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HOUSE BILL NO. 380 – Approp, H&W Dept, Env Qlty Div

HOUSE BILL NO. 380

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H0380.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION - Appropriates $34,327,300 to the Department of Health and Welfare
for the Division of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2000; directs the
State Controller to make transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund;
reappropriates unexpended and unencumbered fund balances of the Cooperative
Welfare Fund; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to
357.55; provides appropriation of moneys from the Water Pollution Control
Fund; and directs the transfer of $520,000 to the Environmental Remediation
Fund;  provides intent regarding Bunker Hill remediation; provides for the
transfer of $350,000 from the Hazardous Waste Emergency Fund; provides
intent with regard to transfers of moneys between programs; provides for
transfers of $1,500,000 from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the
Resource Conservation and Rangeland Development Fund; and appropriates an
additional $500,000 to the Soil Conservation Commission for fiscal year
2000.

03/18    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/19    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
    Rules susp - PASSED - 62-1-7
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
      Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
      Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Hadley, Hammond,
      Hansen(23), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton,
      Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Linford, Loertscher, Marley,
      Meyer(Duncan), Montgomery, Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
      Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Smith, Smylie,
      Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler,
      Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- McKague
      Absent and excused -- Crow, Gould, Hansen(29), Mader, Mortensen,
      Tilman, Williams
    Floor Sponsor - Robison
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/19    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
    Rules susp - PASSED - 33-0-2
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, McLaughlin, Noh, Richardson,
      Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne,
      Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Lee, Parry
    Floor Sponsor - Ingram
    Title apvd - to House
03/22    To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/23    To Governor
03/24    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 270
         Effective: 07/01/99

Bill Text


H0380


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 380

                               BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR THE  DIVISION
 3        OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY  FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000; PROVIDING THAT THE STATE
 4        CONTROLLER SHALL MAKE TRANSFERS FROM VARIOUS FUNDS;  REAPPROPRIATING  CER-
 5        TAIN  UNEXPENDED  AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCES OF MONEYS; LIMITING THE NUMBER
 6        OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS; SUPERSEDING THE PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION
 7        39-3630, IDAHO CODE; PROVIDING THAT THE STATE CONTROLLER SHALL MAKE TRANS-
 8        FERS  TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION FUND; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT
 9        REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL  REMEDIATION  FUND  AND  REQUIRING  AN  ANNUAL
10        REPORT; TRANSFERRING MONEYS FROM THE HAZARDOUS WASTE EMERGENCY FUND TO THE
11        GENERAL FUND; EXEMPTING THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FROM THE TEN
12        PERCENT TRANSFER BETWEEN PROGRAMS LIMITATION; TRANSFERRING MONEYS FROM THE
13        WATER  POLLUTION  CONTROL  FUND TO THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RANGELAND
14        DEVELOPMENT FUND; AND APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL MONEYS TO THE SOIL  CONSER-
15        VATION COMMISSION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

16    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

17        SECTION  1.  There  is hereby appropriated to the Department of Health and
18    Welfare for the Division of Environmental Quality the following amounts to  be
19    expended for the designated programs according to the designated expense clas-
20    ses  from  the  various funds listed for the period July 1, 1999, through June
21    30, 2000:
22                                                     FOR
23                   FOR        FOR         FOR    TRUSTEE AND
24                PERSONNEL  OPERATING    CAPITAL    BENEFIT
25                  COSTS   EXPENDITURES   OUTLAY    PAYMENTS        TOTAL
26    I. INEEL OVERSIGHT:
27    FROM:
28    General
29     Fund     $   174,800  $   17,900                          $   192,700
30    Cooperative
31     Welfare/DEQ
32     Fund
33     (Federal)   1,037,800     369,400  $ 21,000  $  577,100    2,005,300 
34      TOTAL   $ 1,212,600  $  387,300  $ 21,000   $  577,100   $ 2,198,000
35    II. PLANNING AND SUPPORT SERVICES:
36    FROM:
37    General
38     Fund     $   227,300  $  215,000                          $   442,300
39    Air Quality
40     Permitting
41     Fund         260,800     270,000  $ 18,000                    548,800
42    Water Pollution
43     Control
44     Fund         616,500     818,000    43,500                  1,478,000


