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H0374.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Appropriates $4,412,900 to
the Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 2000; limits the number of
full-time equivalent positions to 56; appropriates moneys from the Public
Utilities Commission Fund equal to the General Fund expenditures of the
Public Utilities Commission in fiscal year 2000; and appropriates an
additional $8,800 to the Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 1999.
03/15 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/16 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/17 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17 Rules susp - PASSED - 65-2-3
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Geddes, Gould, Hadley,
Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd,
Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Linford, Loertscher,
Mader, Marley, Meyer(Duncan), Mortensen, Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy,
Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Smith,
Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail,
Watson, Wheeler, Williams, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- McKague, Wood
Absent and excused -- Gagner, Henbest, Montgomery,
Floor Sponsor - Field(20)
Title apvd - to Senate
03/17 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Fin
03/18 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
Rules susp - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Parry
Floor Sponsor - Hawkins
Title apvd - to House - to enrol
03/19 Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/23 To Governor
03/24 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 265
Effective: 03/24/99 - Section 4
07/01/99 - All others
H0374|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 374 BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000; 3 LIMITING THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS; TRANSFERRING MONEYS 4 TO THE GENERAL FUND; APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL MONEYS TO THE PUBLIC UTILI- 5 TIES COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY FOR SEC- 6 TION 4 OF THIS ACT. 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 8 SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to the Public Utilities Commis- 9 sion the following amount, to be expended for the designated programs accord- 10 ing to the designated expense classes from the listed funds for the period 11 July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2000: 12 FOR FOR FOR 13 PERSONNEL OPERATING CAPITAL 14 COSTS EXPENDITURES OUTLAY TOTAL 15 I. ADMINISTRATION: 16 FROM: 17 General Fund $ 282,100 $ 282,100 18 Public Utilities 19 Commission Fund 667,900 $ 222,000 $24,200 914,100 20 TOTAL $ 950,000 $ 222,000 $24,200 $1,196,200 21 II. UTILITIES REGULATION: 22 FROM: 23 Public Utilities 24 Commission Fund $1,663,600 $ 870,300 $21,800 $2,555,700 25 III. REGULATED CARRIERS: 26 FROM: 27 Public Utilities 28 Commission Fund $ 419,400 $ 231,700 $ 9,900 $ 661,000 29 GRAND TOTAL $3,033,000 $1,324,000 $55,900 $4,412,900 30 SECTION 2. In accordance with Section 67-3519, Idaho Code, the Public 31 Utilities Commission is authorized no more than fifty-six (56) full-time 32 equivalent positions at any point during the period July 1, 1999, through June 33 30, 2000, for the programs specified in Section 1 of this act, unless specifi- 34 cally authorized by the Governor. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee 35 will be notified promptly of any increased positions so authorized. 36 SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, there is hereby 37 appropriated from the Public Utilities Commission Fund and transferred to the 38 General Fund an amount equal to the General Fund expenditures of the Public 39 Utilities Commission for the period July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2000. 40 SECTION 4. In addition to the appropriation made in Section 1, Chapter 2 1 86, Laws of 1998, there is hereby appropriated to the Public Utilities Commis- 2 sion the following amount, to be expended for the Administration Program 3 according to the designated expense class from the listed fund for the period 4 July 1, 1998, through June 30, 1999: 5 FOR: 6 Personnel Costs $8,800 7 FROM: 8 General Fund $8,800 9 SECTION 5. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby 10 declared to exist, Section 4 of this act shall be in full force and effect on 11 and after its passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
HB 374
This is the fiscal year 2000 appropriation for the Public Utilities Commission in the
amount of $4,412,900. The RS limits the number of positions to 56. It also provides
that, at year end, an amount equal to the General Fund expenditures for commissioner
compensation be transferred from the Public Utilities Commission Fund to the General
Fund. Section 4 provides an FY 1999 supplemental in the amount of $8,800 for
commissioner separation pay for earned but untaken vacation time for a departing
Commissioner. (Note: Another supplemental for $11,300 was approved early in the
session). Section 5 declares an emergency for the supplemental.
FISCAL NOTE
FTP General Ded/Other Federal Total
FY 1999 Original Approp. 56.00 263,900 4,060,400 0 4,324,300
FY 1999 Supplemental 0.00 20,100 0 0 20,100
FY 1999 Est. Expenditures 56.00 284,000 4,060,400 0 4,344,400
Base Adjustments 0.00 (8,800) (119,300) 0 (128,100)
FY 2000 Base 56.00 275,200 3,941,100 0 4,216,300
Personnel Cost Rollups 0.00 0 0 0 0
Inflationary Adjustments 0.00 0 0 0 0
Replacement Items 0.00 0 55,900 0 55,900
Non-Standard Adjustments 0.00 0 60,600 0 60,600
Employee Compensation (CEC) 0.00 0 73,200 0 73,200
FY 2000 Maintenance (MCO) 56.00 275,200 4,130,800 0 4,406,000
Enhancements:
Public Utilities Commission
1. Legislative Fund Transfer 0.00 0 0 0 0
2. Commissioner Salary HB 78 0.00 6,900 0 0 6,900
FY 2000 Total Appropriation 56.00 282,100 4,130,800 0 4,412,900
Chg From Orig Approp. 0.00 18,200 70,400 0 88,600
%Chg From Orig Approp. 0.0% 6.9% 1.7% 0.0% 2.0%
Contact: Ray Houston 334-4741
Legislative Services Office
Budget & Policy Analysis