A look at Gov. Nikki Haley’s line-item budget vetoes
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley unveiled Tuesday 87 line-item vetoes that strike $30 million from the Legislature’s more than $7 billion spending plan for state taxes. The Legislature will return next week to vote on whether to uphold the vetoes. Sixteen have no price tag. Others would cut:
—$75,000 for two new positions at the State Museum
—$2.1 million for new positions at Clemson University at its Public Service Activities across the state
—$712,000 for new positions at the Department of Education
—$200,000 to the Area Health Education Consortium at the Medical University of South Carolina for a study
—$1 million for the Arts Commission to give grants for art programs in public schools
—$40,000 to the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation to contract with The Citadel for a building codes study
—$250,000 to the University Center of Greenville
—$200,000 for IT-ology for a college computing course
—$400,000 to the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families
—$100,000 through the Department of Probation, Pardon and Parole to a specific vendor for offenders’ re-entry preparation
—$100,000 for a playground for children with disabilities in Myrtle Beach
—$250,000 for Low Country Healthy Start
—$50,000 for Healthy Learners in Greenwood
—$200,000 for Osprey Village in Beaufort County
—$5 million to the Department of Health and Environmental Control for water quality grants
—$500,000 to the Department of Mental Health for relocating expenses from its property on Bull Street in Columbia
—$2 million to the Department of Agriculture to market “Certified SC” branding
—$300,000 maximum authorized for a study of state employees’ salaries
—$250,000 to renovate the Horry County Museum
—$500,000 to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism for its Undiscovered SC grants
—$875,000 to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism for sports marketing
—$100,000 for an indoor aquatic and community center in Richland County
—$125,000 for national marketing of a boyhood home of President Woodrow Wilson in Columbia
—$180,000 to renovate a former school into a community center in Calhoun County
—$400,000 for a green space initiative in Sumter
—$200,000 to the Columbia Museum of Art
—$100,000 for the Inman City Market
—$250,000 for a green space initiative in Manning
—$100,000 to promote the Mountain Lakes area in Oconee County
—$60,000 to the Newberry Opera House
—$1 million toward a new Congressional Medal of Honor Museum at Patriots Point
—$300,000 for the Palmetto Trail
—$300,000 for a Spartanburg park project
—$250,000 for the Township Auditorium in Columbia
—$200,000 for an Upstate 9/11 Memorial
—$200,000 to fire departments in Fairfield and Chester county
—$390,198 for a collection of Civil War artifacts for the Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum
—$10,000 for the Auntie Karen Foundation
—$90,000 for the Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center
—$1.5 million to the Department of Archives and History for restoring a building
—$100,000 for restoration at Fort Thicketty Revolutionary War site
—$100,000 for the Heyward House Historic Center in Bluffton
—$250,000 to the Department of Archives and History for architectural heritage preservation
—$250,000 to the Marion County Economic Development Commission
—$100,000 to the Richland County Economic Development Office
—$400,000 to the Rock Hill Knowledge Park
—$100,000 to the Williamsburg County Economic Development Board
—$500,000 for Hartsville downtown revitalization project
Source: Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto message: http://governor.sc.gov/Documents/FY%202015-16%20General%20Appropriations%20Act%20Veto%20Message.pdf
