Department of Motor Vehicles
The Enacted Budget makes the following changes to the proposed Executive Budget (May 1, 2003):
• Denies legislation for a photo document fee increase that would have added 126 FTEs for the new Homeland Security Identification Centers that are intended to enhance oversight and security for the issuance of new driver’s licenses and non-driver identification cards. This results in the elimination of all funding (an $8.471 million cut) for the newly created Identification Document Security program, which was supposed to fund 126 new FTEs. According to DOB, the failure to provide funding for these new Centers, for which staff have already been hired and trained, will jeopardize this initiative, including at least 50 “supporting” staff positions. According to PEF leaders in DMV, there are 52 PEF members currently working in the Centers across the State, some of whom transferred from the Rochester and Suffolk DMV offices that have been closed.
• Adds a $2.5 million capital projects maintenance undistributed appropriation in the Transportation Support program for “services and expenses related to the establishment, operation, and maintenance of stationary offices in Rochester and any incorporated village in the county of Suffolk with a population of 7,000 or more.” It is possible that some of this funding could be used to support the 52 PEF positions eliminated in the Identification Document Security program. PEF is asking the Legislature what their intent is regarding DMV and the Identification Security program.
• Decreases by $1.8 million the non-personal service appropriation for the Administrative Adjudication program. According to the Senate Majority Staff Report on the SFY2003-04 Adopted Budget, this decreased appropriation was related to DMV’s E-ticketing initiative.
• Approves legislation for a new vehicle inspection program resulting in 27 new positions.
The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of February 7, 2003):
· A year end FTE level of 2,921, which represents a decrease of 168 FTEs in SFY 2003-04, including 165 position abolitions which are most vulnerable to possible layoffs. The DMV has lost 180 FTEs in SFY 2002-03 beyond the reductions called for in the enacted SFY 2002-03 budget. The additional SFY 2002-03 FTE losses were in the following programs: Administration (-24 FTEs); Administration Adjudication (-24); Clean Air (-9); Compulsory Insurance (-13); Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (-5); Operations (-57); and Transportation Safety (-48). It is not clear where the SFY 2003-04 reductions will take place as the budget proposes shifting to the Transportation Support Capital Projects Funds-Other program all of the General Fund items in the following programs: Administration (223), Operations (1,473), and Transportation Safety (565). While the FTEs for these program areas total 2,260, the Transportation Support CPF program will only support 1,940. Thus, there will be a net loss of 321 FTEs from these program areas.
· According the Assembly budget analysis, the proposed budget anticipates savings of $11 million in SFY 2003-04 due to the reduction in workforce.
· These losses will be partially offset by an increase of 126 positions in the new Identification Security SRF-Other program that is related to Homeland Security and an increase of 27 FTEs in the Clean Air program.
· Proposes adding 27 FTEs to the Clean Air Program to implement the proposed enhanced emission inspection requirements. Costs for the program would be covered by a proposed $2.00 fee increase for safety inspection stickers.
· Proposing legislation that increases various DMV fees and authorizes the movement of these funds to the Dedicated Highway & Bridge Trust (DHBT) fund, in order to maintain revenue to debt service ratios. The legislation also repeals the Transportation Safety SRO appropriation within the Transportation Safety program and redirects its revenues to the DHBT fund.
· The Dedicated Highway & Bridge Trust fund will support $120 million or 49 percent of the DMV budget.
· While the budget eliminates the General Fund appropriations for the DMV operations ($108 million), the Capital Projects funds are increased through the DHBT fund by $105 million.
