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SENATE BILL NO. 1211 – Approp, Environmental Quality Dept

SENATE BILL NO. 1211

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S1211............................................................by FINANCE
APPROPRIATIONS - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - Appropriates
$52,088,300 to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year
2006; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 374.55;
directs the transfer of funds to the Environmental Remediation Fund;
provides intent regarding remediation of the Coeur d'Alene Basin; provides
intent regarding the Water Pollution Control Fund; and provides intent
regarding unexpended and unencumbered balances in the Big Payette Lake
Water Quality Council Administrative Account.
                                                                        
03/17    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/18    Rpt prt - to Fin
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/21    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/22    3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-2, 1 vacancy
      AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burtenshaw,
      Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes,
      Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Lodge, Malepeai,
      Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner,
      Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Burkett, Little, (District 21 seat vacant)
    Floor Sponsor - Keough
    Title apvd - to House
03/23    House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
03/24    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/28    3rd rdg - PASSED - 58-7-5
      AYES -- Barraclough, Bastian, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
      Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow,
      Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23),
      Garrett, Hart, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour,
      Martinez, McGeachin, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart,
      Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler,
      Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30),
      Smith(24)(Frost), Smylie, Snodgrass, Trail, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Andrus, Barrett, Harwood, Loertscher, Mathews, McKague,
      Nielsen
      Absent and excused -- Anderson, Jones, Roberts, Stevenson, Wills
    Floor Sponsor - Eskridge
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/29    To enrol
03/30    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/31    Sp signed - To Governor
04/06    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 314
         Effective: 07/01/05

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                First Regular Session - 2005
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1211
                                                                        
                                    BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY  FOR  FISCAL
  3        YEAR  2006; LIMITING THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS; PROVID-
  4        ING THAT THE STATE CONTROLLER SHALL MAKE TRANSFERS  TO  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
  5        REMEDIATION  FUND; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING THE ENVIRONMEN-
  6        TAL REMEDIATION FUND AND REQUIRING AN ANNUAL REPORT;  EXPRESSING  LEGISLA-
  7        TIVE  INTENT  WITH  REGARD TO USE OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FUND; AND
  8        EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT ANY UNEXPENDED  AND  UNENCUMBERED  BAL-
  9        ANCES IN THE BIG PAYETTE LAKE WATER QUALITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNT
 10        BE TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FUND.
                                                                        
 11    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 12        SECTION  1.  There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Environmen-
 13    tal Quality the following amounts to be expended for the  designated  programs
 14    according  to the designated expense classes from the various funds listed for
 15    the period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006:
 16                                                        FOR
 17                    FOR         FOR         FOR     TRUSTEE AND
 18                 PERSONNEL   OPERATING    CAPITAL     BENEFIT
 19                   COSTS    EXPENDITURES   OUTLAY     PAYMENTS       TOTAL
 20    I. ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES:
 21    FROM:
 22    General
 23     Fund       $ 1,541,800  $   945,800                         $ 2,487,600
 24    Air Quality
 25     Permitting
 26     Fund           180,500      211,400                             391,900
 27    Public Water System
 28     Supervision
 29     Fund           297,200       43,100  $  2,000                   342,300
 30    Department of
 31     Environmental
 32     Quality
 33     Fund
 34     (Receipts)     112,400       16,600     2,000                   131,000
 35    Department of
 36     Environmental
 37     Quality
 38     Fund
 39     (Federal)    1,947,600    1,005,100    16,000                 2,968,700
 40      TOTAL     $ 4,079,500  $ 2,222,000  $ 20,000               $ 6,321,500
 41    II. AIR QUALITY:
 42    FROM:
 43    General
 44     Fund       $ 1,789,600  $   308,700                         $ 2,098,300
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1                                                        FOR
  2                    FOR         FOR         FOR     TRUSTEE AND
  3                 PERSONNEL   OPERATING    CAPITAL     BENEFIT
  4                   COSTS    EXPENDITURES   OUTLAY     PAYMENTS       TOTAL
  5    Air Quality
  6     Permitting
  7     Fund         1,110,000      332,500  $ 12,000                 1,454,500
  8    Department of
  9     Environmental
 10     Quality
 11     Fund
 12     (Receipts)      77,600      168,500                             246,100
 13    Department of
 14     Environmental
 15     Quality
 16     Fund
 17     (Federal)    1,337,500      314,400    26,000   $   40,600    1,718,500
 18      TOTAL     $ 4,314,700  $ 1,124,100  $ 38,000   $   40,600  $ 5,517,400
 19    III. WATER QUALITY:
 20    FROM:
 21    General
 22     Fund       $ 4,565,600  $ 1,547,300  $  3,500   $1,803,100  $ 7,919,500
 23    Public Water System
 24     Supervision
 25     Fund           867,800      158,400     6,000      330,200    1,362,400
 26    Water Pollution
 27     Control Fund                                       100,000      100,000
 28    Department of
 29     Environmental
 30     Quality
 31     Fund
 32     (Receipts)     327,300       85,600     2,000       50,600      465,500
 33    Department of
 34     Environmental
 35     Quality
 36     Fund
 37     (Federal)    4,116,100    2,575,500    34,000    2,633,200    9,358,800
 38      TOTAL     $ 9,876,800  $ 4,366,800  $ 45,500   $4,917,100  $19,206,200
 39    IV. WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION:
 40    FROM:
 41    General
 42     Fund       $ 2,134,500  $   434,400             $  132,100  $ 2,701,000
 43    Environmental
 44     Remediation
 45     Fund (Box)      25,000       75,000                 25,000      125,000
 46    Environmental
 47     Remediation
 48     Fund (Basin)    100,000      825,000                             925,000
 49    Department of
 50     Environmental
 51     Quality
 52     Fund
 53     (Receipts)     386,000      430,600  $  2,000       50,800      869,400
 54    Bunker Hill
 55     Trust Fund                                         300,000      300,000
                                                                        
