2002 House Bill 5650 ↩

Senate Roll Call 803: Passed

The House-Senate conference report for the FY 2002-2003 State Police budget. This appropriates $396.3 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $395.4 million, which was the FY 2001-2002 amount enacted in 2001, excluding any supplemental appropriations or cuts. Of this, $287 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the current year’s $300.7 million. The conference report includes a number of specific line item cuts, but states that these would be suspended if the tobacco and cigarette tax is increased. This tax increase has been approved, so the actual appropriations will be higher than the nominal line item amounts. It also provides for a one percent department-wide operational expenses cut, with the specifics to be determined by the department.