	Operating expenses	39,600
	Source of funds
	General fund	39,600

Sec. 187. Total higher education and other		63,376,371
	Source of funds
	General fund	63,376,371

Sec. 188. Natural resources - agency of natural resources - administration, management

	and planning
	Personal services	2,268,806
	Operating expenses	1,448,056
	Grants	35,000
	Other	255,000
	Total	4,006,862
	Source of funds
	General fund	2,116,653
	Federal funds	111,953
	Special funds	959,181
	Interdepartmental transfer	819,075
	Total	4,006,862

(a) The establishment of four (4) new classified positions - three (3) Natural Resource Specialist, and one (1) Growth Planner - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 189. Connecticut river watershed advisory commission

	Other	40,500
	Source of funds
	General fund	25,000
	Federal funds	15,500
	Total	40,500

Sec. 190. Citizens' advisory committee on Lake

	Champlain's future
	Other	5,000
	Source of funds
	General fund	5,000

Sec. 191. Natural resources - state land local property tax assessment

	Operating expenses	975,009
	Source of funds
	General fund	526,442
	Transportation fund	218,567
	Interdepartmental transfer	230,000
	Total	975,009

Sec. 192. Environmental conservation - commissioner's office

	Personal services	715,766
	Operating expenses	113,162
	Total	828,928
	Source of funds
	General fund	191,809
	Federal funds	414,465
	Special funds	98,750
	Interdepartmental transfer	123,904
	Total	828,928

Sec. 193. Environmental conservation - environmental

	assistance
	Personal services	1,237,842
	Operating expenses	209,539
	Grants	120,000
	Other	40,000
	Total	1,607,381
	Source of funds
	General fund	451,049
	Federal funds	199,427
	Special funds	956,905
	Total	1,607,381

Sec. 194. Environmental conservation - office of

	air and waste management
	Personal services	4,099,482
	Operating expenses	1,145,651
	Grants	125,000
	Other	25,000
	Total	5,395,133
	Source of funds
	General fund	488,419
	Transportation fund	37,634
	Federal funds	2,124,472
	Special funds	2,594,608
	Interdepartmental transfer	150,000
	Total	5,395,133

Sec. 195. Environmental conservation - office of water programs

	Personal services	7,551,134
	Operating expenses	1,192,875
	Grants	1,792,697
	Other	40,000
	Total	10,576,706
	Source of funds
	General fund	2,852,063
	Transportation fund	169,656
	Federal funds	4,878,663
	Special funds	2,439,533
	Interdepartmental transfer	236,791
	Total	10,576,706

(a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing temporary and contractual services. The establishment of three (3) new classified positions - two (2) Environmental Technician B and one (1) Aquatic Biologist B - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 196. Environmental conservation - various

	Environmental special funds
	Other	4,750,371
	Source of funds
	Special funds	4,750,371

Sec. 196a. LANDFILL CAPPING

   There is transferred to the landfill closure fund as established in 10 V.S.A. § 6603i in fiscal year 1999, funds not to exceed $100,000.00 from the waste management fund established in 10 V.S.A. § 6618, for the purposes of capping an uncapped municipal landfill that has accepted less than 1,000 tons annually, and is ready to be capped.

Sec. 197. Fish and wildlife - support and field services

	Personal services	7,765,192
	Operating expenses	4,167,080
	Grants	250,000
	Other	161,000
	Total	12,343,272
	Source of funds
	Fish and wildlife fund	11,738,035
	Interdepartmental transfer	605,237
	Total	12,343,272

   (a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - one (1) Secretary B and one (1) Development and Outreach Coordinator - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 198. Fish and wildlife - watershed improvement

	Other	45,000
	Source of funds
	Fish and wildlife/special funds	45,000

Sec. 199. Forests, parks and recreation -

	administration
	Personal services	880,783
	Operating expenses	335,239
	Grants	713,200
	Total	1,929,222
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,022,722
	Federal funds	565,000
	Special funds	341,500
	Total	1,929,222

