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SENATE BILL NO. 1456 – Approp, Parks & Recreation Dept

SENATE BILL NO. 1456

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S1456............................................................by FINANCE
APPROPRIATIONS - PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT - Appropriates $36,713,000
to the Department of Parks and Recreation for fiscal year 2007; limits the
authorized full-time equivalent positions to 160.25; reappropriates
unexpended and unencumbered fund balances for capital outlay; appropriates
$1,604,800 to the Lava Hot Springs Foundation for fiscal year 2007; limits
the number of full-time equivalent positions for the Lava Hot Springs
Foundation to 11; directs the allocation of salary savings; and provides
conditions relating to the Bayhorse Mine property purchase.
                                                                        
03/20    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/21    Rpt prt - to Fin
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/22    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/24    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-1-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett(Clark),
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
      Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
      Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- Stennett
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - McGee
    Title apvd - to House
03/27    House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
03/28    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/29    3rd rdg - PASSED - 63-5-2
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Bastian, Bayer, Bedke, Bell,
      Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon,
      Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
      Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
      Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Martinez, Mathews,
      McGeachin, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart,
      Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sayler,
      Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30),
      Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood
      NAYS -- Barrett, Crow, Loertscher, McKague, Sali
      Absent and excused -- Smith(24), Mr. Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Eskridge
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/30    To enrol
03/31    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
04/03    Sp signed - To Governor
04/07    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 384
         Effective: 07/01/06

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1456
                                                                        
                                    BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION FOR FISCAL YEAR
  3        2007; LIMITING THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED  FULL-TIME  EQUIVALENT  POSITIONS;
  4        REAPPROPRIATING  CERTAIN FUNDS FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY; APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO
  5        THE LAVA HOT SPRINGS FOUNDATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007; LIMITING THE  NUMBER
  6        OF  AUTHORIZED FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS; DIRECTING THE ALLOCATION OF
  7        SALARY SAVINGS; AND PROVIDING CONDITIONS RELATING  TO  THE  BAYHORSE  MINE
  8        PROPERTY PURCHASE.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby appropriated to the Department of Parks and
 11    Recreation the following amounts to be expended for  the  designated  programs
 12    according  to  the  designated  expense  classes from the listed funds for the
 13    period July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007:
 14                                                         FOR
 15                  FOR          FOR          FOR      TRUSTEE AND
 16               PERSONNEL    OPERATING     CAPITAL      BENEFIT
 17                 COSTS     EXPENDITURES    OUTLAY     PAYMENTS       TOTAL
 18    I. MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION:
 19    FROM:
 20    General
 21     Fund     $ 1,624,100   $  403,600                           $ 2,027,700
 22    Economic Recovery
 23     Reserve Fund                       $   75,000                    75,000
 24    Indirect Cost
 25     Recovery
 26     Fund         271,700       37,400      15,000                   324,100
 27    Parks and
 28     Recreation
 29     Fund         682,500      789,000       8,600  $    60,000    1,540,100
 30    Recreational Fuels
 31     Fund         294,100       52,400      17,000    2,118,700    2,482,200
 32    Parks and Recreation
 33     Registration
 34     Fund         108,900      149,900                6,796,600    7,055,400
 35    Miscellaneous
 36     Revenue
 37     Fund           3,000       17,600                                20,600
 38    Petroleum Price
 39     Violation Fund                                      40,000       40,000
 40    Federal Grant
 41     Fund           5,100       22,600                1,242,400    1,270,100
 42      TOTAL   $ 2,989,400   $1,472,500  $  115,600  $10,257,700  $14,835,200
                                                                        
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  1                                                         FOR
  2                  FOR          FOR          FOR      TRUSTEE AND
  3               PERSONNEL    OPERATING     CAPITAL      BENEFIT
  4                 COSTS     EXPENDITURES    OUTLAY     PAYMENTS       TOTAL
  5    II. PARK OPERATIONS:
  6    FROM:
  7    General
  8     Fund     $ 4,232,200   $  752,500                           $ 4,984,700
  9    Indirect Cost
 10     Recovery
 11     Fund          36,500        2,400                                38,900
 12    Parks and
 13     Recreation
 14     Fund       1,676,900    1,779,800                             3,456,700
 15    Recreational Fuels
 16     Fund         244,000      127,500  $1,738,700                 2,110,200
 17    Parks and Recreation
 18     Registration
 19     Fund         360,200      530,900     177,800  $   115,000    1,183,900
 20    Miscellaneous Revenue
 21     Fund           6,600       77,500                                84,100
 22    Public Recreation
 23     Enterprise
 24     Fund         272,600      779,400      98,900                 1,150,900
 25    Parks and Recreation
 26     Expendable Trust
 27     Fund         269,400      248,300                               517,700
 28    Federal Grant
 29     Fund       1,027,600      365,800     115,000      650,000    2,158,400
 30      TOTAL   $ 8,126,000   $4,664,100  $2,130,400  $   765,000  $15,685,500
 31    III. CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT:
 32    FROM:
 33    Economic Recovery
 34     Reserve Fund                       $2,924,800               $ 2,924,800
 35    Parks and Recreation
 36     Fund                                   60,000                    60,000
 37    Recreational
 38     Fuels Fund                            890,000                   890,000
 39    Public Recreation
 40     Enterprise
 41     Fund                                   47,500                    47,500
 42    Miscellaneous Revenue
 43     Fund                                  875,000                   875,000
 44    Parks and Recreation
 45     Expendable Trust
 46     Fund                                  185,000                   185,000
 47    Parks and Recreation
 48     Registration Fund                     540,000                   540,000
 49    Federal Grant
 50     Fund                                  670,000                   670,000
 51      TOTAL                             $6,192,300               $ 6,192,300
                                                                        
