Adjusted Executive
Appropriation Request Percent
2000-01 2001-02 Change Change
AGENCY SUMMARY
General Fund 2,183,932,400 2,253,572,200 69,639,800 3.19%
Total for
AGENCY SUMMARY: 2,183,932,400 2,253,572,200 69,639,800 3.19%
STATE OPERATIONS
General Fund 2,183,932,400 2,253,572,200 69,639,800 3.19%
Total for
STATE OPERATIONS: 2,183,932,400 2,253,572,200 69,639,800 3.19%
General State Charges
General Fund 2,183,932,400 2,253,572,200 69,639,800 3.19%
Total for Program: 2,183,932,400 2,253,572,200 69,639,800 3.19%
BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
(Executive Budget: pp. 453 - 455)
The General State Charges budget provides General Fund support for two types of
centralized funding: fringe benefits for State employees and fixed costs paid by
the State for a variety of activities. These are costs that are incurred by all
agencies and are calculated on a government-wide basis. Only General Fund
appropriations for employee fringe benefits appear in the General State Charges
budget. Special Revenue Fund support for fringe benefits does not appear in
this budget but instead, appear in individual agency budgets. The General State
Charges budget is included in the Public Protection and General Government
appropriation bill.
The Executive requests a total of $2,253,572,200 in General Fund appropriations
for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2001-02. This amount is $69,639,800 more than the
adjusted appropriation for SFY 2000-01. However, it is $326,900,000 more than
the General Fund appropriation included in the SFY 2000-01 enacted State budget.
The following outlines the significant adjustments to other General State
Charges budget in the current State Fiscal Year:
General Fund appropriation contained in enacted SFY 2000-01
State budget $1,926,706,400
Plus the cost of the failure of the MMIA Special Revenue Fund
to offset General Fund spending $250,000,000
Plus additional fringe benefits associated with Negotiated
Salary Increases in SFY 2000-01 $65,011,000
Plus a recommended deficiency related to the settlement of
a case brought against the State on workers' compensation
insurance fees $23,500,000
Total additional General Fund costs in SFY 2000-01 $338,511,000
Less transfer of SUNY Hospitals fringe benefits out of
General State Charges Program to Special Revenue Fund $81,285,000
Adjusted SFY 2000-01 General Fund Appropriation $2,183,932,400
The transfer of SUNY hospital fringe benefit costs in the current fiscal year is
only presented for comparative purposes in order to establish a current year
adjusted appropriation. However, through this action, the Executive has masked
the impact of the shortfall in MMIA revenues.
For the past two years, a Special Revenue Fund offset has appeared in the
General State Charges budget. This offset was established to account for the
use of proceeds from the sale of the Medical Malpractice Insurance Association
(MMIA). This Fund was established to provide two payments of $250,000,000 each,
the first in SFY 1999-2000 and the second in SFY 2000-01 and was to be used to
offset the General Fund cost of employee fringe benefits. The first scheduled
payment was received in SFY 1999-2000, however none of the anticipated MMIA
revenues necessary to make the second payment materialized in the current fiscal
year. This has resulted in considerably higher General Fund spending in the
current fiscal year than originally budgeted. In addition, for the first time,
the Executive requests a reappropriation in the General State Charges
Program. The reappropriation of $550,000 is required for the payment of claims
made by survivors of prison guards killed at the Attica Correctional Facility.
This reappropriation is needed because few of the eligible survivors have filed
for compensation yet, but the Executive anticipates they will in the coming
State Fiscal Year.
Finally, the Executive plans to follow its recent practice of pre-paying early
retirement incentive costs. The State owes an early retirement payment of
$31,700,000, due in September 2001. The Executive plans to pay $30,400,000 in
March of the current fiscal year, saving $1,300,000 overall but shifting the
cost of this payment from SFY 2001-02 to the current year.
SFY 2000-01 SFY 2000-01 SFY 2001-02 Year-to-Year
Fringe Benefits Approp Approp Exec
Enacted Adjusted Change Budget Change
Pensions 80,397,600 110,382,100 29,984,500 37,960,000 (72,422,100)
Health
Insurance 1,085,119,800 1,045,532,000 (39,587,800)1,164,954,000 119,422,000
Social
Security 465,078,303 741,345,000 6,266,700 494,474,000 23,129,000
Workers
Compensation1 79,399,500 185,552,000 6,152,500 190,964,000 5,412,000
Accident
Reporting
System 600,000 600,000 0 1,800,000 1,200,000
Employee
Benefit
Funds 42,377,000 52,513,000 10,136,000 46,012,000 (6,501,000)
Unemployment
Insurance 7,108,500 7,223,000 114,500 8,311,000 1,088,000
Survivors'
Benefits 8,357,900 8,804,000 446,100 9,159,000 355,000
Dental
Insurance 44,996,400 42,082,000 (2,914,400) 46,828,000 4,746,000
Supplemental
Benefits 300,000 250,200 (49,800) 250,000 (200)
Accidental
Death
Benefit 100,000 100,000 0 100,000 0
Tuition
Reimbursement 21,200 20,000 (1,200) 20,000 0
Disability
Insurance 2,200,000 2,200,000 0 2,200,000 0
Attica
Survivors'
Benefits 550,000 550,000 0 0 (550,000)
Subtotal
Fringe
Benefits 1,916,606,200 1,927,153,300 10,547,100 2,003,032,000 75,878,700
Fixed Costs
Taxes on
Public
Lands 107,300,000 106,800,000 (500,000) 112,940,000 6,140,000
Assessments 4,000,000 4,500,000 500,000 4,500,000 0
Section 19-A 4,625,200 4,625,200 0 4,625,200 0
Section 19-B 500,000 500,000 0 500,000 0
Putnam County
Payment 600,000 600,000 0 600,000 0
Judgements
Against
State 90,000,000 69,407,900 (20,592,100) 75,000,000 5,592,100
Defense &
Indemnifi-
cation 26,000,000 20,000,000 (6,000,000) 25,000,000 5,000,000
Reissued Checks 1,500,000 1,500,000 0 1,500,000 0
PLIS Settlement 5,200,000 4,971,000 (229,000) 5,500,000 0
Delaware
Settlement 17,675,000 17,675,000 0 17,675,000 0
Auto Accident
Claims 2,700,000 2,700,000 0 2,700,000 0
Workers' Comp
Settlement 0 23,500,000 23,500,000 0 (23,500,000)
Subtotal
Fixed
Costs 260,100,200 256,779,100 (3,321,100) 250,540,200 (6,238,900)
General
Fund
Subtotal 2,176,706,400 2,183,932,400 7,226,000 2,253,572,200 69,639,800
MMIA
SRO - Offset(250,000,000) 0 250,000,000 0 0
General
Fund
Total 1,926,706,400 2,183,932,400 257,226,000 2,253,572,200 69,639,800
MMIA
Special
Revenue
Fund 250,000,000 0 (250,000,000) 0 0
Total GSC 2,176,706,400 2,183,932,400 7,226,000 2,253,572,200 69,639,800