State Dollars to be Spent: $7,157,148,370
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2008-2009 Budget
The State of Nebraska has five fund types in which the budget is appropriated.General Fund- Used for activities funded by general tax dollars, primarily sales and income taxes.
Cash Fund- Used to account for the revenues and expenditures that are related to activities with sources outside state government, such as account interest. Some funds in agencies such as Aeronautics and Roads are expended through the cash fund and then reimbursed by the Federal Government.
2008-2009 Budget for the State of Nebraska
Federal Fund- Used to account for the activities related to the receipt and disbursement of funds received from the Federal Government. These funds are spent on Aid to Education, Medicaid, as well as other projects and programs.
| Fund | Amount | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| General Fund | 3,473,353,659 | 48.53% |
| State Building Fund | 8,238,322 | 0.12% |
| Cash Funds | 1,420,214,757 | 19.84% |
| Ag. Field Lab Fund | 8,500 | 0.00% |
| Ag. Research Fund | 50,000 | 0.01% |
| NE Cap Const Fund | 35,031,268 | 0.49% |
| Federal Funds | 2,001,538,805 | 27.97% |
| Revolving Funds | 218,713,059 | 3.06% |
| Grand Total | 7,157,148,370 |
Construction Funds- Used to account for the activities related to the acquisition of facilities or their construction. Spending on these projects is almost entirely made up of transfers from the General Fund.
Revolving Funds- Used to account for the financing of goods or services provided from one state agency to another on a cost-reimbursement basis. (Example: An agency renting a vehicle from the Department of Administrative Services Motor Pool)
To view last year's budget click here.
2008 - 2009 Budget by Agency and Fund
| Agency Name | General | Cash | Construction | Federal | Revolving | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abstracter's Board | $0 | $42,728 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $42,728 |
| Accountability & Disclosure Comm. | $430,726 | $1,031,351 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,462,077 |
| Administrative Services | $9,128,050 | $33,949,039 | $9,261,013 | $0 | $186,759,942 | $1,525,822 | $240,623,866 |
| Aeronautics | $0 | $25,439,900 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $25,439,900 |
| Agriculture | $8,506,350 | $7,039,522 | $0 | $2,487,909 | $485,727 | $0 | $18,519,508 |
| Arts Council | $1,479,714 | $1,510,000 | $0 | $649,254 | $0 | $0 | $3,638,968 |
| Attorney General | $6,154,481 | $934,596 | $0 | $1,017,246 | $1,174,884 | $0 | $9,281,207 |
| Auditor | $2,557,746 | $1,078,988 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,636,734 |
| Banking | $0 | $6,582,860 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6,582,860 |
| Barber Examiners | $0 | $146,472 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $146,472 |
| Blind/Visually Impaired Comm. | $969,684 | $65,173 | $0 | $3,350,626 | $0 | $0 | $4,385,483 |
| Board of Agriculture | $0 | $7,500,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $7,500,000 |
| Board of Geologists | $0 | $33,850 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $33,850 |
| Brand Committee | $0 | $4,456,362 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4,456,362 |
| Community Colleges | $87,266,476 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $87,266,476 |
| Correctional Services | $152,370,688 | $1,851,764 | $0 | $375,217 | $20,289,507 | $0 | $174,887,176 |
| Crime Commission | $11,146,822 | $1,295,283 | $0 | $9,036,693 | $0 | $0 | $21,478,798 |
| Dairy Industry Board | $0 | $1,800,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,800,000 |
| Deaf/Hard of Hearing Comm. | $874,210 | $9,430 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $883,640 |
| Dry Bean Board | $0 | $402,282 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $402,282 |
| Economic Development | $6,666,717 | $23,278,777 | $0 | $21,898,133 | $0 | $0 | $51,843,627 |
| Education | $1,051,438,802 | $8,905,291 | $0 | $305,459,346 | $162,872 | $0 | $1,365,966,311 |
| Educational Lands & Funds | $414,455 | $9,104,806 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9,519,261 |
| Educational Telecommunications | $10,136,091 | $1,420,532 | $7,538,671 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $19,095,294 |
| Electrical Board | $0 | $1,532,813 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,532,813 |
| Energy Agency | $0 | $676,087 | $0 | $8,312,090 | $0 | $0 | $8,988,177 |
| Engineers/Architects | $0 | $762,654 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $762,654 |
| Environmental Quality | $8,193,010 | $33,895,409 | $0 | $29,710,706 | $0 | $0 | $71,799,125 |
| Equal Opportunity Comm. | $1,373,311 | $0 | $0 | $666,236 | $0 | $0 | $2,039,547 |
