Legislators, listening to complaints from local police agencies, pulled the Criminal Justice Academy out of the state Department of Public Safety this year.

The academy had operated on about $8.4 million from fines and fees, William Neill, the academy's interim director, said during a budget hearing with Gov. Mark Sanford Friday.

Neill told Sanford he needed a state-funded budget increase of about 90 percent for the fiscal year that would begin July 1, 2007. The money would be used to restore dozens of staff members lost to budget cuts, add administrative positions to run the agency and a computer system, among other things, Neill said.

Higher costs were one of Sanford's concerns when he opposed moving the academy out of the Public Safety Department, one of his Cabinet agencies. With the new agency, taxpayers won't get more service, just more cost, the governor said.

"I think you're about to experience the same rude awakening that a lot of other folks" in law enforcement have as they compete with health and education programs for money, Sanford said.

The extra money could from adding $1 to vehicle registration fees, Neill said.