                                           3
                                                                        
  1                                                        FOR
  2                    FOR         FOR         FOR     TRUSTEE AND
  3                 PERSONNEL   OPERATING    CAPITAL     BENEFIT
  4                   COSTS    EXPENDITURES   OUTLAY     PAYMENTS       TOTAL
  5    Department of
  6     Environmental
  7     Quality
  8     Fund
  9     (Federal)    2,519,800    9,187,300    14,000       15,200   11,736,300
 10      TOTAL     $ 5,165,300  $10,952,300  $ 16,000   $  523,100  $16,656,700
 11    V. IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY OVERSIGHT:
 12    FROM:
 13    General
 14     Fund       $   191,800  $     8,500                         $   200,300
 15    Department of
 16     Environmental
 17     Quality
 18     Fund
 19     (Federal)      953,500      374,900  $ 44,000   $  585,800    1,958,200
 20      TOTAL     $ 1,145,300  $   383,400  $ 44,000   $  585,800  $ 2,158,500
 21    VI. COEUR D'ALENE BASIN COMMISSION:
 22    FROM:
 23    Environmental
 24     Remediation
 25     Fund
 26     (Basin)    $    60,000  $    15,000                         $    75,000
 27    Department of
 28     Environmental
 29     Quality
 30     Fund
 31     (Federal)      138,000    2,015,000                           2,153,000
 32      TOTAL     $   198,000  $ 2,030,000                         $ 2,228,000
                                                                        
 33       GRAND
 34       TOTAL    $24,779,600  $21,078,600  $163,500   $6,066,600  $52,088,300
                                                                        
 35        SECTION 2.  In accordance with Section 67-3519, Idaho Code, the Department
 36    of Environmental Quality is authorized no more than three hundred seventy-four
 37    and fifty-five hundredths (374.55) full-time equivalent positions at any point
 38    during the period July 1, 2005, through June  30,  2006,  unless  specifically
 39    authorized by the Governor. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee will be
 40    notified promptly of any increased positions so authorized.
                                                                        
 41        SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 39-3630, Idaho Code,
 42    the  State Controller is hereby directed to transfer $1,500,000 from the Water
 43    Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation Fund (Basin)  for  the
 44    period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006.
                                                                        
 45        SECTION  4.  It is legislative intent that moneys deposited into the Envi-
 46    ronmental Remediation Fund (Basin) are to be used for remediation of the Coeur
 47    d'Alene Basin in accordance with the superfund contract with the Environmental
 48    Protection Agency. The Department  of  Environmental  Quality  shall  file  an
 49    annual report no later than January 1 of each year with the Governor, the Leg-
 50    islature,  and  the Coeur d"Alene Basin Environmental Improvement Project Com-
 51    mission on the remediation progress and the expenditures involved.
                                                                        
