Appropriates $4,964,500 to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired for fiscal year 2017; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 40.12.

Appropriates $4,964,500 to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired for fiscal year 2017; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 40.12. The bill includes funding for the employer's share of increased benefit costs; changes made in the statewide cost allocation plan; an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of agency heads; and the 27th payroll.