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H0813.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - Appropriates $1,420,000 to the Fish and Game Department
for Enforcement and Wildlife programs for fiscal year 1999; and provides
four additional full-time equivalent positions.
03/12 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/13 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 Rls susp - PASSED 53-11-6
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Black(23), Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark, Crow,
Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(20), Geddes, Gould, Henbest,
Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton,
Kendell, Kjellander, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, McKague,
Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Richman,
Robison, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Tippets, Trail, Watson,
Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Boe, Chase, Crane, Hadley, Kunz, Marley, Ridinger, Sali,
Schaefer, Taylor, Tilman
Absent and excused -- Field(13), Gagner, Hansen, Jones(9), Reynolds,
Stubbs
Floor Sponsor - Wood
Title apvd - to Senate
03/16 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Fin
03/17 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/18 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/19 3rd rdg - PASSED - 22-8-5
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Cameron, Danielson,
Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Geddes, Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough,
McLaughlin, Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder,
Sorensen, Thorne
NAYS--Branch, Burtenshaw, Crow, Frasure, King, Stennett, Wheeler,
Whitworth
Absent and excused--Hansen, Lee, Noh, Sweeney, Twiggs
Floor Sponsor - Hawkins
Title apvd - to House
03/20 To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/23 Pres signed - to Governor
03/24 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 319
Effective: 07/01/98
H0813|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 813 BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999; 3 AND AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME POSITIONS. 4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 5 SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Fish and 6 Game the following amounts to be expended for the designated programs accord- 7 ing to the designated standard classifications from the listed fund for the 8 period July 1, 1998, through June 30, 1999: 9 FOR FOR FOR 10 PERSONNEL OPERATING CAPITAL 11 COSTS EXPENDITURES OUTLAY TOTAL 12 I. ENFORCEMENT: 13 FROM: 14 Fish and Game 15 Fund $196,400 $107,000 $116,600 $ 420,000 16 II. WILDLIFE: 17 FROM: 18 Fish and Game 19 Fund $216,200 $783,800 $1,000,000 20 GRAND TOTAL $412,600 $890,800 $116,600 $1,420,000 21 SECTION 2. In addition to the full-time positions authorized in House 22 Bill No. 778, Second Regular Session of the Fifty-fourth Idaho Legislature, 23 there is hereby authorized an additional four (4) full-time positions for the 24 Department of Fish and Game for the period July 1, 1998, through June 30, 25 1999.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS08204
This bill provides spending authority for the $1.4 million in fish and game revenues
raised by increasing tag fees as authorized by HB 629.
FISCAL IMPACT
Enforcement Technicians: $345,000 and four FTP This money would be used to restore four
enforcement technicians who would be strategically placed to assist the enforcement officers
with some of the less critical tasks such as assisting with depredation, injured wildlife
responsibilities, and limited wrong class license investigations. These positions would free up
our enforcement officers to be able to spend more time on their main task of enforcing Fish &
Game rules and regulations.
The backcountry patrol: $75,000 This would provide funds to restore backcountry
patrol dollars lost due to BPA cut backs.
Restore Deer and Elk monitoring: $244,000 (includes seasonal help) Temporary wildlife
technicians would be assigned to assist with big game surveys, check stations, data
analysis, trapping/monitoring, winterfeeding/depredation, and herd compositions.
Aerial surveys: $329 400
Provides an additional 775 hours of aerial survey time which is up from the current level
of 625 hours. These costs are based on a $425 per hour flying costs (includes OAS, per
diem, insurance, etc.). This would allow F & G to do an additional 655 hours of aerial
surveys on elk, and an additional 120 hours of aerial surveys on deer.
Hunter report card: $287,800
The bulk of these costs relate to the cost of the contractor collecting and compiling the
information from the report cards into an electronic format for the Department. The
balance of the costs are basically the costs to produce and distribute the report cars and
the mailing costs incurred on the warnings sent to those who have not complied.
Telephone survey: $118,200 These costs represent the restoration of the department's
telephone survey budget that had to be cut during FY 97.
Contacts:
Jeff Youtz
Legislative Services Office
334-4743
Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note
H 813