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 1                                                     FOR
 2                   FOR        FOR         FOR    TRUSTEE AND
 3                PERSONNEL  OPERATING    CAPITAL    BENEFIT
 4                  COSTS   EXPENDITURES   OUTLAY    PAYMENTS        TOTAL
 5    Environmental
 6     Remediation
 7     Fund          21,800      23,000                               44,800
 8    Cooperative
 9     Welfare/DEQ
10     Fund
11     (Federal)  1,436,400   1,267,900     8,000                  2,712,300
12    Cooperative
13     Welfare/DEQ
14     Fund
15     (Other)       283,600     146,300     2,000        431,900 
16      TOTAL   $ 2,846,400  $2,740,200  $ 71,500                $ 5,658,100
17    III. AIR AND HAZARDOUS WASTE:
18    FROM:
19    General
20     Fund     $ 1,468,000  $  158,700  $ 16,000                $ 1,642,700
21    Air Quality
22     Permitting
23     Fund         988,800     209,000    16,000  $   193,900     1,407,700
24    Cooperative
25     Welfare/DEQ
26     Fund
27     (Federal)  1,582,300     363,600    46,000      153,900     2,145,800
28    Cooperative
29     Welfare/DEQ
30     Fund
31     (Other)         9,800      11,800                             21,600 
32      TOTAL   $ 4,048,900  $  743,100  $ 78,000   $  347,800   $ 5,217,800
33    IV. WATER QUALITY AND REMEDIATION:
34    FROM:
35    General
36     Fund     $   979,900  $  227,100  $ 10,000                $ 1,217,000
37    Agriculture
38     Smoke Management
39     Fund                      29,700                               29,700
40    Air Quality
41     Permitting
42     Fund         273,600      90,700    36,600                    400,900
43    Water
44     Pollution
45     Control
46     Fund       4,725,700   2,054,000   102,000  $ 3,001,800     9,883,500
47    Environmental
48     Remediation
49     Fund         128,600     474,500                 10,000       613,100
50    Bunker Hill Trust
51     Fund                                            300,000       300,000


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 1                                                     FOR
 2                   FOR        FOR         FOR    TRUSTEE AND
 3                PERSONNEL  OPERATING    CAPITAL    BENEFIT
 4                  COSTS   EXPENDITURES   OUTLAY    PAYMENTS        TOTAL
 5    Cooperative
 6     Welfare/DEQ
 7     Fund
 8     (Federal)  4,000,300   1,396,900    47,100    1,477,700     6,922,000
 9    Cooperative
10     Welfare/DEQ
11     Fund
12     (Other)     1,262,100     386,400     4,000     234,700    1,887,200 
13      TOTAL   $11,370,200  $4,659,300  $199,700   $5,024,200   $21,253,400

14      GRAND
15      TOTAL   $19,478,100  $8,529,900  $370,200   $5,949,100   $34,327,300

16        SECTION 2.  Within the appropriation provided in Section 1  of  this  act,
17    the  State  Controller  shall  make transfers from the General Fund, the Water
18    Pollution Control Fund, and the Air Quality Permitting Fund to the Cooperative
19    Welfare Fund - DEQ, periodically, as requested by  the  Administrator  of  the
20    Division of Environmental Quality and approved by the Board of Examiners.

21        SECTION 3.  There is hereby reappropriated to the Department of Health and
22    Welfare  for the Division of Environmental Quality any unexpended and unencum-
23    bered balances of the Cooperative Welfare Fund - DEQ as appropriated  for  the
24    Division  of  Environmental  Quality for fiscal year 1999, to be used for non-
25    recurring expenditures only for the period July  1,  1999,  through  June  30,
26    2000. The Department of Health and Welfare shall adjust the amount of reappro-
27    priation so as not to exceed available moneys.

28        SECTION 4.  In accordance with Section 67-3519, Idaho Code, the Department
29    of Health and Welfare is authorized no more than three hundred fifty-seven and
30    fifty-five  hundredths (357.55) full-time equivalent positions in the Division
31    of Environmental Quality at any point during the period July 1, 1999,  through
32    June  30,  2000,  unless  specifically  authorized  by the Governor. The Joint
33    Finance-Appropriations Committee will be notified promptly  of  any  increased
34    positions so authorized.

35        SECTION 5.  It is legislative intent that the appropriation of moneys from
36    the  Water  Pollution  Control  Fund specifically supersedes the provisions of
37    Section 39-3630, Idaho Code.

38        SECTION 6.  In addition to the appropriation contained  in  Section  1  of
39    this  act,  the  State Controller is hereby directed to transfer $520,000 from
40    the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation Fund for the
41    period July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2000.