 52       GRAND
 53       TOTAL  $11,115,400   $6,136,600  $8,438,300  $11,022,700  $36,713,000
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION 2.  In accordance with Section 67-3519, Idaho Code, the Department
  2    of Parks and Recreation is authorized no  more  than  one  hundred  sixty  and
  3    twenty-five  one-hundredths  (160.25)  full-time  equivalent  positions at any
  4    point during the period July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007, for the  programs
  5    specified in Section 1 of this act, unless specifically authorized by the Gov-
  6    ernor. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee will be notified promptly of
  7    any increased positions so authorized.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  3.  Notwithstanding  Section  67-3511(2), Idaho Code, the trustee
  9    and benefit payments in the Management Services Program may be transferred  to
 10    the  Capital  Development  Program  to  reflect  project grants awarded to the
 11    Department of Parks and Recreation. Unexpended and unencumbered capital outlay
 12    balances in the Capital Development Program for fiscal year  2006  are  hereby
 13    reappropriated for capital outlay in that program for the period July 1, 2006,
 14    through June 30, 2007.
                                                                        
 15        SECTION  4.  There  is hereby appropriated to the Lava Hot Springs Founda-
 16    tion the following amounts to be expended according to the designated  expense
 17    classes  from  the  listed  fund for the period July 1, 2006, through June 30,
 18    2007:
 19    LAVA HOT SPRINGS FOUNDATION:
 20    FOR:
 21    Personnel Costs                                                     $  639,800
 22    Operating Expenditures                                                 523,600
 23    Capital Outlay                                                         441,400
 24      TOTAL                                                             $1,604,800
 25    FROM:
 26    Public Recreation Enterprise - Lava Hot Springs Fund                $1,604,800
                                                                        
 27        SECTION 5.  In accordance with Section 67-3519, Idaho Code, the  Lava  Hot
 28    Springs Foundation is authorized no more than eleven (11) full-time equivalent
 29    positions  at any point during the period July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007,
 30    for the program specified in Section 4 of this act, unless specifically autho-
 31    rized by the Governor. The  Joint  Finance-Appropriations  Committee  will  be
 32    notified promptly of any increased positions so authorized.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION 6. The Department of Parks and Recreation and the Lava Hot Springs
 34    Foundation  are  hereby  directed to allocate salary savings, based on perfor-
 35    mance, to provide for employee salary needs before  other  operational  budget
 36    priorities  are  considered.  Where  applicable,  employees whose salaries are
 37    below the midpoint of their pay grade or occupational groups with  significant
 38    turnover  rates  shall be considered first in the order of salary savings dis-
 39    tributions.
                                                                        
 40        SECTION 7.  Of the appropriated amounts from the Park and Recreation  Reg-
 41    istration  Fund  in  Section  1  of this act, $540,000 is for the purchase and
 42    related study of the Bayhorse Mine property for the purpose of converting  the
 43    "ghost  town"  and associated abandoned mine holdings into an historical, cul-
 44    tural and adventure recreation park. This  $540,000  appropriation  is  condi-
 45    tioned upon the following:
 46        (1)  That the Department of Environmental Quality work with the Department
 47        of Parks and Recreation and private consultants to perform a detailed site
 48        risk assessment and proposed risk management plan for all properties to be
 49        purchased;
 50        (2)  That  the Department of Parks and Recreation work with the Department
                                                                        