                                           4
                                                                        
  1        SECTION 5.  It is legislative intent that the appropriation of moneys from
  2    the Water Pollution Control Fund in Section 1 of this act specifically  super-
  3    sedes the provisions of Section 39-3630, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
  4        SECTION  6.  Whereas,  the  Big  Payette Lake Water Quality Council estab-
  5    lished by Section 39-6603, Idaho Code, will disband in March 2005, it is  leg-
  6    islative  intent that any unexpended and unencumbered balances in the Big Pay-
  7    ette Lake Water Quality Council Administrative Account be transferred  to  the
  8    Department  of  Environmental Quality Fund to be used to further protect, pre-
  9    serve and improve the water quality of Big Payette Lake.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


Statement of Purpose
RS14326

This is the fiscal year 2006 appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality in the amount of $52,088,300 of which $15,406,700 is from the General Fund, $6,788,100 is from dedicated funds, and $29,893,500 is from federal funds. Section 2 places a cap of 374.55 on the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions. Sections 3 and 4 direct the State Controller to transfer $1,500,000 from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation Fund and to use those moneys for remediation of the Coeur d’Alene Basin. Section 5 provides that the Water Pollution Control Funds appropriated for the Water Quality Program may be used for water quality monitoring. Section 6 is due to the disbanding of the Big Payette Lake Water Quality Council. It authorizes the transfer of the remaining unencumbered balances in the Big Payette Lake Water Quality Council Administrative Account to the Department of Environmental Quality Fund to be used to protect and improve the water quality of Big Payette Lake (about $23,400).

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Fiscal Note
FTP  Gen  Ded  Fed  Total 


FY 2005 Original Appropriation 369.55  15,146,000  7,458,600  26,951,800  49,556,400 
HB 805 One-time 1% Salary Increase 0.00  88,100  29,900  90,400  208,400 


FY 2005 Total Appropriation 369.55  15,234,100  7,488,500  27,042,200  49,764,800 
Non-Cognizable Funds and Transfers 4.00  109,000  2,225,400  2,334,400 
Budgeted Reversion 0.00  (25,700)  (15,100)  (2,900)  (43,700) 


FY 2005 Estimated Expenditures 373.55  15,208,400  7,582,400  29,264,700  52,055,500 
Removal of One-Time Expenditures (4.00)  (63,400)  (241,000)  (2,448,500)  (2,752,900) 
Base Adjustments 0.00  1,000  400  1,600  3,000 


FY 2006 Base 369.55  15,146,000  7,341,800  26,817,800  49,305,600 
Benefit Costs 0.00  116,900  40,800  121,500  279,200 
Inflationary Adjustments 0.00 
Replacement Items 0.00  26,000  134,000  160,000 
Nonstandard Adjustments 0.00  (32,900)  (11,900)  (49,700)  (94,500) 
Change in Employee Compensation 0.00 
27th Payroll 0.00 


FY 2006 Program Maintenance 369.55  15,230,000  7,396,700  27,023,600  49,650,300 



Enhancements          
Department of Environmental Quality          
 1. Evaluate NPDES Primacy 0.00 
 2. CDA Lake Management Plan 1.00  85,900  85,900 
 3. Burlington Northern Santa Fe 1.00  105,500  105,500 
 4. CDA Basin Commission 2.00  2,267,100  2,267,100 
 5. CDA Basin Match 0.00  (714,100)  78,100  (636,000) 
 6. National Environmental Info. Network 1.00  150,000  150,000 
 7. Additional Federal Grants 0.00  374,700  374,700 
 8. Rathdrum Aquifer Protection 0.00  90,800  90,800 


FY 2006 Total 374.55  15,406,700  6,788,100  29,893,500  52,088,300 
Chg from FY 2005 Orig Approp 5.00  260,700  (670,500)  2,941,700  2,531,900 
% Chg from FY 2005 Orig Approp. 1.4%   1.7%   (9.0%)   10.9%   5.1%  

Contact: Ray Houston 334-4741

Legislative Services Office, Budget & Policy Analysis

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note Bill No. S1211