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H0778.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME - Appropriates $55,266,300 to
the Department of Fish and Game for fiscal year 1999; limits the number of
full-time equivalent positions to 496; states legislative intent that the
Idaho Wildlife Magazine be self-supporting by June 30, 1999; provides
legislative intent that, of the moneys transferred to the Animal Damage
Control Fund, $20,000 shall be used by the Department of Fish and Game to
study predator impacts on big game species, focusing on wolves in the
Salmon region; and appropriates $50,000 to the Animal Damage Control
Program in the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 1999.
02/27 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/02 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/03 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/05 3rd rdg - PASSED - 62-5-3
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark,
Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20),
Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hansen, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22),
Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Lake,
Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Pischner,
Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer,
Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Trail, Watson,
Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Chase, Hadley, Kunz, Marley, McKague
Absent and excused -- Henbest, Newcomb, Tippets
Floor Sponsor - Bell
Title apvd - to Senate
03/06 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Fin
03/06 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/09 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17 3rd rdg - PASSED - 28-5-2
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Geddes, Hawkins, Ingram,
Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Risch,
Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett, Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs
NAYS--Branch, Crow, Frasure, Wheeler, Whitworth
Absent and excused--Hansen, Riggs
Floor Sponsor - Hawkins
Title apvd - to House
03/18 To enrol
03/18 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/19 Pres signed - to Governor
03/20 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 219
Effective: 07/01/98
H0778|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 778 BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999; 3 LIMITING THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS; PROVID- 4 ING LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING THE IDAHO WILDLIFE MAGAZINE; PROVIDING 5 LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN EXPENDITURES FOR THE ANIMAL 6 DAMAGE CONTROL FUND; AND APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL 7 PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999. 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 9 SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Fish and 10 Game the following amounts, to be expended for the designated programs accord- 11 ing to the designated standard classifications from the listed funds for the 12 period July 1, 1998, through June 30, 1999: 13 FOR 14 FOR FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND 15 PERSONNEL OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT 16 COSTS EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL 17 I. ADMINISTRATION: 18 FROM: 19 Fish and Game 20 Fund $ 1,806,900 $ 2,117,700 $ 73,900 $260,000 $ 4,258,500 21 Fish and Game 22 Set-aside 23 Fund 16,800 15,100 31,900 24 Fish and Game 25 Depredation 26 Claim Fund 900 900 27 Fish and Game 28 Expendable 29 Trust Fund 1,600 1,600 30 Fish and Game 31 Nonexpendable 32 Trust Fund 1,500 1,500 33 Fish and Game 34 Federal 35 Fund 2,183,600 1,975,000 88,600 4,247,200 36 TOTAL $ 4,007,300 $ 4,111,800 $ 162,500 $260,000 $ 8,541,600 37 II. ENFORCEMENT: 38 FROM: 39 Fish and Game 40 Fund $ 5,464,700 $ 1,012,500 $ 120,700 $ 6,597,900 41 Fish and Game 42 Set-aside 43 Fund 10,300 10,300 2 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND 3 PERSONNEL OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT 4 COSTS EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL 5 Fish and Game 6 Expendable 7 Trust 8 Fund 20,500 20,500 9 10 TOTAL $ 5,464,700 $ 1,043,300 $ 120,700 $ 6,628,700 11 III. FISHERIES: 12 FROM: 13 Fish and Game 14 Fund $ 3,066,700 $ 2,062,300 $ 340,000 $ 5,469,000 15 Fish and Game 16 Set-aside 17 Fund 116,500 163,600 280,100 18 Fish and Game 19 Expendable 20 Trust 21 Fund 192,600 49,700 242,300 22 Fish and Game 23 Nonexpendable 24 Trust 25 Fund 32,200 32,200 26 Fish and Game 27 Federal 28 Fund 7,786,600 5,228,100 1,825,700 14,840,400 29 TOTAL $11,162,400 $ 7,535,900 $2,165,700 $20,864,000 30 IV. WILDLIFE: 31 FROM: 32 Fish and Game 33 Fund $ 2,401,500 $ 1,757,900 $ 78,100 $ 4,237,500 34 Fish and Game 35 Set-aside 36 Fund 235,300 101,100 336,400 37 Fish and Game 38 Expendable 39 Trust 40 Fund 220,000 305,700 5,000 530,700 41 Fish and Game 42 Nonexpendable 43 Trust 44 Fund 8,000 