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Enacted |
Proposed |
Enacted |
Change in |
Percent |
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Program |
2002-03 Budget |
2003-04 Budget |
2003-04 Budget |
Appropriation |
Change |
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All Funds |
$208,852,000 |
$112,909,000 |
$102,638,000 |
($106,214,000) |
-50.9% |
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General Fund |
$108,504,000 |
$0 |
$0 |
($108,504,000) |
-100.0 |
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Special Revenue-Other |
$85,084,000 |
$96,109,000 |
$85,838,000 |
$754,000 |
0.9% |
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Special Revenue-Federal |
$12,764,000 |
$12,800,000 |
$12,800,000 |
$36,000 |
0.3% |
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Internal Service |
$2,500,000 |
$4,000,000 |
$4,000,000 |
$1,500,000 |
60.0% |
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Administration |
$30,799,000 |
$4,775,000 |
$4,775,000 |
($26,024,000) |
-84.5% |
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Personal Service |
$12,618,000 |
$0 |
$0 |
($12,618,000) |
-100.0% |
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Nonpersonal Service |
$17,406,000 |
$0 |
$0 |
($17,406,000) |
-100.0% |
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Special Revenue-Other (SRO) |
$775,000 |
$775,000 |
$775,000 |
$0 |
0.0% |
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Internal Service Fund (ISF) |
$0 |
$4,000,000 |
$4,000,000 |
$4,000,000 |
100.0% |
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Seized Assets Acct - (SRO) |
$775,000 |
$775,000 |
$775,000 |
$0 |
0.0% |
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non-personal service |
$775,000 |
$775,000 |
$775,000 |
$0 |
0.0% |
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Banking Svcs Acct - (ISF) |
$0 |
$4,000,000 |
$4,000,000 |
$4,000,000 |
100.0% |
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Administrative Adjudication |
$35,198,000 |
$35,185,000 |
$33,385,000 |
($1,813,000) |
-5.2% |
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Special Revenue-Other (SRO) |
$35,198,000 |
$35,185,000 |
$33,385,000 |
($1,813,000) |
-5.2% |
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Admin Adjudication Acct - (SRO) |
$35,198,000 |
$35,185,000 |
$33,385,000 |
($1,813,000) |
-5.2% |
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personal service |
$18,365,000 |
$18,395,000 |
$18,395,000 |
$30,000 |
0.2% |
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non-personal service |
$9,878,000 |
$9,878,000 |
$8,078,000 |
($1,800,000) |
-18.2% |
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Fringe benefits |
$6,202,000 |
$6,164,000 |
$6,164,000 |
($38,000) |
-0.6% |
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indirect costs |
$753,000 |
$748,000 |
$748,000 |
($5,000) |
-0.7% |
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Clean Air Program |
$10,996,000 |
$13,469,000 |
$13,469,000 |
$2,473,000 |
22.5% |
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Special Revenue-Other (SRO) |
$10,996,000 |
$13,469,000 |
$13,469,000 |
$2,473,000 |
22.5% |
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Mobile Source Acct - (SRO) |
$10,996,000 |
$13,469,000 |
$13,469,000 |
$2,473,000 |
22.5% |
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personal service |
$6,499,000 |
$7,981,000 |
$7,981,000 |
$1,482,000 |
22.8% |
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non-personal service |
$2,036,000 |
$2,480,000 |
$2,480,000 |
$444,000 |
21.8% |
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Fringe benefits |
$2,195,000 |
$2,327,000 |
$2,327,000 |
$132,000 |
6.0% |
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indirect costs |
$266,000 |
$681,000 |
$681,000 |
$415,000 |
156.0% |
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Compulsory Insurance |
$15,577,000 |
$15,517,000 |
$15,517,000 |
($60,000) |
-0.4% |
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Special Revenue-Other (SRO) |
$15,577,000 |
$15,517,000 |
$15,517,000 |
($60,000) |
-0.4% |
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Compulsory Insurance Acct - (SRO) |
$15,577,000 |
$15,517,000 |
$15,517,000 |
($60,000) |
-0.4% |
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personal service |
$7,911,000 |
$7,911,000 |
$7,911,000 |
$0 |
0.0% |
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non-personal service |
$4,670,000 |
$4,670,000 |
$4,670,000 |
$0 |
0.0% |
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Fringe benefits |
$2,672,000 |
$2,620,000 |
$2,620,000 |
($52,000) |
-1.9% |
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indirect costs |
$324,000 |
$316,000 |
$316,000 |
($8,000) |
-2.5% |
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