Appropriates an additional $55,839,00 to the Idaho Transportation Department for fiscal year 2016; appropriates $655,885,100 for fiscal year 2017; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 1,678; expresses legislative intent for continuously appropriated funds; authorizes the transfer of moneys to the Tourism and Promotion Fund; provides reappropriation authority for dedicated funds; provides reappropriation authority for airport development grants; authorizes a transfer of funds for debt service; provides a cash transfer to the GARVEE Debt Service Fund; and provides a cash transfer to the Local Highway Trust Fund.

This is the FY 2017 appropriation to the Idaho Transportation Department for $354,476,100 in dedicated funds and $301,409,000 in federal funds for a total of $655,885,100. It also includes supplemental appropriations for FY 2016 in the amount of $55,839,000. The FY 2017 budget includes a full-time equivalent position cap of 1,678. This bill includes $1,770,200 for an increased cost of benefits, $285,300 for inflation, $26,100,000 for replacement items, $787,200 for statewide cost allocation, $8,361,100 for the annualization of the funds raised in H312, $3,132,300 for an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees, and $3,640,000 for the 27th payroll. This bill funds also funds 12 line items: 1. $28,637,400 in increased funding over FY 2016 for the roads. Funding comes from revenues accumulating in excess of forecast and other sources. 2. $327,400 to purchase highway operations equipment. 3. $8,000 for seven computer workstations and one touchscreen testing workstation for the county DMV offices. 4. through 8. A total of $1,364,900 for IT-related licenses, equipment, and software to enhance security and storage of the department's data. 9. A fund shift of $1,611,200 from the federal State Highway Fund to the dedicated State Highway Fund in capital outlay to align the department's FY 2017 appropriation to the projected level of funding available to the division by fund source. 10. A fund shift of $1,488,100 from the dedicated State Highway Fund to the federal State Highway Fund in order to properly align appropriation to the projected level of federally reimbursed personnel costs in FY 2017 and forward. 11. and 12. A total of $6,814,800 in dedicated and federal fund appropriations related to the new federal transportation authorization entitled the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The Act reauthorizes U.S. Department of Transportation programs and provides increased federal funding for highway transportation and