Provides funding in a revenue reserve for employee compensation actions, including a two percent statewide salary raise, additional two percent merit-based salary adjustment, and targeted compensation adjustments for state employees as well as a two percent salary raise for state-supported local employees and targeted raise for local deputy sheriffs . Compensation actions are contingent on the general fund revenue estimate in the 2019 budget bill being equal or greater than that of the 2018 Appropriation Act.
Funding in the introduced budget to absorb the employee share of health insurance premium increases is eliminated. Funding provided for the Department of Corrections salary adjustments is net of assumed savings of $1.5 million the first year and $2.0 million the second year from reduced overtime.