Consumer Protection Board

Consumer Protection Board

The enacted budget makes no changes to the Executive Budget; the Board’s SFY 2010-11 All Funds appropriation is a $316,000 decrease from its SFY 2009-10 enacted budget All Funds appropriation.

The Assembly Budget resolution makes no changes to the Executive Budget’s State Operations appropriations (analysis as of 3/24/10).

The Senate Resolution recommends the following changes to the Executive Budget (analysis as of 3/22/10):

· Reduces the Executive’s recommended appropriation and subsequently proposes to merge the Consumer Protection Board into the Department of Law. Includes language to allow the Department of Law to assume all powers and duties.

The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of January 23, 2010):

A SFY 2010-11 workforce of 27. This maintains the level of FTEs from the adjusted FTE level for SFY 2009-10. The following chart identifies adjustments in the current fiscal year’s FTEs along with the recommended differences in FY 2010-11 FTEs by program (if the FTE’s are the same the program is not listed):

Program	FY 2009-10 Adjustment	FY 2010-11 Est. FTEs 3/31/11	FY 2010-11 Difference
Consumer Protection	-6	27	0

The difference between the estimated FTEs for SFY 2009-10 and the adjusted level of 2009-10 FTEs is -6. This should be addressed at statewide labor management.

An All Funds appropriation of $3.2 million, a decrease of $316,000 (-9%) from the enacted appropriation for SFY 2009-10. This includes a $290,000 (-11.1%) decrease in Personal Service, and a $72,000 (15.1%) increase in Contractual Service funding. The All Funds decrease is a reduction in the Consumer Protection Program, which includes the decrease in personal service funds; and a $203,000 (-56.7%) reduction in contractual services from the program’s General Fund; offset by a $275,000 (+233.1%) Contractual Service increase in this program’s Telemarketing Registry/Motor Fuel, SRO account.

The Consumer Protection Board employed 3 employees under consultant contracts in SFY 2009-10 at an estimated cost of $40,000. It is estimated that CBP will maintain the number of employees under consultant contract in SFY 2010-11, but increase the amount spent on consultant employees to $80,000.

Consumer Protection Board
Program Details-State Operations
	Enacted	Proposed	Enacted	Change in	Percent
Program	2009-10 Budget	2010-11 Budget	2010-11 Budget	Appropriation	Change
All Funds	$3,494,000	$3,178,000	$3,178,000	($316,000)	-9.0%
General Fund	$3,094,000	$2,508,000	$2,508,000	($586,000)	-18.9%
Special Revenue-Other	$400,000	$670,000	$670,000	$270,000	67.5%

Personal Services	$2,610,000	$2,320,000	$2,320,000	($290,000)	-11.1%
Contractual Services	$476,000	$548,000	$548,000	$72,000	15.1%

Consumer Protection Program	$3,494,000	$3,178,000	$3,178,000	($316,000)	-9.0%
Personal Service	$2,503,000	$2,213,000	$2,213,000	($290,000)	-11.6%
Regular	$2,503,000	$2,213,000	$2,213,000	($290,000)	-11.6%
Nonpersonal Service	$591,000	$295,000	$295,000	($296,000)	-50.1%
Supplies and materials	$103,000	$70,000	$70,000	($33,000)	-32.0%
Travel	$54,000	$20,000	$20,000	($34,000)	-63.0%
Contractual Services	$358,000	$155,000	$155,000	($203,000)	-56.7%
Equipment	$76,000	$50,000	$50,000	($26,000)	-34.2%
Special Revenue-Other	$400,000	$670,000	$670,000	$270,000	67.5%

Telemarketing Registry/Motor Fuel (SRO)	$400,000	$670,000	$670,000	$270,000	67.5%
Personal Service	$107,000	$107,000	$107,000	$0	0.0%
Regular	$107,000	$107,000	$107,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$293,000	$563,000	$563,000	$270,000	92.2%
Supplies and materials	$115,000	$115,000	$115,000	$0	0.0%
Travel	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$0	0.0%
Contractual Services	$118,000	$393,000	$393,000	$275,000	233.1%
Fringe benefits	$45,000	$40,000	$40,000	($5,000)	-11.1%
Indirect costs	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000	$0	0.0%