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H0815.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - LANDS DEPARTMENT - Appropriates $25,776,200 to the
Department of Lands for fiscal year 1999; reappropriates unexpended and
unencumbered fund balance for Triumph Mine Remediation Project for fiscal
year 1999, with limitations; limits the number of full-time equivalent
positions to 238.86; and provides legislative intent that of the amount
appropriated, $212,000 be used for computer system programming for fiscal
years 1999 and 2000.
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 - 68-0-2
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
Clark, Crane, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20),
Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell,
Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague,
Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Richman,
Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone,
Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood,
Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Crow, Reynolds
Floor Sponsor - Field(20)
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 - 35-0-0
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Diede, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett,
Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor - McLaughlin
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 321
Effective: 07/01/98
H0815|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 815 BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999; REAPPRO- 3 PRIATING CERTAIN UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED FUND BALANCES; LIMITING THE 4 NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS; AND PROVIDING A SEC- 5 OND YEAR APPROPRIATION FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Lands the 8 following amounts, to be expended for the designated programs according to the 9 designated standard classifications from the listed funds for the period July 10 1, 1998, through June 30, 1999: 11 FOR 12 FOR FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND 13 PERSONNEL OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT FOR 14 COSTS EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS LUMP SUM TOTAL 15 I. SUPPORT SERVICES: 16 FROM: 17 General 18 Fund $ 1,092,800 $ 909,400 $ 46,000 $ 2,048,200 19 Department of Lands 20 Fund 256,300 139,200 25,200 420,700 21 Land Improvement 22 Fund 112,100 229,000 24,800 365,900 23 Federal Grant 24 Fund 51,400 126,300 177,700 25 TOTAL $ 1,512,600 $1,403,900 $ 96,000 $ 3,012,500 26 II. FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: 27 FROM: 28 General 29 Fund $ 3,021,400 $ 370,400 $ 81,400 $ 3,473,200 30 Department of Lands 31 Fund 1,534,300 915,300 23,000 2,472,600 32 Land Improvement 33 Fund 2,122,600 2,158,300 241,100 4,522,000 34 Community Forestry 35 Fund $ 78,500 78,500 36 Federal Grant 37 Fund 459,900 235,900 156,000 851,800 38 TOTAL $ 7,138,200 $3,679,900 $345,500 $234,500 $11,398,100 39 III. LAND, RANGE, AND MINERAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: 40 FROM: 41 General 42 Fund $ 1,816,500 $2,114,500 $ 75,900 $ 4,006,900 43 Department of Lands 44 Fund 131,700 131,700 2 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND 3 PERSONNEL OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT FOR 4 COSTS EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS LUMP SUM TOTAL 5 Land and Building Rental 6 Fund 1,000 61,900 62,900 7 Land 8 Improvement 9 Fund 214,100 262,000 476,100 10 TOTAL $ 2,031,600 $2,570,100 $ 75,900 $ 4,677,600 11 IV. FOREST AND RANGE FIRE PROTECTION: 12 FROM: 13 General 14 Fund $2,482,100 $ 2,482,100 15 Department of Lands 16 Fund 3,491,700 3,491,700 17 Fire Suppression 18 Deficiency 19 Fund 113,000 113,000 20 Federal Grant 21 Fund 293,900 293,900 22 TOTAL $6,380,700 $ 6,380,700 23 V. SCALING PRACTICES: 24 FROM: 25 Department of Lands 26 Fund $ 263,300 $ 41,000 $ 3,000 $ 307,300 27 GRAND 28 TOTAL $10,945,700 $7,694,900 $520,400 $234,500 $6,380,700 $25,776,200 29 SECTION 2. There is hereby reappropriated to the Department of Lands the 30 unexpended and unencumbered balance of any funds previously appropriated for 31 the Triumph Mine Remediation Project to be used for the same purpose for the 32 period July 1, 1998, through June 30, 1999. 