EXECUTIVE ORDER
BJ 08-114

WHEREAS, pursuant to R.S. 39:75(A)(1), the Division of Administration is directed to submit a monthly budget status report to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget (hereafter "Committee") indicating the balance of the budget for the state general fund and dedicated funds by comparing the official forecast for these funds to the total authorized appropriations from each fund; once approved by the Committee, the most recent budget status report becomes the official budget status of the state;

WHEREAS, if the most recently approved budget status report indicates that the total appropriation from any fund will exceed the official forecast for that fund, R.S. 39:75(B) requires the Committee to immediately notify the governor that a projected deficit exists for that fund;

WHEREAS, by letter dated December 19, 2008, the Committee notified the governor that it approved a budget status report at its December 19, 2008 meeting, indicating a projected deficit of three hundred forty million, nine hundred forty-eight thousand, two hundred thirty-four dollars ($340,948,234) exists in the state general fund for Fiscal Year 2008-2009, based on the revised official forecast of revenue available for appropriation adopted by the Revenue Estimating Conference on December 15, 2008, compared to total appropriations;

WHEREAS, once notified that a projected deficit exists, pursuant to Article VII, Section 10 of the Constitution of Louisiana and R.S. 39:75(C)(1)(a), the governor has interim budget balancing powers to adjust the budget, including the authority to reduce appropriations for the executive branch of government for any program that is appropriated from a fund that is in a deficit posture, not exceeding three percent (3%) in the aggregate of the total appropriations for each budget unit for the fiscal year, and if the governor does not make necessary adjustments in the appropriations to eliminate the projected deficit within thirty (30) days of the determination of the projected deficit in a fund, R.S. 39:75(D) mandates the governor call a special session of the Louisiana Legislature for that purpose;

WHEREAS, as authorized by R.S. 39:75(C)(1)(a) I am exercising my unilateral interim budget balancing powers to reduce the projected deficit by $162,544,637, which reductions exceed in the aggregate seven-tenths of one percent of the total of state general fund allocations or appropriations;

WHEREAS, after utilizing that authority there still remains $178,403,597 of the projected deficit which must be eliminated, therefore I direct the commissioner of administration to present to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for its approval a plan to eliminate the remaining amount of the projected deficit pursuant to R.S. 39:75(C)(2) at its meeting in January of 2009;

WHEREAS, my executive order and the plan to be submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget may utilize all or a portion of the general fund dollar savings objective specified in Executive Order BJ 2008-108.

NOW THEREFORE, I, Bobby Jindal, Governor of the state of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:

SECTION 1: The following departments, agencies, and/or budget units (hereafter "Unit" and/or "Units") of the executive branch of the state of Louisiana, as described in and/or funded by appropriations through Acts 19, 29, and 49 of the 2008 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature (hereafter "the Acts"), shall reduce expenditure of funds appropriated to the Unit from the state general fund by the Acts, in the amounts shown below:

Act 19-General Operating Appropriations Act:

Schedule 01-Executive Department State General Fund

01-100	Executive Office	$ 287,733
01-102	Inspector General	$ 25,000
01-107	Division of Administration	$ 2,516,646
01-111	Governor ’s Office of Homeland Security	$ 380,275

Schedule 03-Veterans Affairs

03-130	Veterans Affairs	$ 163,764
03-131	Louisiana War Veterans Home	$ 81,131
03-132	Northeast Louisiana War Veterans Home	$ 33,638
03-134	Southwest Louisiana War Veterans Home	$ 34,792
03-135	Northwest Louisiana War Veterans Home	$ 58,282
03-136	Southeast Louisiana War Veterans Home	$ 56,841

Schedule 04-Elected Officials

04-139	Secretary of State	$ 1,802,816
04-141	Office of Attorney General	$ 564,580
04-146	Lieutenant Governor	$ 121,766
04-147	State Treasurer	$ 47,294
04-160	Agriculture and Forestry	$ 1,270,144

Schedule 05-Economic Development

05-252

Office of Business Development

$ 961,756

Schedule 06-Culture, Recreation and Tourism

06-261	Office of the Secretary	$ 317,971
06-262	Office of the State Library	$ 291,303
06-263	Office of State Museum	$ 269,804
06-264	Office of State Parks	$ 876,269
06-265	Office of Cultural Development	$ 324,525
06-267	Office of Tourism	$ 173,179

Schedule 07-Transportation and Development

07-275	Public Works and Intermodal Transportation	$ 61,222
07-276	Engineering and Operations	$ 142,981