| Ethanol Board | $0 | $560,329 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $560,329 |
| Fire Marshal | $4,334,612 | $1,580,506 | $0 | $319,596 | $0 | $0 | $6,234,714 |
| Foster Care Review Board | $1,336,371 | $6,000 | $0 | $603,389 | $0 | $0 | $1,945,760 |
| Game and Parks | $11,338,991 | $63,283,604 | $0 | $371,554 | $0 | $0 | $74,994,149 |
| Governor | $1,742,569 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,742,569 |
| Grain Sorghum Board | $0 | $304,694 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $304,694 |
| Health and Human Services | $1,225,535,623 | $146,855,146 | $0 | $1,517,844,689 | $0 | $0 | $2,890,235,458 |
| Historical Society | $4,514,311 | $3,152,380 | $6,000,000 | $779,857 | $0 | $0 | $14,446,548 |
| Indian Affairs | $198,763 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $198,763 |
| Industrial Relations | $335,155 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $335,155 |
| Insurance | $0 | $11,327,260 | $0 | $315,630 | $0 | $0 | $11,642,890 |
| Investment Council | $0 | $1,764,373 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,764,373 |
| Labor | $636,831 | $1,962,765 | $0 | $45,173,756 | $0 | $0 | $47,773,352 |
| Land Surveyors | $0 | $33,615 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $33,615 |
| Landscape Architects | $0 | $22,050 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $22,050 |
| Legislative Council | $17,611,386 | $268,966 | $0 | $39,270 | $0 | $0 | $17,919,622 |
| Library Commission | $3,888,936 | $94,085 | $0 | $1,499,056 | $0 | $0 | $5,482,077 |
| Liquor Commission | $982,122 | $74,441 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,056,563 |
| Lt. Governor | $143,839 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $143,839 |
| Mexican-American Comm. | $215,312 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $215,312 |
| Military Dept | $4,772,449 | $961,844 | $1,822,224 | $23,142,525 | $0 | $0 | $30,699,042 |
| Motor Vehicles | $0 | $20,808,041 | $0 | $2,648,418 | $0 | $0 | $23,456,459 |
| Motor Vehicles Dealers | $0 | $675,886 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $675,886 |
| Natural Resources | $17,892,052 | $5,944,090 | $0 | $703,214 | $0 | $0 | $24,539,356 |
| Nebraska Corn Board | $0 | $5,211,611 | $0 | $399,018 | $0 | $0 | $5,610,629 |
| Nebraska Wheat Board | $0 | $1,410,422 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,410,422 |
| Oil & Gas Commission | $0 | $585,608 | $0 | $99,691 | $0 | $0 | $685,299 |
| Parole Board | $800,540 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $800,540 |
| Postsecondary Coordinating Comm. | $8,136,134 | $6,010,037 | $0 | $998,736 | $0 | $0 | $15,144,907 |
| Power Review Board | $0 | $404,222 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $404,222 |
| Public Accountancy Board | $0 | $419,701 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $419,701 |
| Public Advocacy | $0 | $3,659,261 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,659,261 |
| Public Service Comm. | $2,659,081 | $79,271,625 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $81,930,706 |
| Racing Commission | $0 | $1,064,191 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,064,191 |
| Real Estate Commission | $0 | $1,105,262 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,105,262 |
| Real Property Appraisers | $0 | $297,325 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $297,325 |
| Retirement Board | $19,468,215 | $8,965,310 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $28,433,525 |
| Revenue | $107,266,207 | $137,262,884 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $244,529,591 |
| Roads | $18,184 | $660,159,003 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $660,177,187 |
| Secretary of State | $734,475 | $6,085,402 | $0 | $98,300 | $970,582 | $0 | $7,888,759 |
| State Colleges | $45,393,201 | $21,821,486 | $4,909,360 | $18,091,090 | $8,069,042 | $1,125,000 | $99,409,179 |
| State Patrol | $52,926,634 | $14,901,931 | $0 | $2,076,169 | $800,503 | $0 | $70,705,237 |
| Status of Women Comm. | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 |
| Supreme Court | $67,935,364 | $16,143,556 | $0 | $931,925 | $0 | $0 | $85,010,845 |
| Tax Equalization & Review Comm. | $875,451 | $110,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $985,451 |
| Treasurer | $19,414,587 | $5,954,093 | $0 | $2,407,454 | $0 | $0 | $27,776,134 |
| University of Nebraska | $492,106,037 | $10,090,000 | $5,500,000 | $0 | $0 | $5,646,000 | $513,342,037 |
| Veterans Affairs | $1,032,894 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,032,894 |
| Workers Compensation | $0 | $4,850,783 | $0 | $31,512 | $0 | $0 | $4,882,295 |
| Total | $3,473,353,659 | $1,420,214,757 | $35,031,268 | $2,001,538,805 | $218,713,059 | $8,296,822 | $7,157,148,370 |