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SENATE BILL NO. 1512 – Approp, Fish & Game Dept

SENATE BILL NO. 1512

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S1512............................................................by FINANCE
APPROPRIATIONS - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME - Appropriates $68,010,300 to
the Department of Fish and Game for fiscal year 2003; limits the number of
full-time equivalent positions to 518; and provides legislative intent
regarding funding for the Tex Creek/Willow Creek Pilot Project.
                                                                        
03/06    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/07    Rpt prt - to Fin
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/11    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
      Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia,
      Little, Lodge, Marley, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder,
      Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Boatright
    Title apvd - to House
03/12    House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
    Rls susp - PASSED - 59-8-3
      AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Bedke, Bell, Black, Block, Bolz,
      Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark, Collins, Crow, Cuddy,
      Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Gagner, Gould,
      Hadley, Hammond, Higgins, Hornbeck, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz,
      Lake, Langford, Loertscher, Mader, Martinez, McKague, Meyer,
      Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould,
      Ridinger, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33), Smith(23), Smylie,
      Stevenson, Stone, Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Bieter, Boe, Harwood, Henbest, Jaquet, Robison, Sali, Tilman
      Absent and excused -- Barrett, Field(20), Roberts
    Floor Sponsor - Lake
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/13    To enrol
    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/14    Sp signed - to Governor
03/22    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 230
         Effective: 07/01/02

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1512
                                                                        
                                    BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME FOR FISCAL YEAR  2003;
  3        LIMITING  THE  NUMBER  OF  AUTHORIZED  FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS; AND
  4        EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING FUNDING FOR THE  TEX  CREEK/WILLOW
  5        CREEK PILOT PROJECT.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby  appropriated to the Department of Fish and
  8    Game the following amounts to be expended for the designated programs  accord-
  9    ing  to  the  designated  expense classes from the listed funds for the period
 10    July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003:
 11                                                        FOR
 12                   FOR          FOR          FOR    TRUSTEE AND
 13                PERSONNEL    OPERATING     CAPITAL    BENEFIT
 14                  COSTS     EXPENDITURES    OUTLAY    PAYMENTS       TOTAL
 15    I. ADMINISTRATION:
 16    FROM:
 17    Fish and Game
 18     Fund
 19     (Licenses)$ 2,455,200  $ 1,750,400  $2,829,700   $364,500   $ 7,399,800
 20    Fish and Game
 21     Fund
 22     (Other)                     17,500                               17,500
 23    Fish and Game
 24     Set-aside
 25     Fund              100       20,400                               20,500
 26    Fish and Game
 27     Primary
 28     Depredation
 29     Fund                           900                                  900
 30    Fish and Game
 31     Secondary Depredation
 32     Fund                           900                                  900
 33    Fish and Game
 34     Expendable
 35     Trust Fund                   5,000                                5,000
 36    Fish and Game
 37     Nonexpendable
 38     Trust Fund                   1,800                                1,800
 39    Fish and Game
 40     Fund
 41     (Federal)   2,576,600    2,301,000      91,200                4,968,800
 42      TOTAL    $ 5,031,900  $ 4,097,900  $2,920,900   $364,500   $12,415,200
 43    II. ENFORCEMENT:
 44    FROM:
                                                                        
                                           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     Fund
  7     (Licenses)$ 6,270,800  $ 1,526,500  $  298,200              $ 8,095,500
  8    Fish and Game
  9     Fund
 10     (Other)        81,900       17,000                               98,900
 11    Fish and Game
 12     Set-aside
 13     Fund                        10,500                               10,500
 14    Fish and Game
 15     Expendable
 16     Trust
 17     Fund                        20,800                               20,800
 18      TOTAL    $ 6,352,700  $ 1,574,800  $  298,200              $ 8,225,700
 19    III. FISHERIES:
 20    FROM:
 21    Fish and Game
 22     Fund
 23     (Licenses)$ 2,799,700  $ 1,731,500  $  820,400              $ 5,351,600
 24    Fish and Game
 25     Fund
 26     (Other)     1,161,400      692,600      22,500                1,876,500
 27    Fish and Game
 28     Set-aside
 29     Fund          144,400      229,800     140,000                  514,200
 30    Fish and Game
 31     Expendable
 32     Trust
 33     Fund          216,400       50,400                              266,800
 34    Fish and Game
 35     Nonexpendable
 36     Trust
 37     Fund                        32,700                               32,700
 38    Fish and Game
 39     Fund
 40     (Federal)   8,445,600    4,806,400   3,266,400               16,518,400
 41      TOTAL    $12,767,500  $ 7,543,400  $4,249,300              $24,560,200
 42    IV. WILDLIFE:
 43    FROM:
 44    Fish and Game
 45     Fund
 46     (Licenses)$ 2,939,700  $ 3,616,800  $  216,600              $ 6,773,100
 47    Fish and Game
 48     Fund
 49     (Other)                    107,800                              107,800
 50    Fish and Game
 51     Set-aside
 52     Fund          448,500      309,600                              758,100
 53    Fish and Game
 54     Expendable
 55     Trust
                                                                        
