The Fiscal Staff is charged with aiding Representatives in the development of the
state budget. A staff member is assigned to each House Appropriations and Budget
Subcommittee and is responsible for analyzing fiscal issues associated with the
Subcommittee. The primary focus of the staff is to analyze the budgetary needs and
funding resources available to state agencies under each Subcommittee’s purview.
The Fiscal Staff also analyzes all proposed legislation for potential fiscal impact
to the state budget. For a better understanding of the systematic development of
the state’s annual budget see the
Appropriations Process.
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Education Subcommittee
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Fiscal Staff Notes: Net proceeds from the Oklahoma Lottery, $63.4 million in FY-010,
are dedicated to Education in the following amounts: 45% allocated to K-12 public
education; 45% allocated to Higher Education, Career and Technology Education and/or
the Schools for the Blind and Deaf; 5% allocated to the School Consolidation and
Assistance Fund and 5% allocated to Teachers’ Retirement. Additionally, Common Education
receives a portion of revenues generated by Gross Production Taxes, Cigarette Taxes,
Income Taxes, Sales Taxes, Mineral Leasing and Gaming. Higher Education also receives
a portion of revenues generated by Gross Production Taxes.
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 FY-10 Education Appropriation Summary
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General Government and Transportation Subcommittee
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Fiscal Staff Notes: Oklahoma will receive approximately $503.9 million in American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for state and local bridge construction
and improvements and public transit projects. ODOT will utilize ARRA State Highway
System funds on 55 “shovel ready” projects identified in the Eight Year Construction
Program, allowing the agency to accelerate the starting date for 55 other projects
within the Program. All ARRA funds allocated for State Highway System and Public
Transportation projects must be obligated by no later than February, 2010, and State
Transportation Program funding by no later than September 2010. Conditions of the
Act provide that ARRA funds may not be used to supplant the planned expenditure
of state appropriations, that ODOT comply with Davis-Bacon minimum wage standards
and meet Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Minority Contracting requirements.
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FY-10 Gen. Gov't Appropriation Summary
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Human Services Subcommittee
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Fiscal Staff Notes: The Advantage Care Waiver Program provides medical services to
low-income elderly persons within their homes, providing an alternative to the placement
of seniors in nursing homes. The program allows the elderly to remain in their personal
residences and the cost to the state of doing so is less than one-third the cost
of placement in nursing homes. In FY-09, there were 19,255 participants in the Nursing
Home program at a state cost of $502 million, while over the same period there were
24,165 participants in the Advantage Waiver program at a state cost of only $213
million. Costs of the Advantage Waiver program are expected to rise dramatically
in the coming years as the baby-boomer generation becomes classified as elderly
and requires additional services.
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FY-10 Human Services Appropriation Summary
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Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee
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Fiscal Staff Notes: Rural fire departments receive an annual appropriation of $4.5
million. This is split between the 875 departments allowing each rural fire department
$5,100 a year for needed expenses. The Legislature also appropriates funds into
a revolving account, which allows the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
to purchase needed equipment such as fire hoses and pumps in bulk, then sell that
equipment to the rural fire districts at a meaningful discount.
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FY-10 Natural Resources Appropriation Summary.pdf
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Public Health and Social Services Subcommittee
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Fiscal Staff Notes: The Insure Oklahoma Employer Sponsored Insurance Program is designed
to assist small business employees with health insurance premiums. As of September
2009, the Employer Sponsored Insurance component of the program currently has 5,344
approved business and 17,344 enrolled employees. The Insure Oklahoma Individual
Plan component of the program is designed to provide individuals with health insurance
for themselves and their spouses who are not qualified for the employer sponsored
insurance. Eligible persons must work for an Oklahoma small business, be temporarily
unemployed adults receiving unemployment benefits or be working adults with a disability
who have a “ticket to work.” The Individual Plan component currently has 9,756 persons
enrolled.
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FY-10 Public Health Appropriation Summary
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Public Safety and Judiciary Subcommittee
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Fiscal Staff Notes: As of January 1, 2009, Oklahoma had over 24,000 incarcerated
persons, 90% of whom are male and 10% of whom are female. The prison system is currently
at 98% capacity. State-owned facilities house 76% of the prison population while
contracted private facilities house the remaining 24%. Fifty percent of those incarcerated
are housed at either community or minimum security facilities, 44% are housed at
medium security facilities and 6% are housed at maximum security facilities. With
the system currently near capacity, policy makers must determine whether it is more
feasible to build new state-owned facilities or contract with private prisons for
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FY-10 Judicial Appropriation Summary
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Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee
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Fiscal Staff Notes: Currently, the top state income tax rate is 5.5% which is down
from the previous top rate of 7% in 2003. An additional reduction to 5.25% will
take effect when an increase of at least 4% occurs in the current year’s General
Revenue Fund estimate compared to the prior years’ General Revenue Fund collections.
The state’s standard deduction has continued to increase since 2004 and will increase
to the federal level by 2010. In 2010, the standard deduction is $11,400 for a married
couple filing jointly, $8,400 for a person filing as head of household, and $5,700
for a person filing as single. These amounts increased from a maximum standard deduction
of $2,000.
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Legislative Tax Guide
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Fiscal Staff Publications and Supplemental Data
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The Appropriations Process
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Legislative Tax Guide
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FY-10 Appropriations Overview
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FY-10 Appropriations by Agency
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FY-10 Appropriations by Source
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FY-10 Revenue Certification
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FY-10 Total Budgetary Resources
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FY-10 Session Fee Modifications
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FY-10 Director Salary and FTE Limits
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Rainy Day Fund History
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Selected Information on Retirement Systems
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