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HOUSE BILL NO. 827 – Approp, H&W Dept, Env Qlty Div

HOUSE BILL NO. 827

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H0827.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION - Appropriates $34,443,600 to the Department of Health and Welfare
for the Division of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 1999; 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
347.55; provides appropriation of moneys from the Water Pollution Control
Fund; and directs the transfer of $520,000 to the Environmental Remediation
Fund; and provides intent regarding Bunker Hill remediation.

03/13    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/16    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/17    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/18    3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-0-5
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
      Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
      Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20),
      Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9),
      Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander,
      Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, Meyer, Miller,
      Mortensen, Newcomb, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison,
      Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman,
      Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Crane, Hansen, McKague, Pischner, Wheeler
    Floor Sponsor - Barraclough
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/19    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Fin
03/19    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/20    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/20    3rd rdg - PASSED - 31-1-3
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen, Ingram,
      Ipsen, Keough, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch,
      Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler,
      Whitworth
      NAYS--Hawkins
      Absent and excused--Darrington, King, Sweeney
    Floor Sponsor - Richardson
    Title apvd - to House
03/23    To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/24    Pres signed - to Governor
03/25    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 380
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text


H0827


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 827

                               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 1999; 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; AND EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE
 9        INTENT REGARDING THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  REMEDIATION  FUND  AND  REQUIRING  AN
10        ANNUAL REPORT.

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

12        SECTION  1.  There  is hereby appropriated to the Department of Health and
13    Welfare for the Division of Environmental Quality the following amounts to  be
14    expended for the designated programs according to the designated expense clas-
15    ses  from  the  various funds listed for the period July 1, 1998, through June
16    30, 1999:
17                                                     FOR
18                   FOR        FOR         FOR    TRUSTEE AND
19                PERSONNEL  OPERATING    CAPITAL    BENEFIT
20                  COSTS   EXPENDITURES   OUTLAY    PAYMENTS        TOTAL
21    I. INEEL OVERSIGHT:
22    FROM:
23    General
24     Fund     $   170,000  $   17,900                          $   187,900
25    Cooperative
26     Welfare/DEQ
27     Fund
28     (Federal)   1,009,200     369,400  $ 12,800  $  477,100    1,868,500 
29      TOTAL   $ 1,179,200  $  387,300  $ 12,800   $  477,100   $ 2,056,400
30    II. PLANNING AND SUPPORT SERVICES:
31    FROM:
32    General
33     Fund     $   174,500  $  118,000                          $   292,500
34    Hazardous Waste
35     Management
36     Fund         276,900     277,300                              554,200
37    Air Quality
38     Permitting
39     Fund         127,000     208,200  $  2,000                    337,200
40    Water Pollution
41     Control
42     Fund         448,600     612,700     1,900                  1,063,200


                                          2

 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)  1,343,100   1,228,100     5,900                  2,577,100
 9    Cooperative
10     Welfare/DEQ
11     Fund
12     (Other)       208,900      86,800       700        296,400 
13      TOTAL   $ 2,579,000  $2,531,100  $ 10,500                $ 5,120,600
14    III. AIR AND HAZARDOUS WASTE:
15    FROM:
16    General
17     Fund     $   378,200  $   56,300                          $   434,500
18    Hazardous Waste
19     Management
20     Fund         796,500      87,400                              883,900
21    Air Quality
22     Permitting
23     Fund         961,900     209,000  $ 17,200                  1,188,100
24    Cooperative
25     Welfare/DEQ
26     Fund
27     (Federal)  1,625,600     363,600    17,400   $  153,900     2,160,500
28    Cooperative
29     Welfare/DEQ
30     Fund
31     (Other)         9,600      11,800                             21,400 
32      TOTAL   $ 3,771,800  $  728,100  $ 34,600   $  153,900   $ 4,688,400
33    IV. WATER QUALITY AND REMEDIATION:
34    FROM:
35    General
36     Fund     $   786,900  $  106,600                          $   893,500
37    Agriculture
38     Smoke Management
39     Fund                      29,700                               29,700
40    Hazardous Waste
41     Management
42     Fund         141,400     120,500                              261,900
43    Air Quality
44     Permitting
45     Fund         266,100      90,700  $  9,800   $  193,900       560,500
46    Water
47     Pollution
48     Control
49     Fund       4,428,600   2,089,000    47,400    4,501,800    11,066,800
50    Environmental
51     Remediation
52     Fund         125,100     719,300                              844,400
53    Bunker Hill Trust
54     Fund                                            505,200       505,200