                                           3
                                                                        
  1                                                        FOR
  2                   FOR          FOR          FOR    TRUSTEE AND
  3                PERSONNEL    OPERATING     CAPITAL    BENEFIT
  4                  COSTS     EXPENDITURES    OUTLAY    PAYMENTS       TOTAL
  5     Fund          356,400      488,500      72,500                  917,400
  6    Fish and Game
  7     Nonexpendable
  8     Trust
  9     Fund            9,400        2,300                               11,700
 10    Fish and Game
 11     Fund
 12     (Federal)   2,949,800    1,426,600       8,600                4,385,000
 13      TOTAL    $ 6,703,800  $ 5,951,600  $  297,700              $12,953,100
 14    V. INFORMATION AND EDUCATION:
 15    FROM:
 16    Fish and Game
 17     Fund
 18     (Licenses)$ 1,182,400  $   464,200  $   13,200              $ 1,659,800
 19    Fish and Game
 20     Fund
 21     (Other)        78,100       34,900      60,000                  173,000
 22    Fish and Game
 23     Set-aside
 24     Fund           66,000      117,600                              183,600
 25    Fish and Game
 26     Expendable Trust
 27     Fund                        25,000                               25,000
 28    Fish and Game
 29     Fund
 30     (Federal)     549,500      352,400     100,800                1,002,700
 31      TOTAL    $ 1,876,000  $   994,100  $  174,000              $ 3,044,100
 32    VI. ENGINEERING:
 33    FROM:
 34    Fish and Game
 35     Fund
 36     (Licenses)$   779,300  $   129,500  $  143,500              $ 1,052,300
 37    VII. NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY:
 38    FROM:
 39    Fish and Game
 40     Fund
 41     (Licenses)$   512,200  $    85,600       9,600              $   607,400
 42    Fish and Game
 43     Fund
 44     (Other)        94,400        4,200                               98,600
 45    Fish and Game
 46     Set-aside
 47     Fund           13,700                                            13,700
 48    Fish and Game
 49     Fund
 50     (Federal)   1,492,500      368,300       6,400                1,867,200
 51      TOTAL    $ 2,112,800  $   458,100  $   16,000              $ 2,586,900
 52    VIII. WINTER FEEDING AND HABITAT IMPROVEMENT:
 53    FROM:
 54    Fish and Game
 55     Fund
                                                                        
                                           4
                                                                        
  1                                                        FOR
  2                   FOR          FOR          FOR    TRUSTEE AND
  3                PERSONNEL    OPERATING     CAPITAL    BENEFIT
  4                  COSTS     EXPENDITURES    OUTLAY    PAYMENTS       TOTAL
  5     (Licenses)$   404,400  $   646,900                          $ 1,051,300
  6    Fish and Game
  7     Set-aside
  8     Fund           33,300    1,444,500  $  243,700                1,721,500
  9    Fish and Game
 10     Primary
 11     Depredation
 12     Fund                                             $200,000       200,000
 13    Fish and Game
 14     Secondary
 15     Depredation
 16     Fund                                              200,000       200,000
 17      TOTAL    $   437,700  $ 2,091,400  $  243,700   $400,000   $ 3,172,800
                                                                        
 18        GRAND
 19        TOTAL  $36,061,700  $22,840,800  $8,343,300   $764,500   $68,010,300
                                                                        
 20        SECTION 2.  In accordance with Section 67-3519, Idaho Code, the Department
 21    of Fish and Game is authorized no more than five hundred eighteen (518)  full-
 22    time equivalent positions at any point during the period July 1, 2002, through
 23    June  30,  2003,  for  the programs specified in Section 1 of this act, unless
 24    specifically authorized by the Governor. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Com-
 25    mittee will be notified promptly of any increased positions so authorized.
                                                                        
