Appropriates $24,714,400 to the Attorney General for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 208.6; and exempts the Attorney General from object and program transfer limitations.

This bill appropriates $24,714,400 to the Attorney General for FY 2018 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 208.60. For program maintenance, the bill provides for the employer's share of increased benefit costs, replacement items, and statewide cost allocation. The bill also provides for an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of the agency head. Four line items are included, which provide 1.00 FTP and $104,900 for a deputy attorney general to be assigned to the Department of Environmental Quality; 1.00 FTP and $104,900 for a deputy attorney general to be assigned to the Tax Commission; 1.00 FTP and a net-zero program transfer of $74,300 from Special Litigation to State Legal Services to fund a crime analyst position; and $32,400 for cybersecurity insurance. The Attorney General is also provided lump sum authority under budget law exceptions.