Appropriates $3,220,800 to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 29; and reappropriates certain unexpended and unencumbered balances.

This bill appropriates $3,220,800 to the Secretary of State for FY 2018 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 29.00. For program maintenance, the bill provides for the employer's share of increased benefit costs as well as decreases for statewide cost allocation. It includes an annualization and increasefortheSecretaryofState'ssalarychanges,asprovidedbySection59-501,IdahoCode,aswellasthe annualized salary of an FTP that was partially funded for FY 2017. The bill also provides for an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of agency heads. Five line items are included, which provide $18,500 for business entities IT maintenance; 1.00 FTP and $92,000 for IT support staff; $40,000 for publication of the Idaho Blue Book; $8,600 for conference costs of the Commission on Uniform State Laws; and $77,600 for cybersecurity insurance.