 26        SECTION 3.  It is legislative intent that the funding provided for the Tex
 27    Creek/Willow Creek Pilot Project be used over a two year period  by  the  Fish
 28    and  Game  Commission  to  improve hunting opportunities. The Commission shall
 29    review available information and conduct a survey of sportsmen, landowners and
 30    others that would have knowledge of the current status of the trophy deer hunt
 31    in Unit 69. It is also legislative intent that the Commission consider  avail-
 32    able information from other states that would be beneficial in determining the
 33    potential  for  restoring  and enhancing Unit 69 as a premier trophy deer hunt
 34    area.
 35        Whereas the Idaho Fish and Game Commission has developed a  predator  man-
 36    agement policy, the Commission is directed to use all elements of the predator
 37    management  plan the Commission adopted including, habitat manipulation, coop-
 38    eration with private property owners and other  land  managers,  and  predator
 39    removal,  to  achieve  greater hunting opportunities in the short-term and the
 40    long-term. The Commission is directed to monitor the populations of deer, game
 41    birds and trophy predator species in an  effort  to  achieve  greater  hunting
 42    opportunities on all species. The department is directed to report back to the
 43    Joint  Finance-Appropriations Committee at its fall meeting and at the regular
 44    budget hearing during the First Regular Session  of  the  Fifty-seventh  Idaho
 45    Legislature.
 46        The  Commission is authorized to use any reasonable means likely to effect
 47    the purpose of this legislative directive including, but not limited to, coop-
 48    erative agreements with landowners and land managers,  cooperative  agreements
 49    with  sportsmen  and  sportsmen organizations, and contractual agreements with
 50    outside specialists.
 51        The Commission is authorized to use funds from its  current  appropriation
 52    to begin this project immediately.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


Statement of Purpose
RS11358C1

This is the fiscal year 2003 appropriation to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game in the amount of $68,010,300. The bill sets the full-time equivalent position cap at 518.

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Fiscal Note
FTP  Gen  Ded  Fed  Total 


FY 2002 Original Appropriation 511.00  36,554,100  26,282,100  62,836,200 
Expenditure Adjustments 0.00  8,200  (34,500)  (26,300) 


FY 2002 Estimated Expenditures 511.00  36,562,300  26,247,600  62,809,900 
Removal of One-Time Expenditures 0.00  (3,353,900)  (2,933,500)  (6,287,400) 
Base Adjustments 0.00  (7,000)  (61,300)  (68,300) 


FY 2003 Base 511.00  33,201,400  23,252,800  56,454,200 
Personnel Cost Rollups 0.00  121,800  103,300  225,100 
Inflationary Adjustments 0.00 
Replacement Items 0.00  4,162,100  1,426,700  5,588,800 
Nonstandard Adjustments 0.00  192,200  84,400  276,600 
Change in Employee Compensation 0.00 
Fund Shifts 0.00 


FY 2003 Program Maintenance 511.00  37,677,500  24,867,200  62,544,700 



Enhancements          
Department of Fish and Game          
 1. New Fishing Waters 0.00  200,000  750,000  950,000 
 2. Resident Fish Projects 0.00  141,800  157,900  299,700 
 3. Licensing System and Data Imaging 0.00  89,700  59,800  149,500 
 4. Elk Habitat Research 0.00  100,000  100,000 
 5. Anadromous Hatchery Repair 0.00  43,700  383,800  427,500 
 6. Information Requests 0.00 
 7. Endangered and Nongame Programs 0.00 
 8. Fisheries Research and Training 0.00  31,600  96,200  127,800 
 9. Fish Screens and Equipment 0.00  1,247,600  1,247,600 
 10. Winter Feeding/ Habitat Improvement 0.00  90,600  90,600 
 11. Veterinary Lab Services 0.00  53,600  55,800  109,400 
 12. Hemingway Program Coordinator 1.00  66,200  66,200 
 13. WCRP Grants Coordinator 1.00  483,700  483,700 
 14. Sportsmen Education 0.00  60,000  104,000  164,000 
 15. Land Acquisition and Development 0.00  156,000  156,000 
 16. Salmon and Steelhead Access 0.00  100,000  100,000 
 17. Maintain Wildlife Management Areas 0.00  88,700  1,100  89,800 
 18. Regional Office Improvements 0.00 
 19. ESA Impacts on Resident Fish 4.00  468,800  468,800 
 20. Tex Creek / Willow Creek Pilot Project 0.00  300,000  300,000 
 21. Wildlife Veterinarian 1.00  135,000  135,000 


FY 2003 Total 518.00  39,268,200  28,742,100  68,010,300 
Chg from FY 2002 Orig Approp 7.00  2,714,100  2,460,000  5,174,100 
% Chg from FY 2002 Orig Approp. 1.4%     7.4%   9.4%   8.2%  

The bill includes legislative intent language clarifying the Tex Creek/ Willow Creek Pilot Project.

Contact: Ray Houston 334-4741

Legislative Services Office, Budget & Policy Analysis

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note Bill No. S1512