Includes cuts to environmental, development, education agencies
General Fund Budget Cuts
Gov. Tom Corbett began cuts with his own office, trimming the budget from $6.4 million to $6.228 million.
The Attorney General’s Office was cut from $83 million to $82.2 million, plus $19.89 million from federal funds.
The Auditor General’s Office was cut from $46.2 million to $45 million.
The Agriculture Department was cut from $93 million to $87.7 million, plus $36.9 million from federal funds.
The Department of Community and Economic Development was cut from $337.9 million to $223.5 million, plus $119.2 million in federal funds.
The Conservation of Natural Resources Department was cut from $82.5 million to $58.3 million, plus $37.6 million in federal funds.
The Education Department was cut from $10.375 billion to $10.04 billion, plus $2.177 billion in federal funds. The state funds also include a basic education subsidy of $5.226 billion.
The Emergency Management Association’s budget was cut from $12.8 million to $9.69 million, plus $213.8 million in federal funds.
The Environmental Protection Department was cut from $147.1 million to $139.9 million, plus $268.6 million in federal funds.
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA)’s budget was cut from $441.2 million to $411.56 million, plus $1.575 million in federal funds.
The Historical and Museum Commission Agency’s budget was cut from $18.5 million to $17.8 million, plus $3.686 million in federal funds.
The Insurance Department’s budget was cut from $121.88 million to $121.09 million, plus $402.8 million in federal funds.
Labor and Industry was cut from $86.2 million to $72.27 million, plus $651.98 million in federal funds.
The Securities Commission’s budget was cut from $1.145 million to $1.131 million.
The legislature appropriation was cut from $300 million to $296 million, plus $1.28 million in federal funds.
General Fund Budget Increases
Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley’s office received a budget increase, from $995,000 to $1.36 million.
The Treasury Department received a budget increase of $1 billion to $1.1 billion.
Corrections’ budget was increased from $1.69 billion to $1.88 billion, plus $8.425 million in federal funds.
The Department of General Services was increased from $119.8 million to $120.5 million.
The Department of Health’s budget was increased from $233.7million to $295.2 million, plus $625.9 million in federal funds.
The budget for Military and Veteran’s Affairs was increased from $110.3 million to $129.9 million, plus $339.4 million in federal funds.
The Probation and Parole Board’s budget was increased from $120.58 million to $128.1 million.
The Department of Public Welfare was increased from $8.858 billion to $11.2 billion, plus $14.488 billion in federal funds.
The Department of Revenue was allocated more revenue, from $189.7 million to $197.7 million.
The State Department budget was increased from $8.5 million to $10.2 million, plus $27.5 million in federal funds.
The budget for the State Police increased from $175.6 million to $185.6 million, plus $48.9 million in federal funds.
The budget for the Tax Equalization Board was increased from $1.009 million to $1.068 million.
The Transportation Department was increased from $2.187 million to $2.226 million, plus $322.9 million in federal funds.
What Went Untouched
The Civil Service Commission’s budget remained at $1,000.
The Ethics Commission’s budget was untouched from $1.786 million.
The Judiciary Department’s state budget of $276.8 million is also constant, plus $1.420 million in federal funds.
Tax Revenue Modifications
Mr. Corbett also said he would not eliminate the Film Production Tax Credit, though he decreased the annual tax credit cap by $15 million to a total of $60 million, beginning July 1, 2011.
The annual cap on the Research and Development Tax Credit, however, was increased to $55 million, from $40 million.
The Job Creation Tax Credit was decreased from $22.5 million to $10.1 million.
Fund Transfers
Despite Corbett’s Budget Secretary, Charles Zogby’s, assurance last week at the Pennsylvania Press Club the budget would not include accounting “gimmicks” such as fund transfers, $8.336 million would be transferred from PHEAA to the General Fund, along with a “continued transfer of moving violation surcharges,” part of the Catastrophic Loss Benefits Continuation Fund, part of the Mcare Fund, approximately $44 million.
Merging the Tobacco Settlement Fund with the General Fund was also proposed, with a total of $478.6 million being transferred over. Mr. Corbett estimates the proposed tax modifications and fund transfers to be worth about $540 million.