42        SECTION 7.  It is legislative intent that moneys deposited into the  Envi-
43    ronmental  Remediation  Fund are to be used solely for Bunker Hill remediation
44    within the site and that in accordance with the Bunker  Hill  Remedial  Action
45    Management  Plan,  an  annual report shall be filed no later than January 1 of
46    each year with the Governor, the Legislature, and the  Bunker  Hill  Superfund
47    Task Force on the remediation progress and the expenditures involved.


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 1        SECTION 8.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 39-4417, Idaho Code,
 2    the  State Controller is hereby directed to transfer $350,000 from the Hazard-
 3    ous Waste Emergency Fund to the General Fund for  the  period  July  1,  1999,
 4    through June 30, 2000.

 5        SECTION  9.  To provide maximum flexibility, the Division of Environmental
 6    Quality is hereby exempted from the provisions of  Section  67-3511(2),  Idaho
 7    Code,  for  all moneys appropriated to it for the period July 1, 1999, through
 8    June 30, 2000. Transfers of moneys between the programs in this act are  still
 9    subject  to the approval of the Division of Financial Management and the Board
10    of Examiners.

11        SECTION  10.  The  State  Controller  is  hereby  directed   to   transfer
12    $1,500,000  from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Resource Conservation
13    and Rangeland Development Fund for the period July 1, 1999, through  June  30,
14    2000.

15        SECTION  11.  In  addition  to the appropriation made in Section 1, Senate
16    Bill 1268, enacted by the First Regular Session of the Fifty-fifth Idaho  Leg-
17    islature,  there is hereby appropriated to the Soil Conservation Commission in
18    the Department of Agriculture, the following amount to be  expended  according
19    to  the  designated  expense class from the listed fund for the period July 1,
20    1999, through June 30, 2000:
21    FOR:
22    Trustee and Benefit Payments                                          $500,000
23    FROM:
24    Resource Conservation and Rangeland Development Fund                  $500,000

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                                        STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                                               HB 380

Appropriates $34,327,300 to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of
Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2000.




                                             FISCAL NOTE

                                                FTP      General     Ded/Other     Federal       Total
FY 1999 Original Approp.            347.55      1,808,400     19,479,100      13,156,100     34,443,600
Reappropriation                       0.00              0      1,513,100               0      1,513,100
FY 1999 Supplemental                  0.00              0              0               0              0
FY 1999 Total Appropriation         347.55      1,808,400     20,992,200      13,156,100     35,956,700
Expenditure Adjustments               3.00              0              0         613,400        613,400
FY 1999 Est. Expenditures           350.55      1,808,400     20,992,200      13,769,500     36,570,100
Base Adjustments                      0.00              0     (1,909,700)       (246,500)    (2,156,200)
Other Adjustments                     0.00              0       (140,000)              0       (140,000)
FY 2000 Base                        350.55      1,808,400     18,942,500      13,523,000     34,273,900
Personnel Cost Rollups                0.00              0              0               0              0
Inflationary Adjustments              0.00              0              0               0              0
Replacement Items                     0.00         26,000        200,600         122,100        348,700
Non-Standard Adjustments              0.00        (29,000)        63,900          29,800         64,700
Employee Compensation (CEC)           0.00         42,300        254,900         221,300        518,500
Fund Shifts                           0.00         50,800         60,000        (110,800)             0
FY 2000 Maintenance (MCO)           350.55      1,898,500     19,521,900      13,785,400     35,205,800
Enhancements:
Division of Environmental Quality
 1. Develop & Implement TMDL's       2.00              0         122,000              0        122,000
 2. Bull Trout Problem               2.00              0         122,000              0        122,000
 Assessments
 3. Computer Network & Support       0.00              0         127,500              0        127,500
 4. Hazardous Waste Fund Shift       0.00      1,346,200      (1,346,200)             0              0
 5. Reduce T/B SAWQP Transfer        0.00              0      (1,500,000)             0     (1,500,000)
 6. Air Technical Advisory           3.00        250,000               0              0        250,000
 Group
FY 2000 Total Appropriation        357.55      3,494,700      17,047,200     13,785,400     34,327,300
Chg From Orig Approp.               10.00      1,686,300      (2,431,900)       629,300       (116,300)
%Chg From Orig Approp.               2.9%          93.2%          (12.5%)          4.8%          (0.3%)

The Air Quality Technical Advisory Group for the Treasure Valley was a late
recommendation made in the Governor's revised budget.  This decision unit funds three
positions in the Technical Services Bureau to assist and coordinate with private industry
and local community officials to address carbon monoxide air quality redesigation
issues.

Contact:        Ray Houston  334-4741
                Legislative Services Office
                Budget & Policy Analysis