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Show Stateliouso Report State Spending of $490 Million Recommended by Rampton Message By C. SHARP Gov. Calvin L. Hampton January 12 recommended to the Legislature sX'iidii of $!!'.). 19 million in the fiscal year to begin July 1. This is the- equivalent roughly of $-130 apiece for every man, woman and child in Utah. It compares with a total budget of fli'o.78 million appropriated ap-propriated last winter by Uie Legislature for the current cur-rent fiscal year to end June 30. Tart of the huge total is planned to come from ac-t'eVrated ac-t'eVrated tax collections due in part to inflation. The largest single source, however, how-ever, is federal grants estimated es-timated to yield $129.31 million. mil-lion. Income Tax Source The uniform school fund (state income and coi-pora-tion franchise tax and land revenue) are expected to provide $107.03 . million General fund revenue from sales, cigarette, in- heritance and miscellaneous taxes and fees, is calculated calculat-ed to yield $100.03 million and gasoline and other highway high-way taxes arc exacted to bring in $17.29 milium. Hampton tuld the lawmakers law-makers that he has assumed assum-ed that the financial program pro-gram adopted by the regular reg-ular session of the Legislature Legis-lature for the current year s'lrall be contAnfr'd by the budget session for the next (fiscal year. "Only where circumstances circumstanc-es developing since the regular session have do-manded, do-manded, are there recom-Imended recom-Imended appropriations for new or expanded pro-drains," pro-drains," ho said. Wants Efficiency Me rejxirted that he had used his best judgement in f-edireingl requests for appropriations ap-propriations to provide for a government "which can continue to render to the people of Utah, in an efficient effici-ent manner, programs which you have heretofore determined arc for the public pub-lic good." This budget recommenda-it recommenda-it ion is oM-n-ended in that it would appropriate $7 million mil-lion which is estimated lo Ibe available as a surplus June 30, 1970 for a building program for the next fiscal year. He rcconunends, however, that the governor and Building Build-ing Board be empowered to reduce this "so that it does not exceed the surplus in the general fund as of June 30, 1970." Hampton estimated that in addition to the $C million surplus anticipated as of June 30, 1970, there will be $19.6 million more available avail-able at existing tax rates on June 30, 1971. Up $19.6 Million ; This . meant, therefore, that appropriations for the i) xt fiscal year could exceed ex-ceed those for the current year by ' $19.6 million. Oilier recommendations include: An appropriation oi million for higher education. This would be a 13 per cent increase for the coming year over the current year and a 125 per cent increase over fiscal 19G5. The appropriation for the University of Utah Collect . of M-dicino is that proposed propos-ed by the school itself. This includes $9,000 for establishing establish-ing a department of Community Com-munity Medicine as recommended recom-mended by the Rural Health Heal-th Committee, to train (general practitioners who will practice in rural areas. Mora Medic v The College of Medicine also will be expected, with the full request granted, to increase its enrollment by 15 per cent as recommended recommend-ed by the Rural Health Committee. i Another $100,000 is given the U. of U. for payment of tuition and scholarships for (economically disadvantaged students. For public schools Rampton Ramp-ton recommended $155 million mil-lion or an increase of 6.73 per cent. Included would be $1 million mil-lion o esablish a leadership program among teachers. Incentives for Teachers "It is essential in the interest in-terest of our educational system, that the present lockstep system by which the teachers are allowed to progress only at an established estab-lished rate with little regard re-gard to differences in ability abili-ty or differences in dedication dedica-tion or application be modified," mod-ified," he said. In the face of a cost of living increase of 10 per cent since the last general pay increase for state employes em-ployes July 1, 1967, Rampton Ramp-ton recommended a five per cent general increase plus $500,000 for selective salary adjustments. The special adjustments would be granted where state pay scales are below those elsewhere. Liquor law enforcement, he recommended, should receive re-ceive an- idntical appropriation appro-priation to that for the current cur-rent fiscal year, $300,000. Money For Pure Air Air pollution control, he said, needed a "moderate increase" and water pollution pollu-tion control an increase of 94 per cent or $70,500 more. Adult Probation and Parol was singled out for substantial substan-tial upgrading as a means of providing supervision which would further reduce th number of persons in prison. For public assisance he recommended "a substantial increase" so as to keep payments to recipients up to cost of living increases; as provided by law. Medical assistance payments pay-ments would be upgraded to raise payments to hospitals nursing homes and for other oth-er medical assistance. FourCounty Program Rampton endorsed the Social Sendees Department Irequestf for augmented regional re-gional mental health centers, cen-ters, including a new pilot program to serve the Car-bon-iEmery-Grand and ' San Juan counties area. He proposed a new Drug Social Services Departmen The division is recommended recommend-ed to receive $250,000. Additional federal funds on a ratio of two or three to one are expected for the Drug Abuse Division. Enforcement of drug abuse laws would continue to lie with existing locat and state agencies. Education, . regulation, regu-lation, .evaluation and treatment treat-ment would come in the proposed new. division. He proposed , "a central Diagnostic center which car (receive those 'users of drugs referred by the courts or those seeking treatment t. on a voluntary basis." |