Sec. 200. Forests, parks and recreation - forest highway maintenance

	Personal services	2,539
	Operating expenses	346,000
	Grants	200,000
	Total	548,539
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	548,539

Sec. 201. Forests, parks and recreation - forestry

	Personal services	3,487,722
	Operating expenses	589,900
	Grants	482,000
	Total	4,559,622
	Source of funds
	General fund	2,562,822
	Transportation fund	21,500
	Federal funds	1,261,300
	Special funds	391,000
	Interdepartmental transfer	315,000
	Expendable trust	8,000
	Total	4,559,622

   (a) Of the above appropriation for the Vermont urban and community forest program, $100,000.00 shall be used for the trees 2000 celebration of Vermont's millenium.

Sec. 202. Forests, parks and recreation - rural community fire protection

	Other	19,000
	Source of funds
	Federal funds	19,000

Sec. 203. Forests, parks and recreation - senior community service employment

	Personal services	36,000
	Operating expenses	2,000
	Total	38,000
	Source of funds
	Federal funds	38,000

Sec. 204. Forests, parks and recreation - state parks

	Personal services	3,334,425
	Operating expenses	1,837,800
	Grants	25,000
	Other	201,472
	Total	5,398,697
	Source of funds
	Special funds	5,336,743
	Interdepartmental transfer	61,954
	Total	5,398,697

Sec. 205. Forests, parks and recreation - youth conservation corps

	Personal services	418,795
	Operating expenses	38,600
	Grants	500,000
	Total	957,395
	Source of funds
	Special funds	522,395
	Interdepartmental transfer	435,000
	Total	957,395

Sec. 206. Forests, parks and recreation - snowmobile trails program

	Personal services	11,500
	Grants	488,500
	Total	500,000
	Source of funds
	Special funds	500,000

(a) Funds will be transferred to VAST contingent on the certification by the agency of natural resources that all past and anticipated safety and planning issues have been or are being resolved satisfactorily.

Sec. 207. Environmental board and district commissions - Act 250

	Personal services	1,565,040
	Operating expenses	170,000
	Other	150,000
	Total	1,885,040
	Source of funds
	General fund	681,664
	Special funds	1,203,376
	Total	1,885,040

(a) The following positions are authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - one (1) Secretary C and one (1) Assistant District Coordinator - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 208. Environmental board and district commissions - waste facilities panel

	Personal services	108,000
	Operating expenses	17,000
	Total	125,000
	Source of funds
	Special funds	125,000

Sec. 209. Water resources board

	Personal services	217,000
	Operating expenses	39,580
	Total	256,580
	Source of funds
	General fund	256,580

Sec. 210. Green up

	Other	8,261
	Source of funds
	Special funds	8,261

Sec. 211. Total natural resources		56,799,518
	Source of funds
	General fund	11,180,223
	Transportation fund	995,896
	Federal funds	9,627,780
	Fish and wildlife fund	11,738,035
	Fish and wildlife/special funds	45,000
	Special funds	20,227,623
	Interdepartmental transfer	2,976,961
	Expendable trust	8,000
	Total	56,799,518

Sec. 212. Commerce and community development -

	agency of commerce and community development - administration and management planning
	Personal services	894,602
	Operating expenses	145,489
	Other	2,500
	Total	1,042,591
	Source of funds
	General fund	821,795
	Transportation fund	156,921
	Interdepartmental transfer	63,875
	Total	1,042,591

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Information Technology Specialist II - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

   (b) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Systems Developer III - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 213. Housing and community affairs

	Personal services	1,892,405
	Operating expenses	272,147
	Grants	12,331,602
	Total	14,496,154
	Source of funds
	General fund	1,121,938
	Federal funds	10,416,828
	Special funds	2,957,388
	Total	14,496,154

(a) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Administrative Assistant A - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 214. Historic sites operations

	Personal services	416,444
	Operating expenses	311,515
	Total	727,959
	Source of funds
	General fund	350,228
	Special funds	377,731
	Total	727,959