Schedule 08-Corrections Services

08A-400	Corrections Administration	$ 210,513
08A-401	C. Paul Phelps Correctional Center	$ 76,326
08A-402	Louisiana State Penitentiary	$ 658,840
08A-405	Avoyelles Correctional Center	$ 88,086
08A-406	Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women	$ 285,245
08A-409	Dixon Correctional Institute	$ 201,675
08A-412	J. Levy Dabadie Correctional Center	$ 67,030
08A-413	Elayn Hunt Correctional Center	$ 1,866,873
08A-414	David Wade Correctional Center	$ 1,620,311
08A-415	Adult Probation and Parole	$ 241,351
08A-416	B. B. “Sixty ” Rayburn Correctional Center	$ 108,966

Schedule 08-Public Safety Services

08B-419

Office of State Police

$ 1,326,349

Schedule 08-Juvenile Justice

08C-403

Office of Juvenile Justice

$ 4,955,492

Schedule 09-Health and Hospitals

09-305	Medical Vendor Administration	$ 2,287,075
09-306	Medical Vendor Payments	$ 48,041,471
09-307	Office of the Secretary	$ 1,497,455
09-320	Office of Aging and Adult Services	$ 488,193
09-324	Louisiana Emergency Response Network	$ 179,700
09-326	Office of Public Health	$ 1,880,325
09-330	Office of Mental Health-State Office	$ 794,375
09-331	Office of Mental Health-Area C	$ 726,406
09-332	Office of Mental Health-Area B	$ 952,290
09-333	Office of Mental Health-Area A	$ 1,190,854
09-340	Office of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities	$ 1,273,754
09-351	Office of Addictive Disorders	$ 1,459,126

Schedule 10-Social Services

10-355	Office of Family Support	$ 3,418,503
10-357	Office of the Secretary	$ 242,068
10-370	Office of Community Services	$ 3,050,866
10-374	Louisiana Rehabilitation Services	$ 394,461

Schedule 11-Natural Resources

11-431	Office of the Secretary	$ 118,203
11-432	Office of Conservation	$ 144,214

Schedule 12-Revenue

12-440	Office of Revenue	$ 593,524
12-441	Louisiana Tax Commission	$ 60,687

Schedule 13-Environmental Quality

13-850	Office of the Secretary	$ 36,614
13-851	Office of Environmental Compliance	$ 88,620
13-852	Office of Environmental Services	$ 67,238
13-853	Office of Environmental Assessment	$ 96,517
13-855	Office of Management and Finance	$ 73,644

Schedule 14-Workforce Commission

14-474

Office of Workforce Development

$ 139,263

Schedule 19-Higher Education

19A-671	Board of Regents	$ 1,593,653
19A-600	Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors	$20,722,973
19A-615	Southern University Board of Supervisors	$ 2,767,564
19A-620	University of Louisiana Board of Supervisors	$13,469,869

Schedule 19-Special Schools and Commissions

19B-661	Office of Student Financial Assistance	$ 3,142,577
19B-662	Louisiana Educational TV Authority	$ 9,065
19B-673	New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts	$ 173,340

Schedule 19-Education

19D-678	State Activities	$ 322,380
19D-681	Subgrantee Assistance	$ 5,743,034
19D-697	Non-Public Educational Assistance	$ 272,891
19D-699	Special School District	$ 465,871

Schedule 20-Other Requirements

20-930	HIED Debt Service	$ 740,381
20-977	DOA – Debt Service and Maintenance	$ 924,824

Act 49-Ancillary Appropriations for Operating Expenses Act:

21-813

Sabine River Authority

$ 30,000

Act 29-Comprehensive Capital Outlay Act:

26-115

Capital Outlay

$ 300,000

Non-Appropriated Requirements:

22-922

General Obligation Debt Service

$20,000,000

SECTION 2:

A. No later than January 26, 2009, the head of each Unit listed in Section 1 of this Order shall submit to the commissioner of administration (hereafter "commissioner") a mid-year budget reduction plan, on the BA-7 form and questionnaire, which reflects the Unit ’s proposed allocation of the expenditure reduction ordered in Section 1 of this Order (hereafter "mid-year budget reduction plan"), and a description of the methodology used to formulate the mid-year budget reduction plan.

B. In the event that positions of employment will be affected by the mid-year budget reduction these positions should be included in your mid-year budget reduction plan.

C. No Unit shall implement the expenditure reduction mandated by Section 1 of this Order without the commissioner’s prior written approval of the Unit’s mid-year budget reduction plan.

D. After the commissioner has given approval of a Unit ’s mid-year budget reduction plan, any change to the mid-year budget reduction plan requires prior written approval from the commissioner.

SECTION 3: The commissioner of administration is authorized to develop additional guidelines as necessary to facilitate the administration of this Order.

SECTION 4: All departments, commissions, boards, offices, entities, agencies, and officers of the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, are authorized and directed to cooperate in the implementation of the provisions of this Order.

SECTION 5: This Order is effective upon signature and shall remain in effect through June 30, 2009, unless amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded prior to that date.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, on this 30th day of December, 2008.

Bobby Jindal
Governor