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  1        of Administration to develop risk management  plans  providing  the  state
  2        with  reasonable coverage associated with the risks of owning and managing
  3        trails for all-terrain vehicle use;
  4        (3)  That the spending authority provided in Section 1 of this act for the
  5        purchase of the Bayhorse Mine property is contingent upon the state  being
  6        awarded  a  federal  "brownfield"  grant or similar federal grant for site
  7        remediation;
  8        (4)  That in the event any of the foregoing conditions are not met or  the
  9        environmental  risks are deemed by the Department of Environmental Quality
 10        to be unreasonable, or the liability risks are deemed unreasonable by  the
 11        Department  of  Administration,  the Department of Parks and Recreation is
 12        directed to revert the $540,000 in spending authority provided in  Section
 13        1 of this act for the purchase of the Bayhorse Mine property.
 14        Further,  that  access, easements and rights-of-way used by private inter-
 15    ests for traditional uses, including, but not limited to, rock or stone  quar-
 16    rying and mining, shall not be prohibited.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


Statement of Purpose
RS15294C1

This is the fiscal year 2007 appropriation for the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Lava Hot Springs Foundation. This bill provides a basic “maintenance level” budget from the General Fund, and provides spending authority for several Line Items from dedicated park user fees and private funds. Overall it is a 0.7% increase in General Funds and a 7.4% increase overall.

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Fiscal Note
FTP  Gen  Ded  Fed  Total 


FY 2006 Original Appropriation 169.25  6,963,600  24,204,500  4,525,800  35,693,900 
Reappropriations 0.00  475,000  8,870,400  1,603,400  10,948,800 
HB 395 One-time 1% Salary Increase 0.00  51,800  38,200  5,600  95,600 
Omnibus CEC Supplemental 0.00  59,400  49,700  109,100 


FY 2006 Total Appropriation 169.25  7,549,800  33,162,800  6,134,800  46,847,400 
Non-Cognizable Funds and Transfers 0.00  706,500  706,500 


FY 2006 Estimated Expenditures 169.25  7,549,800  33,162,800  6,841,300  47,553,900 
Removal of One-Time Expenditures 0.00  (526,800)  (14,825,000)  (3,818,800)  (19,170,600) 
Base Adjustments 0.00  (60,000)  (60,000) 


FY 2007 Base 169.25  7,023,000  18,337,800  2,962,500  28,323,300 
Benefit Costs 0.00  (132,400)  (91,200)  2,100  (221,500) 
Inflationary Adjustments 0.00  15,100  80,600  6,200  101,900 
Replacement Items 0.00  4,817,100  221,000  5,038,100 
Statewide Cost Allocation 0.00  80,300  5,500  85,800 
Change in Employee Compensation 0.00 
Nondiscretionary Adjustments 0.00  26,400  525,000  551,400 


FY 2007 Program Maintenance 169.25  7,012,400  23,674,800  3,191,800  33,879,000 




Enhancements          
Department of Parks and Recreation          
 1. Salary to Policy 0.00 
 2. Statewide Investment 0.00  190,000  120,000  310,000 
 3. Increase Seasonal Salaries 0.00 
 4. Park Housing 0.00  1,050,000  1,050,000 
 5. Firewall/Web Maint. 0.00 
 6. Billingsley Creek & Glade Creek 0.00 
 7. Asst. Mgr. Lake Cascade 1.00  73,800  73,800 
 8. Old Mission & CdA Parkway Staff 0.00 
 9. Water Rights 0.00 
 10. Lake Cascade Campgrnd. 0.00  943,000  400,000  1,343,000 
 11. Bayhorse–ORV Access 0.00  540,000  540,000 
 12. Eagle Island Ranger 0.00  42,900  42,900 
 13. Castle Rocks–Increased Resources 0.00  57,200  57,200 
 14. Forest Management 0.00 
 15. City of Rocks–Specialist 0.00  42,900  42,900 
 16. Telecommunications 0.00 
 17. OHV Ed. Program 0.00  168,300  168,300 
 18. Boating Ed. Program 0.00  245,000  245,000 
 19. Equipment/Host Site Development 0.00  99,300  99,300 
 20. Trustee & Benefit Increase 0.00 
 21. Other Statewide Development 0.00  15,000  25,000  40,000 
Lava Hot Springs Foundation          
 1. Aquatics Program Coord. 1.00  40,300  40,300 
 2. Olympic Pool Staffing 0.00  11,100  11,100 
 3. Dressing Rooms/Hot Pool Expansion 0.00  375,000  375,000 


FY 2007 Total 171.25  7,012,400  27,206,900  4,098,500  38,317,800 
Chg from FY 2006 Orig Approp 2.00  48,800  3,002,400  (427,300)  2,623,900 
% Chg from FY 2006 Orig Approp. 1.2%  0.7%  12.4%  (9.4%)  7.4% 

Contact: Eric Milstead 334-4746

Legislative Services Office, Budget & Policy Analysis

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note Bill No. S1456