Sec. 215. Community development block grants

	Grants	8,637,000
	Source of funds
	Federal funds	8,637,000

Sec. 216. Downtown transportation & capital improvement fund

	Grants	400,000
	Source of funds
	Special funds	400,000

Sec. 217. Economic development

	Personal services	781,208
	Operating expenses	347,209
	Grants	1,762,144
	Total	2,890,561
	Source of funds
	General fund	2,698,296
	Special funds	192,265
	Federal funds	0
	Total	2,890,561

(a) Subject to the approval of the secretary of the agency of commerce and community development, of the above appropriation, up to $200,000.00 shall be transferred to EPSCoR for the purpose of compliance with matching fund requirements necessary for the receipt of available federal and/or private funds.

   (b) Of the above appropriation, $25,000.00 in general funds shall be used for the economic development council of Northern Vermont in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 218. Vermont training program (VTP)

	Personal services	57,581
	Operating expenses	19,121
	Grants	565,135
	Total	641,837
	Source of funds
	General fund	601,837
	Special funds	40,000
	Total	641,837

Sec. 219. Government marketing assistance center

	Personal services	149,395
	Operating expenses	77,108
	Total	226,503
	Source of funds
	General fund	84,337
	Federal funds	142,166
	Total	226,503

(a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing temporary services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Administrative Assistant A - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 220. Tourism and marketing

	Personal services	1,553,577
	Operating expenses	1,499,502
	Grants	1,932,000
	Total	4,985,079
	Source of funds
	General fund	4,949,229
	Special funds	35,850
	Total	4,985,079

Sec. 221. Vermont life

	Personal services	600,000
	Operating expenses	191,000
	Total	791,000
	Source of funds
	Enterprise funds	791,000

   (a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing contractual services. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Vermont Life Arts Director - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 222. Vermont economic development authority

	Grants	312,666
	Source of funds
	General fund	312,666

   (a) The sum of $2,665,589.00 is hereby appropriated for transfer from the general fund debt service reserve to the Vermont economic development authority to capitalize the Vermont jobs fund.

Sec. 223. Vermont council on the arts

	Grants	505,239
	Source of funds
	General fund	505,239

Sec. 224. Vermont symphony orchestra

	Grants	104,833
	Source of funds
	General fund	104,833

Sec. 225. Vermont historical society

	Grants	236,277
	Source of funds
	General fund	236,277

Sec. 226. Vermont housing and conservation trust fund

	Grants	20,934,488
	Source of funds
	Federal funds	11,132,479
	Special funds	9,802,009
	Total	20,934,488

   (a) In addition to all other appropriations in this bill, under 32 V.S.A. § 511 the secretary of administration shall approve expenditure during fiscal year 2000 of any fiscal year 1999 housing conservation trust fund balance beyond fiscal year 1999 appropriations from this fund.
(b) All expenditures from this fund balance that are allocated by the board for affordable housing shall be according to the priorities in section 267(5)(A)-(G) of this act.

Sec. 227. Vermont council on the humanities

	Grants	75,000
	Source of funds
	General fund	75,000

Sec. 228. Total commerce and		57,007,187 community development
	Source of funds
	General fund	11,861,675
	Transportation fund	156,921
	Federal funds	30,328,473
	Interdepartmental transfer	63,875
	Special funds	13,805,243
	Enterprise funds	791,000
	Total	57,007,187

Sec. 229. TRANSPORTATION

(a) Transportation fund appropriations made available for the agency of transportation in cooperation with the federal government shall be available until expended and shall not revert.

(b) The commissioner of finance and management shall maintain and control transportation appropriations in separate state and federal appropriations, as needed, and may incur overdrafts in personal services and operating expenses pending distribution of payroll and employee charges to other appropriations.