1,900 9,900 45 Fish and Game 46 Federal 47 Fund 2,550,300 1,087,500 3,637,800 48 49 TOTAL $ 5,415,100 $ 3,254,100 $ 83,100 $ 8,752,300 3 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND 3 PERSONNEL OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT 4 COSTS EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL 5 V. INFORMATION AND EDUCATION: 6 FROM: 7 Fish and Game 8 Fund $ 1,056,900 $ 1,604,100 $ 8,000 $ 2,669,000 9 Fish and Game 10 Expendable Trust 11 Fund 24,600 24,600 12 Fish and Game 13 Federal 14 Fund 362,700 256,600 20,000 639,300 15 TOTAL $ 1,419,600 $ 1,885,300 $ 28,000 $ 3,332,900 16 VI. ENGINEERING: 17 FROM: 18 Fish and Game 19 Fund $ 624,700 $ 51,700 $ 4,500 $ 680,900 20 VII. NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY: 21 FROM: 22 Fish and Game 23 Fund $ 511,500 $ 72,000 $ 23,400 $ 606,900 24 Fish and Game 25 Federal 26 Fund 1,105,600 304,800 1,410,400 27 28 TOTAL $ 1,617,100 $ 376,800 $ 23,400 $ 2,017,300 29 VIII. WINTER FEEDING AND HABITAT IMPROVEMENT: 30 FROM: 31 Fish and Game 32 Fund $ 367,000 $ 51,300 $ 418,300 33 Fish and Game 34 Set-aside 35 Fund 34,000 2,127,200 $1,469,100 3,630,300 36 Fish and Game 37 Primary 38 Depredation 39 Fund 200,000 200,000 40 Fish and Game 41 Secondary 42 Depredation 43 Fund 200,000 200,000 44 45 TOTAL $ 401,000 $ 2,178,500 $1,469,100 $400,000 $ 4,448,600 46 GRAND 47 TOTAL $30,111,900 $20,437,400 $4,057,000 $660,000 $55,266,300 48 SECTION 2. In accordance with Section 67-3519, Idaho Code, the Department 49 of Fish and Game is authorized no more than four hundred ninety-six (496) 50 full-time equivalent positions at any point during the period July 1, 1998, 51 through June 30, 1999, for the programs specified in Section 1 of this act, 52 unless specifically authorized by the Governor. The Joint Finance- 53 Appropriations Committee will be notified promptly of any increased positions 4 1 so authorized. 2 SECTION 3. It is legislative intent that the Idaho Fish and Game Commis- 3 sion continue efforts to make the Idaho Wildlife magazine completely self-sup- 4 porting from revenues earned by the magazine from subscriptions, advertising 5 income or private donations, and that by June 30, 1999, no hunting or fishing 6 license or tag moneys, nor any federal moneys be used in support of the maga- 7 zine. 8 SECTION 4. It is legislative intent that of the moneys to be transferred 9 from the Fish and Game Fund to the Animal Damage Control Fund in Section 10 36-112(2), Idaho Code, for research projects, $20,000 shall be retained by the 11 Department of Fish and Game for fiscal year 1999, and used for a study of 12 predator impacts on big game species, focusing on wolves in the Salmon region. 13 SECTION 5. There is hereby appropriated the sum of $50,000 from the Gen- 14 eral Fund to the Animal Damage Control Program in the Department of Agricul- 15 ture for the period July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
HB 778
This bill is the FY 1999 appropriation for the Department of Fish and Game, and is based
on no new revenues from adjustments to tags or licenses. If legislation passes which
authorizes additional revenue, a follow-up appropriation bill will be considered in JFAC.
FISCAL NOTE
FTP General Ded/Other Federal Total
FY 1998 Original Approp. 505.02 0 28,663,500 25,007,200 53,670,700
FY 1998 Supplemental 0.00 0 361,100 (166,800) 194,300
FY 1998 Total Appropriation 505.02 0 29,024,600 24,840,400 53,865,000
Expenditure Adjustments (4.02) 0 (16,500) 74,400 57,900
FY 1998 Est. Expenditures 501.00 0 29,008,100 24,914,800 53,922,900
Base Adjustments 0.00 0 (2,553,900) (2,923,600) (5,477,500)
Other Adjustments (5.00) 0 (111,500) (461,300) (572,800)
FY 1999 Base 496.00 0 26,342,700 21,529,900 47,872,600
Personnel Cost Rollups 0.00 0 85,900 88,200 174,100
Inflationary Adjustments 0.00 0 260,800 218,600 479,400
Replacement Items 0.00 0 1,863,400 1,276,400 3,139,800
Non-Standard Adjustments 0.00 0 23,000 20,500 43,500
Employee Compensation (CEC) 0.00 0 713,600 611,600 1,325,200
Fund Shifts 0.00 0 12,100 (12,100) 0
FY 1999 Maintenance (MCO) 496.00 0 29,301,500 23,733,100 53,034,600
Enhancements:
Department of Fish & Game
1. Fish & Game Commission 0.00 0 0 0 0
Expense
2. Fishing and Boating Access 0.00 0 150,000 450,000 600,000
3. Salmon & Steelhead Recovery 0.00 0 0 329,300 329,300
4. Anadromous Hatcheries 0.00 0 122,500 262,700 385,200
5. Salmon Maintenance Shop 0.00 0 0 0 0
6. Bighorn Disease Study 0.00 0 10,300 0 10,300
7. Snowmobile Purchase 0.00 0 7,300 0 7,300
8. Land Surveys 0.00 0 12,300 0 12,300
9. Landowner Banquets 0.00 0 0 0 0
10. Set-aside Funds 0.00 0 0 0 0
11. Nongame Trust Fund 0.00 0 4,200 0 4,200
12. Video Equipment 0.00 0 0 0 0
13. Idaho Wildlife Magazine 0.00 0 812,600 0 812,600
14. Resident Fish Hatchery 0.00 0 70,500 0 70,500
Support
FY 1999 Total Appropriation 496.00 0 30,491,200 24,775,100 55,266,300
Chg From Orig Approp. (9.02) 0 1,827,700 (232,100) 1,595,600
%Chg From Orig Approp. (1.8%) 0.0% 6.4% (0.9%) 3.0%
Contact:
Jeff Youtz
Legislative Services Office
Budget & Policy Analysis
Telephone: 334-4743