33 The reappropriation is limited to $150,700 in General Funds, $500,000 in 34 Hazardous Waste Management Funds, and $499,300 in spending authority for money 35 collected from other potentially responsible parties. 36 SECTION 3. In accordance with Section 67-3519, Idaho Code, the Department 37 of Lands is authorized no more than two hundred thirty-eight and eighty-six 38 hundredths (238.86) full-time equivalent positions at any point during the 39 period July 1, 1998, through June 30, 1999, for the program specified in Sec- 40 tion 1 of this act, unless specifically authorized by the Governor. The Joint 41 Finance-Appropriations Committee will be notified promptly of any increased 42 positions so authorized. 43 SECTION 4. Of the amounts appropriated in Section 1 of this act for the 44 Support Services program from the Land Improvement Fund, $200,000 in operating 45 expenditures and $12,000 in capital outlay shall be used for computer system 46 programming and is hereby further appropriated to the Department of Lands for 47 the period July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2000.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
HB 815
This is the fiscal year 1999 appropriation to the Department of Lands in the amount of
$25,776,200. In addition to maintenance of current operations, the appropriation
contains funding to complete the state's share of the remediation costs for the Triumph
Mine cleanup and a number of additional items. Furthermore, the bill provides that
unspent money that has previously been appropriated for the cleanup is carried over into
fiscal year 1999. Section 4 specifies that the $212,000 provided for Y2K System
Reprogramming is for a two year period. Finally, funding for the Forest and Range Fire
Protection Program is lump-sum and may be expended for personnel costs, operating
expenditures, capital outlay, or passed through to other entities through trustee and
benefit payments.
FISCAL NOTE
FTP General Ded/Other Federal Total
FY 1998 Original Approp. 239.86 9,542,500 14,020,200 1,415,100 24,977,800
Reappropriation 0.00 194,200 999,300 0 1,193,500
FY 1998 Supplemental 0.00 195,000 760,000 0 955,000
Other Adjustments 0.00 (195,000) 195,000 0 0
FY 1998 Total Appropriation 239.86 9,736,700 15,974,500 1,415,100 27,126,300
Expenditure Adjustments (1.00) 0 80,100 0 80,100
FY 1998 Est. Expenditures 238.86 9,736,700 16,054,600 1,415,100 27,206,400
Base Adjustments 0.00 (455,500) (4,952,700) (81,000) (5,489,200)
Other Adjustments 0.00 0 0 (50,000) (50,000)
FY 1999 Base 238.86 9,281,200 11,101,900 1,284,100 21,667,200
Personnel Cost Rollups 0.00 44,600 22,400 500 67,500
Inflationary Adjustments 0.00 48,700 134,500 14,800 198,000
Replacement Items 0.00 193,300 433,200 0 626,500
Non-Standard Adjustments 0.00 41,600 3,600 2,500 47,700
Employee Compensation (CEC) 0.00 331,000 240,000 21,500 592,500
FY 1999 Maintenance (MCO) 238.86 9,940,400 11,935,600 1,323,400 23,199,400
Enhancements:
Department of Lands
1. Triumph Mine Remediation 0.00 1,750,000 0 0 1,750,000
2. Y2K - System Reprogramming 0.00 0 212,000 0 212,000
3. Move Employees to Policy Line 0.00 0 0 0 0
4. Land Appraisals & Weed Control 0.00 50,000 0 0 50,000
5. Dispatch/Fire Weather Stations 0.00 0 157,000 0 157,000
6. Computer Hardware & Commun. 0.00 0 63,000 0 63,000
7. Forest Improvement Equipment 0.00 0 69,800 0 69,800
8. Gypsy Moth Monitoring Program 0.00 45,000 0 0 45,000
9. Urban Forestry Grants 0.00 0 0 0 0
10. Timber Protective Association 0.00 15,000 0 0 15,000
11. GIS Data Cataloging 0.00 130,000 0 0 130,000
12. Administrative Rules Costs 0.00 0 5,000 0 5,000
15. Abandoned Mine Site Study 0.00 40,000 0 0 40,000
16. RS 2477 Rights-of-Way Records 0.00 40,000 0 0 40,000
FY 1999 Total Appropriation 238.86 12,010,400 12,442,400 1,323,400 25,776,200
Chg From Orig Approp. (1.00) 2,467,900 (1,577,800) (91,700) 798,400
%Chg From Orig Approp. (0.4%) 25.9% (11.3%) (6.5%) 3.2%
Contact:
Ray Houston
Legislative Services Office
Budget & Policy Analysis
Telephone: 334-4741