Sec. 230. Transportation - secretary's office

	Personal services	1,717,375
	Operating expenses	297,625
	Grants	250,000
	Total	2,265,000
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	1,675,000
	Federal funds	590,000
	Total	2,265,000

(a) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Civil Rights Specialist - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 231. Transportation board

	Personal services	93,486
	Operating expenses	21,864
	Total	115,350
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	115,350

Sec. 232. Transportation - administration

	Personal services	4,402,900
	Operating expenses	640,100
	Total	5,043,000
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	4,895,000
	Federal funds	148,000
	Total	5,043,000

(a) The establishment of two (2) new classified positions - two (2) Audit Specialist - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 233. Transportation - maintenance state system

	Personal services	20,904,459
	Operating expenses	22,024,497
	Other	450,000
	Total	43,378,956
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	36,178,956
	Federal funds	7,200,000
	Total	43,378,956

(a) The establishment of twelve (12) new classified positions - nine (9) Maintenance Worker Trainee and three (3) Equipment Mechanic - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 234. Transportation - project development and special projects unit

	Other	136,760,863
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	21,872,469
	Federal funds	113,116,782
	Local match	1,771,612
	Total	136,760,863

(a) The following position is authorized to replace ongoing temporary service. The establishment of one (1) new classified position - one (1) Accountant A - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 235. Transportation - technical services

	Personal services	4,493,667
	Operating expenses	1,571,333
	Total	6,065,000
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	2,675,000
	Federal funds	3,390,000
	Total	6,065,000

Sec. 236. Transportation - rest areas

	Other	8,807,500
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	880,750
	Federal funds	7,926,750
	Total	8,807,500

Sec. 237. Transportation - policy and planning

	Personal services	1,901,184
	Operating expenses	470,975
	Grants	14,375,387
	Total	16,747,546
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	4,529,700
	Federal funds	12,217,846
	Total	16,747,546

(a) The establishment of one (1) new classified position - Public Transit Administrator (pay grade 26) - is authorized in fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 238. Transportation - rail and aviation

	Personal services	2,888,183
	Operating expenses	365,401
	Grants	25,000
	Other	11,582,388
	Total	14,860,972
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	6,757,862
	Federal funds	8,103,110
	Total	14,860,972

Sec. 239. Transportation - central garage revolving fund

	Personal services	2,241,557
	Operating expenses	3,761,036
	Other	3,333,000
	Total	9,335,593
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	750,000
	Internal service funds	8,585,593
	Total	9,335,593

Sec. 240. Transportation - town highway grants

	Grants	21,504,280
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	21,504,280

(a) The above appropriation is authorized notwithstanding 19 V.S.A. § 306(a).

Sec. 241. Transportation - town highway bridges

	Other	17,701,020
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	4,892,117
	Federal funds	11,432,654
	Local match	1,376,249
	Total	17,701,020

Sec. 242. Transportation - town highways - class 1 supplemental

	Grants	125,000
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	125,000

Sec. 243. Transportation - town highways - emergency fund

	Other	750,000
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	750,000

Sec. 244. Transportation - town highways - bridge, culvert

	and bridge maintenance programs
	Other	2,750,000
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	2,750,000

   (a) Of the above appropriation, $500,000.00 is allocated to fund the town highway bridge maintenance program.

   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the secretary of transportation, with the approval of the secretary of administration, shall transfer any unexpended balances carried forward into fiscal year 2000 in prior year transportation appropriations allocated for town highway bridge maintenance into this appropriation for town highway bridge maintenance.

Sec. 245. Transportation - Vermont Local roads program

	Other	370,000
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	200,000
	Federal funds	170,000
	Total	370,000

Sec. 246. Transportation - town highways - class 2 resurfacing program

	Other	3,625,000
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	3,625,000

Sec. 247. Transportation - town highways - class 2 rehabilitation program

	Other	500,000
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	500,000

Sec. 248. Department of motor vehicles

	Personal services	8,852,720
	Operating expenses	4,714,480
	Grants	169,000
	Total	13,736,200
	Source of funds
	Transportation fund	13,175,000
	Federal funds	561,200
	Total	13,736,200