                                          3

 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)  3,630,500   1,365,400    76,400    1,477,700     6,550,000
 9    Cooperative
10     Welfare/DEQ
11     Fund
12     (Other)     1,227,500     386,400    17,600     234,700    1,866,200 
13      TOTAL   $10,606,100  $4,907,600  $151,200   $6,913,300   $22,578,200

14      GRAND
15      TOTAL   $18,136,100  $8,554,100  $209,100   $7,544,300   $34,443,600

16        SECTION 2.  As appropriated, the State Controller shall make transfers  of
17    the  General  Fund, the Water Pollution Control Fund, the Hazardous Waste Man-
18    agement Fund and the Air Quality Permitting Fund to  the  Cooperative  Welfare
19    Fund - DEQ, periodically, as requested by the Administrator of the Division of
20    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 1998, to be used for non-
25    recurring expenditures only for the period July  1,  1998,  through  June  30,
26    1999.  The  reappropriation  shall be computed by the Department of Health and
27    Welfare from 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 forty-seven and
30    fifty-five hundredths (347.55) full-time equivalent positions in the  Division
31    of  Environmental Quality at any point during the period July 1, 1998, through
32    June 30, 1999, 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, 1998, through June 30, 1999.

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.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                                        STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                                               HB 827

Appropriates moneys to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of
Environmental Quality for fiscal year 1999.
                                             FISCAL NOTE

                                       FTP        General      Ded/Other         Federal          Total 
FY 1998 Original Approp.            344.55      1,374,300     24,567,200      12,235,200     38,176,700 
Reappropriation                       0.00              0      1,630,600               0      1,630,600 
FY 1998 Total Appropriation         344.55      1,374,300     26,197,800      12,235,200     39,807,300 
Expenditure Adjustments               0.00              0        (50,000)       (105,000)      (155,000) 
FY 1998 Est. Expenditures           344.55      1,374,300     26,147,800      12,130,200     39,652,300 
Base Adjustments                      0.00              0     (1,750,900)       (108,600)    (1,859,500) 
Other Adjustments                     0.00              0     (5,735,900)              0     (5,735,900) 
FY 1999 Base                        344.55      1,374,300     18,661,000      12,021,600     32,056,900 
Personnel Cost Rollups                0.00          7,000         56,000          42,000        105,000 
Inflationary Adjustments              0.00          6,300        288,100         130,300        424,700 
Replacement Items                     0.00              0         90,600         105,500        196,100 
Non-Standard Adjustments              0.00              0              0               0              0 
Annualizations                        0.00              0              0               0              0 
Employee Compensation (CEC)           0.00         52,900        423,500         327,200        803,600 
Fund Shifts                           0.00        367,900       (532,900)        165,000              0 
FY 1999 Maintenance (MCO)           344.55      1,808,400     18,986,300      12,791,600     33,586,300 
Enhancements:
Division of Environmental Quality
 1. Information Technology            0.00              0              0               0              0 
 2. New Air Quality Standards         3.00              0         62,800         364,500        427,300 
 3. Water Quality Partnership         0.00              0        130,000               0        130,000 
 4. Milo Creek - Bunker Hill          0.00              0        300,000               0        300,000 
FY 1999 Total Appropriation         347.55      1,808,400     19,479,100      13,156,100     34,443,600 

Chg From Orig Approp.                 3.00        434,100     (5,088,100)        920,900     (3,733,100) 
%Chg From Orig Approp.                0.9%          31.6%          (20.7%)          7.5%          (9.8%)  

Contact:
Dick Burns
Legislative Services Office
Budget & Policy Analysis
Telephone:  334-4742